| 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. |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 98 (%) | Description: Operate typing, adding, calculating, or billing machines. |
| Importance: 90 (%) | Description: Verify accuracy of billing data and revise any errors. |
| Importance: 88 (%) | Description: Keep records of invoices and support documents. |
| Importance: 88 (%) | Description: Fix minor problems, such as equipment jams, and notify repair personnel of major equipment problems. |
| Importance: 84 (%) | Description: Verify signatures and required information on checks. |
| Importance: 82 (%) | Description: Resolve discrepancies in accounting records. |
| Importance: 80 (%) | Description: Route statements for mailing or over-the-counter delivery to customers. |
| Importance: 77 (%) | Description: Contact customers to obtain or relay account information. |
| Importance: 76 (%) | Description: Perform bookkeeping work, including posting data or keeping other records concerning costs of goods or services or the shipment of goods. |
| Importance: 70 (%) | Description: Prepare itemized statements, bills, or invoices and record amounts due for items purchased or services rendered. |
| Importance: 69 (%) | Description: Post stop-payment notices to prevent payment of protested checks. |
| Importance: 68 (%) | Description: Monitor equipment to ensure proper operation. |
Journalism Careers and Jobs
Select, Find and Prepare for Journalism Careers and Jobs - all on one page
For strong writers and researchers who want to report news across print, broadcast, or digital media. Use the tools below to see which journalism roles fit your background and goals.
Modern journalism careers increasingly require multimedia skills (video, social, data) in addition to traditional reporting and writing. Use the tools below to explore Journalism-related job titles sorted by growth rate, salary, or required education. You can start with entry points like Junior Reporter, or look ahead to advanced roles such as Senior Reporter or Bureau Chief. Along the way, you will see specific certifications, such as None formally required; clips and portfolio matter most, that can help you move up the career ladder.
Here is a short Helper Video 
This page will take you through 4 steps to (1) Select from Journalism careers/jobs, (2) Find Journalism job listings, (3) Prepare for Journalism careers, and (4) Provide Journalism career-specific resources.
Step 1: Select a Career/Job: This page starts with 4 ways for you to identify and select from listings of Journalism careers/jobs:
A) Fastest Growing Journalism Careers - 2023 to 2033 (est.)
These listings are based on job growth estimates and helps you to identify the fastest growing and evolving Journalism careers. Some careers may not initially seem related to Journalism, so relevant Journalism jobs are listed alongside each listing. This can also help us to identify which careers (bottom of the listing) may have negative growth - perhaps due to automation or planned obsolescence.
B) Median Annual Salary U.S. Journalism Careers
These listings are sorted (descending) by median annual salary in the U.S. This may help us to identify our ideal career. We may not qualify at this time for the desired career, but this listing and the results provided can help us to explore job details, as well as learn how to appropriately prepare for the career.
C) Journalism Career Ladders (Educational Requirements)
These listings will help us to identify Journalism careers sorted by educational requirements (with the most difficult to obtain listed first). This may help us to identify career ladders (as we scroll down the list), and help us to get jobs that we qualify for now.
D) Select From a Listing of 224 Journalism Jobs.
The list may be quite long. There are two ways you might like to use this list:
1) Filter - As you enter a word, you will filter (limit) the list of job titles
2) Browse the list (Don't Filter) - You can simply explore the list of job titles. There may be many that you might never have considered to be of interest.
Once you have identified a job title of interest, simply click on it.
Step 2: Find a Job: After you have selected a career/job title above, you will see a form asking for your location. You will see several radio selection choices to utilize the job search site of your choice.
Step 3: Prepare For a Career: In this section you will gain access to detailed information to help you prepare for the chosen career. Information may include (not every career choice includes all of the elements below - updates occur quarterly):
Core Duties: Lists the primary worker-related tasks performed in this occupation
Supplemental Duties: Lists additional tasks that are performed but are secondary to the core duties
Work Activities: Summarizes the broad types of behaviors and actions related to this career
Specific Work Activities: Provides more granular day-to-day activities tied to the work performed
Essential Skills: Provides foundational skills that are core to performing this specific occupation
Transferable Skills: Provides career-portable skills that can be applied across multiple occupations and industries
Day-in-the-Life Summaries: Provides a snapshot of the key activities performed on a typical workday in this career
Knowledge Required: Provides the requirements regarding the acquisition of facts and principles
Software Skills: Lists software tools commonly used in this occupation, organized by category and priority
Preparation Required: Provides a summary of the required experience and education
Education Required: Detailed breakdown of the education required
Training and Experience Required: Detailed breakdown of the training and Training and Experience Required
Local Salary Information: Provides national and local salary ranges
Certifications: Provides appropriate government and private-sector certifications and/or credentials that may be required
Professional Associations: Provides professional associations that are related to the career selected
Job Listings: Provides links to active current job listings for the selected career, along with multiple similar job titles to explore. All information appears on this page without navigating away.
Related Careers to Consider: Lists up to 20 careers that might be of interest to you (related to your initial choice - what they do, what they know, and what they're called), ranked by best fit.
