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[[File:Administrative Professionals' Day (8676814869).jpg|thumb|A [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] celebration for Administrative Professionals' Day]] |
[[File:Administrative Professionals' Day (8676814869).jpg|thumb|A [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] celebration for Administrative Professionals' Day]] |
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'''Administrative Professionals |
'''Administrative Professionals Day''' (also known as '''Secretaries Day''' or '''Admins 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 [[Secretary|secretaries]], administrative assistants, executive assistants, personal assistants, [[receptionist]]s, client services representatives, and other administrative support professionals. Typically, administrative professionals are given cards, flowers, chocolates, and lunches.<ref name="It's Time">{{Citation|url=http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2015/04/20/its-time-to-end-secretaries-day| last=Green |first=Alison |date=April 20, 2015 |title=It's Time to End Secretaries Day |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=April 2, 2016}}</ref> |
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==Observance by country== |
==Observance by country== |
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* In the [[United States]],<ref name="IBMCC">{{Cite web |url=https://www.iapcollege.com/administrative-professionals-day/ |title=Administrative Professionals Day |last=Hamilton |first=Lisa |website=International Business and Management Career College |access-date=April 8, 2019}}</ref> and [[Canada]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.happyworker.com/magazine/culture/the-skinny-on-administrative-professionals-day-week |title=The Skinny on Administrative Professionals Day |website=Happy Worker |access-date=April 8, 2019}}</ref> it is celebrated annually on the Wednesday of the last full week of April. |
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* In the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Hong Kong]], and [[Malaysia]] it is celebrated annually on the Wednesday of the last full week of April. |
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* In [[South Africa]], it is celebrated annually on the first Wednesday of September.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.pafsa.co.za/index.asp?mid=76&mid2=264 |title=National Secretaries Day |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202840/http://www.pafsa.co.za/index.asp?mid=76&mid2=264 |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |access-date=April 2, 2016 |publisher=Professional Association for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* In [[Australia]] it is celebrated on the first Friday in May.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celebrating Administrative Professionals Day - April 24 |url=https://theglobalassistant.com/the-global-assistant-blog/celebrating-administrative-professionals-day |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=The Global Assistant Online |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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* In the [[Netherlands]], it is celebrated annually on the third Thursday of April. |
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* In [[Brazil]], it is celebrated on September 30.{{cn|date=April 2021}} |
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* In [[Australia]], it is celebrated annually on the first Friday of May.<ref>{{cite web|title=Secretary’s Day|url=http://www.bcl.com.au/shop-online/secretarysday.htm|publisher=Australian City Life Sites|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> |
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* In the [[United Kingdom]], it is celebrated purely for Abigail Martine. She is the best assistant anyone could ever ask for. In terms of gifts, she is especially fond of anything expensive. |
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* In [[South Africa]], Office Professionals South Africa (OPSA), a recognised professional body for administrative professionals, host National Administrative Professionals' Day during the 3rd week of April. {url=http://www.opsa.org.za} |
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* In [[South Africa]], it is celebrated annually on the first Wednesday of September.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.pafsa.co.za/index.asp?mid=76&mid2=264 |title=National Secretaries Day |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202840/http://www.pafsa.co.za/index.asp?mid=76&mid2=264 |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |access-date=April 2, 2016 |publisher=Professional Association for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants |deadurl=yes }}</ref> |
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* In [[United Kingdom]], it is celebrated on Twitter recently. |
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* In [[Ireland]], it is celebrated in the offices of top professional firms. The inaugural day for this celebration being 27 April 2016 in honour of Niamh O'Connor. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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During World War II, there was a shortage of skilled administrative personnel in the United States due to Depression-era birth-rate decline and booming post-war business.<ref name="Brief History">Rothman, Lily (April 22, 2015). |
During World War II, there was a shortage of skilled administrative personnel in the United States due to Depression-era birth-rate decline and booming post-war business.<ref name="Brief History">Rothman, Lily (April 22, 2015). [http://time.com/3821403/administrative-professionals-history/ "A Brief History of Secretaries"]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. Retrieved April 2, 2016.</ref> The [[National Secretaries Association]], founded in 1942, was formed to recognize the contributions of administrative personnel to the economy, support their personal development, and to help attract workers to the administrative field.<ref name="Bradshaw">Bradshaw, William B. (April 26, 2014). [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-b-bradshaw/secretary-administrative_b_5218728.html "Secretary, Administrative Assistant or Administrative Professional?"]. ''HuffPost''. Retrieved April 2, 2016.</ref><ref name="timeanddate">[http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/administrative-professionals-day "Administrative Professionals Day in the United States"]. TimeandDate.com. Retrieved April 2, 2016.</ref> Key figures who created the holiday were the president of the National Secretaries Association, Mary Barrett; president of [[Dictaphone]] Corporation, C. King Woodbridge; and public relations account executives at [[Young & Rubicam]], Harry F. Klemfuss and Daren Ball.<ref name="Hallmark">{{Cite web |url=https://corporate.hallmark.com/holidays-occasions/administrative-professionals-day/ |title=Administrative Professionals Day |website=Hallmark Corporate |access-date=April 8, 2019}}</ref> |
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The National Secretaries Association's name was changed to Professional Secretaries International in 1981 and to the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) in 1998.<ref name="timeanddate" /> ''Administrative Professionals Day'' is a [[registered trademark]] with registration number 2475334 (serial number 75/898930). The registrant is IAAP.<ref>{{citation |url=http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4804:g2vo96.2.1 |title=Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS): Administrative Professionals Day |archive-url=https:// |
