| 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: 97 (%) | Description: Greet persons entering establishment, determine nature and purpose of visit, and direct or escort them to specific destinations. |
| Importance: 97 (%) | Description: Operate telephone switchboard to answer, screen, or forward calls, providing information, taking messages, or scheduling appointments. |
| Importance: 94 (%) | Description: Transmit information or documents to customers, using computer, mail, or facsimile machine. |
| Importance: 91 (%) | Description: File and maintain records. |
| Importance: 88 (%) | Description: Provide information about establishment, such as location of departments or offices, employees within the organization, or services provided. |
| Importance: 86 (%) | Description: Hear and resolve complaints from customers or the public. |
| Importance: 84 (%) | Description: Collect, sort, distribute, or prepare mail, messages, or courier deliveries. |
| Importance: 82 (%) | Description: Perform duties, such as taking care of plants or straightening magazines to maintain lobby or reception area. |
| Importance: 78 (%) | Description: Schedule appointments and maintain and update appointment calendars. |
| Importance: 70 (%) | Description: Receive payment and record receipts for services. |
| Importance: 70 (%) | Description: Perform administrative support tasks, such as proofreading, transcribing handwritten information, or operating calculators or computers to work with pay records, invoices, balance sheets, or other documents. |
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Step 1: Select a Career/Job: This page starts with 4 ways for you to identify and select from listings of Real Estate Careers and Jobs careers/jobs:
A) Fastest Growing Real Estate Careers and Jobs Careers - 2023 to 2033 (est.)
These listings are based on job growth estimates and helps you to identify the fastest growing and evolving Real Estate Careers and Jobs careers. Some careers may not initially seem related to Real Estate Careers and Jobs, so relevant Real Estate Careers and Jobs 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. Real Estate Careers and Jobs 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) Real Estate Careers and Jobs Career Ladders (Educational Requirements)
These listings will help us to identify Real Estate Careers and Jobs 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 228 Real Estate Careers and Jobs 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
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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 Real Estate Careers and Jobs careers are listed below (sorted by Percentage Change in Total Job Openings - 2023 to 2033 est.). Real Estate Careers and Jobs-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) | Real Estate Careers and Jobs-Related Jobs |
50 Real Estate Careers and Jobs careers are listed below (sorted by U.S. National Median Salary). Real Estate Careers and Jobs-related jobs specific to each occupation are also provided. Please Scroll and Select below::
| Occupations | National Median Salary | Real Estate Careers and Jobs-Related Jobs |
52 Real Estate Careers and Jobs careers are listed (sorted by Education/Preparation Requirements - descending) to provide career ladders. Real Estate Careers and Jobs-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 | Real Estate Careers and Jobs-Related Jobs |
Scroll through the picklist (below). There are 228 specific Real Estate Careers and Jobs 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:
Receptionists and Information Clerks.
Step 3 of 4: Prepare For a Career
Receptionists and Information Clerks
Description: Answer inquiries and provide information to the general public, customers, visitors, and other interested parties regarding activities conducted at establishment and location of departments, offices, and employees within the organization.
Please click on a section below to expand and see detailed occupational information related to "Receptionists and Information Clerks":
U.S. Total Employment (2023):
1,016,200U.S. Total Employment (2033 est.):
1,060,000
Employment Change (2023-2033 est.):
43,800 (4.3%) Average Annual Job Openings (2023-2033 est.):
134,000
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: 65 (%) | Description: Process and prepare memos, correspondence, travel vouchers, or other documents. |
| Importance: 60 (%) | Description: Keep a current record of staff members' whereabouts and availability. |
| Importance: 48 (%) | Description: Analyze data to determine answers to questions from customers or members of the public. |
| Importance: 39 (%) | Description: Schedule space or equipment for special programs and prepare lists of participants. |
| Importance: 36 (%) | Description: Calculate and quote rates for tours, stocks, insurance policies, or other products or services. |
| Importance: 32 (%) | Description: Enroll individuals to participate in programs and notify them of their acceptance. |
| Importance: 27 (%) | Description: Take orders for merchandise or materials and send them to the proper departments to be filled. |
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: 91 (%) | 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: 87 (%) | Description: Getting Information: Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
| Importance: 86 (%) | 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: 83 (%) | 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: 78 (%) | Description: Making Decisions and Solving Problems: Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
| Importance: 74 (%) | Description: Assisting and Caring for Others: Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
| Importance: 73 (%) | Description: Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others: Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
| 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: 72 (%) | Description: Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships: Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
| Importance: 71 (%) | Description: Processing Information: Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
| Importance: 69 (%) | Description: Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge: Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
| Importance: 69 (%) | Description: Documenting/Recording Information: Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
| Importance: 67 (%) | Description: Performing Administrative Activities: Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
| Importance: 66 (%) | Description: Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work: Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
| Importance: 66 (%) | Description: Scheduling Work and Activities: Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
| Importance: 65 (%) | Description: Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others: Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
| Importance: 62 (%) | Description: Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others: Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