** If you clicked on a link from section D (as described in Step 1 above), you will see one or more links to an occupation that is usually a bit more general than your initial job selection - the link(s) is directly related to the specific job you identified through your prior selections.
*NOTE: It is possible that there may not be a career path identified for the specific job you selected in Step 1. If this is the case, scroll up the page and click on a different career/job.
Step 4: Career-Specific Resources (detailed and constantly updated): Continue to scroll down the page and you will find tabs that provide detailed (updated) links specific to the career you selected. This information includes:
Videos: Provides a listing of video links related to this career. A great way to get a quick overview of the occupation.
Resumes: Sources for resume materials and techniques. This can help to get you started.
Job Description: Sources that provide job descriptions, which are vital to resume and interview preparation.
Interviews: Provides links that can help you to prepare for and successfully complete the job interview. Can also assist with coffee chats.
Step by Step: Provides links to resources that can help to organize the career search process.
LinkedIn: One of the best professional social media sites that provides links, opportunities, and networking specifically for careers and career development.
Step 1 of 4: Select a Career/Job
45 Journalism careers are listed below (sorted by Percentage Change in Total Job Openings - 2023 to 2033 est.). Journalism-related jobs specific to each career are also provided. This shows which careers are emerging and growing the fastest. Please Scroll and Select below:
| Occupations | U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033 (% change) | Journalism-Related Jobs |
48 Journalism careers are listed below (sorted by U.S. National Median Salary). Journalism-related jobs specific to each occupation are also provided. Please Scroll and Select below::
| Occupations | National Median Salary | Journalism-Related Jobs |
48 Journalism careers are listed (sorted by Education/Preparation Requirements - descending) to provide career ladders. Journalism-related jobs specific to each career are also provided.
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Education/Preparation Categories: 5 = Usually requires graduate school (e.g., Master's degree, Ph.D., M.D., or J.D.) 4 = Usually requires a four-year Bachelor's degree 3 = Usually requires vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or Associate's degree 2 = Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, but not always Please Scroll and Select below: |
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| Occupations | Education/Preparation | Journalism-Related Jobs |
Scroll through the picklist (below). There are 224 specific Journalism job titles listed. Select those that may be of interest - you will get active job listing links, along with detailed resources to help you prepare for a career related to that job.
You can use this form two ways:
Filter - As you enter a keyword, you will filter (limit) the list of job titles below
Browse the list (Don't Filter) - You can simply explore the list of job titles. There may be many that you might never have considered to be of interest.
OR - leave blank and scroll through the choices:
Select a Job Title (Scroll and Select) :
Step 2 of 4: Find a Job
Find Job Listings:
Billing and Posting Clerks.
Step 3 of 4: Prepare For a Career
Billing and Posting Clerks
Description: Compile, compute, and record billing, accounting, statistical, and other numerical data for billing purposes. Prepare billing invoices for services rendered or for delivery or shipment of goods.
Please click on a section below to expand and see detailed occupational information related to "Billing and Posting Clerks":
U.S. Total Employment (2023):
458,500U.S. Total Employment (2033 est.):
471,600
Employment Change (2023-2033 est.):
13,100 (2.9%) Average Annual Job Openings (2023-2033 est.):
48,900
Core Duties
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. |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 63 (%) | Description: Compare previously prepared bank statements with canceled checks and reconcile discrepancies. |
| Importance: 59 (%) | Description: Take orders for imprinted checks. |
| Importance: 56 (%) | Description: Review documents, such as purchase orders, sales tickets, charge slips, or hospital records, to compute fees or charges due. |
| Importance: 56 (%) | Description: Update manuals when rates, rules, or regulations are amended. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Consult sources, such as rate books, manuals, or insurance company representatives, to determine specific charges or information such as rules, regulations, or government tax and tariff information. |
| Importance: 48 (%) | Description: Encode and cancel checks, using bank machines. |
| Importance: 47 (%) | Description: Weigh envelopes containing statements to determine correct postage and affix postage, using stamps or metering equipment. |
| Importance: 45 (%) | Description: Load machines with statements, cancelled checks, or envelopes to prepare statements for distribution to customers or stuff envelopes by hand. |
| Importance: 44 (%) | Description: Review compiled data on operating costs and revenues to set rates. |
| Importance: 42 (%) | Description: Compute credit terms, discounts, shipment charges, or rates for goods or services to complete billing documents. |
| Importance: 29 (%) | Description: Track accumulated hours and dollar amounts charged to each client job to calculate client fees for professional services, such as legal or accounting services. |
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. |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 93 (%) | 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: 91 (%) | Description: Getting Information: Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
| Importance: 86 (%) | Description: Processing Information: Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
| Importance: 86 (%) | 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: 82 (%) | Description: Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge: Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
| Importance: 78 (%) | 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: 76 (%) | 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: 75 (%) | Description: Performing Administrative Activities: Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
| Importance: 74 (%) | Description: Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work: Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
| Importance: 72 (%) | Description: Documenting/Recording Information: Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
| Importance: 68 (%) | Description: Making Decisions and Solving Problems: Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
| Importance: 65 (%) | Description: Analyzing Data or Information: Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
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: |
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| Analyze financial information. | |
| Answer telephones to direct calls or provide information. | |
| Calculate costs of goods or services. | |
| Calculate financial data. | |
| Calculate shipping costs. | |
| Discuss account status or activity with customers or patrons. | |
| Execute sales or other financial transactions. | |
| Explain regulations, policies, or procedures. | |
