A Bank teller or a cashier is directly responsible for dealing with bank customers. In a bank, this position requires most responsibility and vigilant behavior to oversee all frontline transactions. Primarily, you need to have a diploma or college degree with majors in commerce and economics to get a good job in bank. First 6 months are counted as training, during which you learn how to deal with customer problems, manage their bank accounts and enter specific transactions. After the completion of this period, most of the banks offer the same job with one-year renewable contract. Bank teller jobs are getting a boom with recent merger and formation of new banks. To get a handsome salary and quick promotion, you need to show your honesty, sincerity and dedication towards your bank. Primary duties of a bank teller include checking and depositing cash in a customer account, issuing checkbooks and authorizing large amounts of checks for withdrawal, resolving customer issues and assisting senior bank managers with routine tasks. Banking operations are very critical and a bank teller needs to look upon everything very carefully. This is why, you will be held accountable for any fraud and theft occurred on a frontline desk or if any customer complaints about mismanagement of his account. According to one estimate, there are more than one million bank teller jobs available in US and it is regarded as high earning part time job in the country.