Introduction
Blue Steel Security Company is reputable security company that offers a variety of services that ranges from Security Training courses to Free Security Survey. The Company is located in Brooklyn, New York. One of the main objectives of this company is transforming lives of American citizens and the world beyond by through its services of security guard training and at the same time addressing the issues facing these guards by offering ultimate instructions to the students they are training. This company started at low levels and ascended to been a reputable security company in America (Blue Steel Security Inc, n.d)
For my intern program, I have managed to attain an intern position at Blue Steel Security Company at its headquarters in Brooklyn. The position I am attached to is file clerk working in a family oriented environment. The main incentive for working in the Blue Steel Security Company as an intern is the fact that there is a high chance of attaining an employment opportunity in the Company.
Job description
File clerks in the Blue Steel Security Company are regarded as the guardians of the company. This is because the main part of their job description entails handling important files and documents. The filing system of the company is part and parcel of the responsibility of Blue Steel Security Company’s file clerk. Responsibilities in the filing system entailed maintaining and organizing the company’s files.
In addition to this, collecting of documents and materials from the various companies’ departments, assessing and sorting it out and arranging the materials is also part of my internship responsibility as a clerk intern. The incorporation of modern technology by the company made my responsibility as a file clerk easier as files’ data and information is easily fed in to the computer electronically. This in turn eases the burden of retrieving the information when need arises.
The files are arranged alphabetically and numerically according to their years of storage. These files are also kept up to date. In the case of electronically stored files, scanners are used to convert the hard copy file into soft copy file. Counter checking the files for proper documentation is a regular practice. Working as a file clerk in Blue Steel Security Company incorporates handling the responsibilities of a receptionist.
This therefore indicates that the responsibility duties of a file clerk are vast. Working as a receptionist, the responsibilities include answering of clients’ phone calls, explaining the company’s services to potential clients and booking of appointment for the various clients. In addition to this, as a receptionist, part of my responsibilities is connecting the telephone calls between the various company’s departments and ensuring that all the mails addressed to the company land on the appropriate department’s desk.
Experience attained
Working in Blue Steel Security Company is an eye opening opportunity as the company deals with security matters, which happen to be a major issue in America’s public domain. As an intern in the file clerk department/receptionist department, I am attaining a lot of experience on how to relate with the various kinds of people. This is particularly evident while working as a receptionist where I tend to meet different kinds of people who have different attitudes. Working as a receptionist, it is the company’s policy to ensure the clients are served to their satisfaction. This ensures that the receptionist attains crucial qualities of attracting potential clients and hence increasing the market base of the company.
As file clerk, I am also attaining vast wealth of experience in the filing systems using both manually and electronically methods of filing. Collecting of the material from the different departments of the company that are meant to be file is also a new experience that am attaining as the process indicates the type of relationship that should exist between the various department of a company. Booking of appointments is a process that indicates the importance of time cautious while working in a business premise.
Hindrances
Despite the vast amount of experience that am attaining while working as an intern in the Blue Steel Security Company, a number of hindrances are also encountered in the course of my internship program. As a receptionist, not all clients are friendly especially those that have arrived late for their appointment only be told to reschedule for another appointment. In the file clerk section, hindrances crop up especially while trying to identify files’ information that is filed without electronically filing a similar copy. In this case, different files have to be perused in order to attain the intended file.
Conclusion
The whole internship program is a success in the making despite the few hindrances experienced while working as a file clerk/receptionist in the Blue Steel Security Company. A vast amount of experience is continually been attained as working in an intern capacity.
The experience that is been attained ranges from public relations to systematic record keeping. The vast amount of responsibilities undertaken by the file clerk is an indication of the importance of a file clerk in a company. On completion of my attachment, a vast amount of experience will be achieved. The only goal and objective left will be attaining the golden job opportunity, to work with one of the reputable security company, the Blue Steel Security Company.
References
Blue Steel Security Inc. (N.d). Blue Steel Security Inc website. NY. Web.