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New Accounts Clerk

New Accounts Clerk

  • Ideal for those who enjoy helping people with their financial needs.
  • Play a key role in facilitating smooth banking experiences for new clients.
  • Engage with diverse individuals and learn about various financial products.
💰 Earn $44K-$62K
📚 High School Diploma or GED

Overview

Interview persons desiring to open accounts in financial institutions. Explain account services available to prospective customers and assist them in preparing applications.

Scoop

Minimum Education

High School Diploma or GED

Career Prospects

Risky (Decreasing by 5% or more)

Training Time

1 to 2 years

Job Openings

2,600 in Total

Earnings

$49,060 Med. in CA

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Day-to-Day

  • Perform teller duties as required.
  • Compile information about new accounts, enter account information into computers, and file related forms or other documents.
  • Collect and record customer deposits and fees and issue receipts, using computers.
  • Inform customers of procedures for applying for services, such as ATM cards, direct deposit of checks, and certificates of deposit.
  • Answer customers' questions and explain available services, such as deposit accounts, bonds, and securities.

Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

  • Influencing or leading others
  • Using data or completing tasks
  • Relating with or serving others

You are skilled in 💫

  • Monitoring
  • Active Listening
  • Speaking
  • Critical Thinking
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Social Perceptiveness

You value 🙏

  • Having support
  • Support
  • Independence
  • Having freedom
  • Relationships
  • Personal relationships

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