While administrative assistants have a job description, that description doesn't begin to describe the ways office assistants exercise power. A savvy administrative assistant with strong personal ...

During the course of the traineeship, trainees must complete coursework in mandatory and elective areas to demonstrate mastery of knowlegde and skills in the Adminisrative Assistant position. As an ...

It happens to the best of us — in all fields and industries — and administrative assistants aren’t immune. You spend a significant amount of time in a certain job or position, and while once it ...

The healthcare industry is renowned for its dynamic nature, constantly evolving to meet the diverse needs of patients and adapt to emerging technologies. In this ever-changing landscape, the role of ...

An administrative assistant keeps your executives and other staff members on track by keeping the office stocked with supplies, scheduling appointments and meetings, and answering the phone as needed.

Academic Administrative Assistants (AAA’s) provide support to assigned departments and programs; the nature of their work varies according to the needs of those departments and programs. Academic ...

Joni Hipsher (left), secretary in the School of Languages and Cultures, and Linda Foster, assistant in the Human Resources’ Organizational Effectiveness unit, recently completed Purdue's Clerical and ...

The role an academic administrative assistant is changing. This work is morphing from a support role to a creative collaborative profession. The title of “administrative” and “assistant” doubly fails ...

Later this month I’m scheduled to deliver a keynote to an internal company conference for administrative professionals. The topic is culture for creativity. My “standard” talks typically focus on ...

Nobody gets a PhD with the goal of spending most days in meetings. The higher up that you go in higher ed administration, however, the more time you spend in meetings. If you are a dean, director, VP, ...