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Bachelor Degree Entry Level Careers and Jobs (jobs after undergraduate degree)

Explore Careers and Jobs Predominantly Filled by Those with a Bachelor Degree, having 1 year or less of work experience - All On One Page

Sorted by median annual U.S. salary, including % with Bachelor's Degree, and % with 1 year experience (or less).

These entry-level roles are designed for new bachelor's degree graduates ready to start their first professional position. For recent graduates who want realistic starting points that match their degree and experience level. Compare starting salaries and degree-holder percentages, then access preparation resources built for new graduates.



4 Steps to Use This Page: 1-Explore Careers of Intrerest 2-See Job Listings Matched to Career 3-Prepare for the Career 4-See External Career Resources

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This page will take you through 4 steps, to find entry level Bachelor degree jobs and careers: (1) Select an entry-level career, (2) Find active job listings, (3) Prepare for the career you chose, and (4) Provide web resources specific to the career you chose.

Step 1: Select a Career: You will be presented with a listing of Bachelor's Degree entry-level careers. The list may be quite long. There are two ways you might like to use this list:
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Step 3: Prepare For a Career: In this section you will gain access to detailed information to help you prepare for the career you selected. Information includes core and supplemental duties, general and specific work activities, knowledge required, essential and transferable skills required, day-in-the-life summaries, knowledge required, software skills required, preparation required, educational requirements, training and work experience required, local salary information, certifications, professional associations, current job listings for the job selected along with multiple similar job titles, and related careers (related to what they do, what they know, and what they're called).

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Step 1 of 4: Select a Career

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What entry level jobs can you get with a Bachelor's Degree? Scroll through the picklist (below). These are entry level careers (1 year or less work experience) related to the Bachelor's Degree level, with at least 30% of job holders having a Bachelor's Degree. - 110 specific careers are listed. Select those careers that may be of interest - you will then get links to matching active job listings, and detailed resources to help you prepare.
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Select a Job Title - Sorted by Annual Salary -(scroll and Select) :
Legend: Career Title Link / (% having Bachelor's Degree) / (% having less than 1 year experience) / (Median Annual U.S. Salary)