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 operational or research data. | |
| Answer telephones to direct calls or provide information. | |
| Calculate costs of goods or services. | |
| Clean facilities or equipment. | |
| Collect deposits, payments or fees. | |
| Discuss goods or services information with customers or patrons. | |
| Distribute incoming mail. | |
| File documents or records. | |
| Greet customers, patrons, or visitors. | |
| Operate computers or computerized equipment. | |
| Order materials, supplies, or equipment. | |
| Prepare business correspondence. | |
| Proofread documents, records, or other files to ensure accuracy. | |
| Provide notifications to customers or patrons. | |
| Record personnel information. | |
| Respond to customer problems or complaints. | |
| Schedule appointments. | |
| Schedule operational activities. | |
| Send information, materials or documentation. | |
| Sort mail. | |
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: 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: 76 (%) | 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: 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: 67 (%) | Description: Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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: 64 (%) | Description: Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
| Importance: 62 (%) | 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: Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to 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? |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 60 (%) | Description: Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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 data to improve operations. |
| Activity: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas. |
| Activity: Collect fares or payments. |
| Activity: Determine values or prices of goods or services. |
| Activity: Distribute materials, supplies, or resources. |
| Activity: Examine materials or documentation for accuracy or compliance. |
| Activity: Explain technical details of products or services. |
| Activity: Maintain operational records. |
| Activity: Operate computer systems or computerized equipment. |
| Activity: Perform administrative or clerical activities. |
| Activity: Process shipments or mail. |
| Activity: Provide general assistance to others, such as customers, patrons, or motorists. |
| Activity: Provide information to guests, clients, or customers. |
| Activity: Purchase goods or services. |
| Activity: Respond to customer problems or inquiries. |
| Activity: Schedule appointments. |
| Activity: Schedule operational activities. |
| Activity: Sort materials or products. |
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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| Electronic mail software: | ||||||||
| Microsoft Outlook | ||||||||
| Office suite software: | ||||||||
| Microsoft Office software | ||||||||
| Spreadsheet software: | ||||||||
| Microsoft Excel | ||||||||
| Word processing software: | ||||||||
| Microsoft Word | ||||||||
| Emerging Tech Skills | ||||||||
| Accounting software: | ||||||||
| Intuit QuickBooks | ||||||||
| Operating system software: | ||||||||
| Microsoft Windows | ||||||||
| Presentation software: | ||||||||
| Microsoft PowerPoint | ||||||||
| Word processing software: | ||||||||
| Google Docs | ||||||||
| General Software Tools | ||||||||
| Accounting software: | ||||||||
| Bookkeeping software | ||||||||
| Billing and invoicing software: | ||||||||
| Billing software | ||||||||
| Calendar and scheduling software: | ||||||||
| Appointment scheduling software Electronic calendar management software | ||||||||
| Cloud-based data access and sharing software: | ||||||||
| Google Drive | ||||||||
| Customer relationship management CRM software: | ||||||||
| Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge Microsoft Dynamics | ||||||||
| Data base user interface and query software (scroll table below): | ||||||||
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| Desktop publishing software: | ||||||||
| Microsoft Publisher | ||||||||
| Document management software: | ||||||||
| Filing system software Microsoft SharePoint Server | ||||||||
| Electronic mail software: | ||||||||
| Email software IBM Notes | ||||||||
| Internet browser software: | ||||||||
| Web browser software | ||||||||
| Medical software (scroll table below): | ||||||||
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| Mobile messaging service software: | ||||||||
| Intrado SchoolMessenger | ||||||||
| Office suite software: | ||||||||
| Corel WordPerfect Office Suite | ||||||||
| Time accounting software: | ||||||||
| HMS | ||||||||
| Word processing software: | ||||||||
| 3M Post-it App |
Preparation Required
| Preparation Required - How much preparation is needed to obtain this type of job? |
| Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed |
| Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training. |
| Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. |
| Ranges from a few days to one year of on-the-job training. |
| These occupations involve following instructions and often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include dishwashers, landscaping and groundskeeping workers, counter and rental clerks, dental laboratory technicians, and security guards. |
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: 49.5 (%) | Level of Education: High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) |
| Frequency of Attainment: 25.7 (%) | Level of Education: Some College Courses |
| Frequency of Attainment: 20.9 (%) | 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: 3.7 (%) | Level of Education: Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) |
| Frequency of Attainment: 0.3 (%) | Level of Education: Less than a High School Diploma |
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: 27.0 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 21.1 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months |
| Frequency of Attainment: 14.9 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 11.6 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: None |
| Frequency of Attainment: 11.2 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 10.5 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year |
| Frequency of Attainment: 3.8 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months |
Local Salary Information
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Related Careers to Consider
Step 4 of 4: Career-Specific Resources
This section contains detailed external resources appropriate to "Receptionists and Information 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
There are many great resources that can help guide you through the interview process. These links provide help in preparing and performing an effective interview, specific to this occupation.
Step-by-Step
Here are links to help guide you, step-by-step, to become a(n): Receptionists and Information Clerks
LinkedIn®
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