Office and administrative support occupations

corporate task of optimizing the existing resources in a company

thumb|A secretary working at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in California, 2007

process of managing interactions with customers

professional who is responsible for planning, designing, projecting, and conveying messages or ideas through visual communication

thumb|200px|Bob Cratchit, the clerk of [[Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.]] thumb|right|Two Women's Royal Naval Service clerks aboard during World War I A clerk is a white-collar worker in an administrative professional capacity who conducts record keeping as well as general office tasks, or a grey-collar worker (or to a lesser extent, a blue-collar worker) who performs similar sales-related tasks in a retail environment. The responsibilities of clerical workers commonly include record keeping, filing, staffing service counters, screening callers, and other admin

thumb|Receptionist of EA DICE in [[Stockholm, Sweden]] A receptionist or front desk assistant is an employee in the administrative professional field, taking an office or administrative support position. The work is usually performed in a waiting area such as a lobby or front office desk of an organization or business. The title receptionist is attributed to the person who is employed by an organization to receive or greet any visitors, patients, or clients and answer telephone calls. thumb|Security Receptionist, Watchman, and/or Security Guard on duty at a security post at the entrance to a r

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thumb|Andrew Taylor Still with his amanuensis, Annie Morris, who is at a typewriter An amanuensis ( ) ( ) or scribe is a person employed to write or type what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. Eric Fenby acted as such in assisting the blind and paralysed composer Frederick Delius in writing down the notes he dictated.

thumb|A dispatcher

activities related to office maintenance

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business-supplier relationship concept

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Paraprofessional is a title given to individuals in various occupational fields, such as education, librarianship, healthcare, engineering, and law. Historically, paraprofessionals assisted the master professional of their field. In more recent times, paraprofessionals have become a professional in their own right, providing services which meet the needs of a particular recipient or community.