| Maintain financial or account records. | |
| Maintain office equipment in proper operating condition. | |
| Maintain operational records. | |
| Monitor equipment operation to ensure proper functioning. | |
| Operate office equipment. | |
| Order materials, supplies, or equipment. | |
| Prepare documentation for contracts, transactions, or regulatory compliance. | |
| Prepare financial documents, reports, or budgets. | |
| Prepare financial documents. | |
| Prepare informational or reference materials. | |
| Provide information to coworkers. | |
| Reconcile records of sales or other financial transactions. | |
| Report maintenance or equipment problems to appropriate personnel. | |
| Respond to customer problems or complaints. | |
| Route mail to correct destinations. | |
| Schedule appointments. | |
| Search files, databases or reference materials to obtain needed information. | |
| Verify accuracy of financial or transactional data. | |
| Weigh parcels to determine shipping costs. | |
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. |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 86 (%) | 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: 83 (%) | 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: 73 (%) | 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: 69 (%) | Description: Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data. |
| Importance: 68 (%) | Description: Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
| 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: Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
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? |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 60 (%) | Description: Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
| Importance: 54 (%) | Description: Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | 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: 52 (%) | Description: Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
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? |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 52 (%) | 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: Analyze business or financial data. |
| Activity: Calculate financial data. |
| Activity: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities. |
| Activity: Determine values or prices of goods or services. |
| Activity: Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data. |
| Activity: Execute financial transactions. |
| Activity: Explain regulations, policies, or procedures. |
| Activity: Gather information from physical or electronic sources. |
| Activity: Maintain operational records. |
| Activity: Maintain sales or financial records. |
| Activity: Maintain tools or equipment. |
| Activity: Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment. |
| Activity: Monitor equipment operation. |
| Activity: Notify others of emergencies or problems. |
| Activity: Operate office equipment. |
| Activity: Prepare documentation for contracts, applications, or permits. |
| Activity: Prepare financial documents, reports, or budgets. |
| Activity: Prepare informational or instructional materials. |
| Activity: Process shipments or mail. |
| Activity: Provide information to guests, clients, or customers. |
| Activity: Purchase goods or services. |
| Activity: Reconcile financial data. |
| Activity: Respond to customer problems or inquiries. |
| Activity: Schedule appointments. |
Software Skills
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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? |
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| Microsoft Outlook | |||||||
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| Microsoft Office software | |||||||
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| Microsoft Excel | |||||||
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| Microsoft Word | |||||||
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| Accounting software: | |||||||
| Intuit QuickBooks | |||||||
| Data base user interface and query software: | |||||||
| Microsoft Access | |||||||
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| Epic Systems MEDITECH software | |||||||
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| Microsoft PowerPoint | |||||||
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| Image Deposit Exchange Check Station Remote deposit capture software | |||||||
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| HelpIT Systems addressIT | |||||||
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| Optical character recognition OCR software |
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? |
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| Frequency of Attainment (%) | Level of Education |
| Frequency of Attainment: 51.5 (%) | Level of Education: Some College Courses |
| Frequency of Attainment: 20.7 (%) | Level of Education: High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) |
| Frequency of Attainment: 16.6 (%) | 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: 9.2 (%) | Level of Education: Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) |
| Frequency of Attainment: 2.0 (%) | Level of Education: Bachelor's Degree |
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? |
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| Frequency of Attainment (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience |
| Frequency of Attainment: 27.3 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year |
| Frequency of Attainment: 25.7 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 24.6 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 15.1 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 3.6 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Up to and including 1 month |
| Frequency of Attainment: 2.6 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: None |
| Frequency of Attainment: 1.2 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months |
Local Salary Information
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Certifications
| Certifications These are examples of certifications that may be important for this occupation. How can you begin exploring which certifications fit your goals and what steps you would need to take to earn them? |
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Certified Billing and Coding Specialist
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SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Billing and Revenue Innovation Management - Subscription Order Management
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Job Listings
| Job Listings and Similar Occupational Titles - scroll and click to identify common requirements, keywords, and skills in current job listings |
Related Careers to Consider
Step 4 of 4: Career-Specific Resources
This section contains detailed external resources appropriate to "Billing and Posting Clerks". Explore these resources to start learning more. Links are constantly updated, so bookmark this page.
Videos
Here is a listing of videos related to this career. A great way to get a quick overview of the occupation.
Resumes
Here are resources that allow you to see example resumes for this occupation. It may be helpful to see examples from others who have this type of experience.
Job Description
Here are resources that provide job descriptions, which are vital for resume and interview preparation.
Interviews
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Step-by-Step
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LinkedIn®
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