Telephone Operators

Top 3 telephone operators Jobs

Telephone Operator - Personal Telephone Answering Service - San Jose, CA
Company Description PTAS has been a family-owned and operated company in Silicon Valley since 1961. We answer multiple phone lines through a state of the art computerized phone system. Take and route ...
Telephone Operator - A Shore Answer LLC - Neptune City, NJ
Telephone operator for an expanding 24 hour answering service. Must be able to type 30 words per minute and good spelling is needed. Job consists of answering phones, assisting callers, taking ...
Telephone Operator/Customer Service Representative - AB UNIVERSAL MESSAGING - Neptune City, NJ
Telephone operator for an expanding 24 hour answering service. Must be able to type 30 words per minute and good spelling is needed. Job consists of answering phones, assisting callers, taking ...

What Telephone operators Do

Provide information by accessing alphabetical, geographical, or other directories. Assist customers with special billing requests, such as charges to a third party and credits or refunds for incorrectly dialed numbers or bad connections. May handle emergency calls and assist children or people with physical disabilities to make telephone calls.

Telephone operator Salaries

2014 employment: 13,100
May 2015 median annual wage: $35,880

Job Outlook for Telephone operators

Projected employment change, 2014–24:

Number of new jobs: -5,500
Growth rate: -42 percent (Decline)

How to Become a Telephone operator

Education and training:

Typical entry-level education: High school diploma or equivalent
Work experience in a related occupation: None
Typical on-the-job training: Short-term on-the-job training

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