I am originally a Culinary Arts graduate from one of the best culinary schools here in the Philippines. While studying though, I worked fulltime as a data entry specialist for about 2-3 years. The tasks I was asked to work on by my clients included data research, data mining, and inputting items on spreadsheets.
The projects I handled were various. I had to collect information from different sites and enter them into Excel. I had the chance to be a part of teams/businesses that worked on :
For my data entry work, I research people's numbers in http://411.com/, ZabaSearch.com, and PeopleLookUp.com. I have also done data entry of sale items from circulars in PDF form into Excel spreadsheet. Those circulars are from Stater Bros., Central Market, and Food Town. I have worked for a magazine company and a fashion firm in which I had to input and research information.