Secretary Day

Secretary Day

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National Secretaries day also known as Admin Day , Administrative Professional’s Day, or Secretaries Day is celebrated in all government and private offices on Wednesday of the last full week of April i.e. Administrative Professional’s Week . It is an unofficial secular holiday observed in several countries to recognize the work of secretaries, administrative assistants, receptionists, and other administrative support professionals. Special events are marked for those who occupy secretarial posts.
It recognizes the work of clerical employees such as administrative assistants, receptionists, paralegals, etc. It is celebrated as part of a larger Administrative Professionals Week, which takes place during the last full week of April.
National Professional Secretaries Week and National Secretary’s Day were created in 1952 through the work of Harry F. Klemfuss of Young and Rubicam. Klemfuss recognized the importance and value of the secretarial position, to a company or business and to management. His goal in creating this day was to encourage more women to become secretaries. (Nowadays, that would be both women and men). Using his skill and experience in public relations, Klemfuss, promoted the values and importance of the job that secretaries do. In doing so, he also created the holiday in recognition of the importance of secretaries.
The first Secretaries Day , was held on June 4, 1952. In 1955, the NSA (National Secretaries Association) changed the date of Secretaries Week to the last full week in April. This has become a permanent date for the observance of Secretaries Week, with Wednesday of that week designated Secretaries Day. In 1981, the word “Professional” was added to the name of Secretaries Day and Secretaries Week. Professional Secretaries International continues to be the sole sponsor of Professional Secretaries Week and Professional Secretaries Day .
The 48-year-old tradition of honoring administrative professionals during the last full week of April received a new name in 2000. Professional Secretaries Week has been renamed Administrative Professionals Week and Professional Secretaries Day became Administrative Professionals Day, effective with the April 23-29, 2000 observance, to keep pace with changing job titles and expanding responsibilities of today’s administrative workforce.
Research shows that many workers around the world still hold the “secretary” job title; however, many alternative titles have become more popular, such as administrative assistant, office coordinator, administrative specialist, executive assistant, and office manager.
While all secretaries are covered under the umbrella term “ administrative professional ,” not all admins hold the title of “secretary.” The name change to Administrative Professionals Week and Administrative Professionals Day expands the event to include other administrative job titles that also richly deserve recognition.
In the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, and Malaysia, it is celebrated annually on the Wednesday of the last full week of April. In New Zealand , it is celebrated on the third Wednesday of April. In Belgium, France , and the Netherlands, it is celebrated annually on the third Thursday of April. In Australia, it is celebrated annually on the first Friday of May. In South Africa , it is celebrated annually on the first Wednesday of September, while in Brazil it is celebrated annually on 9 September.
In the United States, the day is often celebrated by giving one’s assistant flowers, candy, or small gifts, or by taking him/her out to lunch. The holiday is criticized for being just another holiday created by the greeting card/gift industry to increase their sales between larger holidays.
Over the years, Administrative Professionals Week has become one of the largest workplace observances. The event is celebrated worldwide, bringing together millions of people for community events, educational seminars, and individual corporate activities recognizing support staff with gifts of appreciation. The employers observe Administrative Professionals Week by providing training for their administrative staff through seminars, continuing education, or self-study materials. Another suggestion is to make a commitment toward delegating responsibilities that better utilize the skills of administrative professionals. This day also provides a platform for motivating the officers and secretaries to work harder and provide information about employees to higher authorities. The day also provides a message to junior to prepare themselves harder to perform the tasks and reach new heights.
A number of special meetings are held in offices, speeches are given to boost the confidence of officers and secretaries. Awards and certificates are given for their extraordinary services and as a token of appreciation. A small get-together is held in offices to celebrate this day.
The day not only highlights the importance of Administrative Professionals in doing office works but also provides them with much-needed encouragement so that they keep up the good work.
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Administrative Professional's Week : The last full week in April - April 18-24, 2021; April 24-30, 2022; April 22-28, 2023; April
21-27, 2024; April 20-26, 2025

National Professional Secretaries Week and National Secretary's Day was created
in 1952 through the work of Harry F. Klemfuss of Young and Rubicam.
Klemfuss recognized the importance and value of the secretarial position,
to a company or business and to management. His goal in creating
this day, was to encourage more women to become secretaries. (Nowadays, that
would be both women and men). Using his skill and experience in public
relations, Klemfuss, promoted the values and importance of the job that
secretaries do. In doing so, he also created the holiday in recognition of
the importance of secretaries.

