Happy Administrative Professionals Day! For sending forms and fixing files, poring through the paper piles. Completing tasks with time to spare, keeping track of what goes where. Placing orders for supplies, staying calm when tensions rise. Typing e-mails and reports, handling crises of all sorts. Taking calls throughout the day and being great in every way… Thank you!

Secretaries, receptionists, assistants, and other staff are all recognized this week for their hard work representing their companies. Argos would like to thank all of its many administrative professionals. You are a vital part of this company and the jobs you do are why Argos is where it is today. All your hard work and dedication are what give Argos its outstanding reputation and allows us to be one of the major businesses in our field. Thank you for all you do!

History of Administrative Professionals Day

Secretaries have been around since the industrial revolution, but the spark for showing appreciation for administrators ties back to World War II. Due to the boom in the post-war business, the National Secretaries Association was founded in 1942 to attract potential workers to the field.

It is believed that the origins of the holiday began through the innovation of multiple people in the industry, including Mary Barrett, a former president of the association, C. King Woodbridge, president of the Dictaphone Corporation, and Harry F. Klemfuss, a PR executive at Young & Rubicam

In 1952, Charles Sawyer, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, proclaimed the first observance of National Secretary’s Day would be celebrated Wednesday during the week of National Secretary’s Week.

A few years later, the celebration was moved back to the last whole week of April. It wasn’t until the early 2000’s that the name of the holiday was changed to Administrative Professional’s Day, hoping to encompass the diverse job titles and responsibilities those within the field have.