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A professional who plans fund raising program for charities or other causes, and writes to, telephones, or visits individuals or establishments to solicit funds or gifts-in-kind. Respnsibilities include: * Compiles and analyzes information about potential contributors to develop mailing or contact list and to plan selling approach. * Writes, telephones, or visits potential contributors and persuades them to contribute funds or gifts-in-kind by explaining purpose and benefits of fund raising program. * Takes pledges or funds from contributors. * Records expenses incurred and contributions received. * May organize volunteers and plan social functions to raise funds. * May prepare fund raising brochures for mail-solicitation programs. * May train volunteers to perform certain duties to assist fund raising.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who contacts fraternal, business, and labor organizations by telephone, in person, or by mail to solicit blood donations from employees or members for nonprofit blood bank. Respnsibilities include: * Develops list of prospective donor groups by using organizational, professional, and industrial listings and directories. * Contacts prospective donor groups to explain requirements and benefits of participation in blood donor program. * Visits prospective or participating blood donor group to discuss blood program. * Distributes promotional material and uses audio-visual aids to motivate groups to participate in blood-donor program. * Keeps records of organizations participating in program. * Arranges specific date of blood collection for blood-donor group and confirms appointment in writing. * Records information for mobile blood-collection unit, such as space available, staffing required, and number of donors anticipated. * Consults blood bank records to answer questions, monitor activity, or resolve problems of blood donor groups. * Prepares reports of blood-donor program and recruitment activities. * May identify donors with rare-type blood from blood-bank records, and telephone donors to solicit and arrange blood donation.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who contacts individuals and firms to solicit donations for charity or other causes. Respnsibilities include: * Confers with supervisor, or reads potential donor list, to determine which individuals or firms to approach. * Contacts individuals and firms by telephone, in person, or by mail to solicit funds or gifts-in-kind. * Takes pledges for amounts or gifts-in-kind to be contributed, or accepts immediate cash payments. * May sell emblems or other tokens of organization represented. * May write letter to express appreciation for donation. * May arrange for pick-up of gifts-in-kind.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who contacts individuals and firms to solicit donations for charity or other causes. Respnsibilities include: * Confers with supervisor, or reads potential donor list, to determine which individuals or firms to approach. * Contacts individuals and firms by telephone, in person, or by mail to solicit funds or gifts-in-kind. * Takes pledges for amounts or gifts-in-kind to be contributed, or accepts immediate cash payments. * May sell emblems or other tokens of organization represented. * May write letter to express appreciation for donation. * May arrange for pick-up of gifts-in-kind.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who promotes goodwill and solicits trade for local business firms who are members of parent organization. Respnsibilities include: * Develops list of prospective clients from such sources as newspaper items, utility companies' records, and local merchants. * Visits homes of new residents, prospective parents, recently married couples, engaged persons, and other prospects to explain and sell services available from local merchants. * Usually presents token gifts or gift certificates to induce clients to use local services or purchase local merchandise. * Prepares reports of services rendered and visits made for parent organization and member firms. * May solicit new organization membership. * May explain community services available. * May organize clubs and plan parties for new residents.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who promotes goodwill and solicits trade for local business firms who are members of parent organization. Respnsibilities include: * Develops list of prospective clients from such sources as newspaper items, utility companies' records, and local merchants. * Visits homes of new residents, prospective parents, recently married couples, engaged persons, and other prospects to explain and sell services available from local merchants. * Usually presents token gifts or gift certificates to induce clients to use local services or purchase local merchandise. * Prepares reports of services rendered and visits made for parent organization and member firms. * May solicit new organization membership. * May explain community services available. * May organize clubs and plan parties for new residents.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who solicits membership for club or trade association. Respnsibilities include: * Visits or contacts prospective members to explain benefits and costs of membership and to describe organization and objectives of club or association. * May collect dues and payments for publications from members. * May solicit funds for club or association. * May speak to members at meetings about services available.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sells articles at auction to highest bidder. Respnsibilities include: * Appraises merchandise before sale and assembles merchandise in lots according to estimated value of individual pieces or type of article. * Selects article to be auctioned at suggestion of bidders or by own choice. * Appraises article and determines or asks for starting bid. * Describes merchandise and gives information about article, such as history and ownership, in order to encourage bidding. * Continues to ask for bids, attempting to stimulate buying desire of bidders. * Closes sale to highest bidder. * May write auction catalog and advertising copy for local or trade newspapers and periodicals. * May be designated according to property auctioned as Auctioneer, Art; Auctioneer, Automobile; Auctioneer, Furniture; Auctioneer, Livestock; Auctioneer, Real Estate; Auctioneer, Tobacco.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who records amounts of final bids for merchandise at auction sales, and receives money from final bidders at auction. Respnsibilities include: * Locates lot and item number of article up for bidding on record sheet. * Listens to amount of bids called for by auctioneer and records final amount bid for article. * Receives deposit money or full payment from final bidders.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists auctioneer at auction by tagging and arranging articles for sale, calling out lot and item numbers, and holding or displaying articles being auctioned. Respnsibilities include: * Receives and stores incoming merchandise to be auctioned. * Writes assigned record numbers on tags and wires tags to articles. * Arranges articles into group lots, according to similarity of type of merchandise, such as household goods, art objects, jewelry, and furniture. * Assigns lot and item numbers to grouped articles and records numbers on tags and in record book. * Calls out lot and item numbers of article being auctioned and holds or otherwise displays article during bidding. * Assists final bidders in locating purchased items.
Industry:Professional careers