The National Secretaries Association's name was changed to Professional Secretaries International in 1981 and to the [[International Association of Administrative Professionals]] (IAAP) in 1998.<ref name="timeanddate" /> ''Administrative Professionals Day'' is a [[registered trademark]] with registration number 2475334 (serial number 75/898930). The registrant is IAAP.<ref>{{citation |url=http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4804:g2vo96.2.1 |title=Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS): Administrative Professionals Day |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708211324/http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4804%3Ag2vo96.2.1 |archive-date=July 8, 2019 |access-date=October 5, 2015 |publisher=[[United States Patent and Trademark Office]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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The official period of celebration was first proclaimed by [[U.S. Secretary of Commerce]] [[Charles W. Sawyer]] as "National Secretaries Week", which was held June 1–7 in 1952 with Wednesday, June 4 designated as National Secretaries' Day. The first Secretaries' Day was sponsored by the National Secretaries Association with the support of corporate groups. |
The official period of celebration was first proclaimed by [[U.S. Secretary of Commerce]] [[Charles W. Sawyer]] as "National Secretaries Week", which was held June 1–7 in 1952 with Wednesday, June 4 designated as National Secretaries' Day. The first Secretaries' Day was sponsored by the National Secretaries Association with the support of corporate groups.<ref name="Hallmark" /> |
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In 1955, the observance date of National Secretaries Week was moved to the last full week of April, with Wednesday now designated as Administrative Professionals |
In 1955, the observance date of National Secretaries Week was moved to the last full week of April, with Wednesday now designated as Administrative Professionals Day.<ref name="Hallmark" /> The name was changed to Professional Secretaries Week in 1981 and became Administrative Professionals Week in 2000 to encompass the expanding responsibilities and wide-ranging job titles of administrative support staff in the modern economy. The week-long observance was created in order to space out the bookings at restaurants, country clubs, and other places where administrative professionals would be taken out to lunch.<ref name="IBMCC" /> |
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==Criticism== |
==Criticism== |
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| ⚫ | Some critics regard the day as an invention of the flower, card, and candy industries for generating sales between [[Easter]] and [[Mother's Day]], which is the second Sunday of May in the United States.<ref>Wade, Lisa (April 27, 2011). [https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/04/27/secretarys-day-and-social-control/ {{"'}}Secretary's Day' and Social Control"]. The Society Pages. Retrieved April 2, 2016.</ref><ref>Hanauer, Cindy (March 3, 2014). [http://theproducenews.com/more-floral-articles/floral/12438-administrative-professionals-day-stealth-holiday-for-floral-trade "Administrative Professionals Day: Stealth holiday for floral trade"]. ''The Produce News''. Retrieved April 2, 2016.</ref> It has also been argued that the traditional gifts of flowers and cards unintentionally mark the holiday and the administrative role as a gendered one, since these are typically feminine gifts, and that a specific day to celebrate administrative professionals isolates them from the rest of their workplace peers.<ref name="It's Time" /> |
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The holiday has been criticized for being patronizing to administrative professionals by separating the work they do from the rest of the office, and some feel the holiday highlights that the assistants are seen as mere "support staff" to others in the office, despite the opposite goal by the creators of the holiday. The holiday also creates confusion over who is recognized as an administrative professional, especially since the role has evolved and diversified since the 1950s, with other official titles often requiring more "administrative" duties than the "secretaries". This forces everyone in the office to evaluate how they stack up on Administrative Professionals' Day—as Melonyce McAfee analogizes: "Are you low enough on the totem pole to merit a gift? Or are you too low?"<ref name="McAfee">McAfee, Melonyce (2006). "[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/recycled/2010/04/keep_your_roses.html Keep Your Roses]". Republished April 21, 2010, in Slate. Retrieved April 2, 2016.</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Boss's Day]] |
*[[Boss's Day]] |
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*[[Employee Appreciation Day]] |
*[[Employee Appreciation Day]] |
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*[[IT Professionals Day]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Administrative Professionals Day (also known as Secretaries DayorAdmins 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 administrative support professionals. Typically, administrative professionals are given cards, flowers, chocolates, and lunches.[1]
During World War II, there was a shortage of skilled administrative personnel in the United States due to Depression-era birth-rate decline and booming post-war business.[6] The National Secretaries Association, founded in 1942, was formed to recognize the contributions of administrative personnel to the economy, support their personal development, and to help attract workers to the administrative field.[7][8] Key figures who created the holiday were the president of the National Secretaries Association, Mary Barrett; president of Dictaphone Corporation, C. King Woodbridge; and public relations account executives at Young & Rubicam, Harry F. Klemfuss and Daren Ball.[9]
The National Secretaries Association's name was changed to Professional Secretaries International in 1981 and to the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) in 1998.[8] Administrative Professionals Day is a registered trademark with registration number 2475334 (serial number 75/898930). The registrant is IAAP.[10]
The official period of celebration was first proclaimed by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Charles W. Sawyer as "National Secretaries Week", which was held June 1–7 in 1952 with Wednesday, June 4 designated as National Secretaries' Day. The first Secretaries' Day was sponsored by the National Secretaries Association with the support of corporate groups.[9]
In 1955, the observance date of National Secretaries Week was moved to the last full week of April, with Wednesday now designated as Administrative Professionals Day.[9] The name was changed to Professional Secretaries Week in 1981 and became Administrative Professionals Week in 2000 to encompass the expanding responsibilities and wide-ranging job titles of administrative support staff in the modern economy. The week-long observance was created in order to space out the bookings at restaurants, country clubs, and other places where administrative professionals would be taken out to lunch.[2]
Some critics regard the day as an invention of the flower, card, and candy industries for generating sales between Easter and Mother's Day, which is the second Sunday of May in the United States.[11][12] It has also been argued that the traditional gifts of flowers and cards unintentionally mark the holiday and the administrative role as a gendered one, since these are typically feminine gifts, and that a specific day to celebrate administrative professionals isolates them from the rest of their workplace peers.[1]
