Benefits

• Most Post Office careers give employees the opportunity to receive regular salary increases, overtime pay, night shift differentials and Sunday premium pay. Overtime is paid to employees who work more than 40 hours in a seven-day work week. Night shift differential is paid for hours worked between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., and the Sunday premium is 25 percent of regular pay rates added to the regularly hourly wage. Post Office employees are covered under Social Security and Medicare. The Postal Service observes 10 holidays each year, and gives employees the opportunity to purchase health and life insurance.
  
  

Sales And Marketing

• The Post Office provides careers in sales and marketing, which require candidates to manage teams in meeting objectives and sales goals. To qualify for those positions, a person must demonstrate success with working in large commercial, business-to-business or business-to-mass consumer sales environments. The ability to develop client strategies and strategic business plans is essential for a sales and marketing career at Postal Service.
  
  

Mail Clerk

• A mail clerk is often referred to as a mail handler. This position requires an employee to unload mail that comes into the post office daily. Once the clerk has unloaded the mail, the clerk properly separates the mail into letters, newspapers, parcels and magazines. Once the mail is sorted properly, the mail clerk transports the mail to the proper sorting and processing area of the Post Office.
  
  

Postal Clerk

• Postal clerks also have the job of providing retail services to customers, such as selling stamps and money orders, verifying packages are in satisfactory condition for mailing, and weighing packages to determine postage. A postal clerk has the duty of certifying, registering and insuring mail. Postal clerks offer customer service by answering questions about postal rates, mailing restrictions, Post Office boxes and any other postal matters.
  
  

Mail Carrier

• Mail carriers for the Postal Service deliver the mail. Most mail carriers travel established routes collecting and delivering mail. A carrier may cover his route in a vehicle, on foot, or a combination of both. When a carrier is delivering mail by foot, he or she will carry a satchel or push the mail in a cart. In rural and suburban areas, most carriers deliver the mail by vehicle. Deliveries by a mail carrier are made to roadside mailboxes, house-mounted boxes, and to large buildings such as apartments and offices.