Education:
48%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
45%
Less than a High School Diploma
Mail Clerks & Mail Machine Operators
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Job Outlook:
None
Education:
High school diploma or equivalent
Salary
High:
$47,990.00
Average:
$36,210.00
Hourly
Average:
$17.41
What they do:
Prepare incoming and outgoing mail for distribution. Time-stamp, open, read, sort, and route incoming mail; and address, seal, stamp, fold, stuff, and affix postage to outgoing mail or packages. Duties may also include keeping necessary records and completed forms.
On the job, you would:
- Wrap packages or bundles by hand, or by using tying machines.
- Verify that items are addressed correctly, marked with the proper postage, and in suitable condition for processing.
- Remove containers of sorted mail or parcels and transfer them to designated areas according to established procedures.
Personality
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Characteristics of this Career |
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92% | Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical. | |
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91% | Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. | |
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89% | Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. | |
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81% | Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. | |
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80% | Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. | |
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73% | Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. | |
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66% | Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. | |
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66% | Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. | |
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65% | Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Strengths |
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95% | Conventional - Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources. | |
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83% | Realistic - Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services. |
Job Details
Responsibilities
Prepare outgoing mail.
Prepare outgoing mail.
Verify shipping documentation.
Attach identification information to products, items or containers.
Sort mail.
Maintain office equipment in proper operating condition.
Sort mail.
Route mail to correct destinations.
Weigh parcels to determine shipping costs.
Analyze shipping information to make routing decisions.
Unload materials or equipment.
Package objects for shipping.
Package objects for shipping.
Unload materials or equipment.
Maintain office equipment in proper operating condition.
Monitor equipment operation to ensure proper functioning.
Read work orders to determine material or setup requirements.
Send information, materials or documentation.
Inspect items for damage or defects.
Unload materials or equipment.
Coordinate shipping activities with external parties.
Operate office equipment.
Sort mail.
Operate computers or computerized equipment.
Adjust office equipment to ensure proper operation.
Receive shipments.
Obtain written authorization to perform activities.
Explain regulations, policies, or procedures.
Operate vehicles or material-moving equipment.
Sell products or services.
Collect deposits, payments or fees.
Operate office equipment.
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent |
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99% | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled - How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? | |
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97% | Telephone - How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? | |
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93% | Electronic Mail - How often do you use electronic mail in this job? | |
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93% | Frequency of Decision Making - How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? | |
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91% | Contact With Others - How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? | |
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87% | Face-to-Face Discussions - How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? | |
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87% | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate - How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? | |
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85% | Structured versus Unstructured Work - To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? | |
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84% | Work With Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? | |
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82% | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls - How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? | |
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81% | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks - How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? | |
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78% | Time Pressure - How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? | |
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77% | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results - What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? | |
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76% | Freedom to Make Decisions - How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? | |
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75% | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions - How much does this job require making repetitive motions? | |
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73% | Physical Proximity - To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? | |
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71% | Spend Time Standing - How much does this job require standing? | |
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68% | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results - How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? | |
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67% | Letters and Memos - How often does the job require written letters and memos? | |
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66% | Deal With External Customers - How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Tasks & Values |
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69% | Performing General Physical Activities - Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. | |
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68% | Handling and Moving Objects - Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |