Data Entry Clerks

No experience is needed to work as a data entry clerk, but those with prior work experience will increase their chances of landing a job, getting promoted, and possibly earning higher pay.

Data entry clerks need excellent word processing skills and the ability to analyze data and input it quickly into a computer. Experience in managing files and records, satisfying customer needs, and evaluating customer satisfaction are also important. Clerks spend the entire day sitting and interacting with computers so they must understand software, how to set up the computer systems, as well as how to enter and process information.

Clerks must be accurate and highly productive, capable of inputting several hundred pieces of information per hour, and they must be comfortable with the high degree of routine and repetition involved in their daily tasks. As computers continue to change, clerks must always be ready to learn new methods and techniques of input.