Water Resource Specialists / 50.00% / 36.37% / ($157,740)
Medical Dosimetrists / 75.00% / 30.00% / ($132,880)
Actuaries / 89.28% / 82.14% / ($120,000)
Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists / 76.00% / 36.00% / ($112,280)
Chemical Engineers / 95.65% / 78.26% / ($112,100)
Solar Energy Systems Engineers / 55.56% / 32.13% / ($111,970)
Photonics Engineers / 52.38% / 34.79% / ($111,970)
Orthoptists / 85.71% / 53.57% / ($107,990)
Materials Scientists / 66.66% / 52.38% / ($106,160)
Materials Engineers / 52.38% / 38.09% / ($104,100)
Computer Systems Analysts / 41.93% / 31.42% / ($103,800)
Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers / 88.47% / 46.16% / ($103,690)
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers / 50.00% / 41.17% / ($101,800)
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers / 43.48% / 52.18% / ($100,730)
Environmental Engineers / 66.66% / 61.91% / ($100,090)
Computer Programmers / 88.04% / 40.18% / ($99,700)
Automotive Engineers / 71.43% / 38.09% / ($99,510)
Fuel Cell Engineers / 57.14% / 45.47% / ($99,510)
Manufacturing Engineers / 76.00% / 34.61% / ($99,380)
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists / 50.00% / 45.00% / ($99,380)
Video Game Designers / 55.00% / 40.00% / ($98,540)
Radiation Therapists / 37.54% / 42.76% / ($98,300)
Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists / 39.13% / 73.92% / ($96,370)
Transportation Engineers / 86.36% / 40.91% / ($95,890)
Water/Wastewater Engineers / 69.57% / 50.00% / ($95,890)
Transportation Planners / 55.00% / 35.00% / ($95,890)
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers / 40.62% / 53.13% / ($92,580)
Intelligence Analysts / 73.92% / 30.43% / ($91,100)
Molecular and Cellular Biologists / 34.62% / 38.46% / ($91,100)
Geographers / 45.00% / 45.00% / ($90,880)
Hydrologists / 43.48% / 45.46% / ($88,770)
Agricultural Engineers / 75.00% / 35.00% / ($88,750)
Acute Care Nurses / 66.66% / 52.38% / ($86,070)
Registered Nurses / 55.92% / 37.83% / ($86,070)
Critical Care Nurses / 50.00% / 60.71% / ($86,070)
Microbiologists / 72.73% / 54.55% / ($85,470)
Web Developers / 50.00% / 33.33% / ($84,960)
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers / 44.97% / 30.56% / ($84,570)
Financial Examiners / 95.66% / 47.83% / ($84,300)
Operations Research Analysts / 42.85% / 40.00% / ($83,640)
Food Scientists and Technologists / 81.82% / 54.55% / ($82,090)
Chemical Plant and System Operators / 36.27% / 34.85% / ($80,030)
Online Merchants / 41.29% / 37.80% / ($79,590)
Credit Analysts / 95.00% / 30.00% / ($79,420)
Logistics Engineers / 73.91% / 39.14% / ($79,400)
Landscape Architects / 95.00% / 36.84% / ($79,320)
Insurance Underwriters / 73.33% / 40.00% / ($77,860)
Commercial and Industrial Designers / 67.92% / 32.87% / ($76,250)
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists / 31.50% / 56.99% / ($76,210)
Environmental Compliance Inspectors / 75.00% / 40.00% / ($75,670)
Coroners / 50.00% / 40.00% / ($75,670)
Government Property Inspectors and Investigators / 39.34% / 49.63% / ($75,670)
Writers and Authors / 46.95% / 31.03% / ($73,690)
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling / 52.12% / 30.60% / ($73,460)
Dietitians and Nutritionists / 63.33% / 30.00% / ($69,680)
Electrical and Electronics Drafters / 40.08% / 46.57% / ($69,260)
Conservation Scientists / 78.27% / 39.14% / ($68,750)
Park Naturalists / 49.75% / 56.05% / ($68,750)
Surveyors / 47.37% / 30.00% / ($68,540)
Adapted Physical Education Specialists / 71.43% / 76.18% / ($67,190)
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School / 57.35% / 62.00% / ($66,620)
Special Education Teachers, Middle School / 82.51% / 53.04% / ($66,600)
Film and Video Editors / 65.10% / 32.92% / ($66,600)
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products / 33.89% / 36.34% / ($65,630)
Special Education Teachers, Preschool / 63.43% / 60.73% / ($65,270)
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education / 84.73% / 71.18% / ($65,220)
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School / 44.42% / 31.47% / ($65,130)
Forensic Science Technicians / 32.36% / 32.02% / ($64,940)
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education / 88.24% / 62.40% / ($64,290)
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School / 80.62% / 56.90% / ($63,860)
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education / 78.17% / 63.08% / ($63,680)
Music Therapists / 84.62% / 65.38% / ($63,650)
Real Estate Brokers / 45.33% / 36.44% / ($63,060)
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education / 86.20% / 75.61% / ($62,690)
Interior Designers / 84.00% / 40.00% / ($62,510)
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists / 88.03% / 43.28% / ($61,800)
Paralegals and Legal Assistants / 46.50% / 34.43% / ($60,970)
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors / 52.22% / 39.65% / ($60,560)
Fish and Game Wardens / 79.35% / 45.27% / ($60,380)
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators / 35.12% / 42.16% / ($59,300)
Computer User Support Specialists / 47.32% / 32.44% / ($59,240)
Insurance Sales Agents / 46.90% / 72.73% / ($59,080)
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents / 33.61% / 38.40% / ($58,530)
Recreational Therapists / 97.30% / 55.26% / ($57,120)
Interpreters and Translators / 54.72% / 35.52% / ($57,090)
Chemical Technicians / 43.74% / 47.59% / ($56,750)
Social Science Research Assistants / 54.32% / 46.58% / ($56,400)
Exercise Physiologists / 59.09% / 50.00% / ($54,860)
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians / 72.05% / 33.89% / ($54,000)
Child, Family, and School Social Workers / 68.66% / 36.21% / ($53,940)
Desktop Publishers / 38.70% / 45.93% / ($51,290)
Airfield Operations Specialists / 50.86% / 50.32% / ($51,140)
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health / 68.18% / 68.18% / ($50,660)
Statistical Assistants / 61.28% / 36.94% / ($50,510)
Food Science Technicians / 32.33% / 67.10% / ($49,090)
Proofreaders and Copy Markers / 47.30% / 47.90% / ($48,790)
Cargo and Freight Agents / 30.75% / 74.53% / ($48,330)
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping / 33.81% / 30.88% / ($47,710)
Loan Interviewers and Clerks / 38.26% / 36.81% / ($47,380)
Coaches and Scouts / 48.89% / 33.27% / ($45,910)
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys / 35.18% / 40.27% / ($44,890)
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants / 37.46% / 85.80% / ($44,490)
Rehabilitation Counselors / 55.86% / 55.52% / ($44,040)
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary / 57.32% / 66.98% / ($43,750)
Precision Agriculture Technicians / 34.78% / 43.48% / ($43,180)
Social and Human Service Assistants / 40.46% / 60.58% / ($41,410)
Tutors / 40.91% / 72.73% / ($39,580)
Residential Advisors / 31.29% / 65.91% / ($37,950)
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term / 40.15% / 66.44% / ($37,380)
Recreation Workers / 61.96% / 40.14% / ($34,410)

Step 2 of 4: Find a Job

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Step 3 of 4: Prepare For a Career

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Loan Interviewers and Clerks

Description: Interview loan applicants to elicit information; investigate applicants' backgrounds and verify references; prepare loan request papers; and forward findings, reports, and documents to appraisal department. Review loan papers to ensure completeness, and complete transactions between loan establishment, borrowers, and sellers upon approval of loan.