The name of this special day has changed and evolved over the past few decades.
Yet, the importance of recognizing these vital individuals has continued
to grow. The two new terms in use today are: "Administrative Professionals"
and "Executive Administrators (or Admins)". The two names sometimes
mean different roles and responsibilities in different companies and
organizations. Both are broader terms, that encompass more positions than
the original "Secretary" role.

The name change recognizes and acknowledges that the role has changed
significantly since 1952, and for the better at that. We think Klemfuss
would agree with the evolution of Secretary's Day. In Harry Klemfuss' day,
these positions were the realm of women. Today, you find males in these
positions, too.

The most common ways of recognizing your Administrative Professional(s) today
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Why Administrative Professionals Day is patronizing and demeaning.
It’s coming up on April 22, and this should be the last year it's observed.
The “holiday” – more recently updated to be called Administrative Professionals Day – was created by the International Association of Administrative Professionals back in 1952, when the organization was known as the National Secretaries Association. If you haven’t encountered this celebration in your office, it’s intended to recognize the work of administrative assistants , receptionists and other administrative support workers – with cards, flowers, and lunches.
Administrative workers certainly do deserve recognition and appreciation. They often have tough jobs, they serve a key role in keeping organizations functioning efficiently and, in many cases, they function as the right hands of busy executives who wouldn’t be able to perform their jobs without them. And support work is hard – anyone who has ever worked in an admin role can tell you it’s a lot harder than it looks from the outside. Good admins make it look easy – being calm and unflappable is part of doing the job well – but it can be stressful, challenging work.
So given all that, what’s the problem with Secretaries Day? Why wouldn’t we want a holiday to mark these contributions?
The problem with Secretaries Day is that it’s patronizing and demeaning. Having a special holiday for administrative workers separates admins from the rest of the office, marking their work as somehow different from other professional occupations. After all, if we value our admins as we would any other employees, why do we require a special holiday to mark their contributions? We don’t have Accountants Day, Webmaster Day or Pharmacists Day. What is it about administrative workers that requires setting aside a calendar day to recognize their work?
The argument in favor of Secretaries Day appears to be that the role is one that often isn’t fully appreciated by the people who admins support. But the day itself actually adds to that problem, by further ghettoizing the job and pigeonholing admins into a different category from everyone else. It says: “You are different from the rest of us, and we’re going to patronize you with a card rather than giving you year-round professional respect.” The day itself actually adds to the problem that it was created to address.
Complicating matters further, there’s even confusion in some offices over who is supposed to be recognized for the holiday and who isn’t. There are sometimes hurt feelings when someone isn’t recognized but wanted to be, and even more hurt feelings when someone gets a card and didn’t realize he or she was seen as support staff. Plus, some admins are paid more than the people plying them with cards and lunches on Secretaries Day, so they understandably find it awkward to be treated by people who make half as much as they do.
On to top of that, plenty of managers spot how the holiday is patronizing the very people who they want to value, but worry they’ll offend their assistants or make them feel unvalued if they don’t recognize the day in some way. It’s on the calendar, after all, and people know about it! And so the cycle is perpetuated, even though people on both sides of the exchange are often feeling awkward and uncomfortable about it.
And making matters still worse, it sure does feel like there’s a gender component to all of this. The majority of admins are still women, and there’s something particularly condescending about a holiday that says “rather than paying you well and showing you year-round respect, we’re going to give you flowers and trinkets.” And it’s surely no coincidence that many of the traditional gifts for the day – flowers and perfume – are ones that tend to be gendered in our culture. When is the last time someone gave the mailroom guy a rose as thanks for a job well done?
The bottom line is this: Admins deserve respect and appreciation year-round. They deserve professional development opportunities, useful feedback and to be taken seriously as people doing important professional work. And they deserve to be compensated and rewarded in accordance with the work they perform.
Flowers and a card once a year are no substitute for any of that, and continuing the practice threatens to keep them from being seen as professionals like every other professional in the workplace.
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Day to recognize secretaries and others
"Secretaries Day" redirects here. For the Office episode, see Secretary's Day (The Office) . For the Ugly Betty episode, see Secretaries' Day (Ugly Betty) .

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Administrative Professionals Day (also known as Secretaries Day or Admin Day ) is a day observed yearly in a small number of countries. It is not a public holiday in any of them. In some countries, it falls within Administrative Professionals Week (the last full week of April in the United States). The day recognizes the work of secretaries , administrative assistants, executive assistants, personal assistants, receptionists , client services representatives, and other admi
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