Most jobs require only a high school diploma.
Numerous job opportunities should arise due to high turnover in this occupation. Little or no change is expected in overall employment, reflecting the spread of computers and other office automation as well as organizational restructuring. Order clerks receive and process incoming orders for a wide variety of goods or services, such as spare parts for machines, consumer appliances, gas and electric power connections, film rentals, and articles of clothing. They are sometimes called order-entry clerks, customer service representatives, sales representatives, order processors, or order takers. Orders for materials, merchandise, or services can come from inside or from outside of an organization.