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...So why make the distinction between
using the term "administrative assistant day" and "administrative
professionals day"? Well, other than it's just plain wrong, Administrative
Professionals Day is actually the official name and a registered
trademark.
Read more about the origin of
Administrative Professionals Day and
Administrative Professionals Week and who owns this trademark here.
Plus find its annual dates and more information on celebrating the day on
that page.
The other
reason it's a good idea to make the distinction between the term
"administrative assistant day" and "administrative professionals day" is
because the phrase "administrative assistant" no longer entirely covers
the evolving administrative support profession. While many of today's
administrative support professionals share similar job descriptions,
others hold different job levels and do different job functions within
their companies. Administrative professional job titles may include:
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administrative assistant
-
executive
assistant
-
administrative coordinator
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senior
administrative assistant
-
executive
secretary
-
secretary
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staff
assistant
-
executive
administrative assistant
-
office
manager
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administrative professional
-
administrative coordinator
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and more.
Sure job
titles aren't important to some people. But in reality they do represent
distinctive jobs and job functions and sometimes distinguish levels of
skills, often within a company itself. It's part of the employer's
organizational structure. Job titles are supposed to be descriptive in a
sense---though sometimes in the offices of today's employers they
might seem cryptic because there isn't exactly an across-the-board
standard of job titles from employer to employer. You may refer to the
industry in
general as "administrative professionals".
So how do
administrative professionals wish to be recognized on Administrative
Professionals Day? There is no one answer. But there are preferences, both
from the "holiday's" originator and from the administrative professionals
themselves.
Read how a few administrative professionals who read The Effective Admin
responded to a survey question about
how they'd like to be recognized on
Administrative Professionals Day or how they have been recognized in
the past (or not). Then decide how you'll celebrate Administrative
Assistant Day; oops, I mean Administrative Professionals Day.
RIGHT:
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Administrative Professionals Week®
WRONG::
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