What is a Data Entry Clerk?
Data entry is a large field that comprises many different types of work. A data entry clerk may work primarily as a typist, a transcriptionist, a word processor, or may be involved in entering streams of data/information into various existing programs. Some data entry clerks also input information into programs that are being built or developed. Key skills for this type of work are typing speed, with speed in numbers equivalent to that on letters, accuracy in typing, knowledge of many office and data programs, and good spelling, punctuation and grammar. A person who works as a data entry clerk usually has at least a high school diploma. As the world increasingly stores most information in computer databanks, the need for data entry clerks with good skills increases. Unfortunately, the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics expects that US jobs for the data entry clerk are declining and will continue to decline. Part of this drop in available jobs is based on company outsourcing. Foreign wor
