Administrative Professionals Day is Coming Soon
Fun Ways to Celebrate Administrative Professionals Day
Do you have an administrative professional in your life, maybe a secretary or office assistant who shows up day in and day out, year after year? Sure, these days many people are happy just to have a job and are not expecting any flowers or gifts on Administrative Professionals Day. If you are a boss or owner, maybe give some extra thought this year to your assistant or secretary and show how much you care about and appreciate him or her.
According to the Web site of timeanddate.com, Administrative Professionals Day occurs on April 21 in 2010 and on April 27 in 2011. Start planning now so you will not forget about Administrative Professionals Day, or Secretary's Day as it used to be known around the world.
For more information about Administrative Professionals Day, make sure to check out Wikipedia.org for some great background information on this informal celebration. Another great reference Web site is holidayinsights.com which describes some ways you can recognize your administrative assistant, secretary or receptionist.
The office assistants in businesses around the world play a much more important role than you might think. Often, they go beyond the normal call of duty, beyond what is explicitly required of them. A recent article at PRnewswire.com explains that administrative professionals often help firms reduce spending and assist in hiring at their companies.
These days a popular new television show named "Better Off Ted" skewers the office environment in an entertaining way. Check out "Better Off Ted" at abc.go.com or at hulu.com. Just make sure you do not treat your administrative professional or secretary like the way some of these characters are treated.
If you want to dress up as some character from an office setting, maybe for Halloween 2010 or just for fun, you have many choices as to where you can buy a fun secretary or office assistant costume. Plus, most people will get the joke quickly.
Check out jobs.aol.com for a list of 10 Halloween costumes for work, with such fantastic ideas like the Running Late person, the Office Gossip person, or the Happy Hour dude. Most everyone has these types in their office setting.
Now maybe you are a mature adult and want something super sexy for Halloween night long after the trick-or-treaters have gone to sleep, something hot and sexy for your husband or boyfriend. There are plenty of sexy secretary costumes for Halloween.
Check out the sexy secretary costumes available at amazon.com, or the ones for sale at odgirl.com. There are plenty more sexy secretary Halloween costumes and outfits at brandsonsale.com and buy.com.
Have lots of fun during Administrative Professionals Day and get a little gift or bouquet of flowers for your secretary, office assistant or receptionist.
References
Administrative Professionals Day, timeanddate.com
Administrative Professionals Day, Wikipedia.org
Administrative Professionals (Secretary's) Day, holidayinsights.com
"Survey: Administrative Staff Embracing New Roles," prnewswire.com, March 31, 2010.
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12 Comments
Post a CommentOh, in case you can't tell, I hate this day, I think and have always thought it was demeaning.
See, there it is "Not JUST a secretary anymore!" Pulease. I was a secretary from 1969 to 2008. yeah, they change the name to admin. asst at some point. Doesn't mean a thing. A secretary is a secretary, and they'd been performing administrative duties for decades without recognition. I don't want a special day, all I want is respect and money.
They totally deserve a special day! Thanks for the reminder and ideas.
I couldn't do my job without the support from our administrative assistants. They deserve more than one day a year!!
I am an Administrative Professional, and I only learned about this "day" recently. To tell the truth, we really should have a day for ourselves - especially as it is a fading profession. These days young women just out of college take secretarial jobs as stepping stones to something "better" and the art of being a good Assistant is falling sadly by the wayside. This also means that the people they assist end up having to find a new assistant every few years - which isn't good for them.
I didn't know about Administrative Professionals Day before-thanks!
I agree with Nancy, that would be my perfect day, lol.... :o)
I'd like to have a "lazy old broad who sits on the couch and writes all day" day.
wonderful article, very interesting. There are so many "days" anymore; more and more each year - this year I'm down- sizing, making a personal stand and only acknowledging holidays that society & family force; like christmas ect. (;
Good ideas!