Whether they count logs or insurance losses, over 200,000 statistical clerks keep numerical records for business, industry, and government. (Editor)

Describes the duties of credit clerks, credit checkers, and credit authorizers. Includes information about earnings and benefits as well as necessary qualifications and opportunities for advancement. Includes sources of additional information. (JOW)

Although the use of electronic computers, and bookkeeping and calculation machines is expected to result in reduction in substantial numbers of office workers employed in routine jobs, occupational projections for 1975 indicate that clerical worker employment will rise at a significantly faster rate than total employment. (BC)

The findings of interviews in 30 selected business organizations indicated that there are job opportunities of an office-clerical nature for low-achieving students. (Author)

Topics discussed include a description of word processing, career paths and duties of workers, qualifications, and the present and future status of the word processing specialist and administrative secretary. (TA)

Evidence suggests that office workers' salaries are comparable to those of other occupations that do not require postsecondary education and that clerical workers enjoy a high degree of job security. It is important that students be given information on where jobs are and will be and what income level to expect. (JOW)

Word processing, a system for improved communication through the use of skilled personnel, revised procedures, and automated equipment, is creating new jobs and changing traditional ones. This pamphlet, intended for business managers and educators, was created to present information concerning new office structures, job descriptions, and career…

The document briefly presents career information in the field of aerospace industry. Employment exists in three areas: (1) professional and technical occupations in research and development (engineers, scientists, and technicians); (2) administrative, clerical, and related occupations (engineers, scientists, technicians, clerks, secretaries,…

This article deals with changes in secretarial jobs and implications for administrative services departments. It considers the impact of technology (elimination of jobs, upgrading of other jobs); opportunities for advancement; and predictions (severe shortage of secretaries, change in job descriptions, dependency on technology). (CT)

A study was conducted to identify new and emerging entry-level office and distributive occupations and analyze their effect on the business education curriculum. Two methods of gathering data were used in the study. First, data were gathered from interviews of forty-seven office firms, twelve individuals who were informed regarding office…

The purposes of this study were to determine the occupational opportunities for which high school graduates can qualify in the field of digital computer installations, the knowledges and skills needed for employment, the training needed, the pattern of advancement, the effect of automatic coding, and significant recent developments. Sixty-nine…

Data from the March 1976 Current Population Survey indicate that both metro and nonmetro areas face severe youth employment problems. Although 25% of the total United States labor force is comprised of youth aged 16-24, youth account for 50% of the total number of persons unemployed. Unemployment rates for metro and nonmetro youth are equal;…

ELECTRONIC SOLID STATE SWITCHING SYSTEMS, COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES, SEMIAUTOMATIC INFORMATION SERVICES, AUTOMATIC INTERCEPTING AND DATA PROCESSING, AND DEDICATED PLANT, THE PERMANENT ASSIGNMENT OF LINES FROM A CENTRAL OFFICE TO EACH ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL SUBSCRIBER, ARE SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS WHICH WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT MANPOWER…

The potential employment impact of office automation is the topic of the study described in this book. The study reviews trends in clerical employment over the last 30 years in a search for evidence of the impact of changes in process technology on clerical employment levels. Specifically, it examines clerical employment trends from 1950 to 1980…