Clerk

From ArticleWorld

A clerk is defined as being a person that works in an office and whose job implies correspondence or record-keeping. He/she may also be somebody that sells items in a store. In medieval times the same term was used as a synonym for scholar, which was related to the word “cleric”.

Types

Several types of clerks exist with classifications being done based on their job attributes and other factors. For instance one may find:

• Quaker clerk – A person that hold an important role in Quaker affairs. He needs to conduct the business meeting in worship spirit.
• City clerk – name given to an elected or appointed official in USA that is the official keeper of municipal records.
• County clerk – an official of the county government
• Court clerk – an individual whose responsibility involves the maintenance of a court’s records.
• Data Entry clerk – an individual that reads hand written material and types it in the computer. In most cases the job is filled on a temporary basis.
• Law clerk – the person that assists the judge in researching needed material. Federal judges can even hire law clerk for individual assistance.
• Patent clerk – also named a patent examiner, the individual that holds the position needs to work in a patenting office and needs to examine applications to determine weather it deserves a patent or not.