Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete.

Sector: Government
Preparation: Zone 3 — medium preparation needed
O*NET code: 43-3031.00

What you'll actually do

The activities O*NET rates highest for this occupation, most important first. Numbers are out of 100.

Working with Computers

central to the job — rated 87/100 for importance.
Getting Information

a major part of the work — rated 82/100 for importance.
Documenting/Recording Information

a major part of the work — rated 76/100 for importance.
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships

a major part of the work — rated 74/100 for importance.
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

a major part of the work — rated 71/100 for importance.
Processing Information

a regular part of the work — rated 68/100 for importance.

Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. May also check the accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers.

What it takes

Two numbers per line: the level the work expects, and how important it is to doing the job well. Both are O*NET ratings, already on a 0–100 scale.

Skills

Mathematics

Needed at a solid working level (48/100), and rated 60/100 for importance.
Active Listening

Needed at a solid working level (54/100), and rated 56/100 for importance.
Reading Comprehension

Needed at a solid working level (54/100), and rated 56/100 for importance.
Critical Thinking

Needed at a solid working level (46/100), and rated 56/100 for importance.
Speaking

Needed at a basic working level (45/100), and rated 53/100 for importance.

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service

Needed at a high level (63/100), and rated 80/100 for importance.
Administrative

Needed at a high level (69/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.
Mathematics

Needed at a solid working level (51/100), and rated 71/100 for importance.
English Language

Needed at a solid working level (46/100), and rated 59/100 for importance.

Abilities

Oral Comprehension

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Near Vision

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.
Mathematical Reasoning

Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.
Written Comprehension

Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.

How people get in

O*NET places this occupation in Zone 3 — medium preparation needed. That is a statement about what employers typically require, not a rule about you.

Education

Vocational training, an associate degree, or equivalent on-the-job experience.

Experience

One to two years of related experience is typical.

Training

Employers expect you to arrive with the core skill already.

How the work tends to run

Each line below is read off a single O*NET activity rating for this occupation — named, so you can disagree with it.

Most of the day happens at a screen.From “Working with Computers”
Long-running relationships carry the work; the same people come back.From “Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships”

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1. You answer a short quiz: Your answers build a profile across the same 161 O*NET dimensions this page is describing — skills, knowledge, abilities and work activities. Same axes, so the comparison is like-for-like.
2. We correlate the two profiles: Fit is a mean-centered cosine — a correlation between the SHAPE of your profile and the shape of Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Centering matters: raw similarity between any two occupations sits at 0.70–0.85 because all work shares a common profile, so without it every career would look like a match.
3. The number you see is personality fit only: "Would I want this work" and "am I ready for this work" are different questions, and averaging them answers neither. So readiness — what your résumé, coursework and projects prove — is scored separately and shown next to fit, never blended into it.
4. Every factor is visible: You can open any match and see which dimensions pushed it up and which pulled it down. If you disagree with the number, you can see exactly where it came from.

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