Telephone collector vs assistant account executive

The differences between telephone collectors and assistant account executives can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 6-12 months to become a telephone collector, becoming an assistant account executive takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, an assistant account executive has an average salary of $50,053, which is higher than the $35,823 average annual salary of a telephone collector.

The top three skills for a telephone collector include customer service, telephone calls and FDCPA. The most important skills for an assistant account executive are customer service, press releases, and account management.

Telephone collector vs assistant account executive overview

	Telephone Collector	Assistant Account Executive
Yearly salary	$35,823	$50,053
Hourly rate	$17.22	$24.06
Growth rate	-8%	-8%
Number of jobs	3,762	101,151
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 79%
Average age	46	49
Years of experience	12	4

Telephone collector vs assistant account executive salary

Telephone collectors and assistant account executives have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Telephone Collector	Assistant Account Executive
Average salary	$35,823	$50,053
Salary range	Between $30,000 And $41,000	Between $37,000 And $66,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Turner Construction
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between telephone collector and assistant account executive education

There are a few differences between a telephone collector and an assistant account executive in terms of educational background:

	Telephone Collector	Assistant Account Executive
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 79%
Most common major	Business	Accounting
Most common college	-	-

Telephone collector vs assistant account executive demographics

Here are the differences between telephone collectors' and assistant account executives' demographics:

	Telephone Collector	Assistant Account Executive
Average age	46	49
Gender ratio	Male, 35.4% Female, 64.6%	Male, 32.4% Female, 67.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.1% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 17.2% Asian, 3.8% White, 63.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 7.6% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 11.2% Asian, 5.0% White, 71.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	8%	10%

Differences between telephone collector and assistant account executive duties and responsibilities

Telephone collector example responsibilities.

Prevent impeding loss and increasing profitability through negotiation and enforcement of schedule collection campaigns, consistently achieving high success standards.
Comply with all state and federal regulations (ACA & FDCPA).
Contact debtor's attorneys to discuss debtor's intentions throughout bankruptcy process.
Prevent impeding loss and increasing profitability through negotiation and enforcement of schedule collection campaigns, consistently achieving high success standards.
Arrange collection of collateral or retention agreements with debtors post bankruptcy.
Utilize various skip-tracing services such as Accurint and TheWorkNumber in order to locate consumers and verify employment for account recovery purposes.

Assistant account executive example responsibilities.

Manage Facebook community during crisis that receive national attention.
Create Facebook paid ads with keywords and key demographics.
Create and present informative Microsoft PowerPoint presentations on regional advertising efforts for clients.
Create, research and prepare PowerPoint presentations given by agency partners at national conferences.
Secure a promotion within one year by assuming journal entry and basic reconciliations responsibilities in addition to already performing AP functions.
Collaborate on monthly website, display, organic and SEM performance reports.

Telephone collector vs assistant account executive skills

Common telephone collector skills

Customer Service, 43%
Telephone Calls, 23%
FDCPA, 10%
Past Due Accounts, 10%
Debtor, 8%
Computer System, 8%

Common assistant account executive skills

Customer Service, 11%
Press Releases, 8%
Account Management, 7%
PowerPoint, 6%
Account Executives, 5%
Journal Entries, 4%

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