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Job Description


	Rent, buy, or sell property for clients. Perform duties, such as study property listings, interview prospective clients, accompany clients to property site, discuss conditions of sale, and draw up real estate contracts. Includes agents who represent buyer.

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Job Requirements


	Experience: Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a drywall installer might benefit from experience installing drywall, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be an installer with little difficulty.

	Education: These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.

	Training: Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.

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Significant Points


	(Abstract from Career Articles)

	Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents

Real estate brokers and sales agents often work evenings and weekends and usually are on call to suit the needs of clients. A license is required in every State and the District of Columbia. Although gaining a job may be relatively easy, beginning workers may face competition from well-established, more experienced agents and brokers in obtaining listings and in closing an adequate number of sales. Employment is sensitive to swings in the economy, especially interest rates; during periods of declining economic activity and increasing interest rates, the volume of sales and the resulting demand for sales workers fall.
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Top Ten Industries

U.S. National Figures.

Real estate sales agents
Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers	61,360
Lessors of Real Estate	36,240
Activities Related to Real Estate	28,250
Residential Building Construction	12,640
Land Subdivision	4,370
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	2,690
Oil and Gas Extraction	2,030
Employment Services	1,770
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,630
Legal Services	1,230

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Title: "Real Estate Sales Agents"

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