Since my internship is with my current place of employment, Maricopa County Clerk of the Board's Office, it will be difficult for me to describe my internship on a daily basis. In order to complete all of the hours required for the internship class, I need work on my internship project for at least 5 hours per week, in addition to my normal duties at my job.
So for example, this week I worked on my internship project for a couple hours each day. More specifically, I worked on my project for about 4 hours today because I have a presentation to give tomorrow morning. I will discuss this presentation in a future blog post.
I work in downtown Phoenix, right next to the Superior Court Complex (3rd Avenue and Jefferson). I work on the 10th floor (top floor) of the Maricopa County Administration building. My office is attached to the Board of Supervisors Office (highest elected officials of Maricopa County), so my office is very formal. My work day begins at 8:30 AM and I work in my cubicle until break or lunch time. At 5:00 PM exactly, I get to go home; but first I get to spend more than an hour in my car driving on the I-10. :)
My current duties are related to processing a 100+ item agenda, every 2 weeks. The items are submitted by different departments in Maricopa County and are usually contracts with outside vendors or other government agencies. After the items are approved, I am responsible for processing each document for signature/notarization. Most agenda items have some sort of issue - typos, incorrect verbiage, not enough information or no prior authorization.
I think a typical day at your work sound very interesting. I really enjoy doing office work. I do not do a whole of office work at my internship and I really wish that I had some down time sometimes. Maybe next internship I look for will be in the County Clerk's office. Thank you for sharing you experiences. I really enjoyed reading about a typical day and the rest of your blog! Can't wait to read more!
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