What personal skills or qualities are needed to become a Bank Teller?

Answer:
A Bank Teller is one who is involved with Bank

customers and clients in a variety of ways, including assisting them with making deposits or withdrawals, loan and credit card payments, savings bonds, check-cashing, and other routine banking transactions.

A Bank Teller should be friendly and personable, neat, and professional, since Bank Tellers are the Bank's first-line of representation with their client base. Unfriendly Bank Tellers can cost the Bank establishment valuable customers.

A Bank Teller also needs to possess the following:
- Organizational skills
- Detail oriented
- Mathematics
- Accounting, bookkeeping
- Banking Industry familiarity
- Communication skills
- Honesty, integrity
- Other similar traits

Suggested Educational topics:
- Mathematics
- Economics
- Business Law
- Business Management
- Computer operation
- Other related subjects

For more information about Bank Teller positions, visit the U.S. Department of Labor website.