Also called: Credit Clerk
Reviews credit applications and approves purchases on credit accounts.
You check credit reports on new customer accounts and approve or flag them.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. A high school diploma plus short on-the-job training on the company's credit rules and systems; customer service experience helps.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Shrinking (about -10% over 10 years). Declining rapidly due to automated credit scoring.
High risk for 10 years. Automated credit decisions approve purchases in milliseconds; human authorizers are only needed for rare exceptions.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to banks, card issuers or retailers for credit authorization roles; training is on the job
Classes: Personal finance, Computer applications, Algebra, Keyboarding.
Official data: O*NET occupation 43-4041.
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