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Fast Facts
About Administrative Professionals
The largest segment of the
office workforce
More than 4.8 million
administrative professionals work in the United States, including
3,195,000 secretaries and 1,611,000 administrative support supervisors and
managers, according to the latest statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor (1998).
In Canada, a total of more than
500,000 administrative professionals includes 402,695 secretaries, 11,860
executive assistants and 93,670 clerical supervisors (Statistics Canada,
1996).
63,000 secretarial positions and
313,000 administrative support supervisor positions will be added between
1998 to 2008 (U.S. Department of Labor).
Administrative professionals
handle expanding management and technology responsibilities.
- Managing multiple projects
- Designing and producing
documents and newsletters
- Scheduling meetings and travel
- Maintaining computer databases
and financial records
- Supervising and training
others
- Creating and giving
presentations
- Facilitating work teams
- Using the Internet for
research and e-business
Job titles of administrative
professionals today cover a wide range.
- Administrative assistant
- Executive assistant
- Associate
- Coordinator
- Secretary
- Office supervisor
- Office manager
- Legal secretary
- Clerical supervisor
- Administrative services
manager
Reprinted with permission from
the International Association of
Administrative Professionals (IAAP) web site.
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