Admin Professionals Day
What happens on the fourth Wednesday in April every year? Administrative Professionals Day! The unofficial holiday is observed by approximately 70% of businesses world-wide as a time to honor admin professionals, admin support, and office workers for their contributions to the workplace.
No one who achieves success
does so without acknowledging the help of others.
The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.
—Author Unknown
What do you know about Admin Professionals Day? Here are some Fun Facts about this holiday…
FACT: The holiday was created by Harry F. Klemfuss, a New York publicist, who handled the Dictaphone Corporation account for the Young & Rubicam advertising agency. He wanted to persuade more women to enter the workplace, and believed secretaries deserved more recognition. Working with the National Secretaries Association, he proposed the idea of Secretary’s Day to Charles Sawyer, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and in 1952, the first Secretary’s Day was celebrated.
FACT: Originally Secretary’s Day, then changed to Professional Secretaries Day in 1981, the holiday became Administrative Professionals Day in 2000. The changes were made by the International Association of Administrative Professionals, once known as the National Secretaries Association.
FACT: In the United States alone, more than 4 million administrative professionals are employed + an additional nearly 9 million support staff!
FACT: Admin Professionals Day is one of the largest workplace celebrations in the world.
FACT: The most popular tokens of appreciation given on Admin Professionals Day by executives to their support staff? Flowers and greeting cards, followed by lunch on the company, gift certificates, or a day off.
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