OES Code: 553470

VENTURA COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR GENERAL OFFICE CLERKS

General Office Clerks perform a wide variety of tasks. Clerical duties may be assigned in accordance with the office procedures of individual establishments and may include a combination of bookkeeping, typing, stenography, office machine operation, and filing. Does not include workers whose duties are narrowly defined.

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PROJECTED ESTIMATES OF EMPLOYMENT (excluding self-employed)

Number Working in this Occupation --- Year --- 1995 2002		Percent Change	Increase/ Decrease	Additional Openings Due to People Chang- ing Occupations or Retiring	Sum of Increase/Decrease and Additional Openings
7,420	8,180	10%	760	1,290	2,050

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE GENERAL OFFICE CLERKS IN VENTURA COUNTY

The following are the types of firms that employ the most workers in this occupation within this county. They are listed in order from largest to smallest.

Industry Code (SIC)	Industry Title
8211	Elementary & secondary schools
7363	Temporary help agencies
6324	Hospital & medical service plans
7334	Photocopying & duplicating services
9030	Local government, except education
8062	General medical & surgical hospitals
9010	Federal government
4813	Telephone communications, exc radio-telephone
5311	Department stores
7361	Employment agencies
8011	Offices & clinics of doctors of medicine
5511	Motor vehicle dealers (new & used)
6531	Real estate agents & managers
6162	Mortgage bankers & loan correspondents
7389	Business services, all other
5411	Grocery stores
8021	Offices & clinics of dentists
8111	Legal services
6331	Fire, marine & casualty insurance
5812	Eating places

Look in the yellow pages of the phone book under the above or similar industry titles, or look in employer directories in libraries. Directories such as Business Prospector, California Services Register and those by chambers of commerce often list firms by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code.

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