Career roadmap
How to become a New Accounts Clerk
What you would actually do
The tasks New Accounts Clerks spend real time on, weighted by how central each one is to the job.
- Compile data or documentation.
- Enter information into databases or software programs.
- Type documents.
- Collect deposits, payments or fees.
- Explain regulations, policies, or procedures.
- Discuss goods or services information with customers or patrons.
- Obtain personal or financial information about customers or applicants.
- Interview employees, customers, or others to collect information.
The skills that actually carry the job
Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.
- Active Listening4.0/5
- Speaking4.0/5
- Reading Comprehension3.5/5
- Service Orientation3.4/5
- Social Perceptiveness3.3/5
- Critical Thinking3.1/5
- Monitoring3.1/5
- Coordination3.1/5
- Writing3.0/5
- Persuasion3.0/5
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix New Accounts Clerks are measured on — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Conventional7.0/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Enterprising4.7/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
- Social3.5/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
- Investigative1.8/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
- Realistic1.5/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
- Artistic1.0/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.
