Has Your Red Swingline Stapler Gone Missing? Be Sure to Celebrate Administrative Professionals Day!

Today is Administrative Professionals Day! Take a moment to thank your administrative professionals today. Administrative Professionals keep the gears of your company running smoothly: keeping calendars and offices organized, managing travel plans, scheduling conference calls and managing the phones, overseeing projects, filing papers, running errands, coveting that red Swingline stapler...

The International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) began this tradition in 1952 when organizing Professional Secretaries Week and Professional Secretaries Day. IAAP changed the names to Administrative Professionals Week and Administrative Professionals Day in 2000 to keep pace with the expending responsibilities and the changing job titles of the administrative workforce.

Today, more than 4.1 million secretaries and administrative assistants and 8.9 million people work in various administrative support roles in the United States, according to U.S. Department of Labor statistics. More than 475,000 administrative professionals are employed in Canada. Data from IAAP's website.

Take a moment to thank your Administrative Professionals for all they do to help your day go smoothly.

Some sites for Administrative Professionals Day!
IAAP: Administrative Professionals Day 2011
5 Things an Administrative Assistant is Better at Than You
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