Qualifications

• Employers require a high school diploma or GED for this occupation. This occupation requires good communication, internet and computer skills.
  
  

Industries

• Research clerks can work in a variety of settings and industries to assist other professionals in finding and compiling information. Industries include sales, marketing, the law, and medicine to name a few.
  
  

Research

• Using a variety of tools and resources such as internal files, the Internet, books and public records, a research clerk finds information requested by office staff.
  
  

Information

• After finding the requested information, a research clerk compiles and organizes the information, which may include entering the details into a database or creating reports.
  
  

Salary

• As of July 2010, CBSalary.com listed a national average salary of $29,206 per year for this occupation.