Yes, it does sound like I wrote that article just ...

2008-03-06T23:29:00.000-05:00

Yes, it does sound like I wrote that article just for you...
We wear so many hats as an admin asst. and I think sometimes we underestimate what we do and how valuable we are to our companies.
I was at an IAAP meeting and we had some people speaking on event planning and all I could think when I was listening to him was that I do that all the time, from making travel arrangements to arranging big conferences. Just all a part of the job for an admin assistant. That's what made me want to write this article.
Thanks for your comments. Very appropriate for this post.

Patricia

I think you've just described my career laughs.I...

2008-03-06T12:16:00.000-05:00

I think you've just described my career *laughs*.

I started out in the world as an EMT, moved into dispatch, and when a job opened up in the office, began working in customer billing.

That job lead to becoming an accounting clerk with a big medical school, where I also started learning word processing.

That lead me to a job as a receptionist/admin asst for a small graphic arts firm. I was only there a year, but picked up some valuable lessons in graphic design that are still helping me today.

I eventually worked my way up to Executive Assistant at a large software company. When my boss moved to a new job across the country, and I didn't like the new boss, I took the tech support knowledge I'd learned as the assistant in the department and deployed it into a job in tech support.

When a later job as admin asst to the head of HR at a university lead to a layoff when that boss left me, the combination of the HR knowledge I'd gleaned there and the tech knowledge I'd gained at the software company led me to my current position at a small non-profit, where I wear the hat of Executive Assistant, but also do benefits administration, manage the hiring process, and handle the tech support for two office, as well as producing newsletters and mailers for our development committee.

And the moral of this long drawn out story is, wherever you find yourself, learn as much as you can from those around you. Don't be afraid to ask questions and seek to take classes to learn more. You never know where those skills might take you in the future.

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Yes, it does sound like I wrote that article just ...

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