Most reservation agents work for large hotel chains or airlines, helping people to plan trips and make reservations.

Order clerks receive and process orders for a variety of goods or services, such as spare parts for machines, consumer appliances, gas and electric power connections, film rentals, and articles of clothing.

Receptionists and information clerks are charged with a responsibility that may have a lasting impact on the success of an organization: making a good first impression.

Library assistants, clerical—sometimes referred to as library media assistants, library aides, or circulation assistants—assist librarians and library technicians in organizing library resources and making them available to users.

Interviewers obtain information from individuals and business representatives who are opening bank accounts, trying to obtain loans, seeking admission to medical facilities, participating in consumer surveys, applying to receive aid from government programs, or providing data for various other purposes.

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks perform a variety of services for guests of hotels, motels, and other lodging establishments.

Human resources assistants maintain the human resource records of an organization’s employees. These records include information such as name, address, job title, and earnings; benefits such as health and life insurance; and tax withholding.

File clerks classify, store, retrieve, and update this information. In many small offices, they often have additional responsibilities, such as entering data, performing word processing, sorting mail, and operating copying or fax machines.

Customer service representatives are employed by many different types of companies throughout the country to serve as a direct point of contact for customers.

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks review credit history and obtain the information needed to determine the creditworthiness of individuals or businesses applying for credit.

Brokerage clerks handle much of the day-to-day operations of brokerages, performing a number of different jobs with a wide range of responsibilities; all involve computing and recording data pertaining to securities transactions.