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Office Clerks, General
Keeps an office running: files, data, mail, orders and paperwork.
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Office clerks answer phones, file records, type letters and enter data. Related jobs include file clerks, correspondence clerks, data entry keyers, word processors and typists, copy and office machine operators, mail clerks, and order clerks who take and track customer orders. Software now does much of this work, so clerks who handle many tasks and learn new programs do best.
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High school courses that build toward it
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Pre-Algebra · Math
Builds math, which this job uses.
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.
- Entrepreneurship · Career and Technical
Builds business management, which this job uses.
- Physical Education · Health and PE
Builds working with customers and clients, which this job uses.
- Government and Economics · Social Studies
Builds law and government, which this job uses.
Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.
Office Clerks, General on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.