Accountants Job DescriptionIf you have a knack for numbers, you might consider a career as an Accountant.
Some Accountants work for private citizens, helping them file their taxes and giving advice on general financial matters.
Other Accountants work for companies, either as outside consultants or as full-time employees. They handle the company’s financial records, overseeing budgets, payments, expenses and taxes.
There are accountants that work for the government
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Bill and Account Collectors Job DescriptionBill and Account Collectors contact customers with overdue bills. Collectors call customers, inform them of the amount due and ask for payment. If the Customer disputes the amount or the transaction, the Collector investigates the matter.
When customers move without leaving a forwarding address, collectors check with the post office, phone companies and computerized databases to find a new address and contact the customer
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Cargo and Freight Agents Job Description Businesses need orders filled and shipments moved as quickly as possible. Cargo and freight agents are the people who help make that happen.
Whatever the size, route or nature of the shipment, these agents handle the details of getting cargo from place of origination…to destination swiftly and efficiently.
Cargo and freight agents take orders from customers and arrange getting the freight to the loading platform
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Claims Examiners, Property and Casualty InsuranceInsurance company claims examiners usually supervise claims adjusters. They make sure that payments and settlements have been made in accordance with company practices and procedures and that the adjuster’s repair estimates are accurate.
Claims examiners report overpayments, underpayments, and irregularities. They confer with attorneys, medical personnel, and experts on claims that go to court.
They also help guard against insurance fraud, whether it involves false medical claims, faked documents, or even murder-for-profit
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Cost Estimators Job DescriptionIn large and small businesses alike, clerks are the backbone of the back office. They are responsible for processing and maintaining large streams of financial information for customers and other workers.
Billing clerks review sales data for products sold or services rendered, and prepare itemized bills to send to customers for payment.
Cost clerks create production or sales cost reports for departments and prepare reports showing total cost and selling prices
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Court Clerks Job DescriptionBefore a judge can bang the gavel to call a court to order…a court clerk organizes the whole procedure.
It is up to the clerk to prepare a calendar of cases to be called in court, and to contact every person who will be needed to try the case.
All the documents submitted for the case have to be pulled together and distributed.
And the all-important procedures must be explained to those who will participate
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Electric Home Appliance and Power Tool Repairers Job DescriptionWhen an appliance in your household breaks down…you want someone to fix it in a hurry.
That’s why Electric Home Appliance and Power Tool Repairers are a welcome sight.
These service technicians are sometimes trained by a store or manufacturer to handle particular brands of appliances or tools. Bench technicians do repairs in repair shops, factories and service centers. Field technicians dispatched to homes and businesses
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Gaming Managers Job DescriptionThere’s a lot going on in a busy casino.
Strict laws and smart business practices require close supervision of every aspect of a gambling establishment.
Casino and Gaming Managers supervise the supervisors.
The manager decides what kinds of gambling will be offered at the casino, and how the games will be operated in accordance with gaming laws.
When complaints or questions arise, the manager is the judge of whether house rules and policies are being interpreted correctly
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Photographic Processing Machine Operators Job DescriptionBetween the click of a camera and the enjoyment of the photographs, comes the work of photographic processing machine operators.
These are people trained to load and operate photographic printing machines, film developing machines, and mounting presses. Familiarity with computers is increasingly important for these workers.
When the work is completed, they make sure the images were developed properly
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Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products Job DescriptionIf you feel you were "born to shop" -- you might enjoy doing it for a living.
Wholesale and retail buyers purchase products and commodities for resale to consumers. They have two goals: to buy goods their company can sell at a profit, and to increase their company’s customer base.
Buyers do their job well if they consistently choose merchandise customers like and consider a good value. Buyers fail when warehouses and store racks are left with unwanted inventory that has to be sold off at clearance prices
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