clerical roles
Desk job titles
Clerical roles are administrative positions involving paperwork, record-keeping, and office support: filing, data entry, correspondence, scheduling.
The term derives from clerk, historically someone who could read and write.
Separately, clerical roles in a religious context are positions held by clergy: She felt called to a clerical role in the church.
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
- personal assistantHired organizational helper
- typistOne who keyboards
- archivistKeeper of historical documents
- schedulerOne who arranges timing
receptionist · telephonist · indexer · library assistant · cataloguer · transcriptionist · paper pusher · mail room · stenographer · data entry · registrar · dispatcher · typing pool · database administrator · executive assistant · office manager · front desk · bookkeeper
clerical rolesmanual labor
Work done bodily
blue-collar work · skilled trades · factory work · trades · fieldwork
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