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- A clerk who maintains the files and records of an office.
- File clerks are the guardians of a company's important documents.
- They are responsible for creating and maintaining an efficient and accessible filing system.
- Clerks gather material from the company's departments, sort it, and arrange it.
- Many have installed computerized filing and retrieval systems that employ electronic storage media, such as hard drives, floppy drives, CD-ROMs, or use microfilm or index card files such as those found in libraries.
- When a company worker needs information from the paper files or computer media, a clerk locates the appropriate materials and delivers them to the desk of the company worker.
- File clerks must arrange incoming records numerically, alphabetically, or by subject matter.
- Many use scanners to convert forms, receipts, and reports into electronic format.
- Company records must be kept up to date. File clerks regularly clean out files, throwing away old material and making certain that all material has been filed correctly.
- File clerks must keep track of all the materials in the files and ensure that nothing is lost.