Secretaries perform routine clerical and administrative functions including writing letters and memos, scheduling appointments, organizing and maintaining paper and electronic files and providing information to callers.
Payroll and timekeeping clerks check employee time records and issue paychecks. They distribute and collect timecards for each pay period and review employee work charts or timecards to be sure they are complete.
Bookkeeping and accounting clerks create and review financial records. They record income and expenses. They make sure the information is complete and accurate.
Desktop publishers format text and images for publications. They use specialized computer software to create such documents as newsletters, pamphlets, brochures, catalogs, magazines and books.