U.S. Total Employment (2023):
208,800
U.S. Total Employment (2033 est.):
203,800
Employment Change (2023-2033 est.):
-5,000 (-2.4%)
Average Annual Job Openings (2023-2033 est.):
17,600
Please click on a section below to expand and see detailed occupational information related to "Loan Interviewers and Clerks":

Core Duties

Important Core Job Duties (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Verify and examine information and accuracy of loan application and closing documents.
Importance: 97 (%) Description: Contact credit bureaus, employers, and other sources to check applicants' credit and personal references.
Importance: 95 (%) Description: Answer questions and advise customers regarding loans and transactions.
Importance: 95 (%) Description: File and maintain loan records.
Importance: 90 (%) Description: Prepare and type loan applications, closing documents, legal documents, letters, forms, government notices, and checks, using computers.
Importance: 90 (%) Description: Assemble and compile documents for loan closings, such as title abstracts, insurance forms, loan forms, and tax receipts.
Importance: 88 (%) Description: Contact customers by mail, telephone, or in person concerning acceptance or rejection of applications.
Importance: 84 (%) Description: Check value of customer collateral to be held as loan security.
Importance: 83 (%) Description: Present loan and repayment schedules to customers.
Importance: 82 (%) Description: Interview loan applicants to obtain personal and financial data and to assist in completing applications.
Importance: 82 (%) Description: Record applications for loan and credit, loan information, and disbursements of funds, using computers.
Importance: 76 (%) Description: Calculate, review, and correct errors on interest, principal, payment, and closing costs, using computers or calculators.
Importance: 75 (%) Description: Review customer accounts to determine whether payments are made on time and that other loan terms are being followed.
Importance: 72 (%) Description: Submit loan applications with recommendation for underwriting approval.
Supplemental Duties
Important Supplemental Job Duties (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 59 (%) Description: Order property insurance or mortgage insurance policies to ensure protection against loss on mortgaged property.
Importance: 59 (%) Description: Accept payment on accounts.
Importance: 53 (%) Description: Schedule and conduct closings of mortgage transactions.
Importance: 51 (%) Description: Establish credit limits and grant extensions of credit on overdue accounts.
Work Activities

Important General Work Activities (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 98 (%) Description: Working with Computers: Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
Importance: 88 (%) Description: Getting Information: Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Importance: 88 (%) Description: Performing for or Working Directly with the Public: Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
Importance: 87 (%) Description: Processing Information: Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
Importance: 87 (%) Description: Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards: Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Importance: 82 (%) Description: Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates: Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Importance: 80 (%) Description: Making Decisions and Solving Problems: Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Importance: 80 (%) Description: Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships: Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
Importance: 80 (%) Description: Analyzing Data or Information: Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
Importance: 80 (%) Description: Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge: Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
Importance: 79 (%) Description: Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work: Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
Importance: 77 (%) Description: Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events: Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Importance: 72 (%) Description: Communicating with People Outside the Organization: Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
Importance: 71 (%) Description: Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others: Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
Importance: 71 (%) Description: Performing Administrative Activities: Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Documenting/Recording Information: Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others: Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings: Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Thinking Creatively: Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Selling or Influencing Others: Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials: Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
Specific Work Activities

Important Specific Work Activities
How can you begin to build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. Specific Work Activities appear below:
Arrange insurance coverage.
Calculate financial data.
Collect deposits, payments or fees.
Compile data or documentation.
Determine the value of goods or services.
Discuss account status or activity with customers or patrons.
Interview employees, customers, or others to collect information.
Maintain financial or account records.
Monitor financial information.
Negotiate financial arrangements.
Obtain personal or financial information about customers or applicants.
Prepare business correspondence.
Prepare documentation for contracts, transactions, or regulatory compliance.
Provide notifications to customers or patrons.
Schedule appointments.
Type documents.
Verify accuracy of financial or transactional data.
Knowledge Required

Knowledge Required (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 86 (%) Description: Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Importance: 82 (%) Description: English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
Importance: 73 (%) Description: Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
Importance: 67 (%) Description: Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Importance: 67 (%) Description: Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Essential Skills

Essential Skills (in order of importance)
These are the foundational skills most central to success in this occupation. For the Top 5 most important, how can you begin building experience and confidence using these skills now?
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Importance: 62 (%) Description: Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Importance: 60 (%) Description: Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Importance: 56 (%) Description: Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Importance: 52 (%) Description: Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
Transferable Skills

Transferable Skills (in order of importance)
These are skills that can transfer across occupations and industries. For the Top 5 most important, how can you strengthen these skills now so they support both this career and future career flexibility?
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 58 (%) Description: Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Importance: 56 (%) Description: Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Importance: 56 (%) Description: Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Importance: 54 (%) Description: Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Day-in-the-Life Summaries

Day-in-the-Life Summaries
These summaries show the main types of activities you are likely to perform on a regular basis in this occupation. How can you imagine your typical workday — using these examples to see if this type of work fits you?
Activity: Calculate financial data.
Activity: Collect data about consumer needs or opinions.
Activity: Collect fares or payments.
Activity: Compile records, documentation, or other data.
Activity: Determine values or prices of goods or services.
Activity: Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data.
Activity: Execute financial transactions.
Activity: Interview people to obtain information.
Activity: Maintain sales or financial records.
Activity: Monitor financial data or activities.
Activity: Negotiate contracts or agreements.
Activity: Perform administrative or clerical activities.
Activity: Prepare documentation for contracts, applications, or permits.
Activity: Provide information to guests, clients, or customers.
Activity: Schedule appointments.
Software Skills

Software Skills
These are examples of software tools commonly used in this occupation, organized from most to least important for your career preparation. How can you start learning or practicing the highest-priority tools so that you feel confident using them on the job?
High-Priority Tech Skills
Electronic mail software:
Microsoft Outlook
Office suite software:
Microsoft Office software
Presentation software:
Microsoft PowerPoint
Spreadsheet software:
Microsoft Excel
Word processing software:
Microsoft Word
Emerging Tech Skills
Data base user interface and query software:
Microsoft Access
Operating system software:
Microsoft Windows
General Software Tools
Accounting software:
Automated financial software
Customer relationship management CRM software:
Loan tracking software
Microsoft Dynamics
Financial analysis software (scroll table below):
Automated underwriting software
Credit reporting software
Encompass software
Fannie Mae Desktop Underwriter
Lending software systems
Software AG Underwriting Solution
Internet browser software:
Web browser software
Spreadsheet software:
Rockport Integrated Excel Underwriting
Preparation Required
Preparation Required - How much preparation is needed to obtain this type of job?
Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.
Education Required

Education Required - by frequency of educational attainment
This shows you details about the level of education most commonly held by workers in this occupation. How can you begin planning the educational pathway that will prepare you best for this type of work?
Frequency of Attainment (%) Level of Education
Frequency of Attainment: 42.9 (%) Level of Education: High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
Frequency of Attainment: 38.3 (%) Level of Education: Bachelor's Degree
Frequency of Attainment: 12.1 (%) Level of Education: Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)
Frequency of Attainment: 6.7 (%) Level of Education: Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
Frequency of Attainment: 0.1 (%) Level of Education: Some College Courses
Training and Experience Required

Training and Experience Required - by frequency of training and work experience attainment
This section shows you how often different types of training and work experience are required for this occupation. How can you start gaining the kinds of experience and training that are most common for this type of work?
Frequency of Attainment (%) Level of Training and Work Experience
Frequency of Attainment: 30.6 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Frequency of Attainment: 23.8 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year
Frequency of Attainment: 13.6 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years
Frequency of Attainment: 12.9 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: None
Frequency of Attainment: 12.3 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Frequency of Attainment: 6.7 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Frequency of Attainment: 0.1 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months
Related Careers to Consider
Related Careers to Consider
This lists up to 20 careers that might be of interest to you (related to what "Loan Interviewers and Clerks" do, what they know, and what they're called), ranked by best fit. How do these related occupations align with your interests, skills, and goals?
1 - Loan Officers
2 - Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks
3 - Credit Analysts
4 - Credit Counselors
5 - Bill and Account Collectors
6 - Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
7 - New Accounts Clerks
8 - Brokerage Clerks
9 - Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks
10 - Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
11 - Personal Financial Advisors
12 - Tellers
13 - Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
14 - Financial Managers
15 - Billing and Posting Clerks
16 - Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
17 - Insurance Underwriters
18 - Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
19 - Tax Preparers
20 - Financial Examiners

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There are various sources for job classified ads. These links should help get you started to find a job for this occupation.


Step-by-Step

Here are links to help guide you, step-by-step, to become a(n): Loan Interviewers and Clerks


Career Change

Here are resources to help you prepare for a career change. It is helpful to look carefully at the information provided in Section 3: Career Change (detailed previously on this page) prior to using these links. There is much to learn ...


LinkedIn®

Here are links to various posts and groups from LinkedIn ® that relate to this occupation. Great way to start building professional contacts in the field that might be most appropriate for you.


Career Path

Here are links to various resources to help you explore the career path related to the "Loan Interviewers and Clerks" occupation.






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