Office and Administrative Support Occupations
Administrative support occupations include the works those are given at the administrative side of the business. These include many areas such as accounting, data collection, office management etc. These jobs are significantly vital in many companies providing valuable assistance throughout the organization.
The jobs under this category are described below: 1. Bill and account collectors: these collectors negotiate with people especially with debtors about recover payment on overdue bills. 2. Bookkeeping and auditing clerks: These clerks record financial events, update accounts and check financial records for accurate outcomes. 3. Financial clerks: These clerks perform administrative works for companies especially for banking and insurance companies. They help the customers of the office through keeping records for them and for the company. 4. Information clerks: These clerks remove the barrier of knowledge obstacles of the customers through providing them all the information they need and answering any questions related to their service. 5. Switchboard operators: They provide information to callers and record important messages. They relay incoming, outgoing and interoffice calls. 6. Telephone operators: They are entitled to handle emergency calls and assist children or disabled people to make telephone calls. They also provide information in alphabetical and geographical directories as the customers require. 7. Posting and billing clerks and machine operators: They usually compile, compute and record statistical, accounting and other numerical data for various purposes. Sometimes for delivery and shipment of goods they prepare billing invoices. 8. Gaming cage workers: They sell gambling chips, tokens or tickets to patrons. Sometimes they sell tickets to other workers for resale.