Who can work in data entry?
Data entry is the inputting of raw information onto a computer system and employees in data entry jobs need good, fast and accurate typing skills.
Companies need information to survive in today’s competitive marketplace and it needs to be in a form that helps senior management make informed marketing and accountancy decisions which will affect the future direction of their business. Most senior managers regard their time as too valuable to be bothered with what they see as the mundane task of simply inputting raw data into their centralised systems. They regard their job as more decision-maker than word processing clerk. So data entry work is delegated to a more junior member of the team.
In data entry work, the main problem with delegation to current employees is one of logistics. To enter data at a company’s office requires first of all, physical space, secondly, access to a computer terminal and thirdly, extra time spent on payroll and employer tax and deductions for the employees.