How to Find a Job as a 10-Key Typist

You like working on the computer and you're quick with the 10-key. You want to find a job that combines your likes and your skills. Get a job using the 10-key keyboard and find a career you like.

Instructions

1. Practice your typing skills regularly so that your accuracy and speed stay constant. You can also improve your skills by playing online typing games and using 10-key tutoring software.

2. Create a resume showing your keying skills. Emphasize any 10-key experience or training you have. Include your 10-key speed. Write a cover letter explaining how your skills are suited for the job.

3. Search for a job in data entry so you can use the regular keyboard and the numeric keypad. Find jobs in numbers so that you can use the keypad for most of your data entry.

4. Look for accounting jobs because you will use the 10-key in all your work. Or, become a bank teller. You will use your 10-key skills in both of these jobs when you fill in spreadsheets, account numbers and counting money.

5. Go to inventory companies to find a job doing inventory work in stores or businesses. You will need 10-key skills in this job because you will punch numbers into a handheld machine each time you count inventory.

6. Apply at local businesses for a job as a cashier who types in prices or as a customer support person who types in addresses and phone numbers.

7. Search job sites and databases using key words like data entry, typing, computer input, number pad and 10-key to find jobs that emphasize your 10-key typing skills.