Types

• Receptionists, dispatchers, call centers, medical transcriptionists, data entry and general everyday jobs use a keyboard. Most jobs these days will require some typing ability unless you're never going to be around a computer or cash register.
  
  

Education

• If you're looking to get into a serious administrative assistant position, then an A.A. degree in the specified field would be extremely helpful. To become a medical transcriptionist, some places require that you have your nursing degree or a degree in medical terminology. For some dispatching positions, they require an A.A. degree in liberal arts, though that's rare.
  
  Taking a keyboarding class to increase your speed and accuracy is extremely helpful for any job.
  
  

Salaries

• Administrative assistants can make between $10 to $20 an hour or more depending on the company. Dispatchers can make from $29,000 to $49,000 a year. Entry level for a call center is around $20,000 a year, though higher positions can reach up to $53,000 a year. Medical transcriptionists can make $17,000 to $40,000 a year. Data entry can make $9.00 an hour to $15.00 an hour, depending on where you work.
  
  

Necessary Skills

• Most of the jobs listed will require you're able to type at least 70 words per minute (wpm) or more and have 98 percent accuracy. You'll also be required to think and act quickly, have good phone manners, excellent customer service skills and the ability to act while under pressure.
  
  

Potential

• The potential to make great amounts of money and move up into a higher position with advanced keyboarding skills are vast. Despite popular belief, not many people have good keyboarding skills, especially when it comes to wpm. If you're able to type quickly with a high accuracy rate, you'll be able to acquire a top paying job such as data entry or dispatching.