Administrative professionals week

Since 1952, the last full week of April (23-29, 2000) has been designated Administrative Professionals Week (formerly called Secretaries Week) by the International Association of Administrative Professionals, with the 26th being the official Administrative Professionals Day.
Traditionally, bosses use this time to show their appreciation to their assistants for all of their hard work throughout the year.

To help bosses along (apart from giving the usual flowers and candy) we contacted several administrative assistants who were more than willing to give us some suggestion for bosses to show their appreciation. Each business relationship is different so you may want to talk to your assistant first, but here are some of the ideas that they came up with:

Take her/him out for a nice, long lunch at a local fine restaurant
Provide a morning at a local spa
Give a gift certificate for a dinner for two or an evening at a hotel or resort.
Arrange for the afternoon off to go shopping and throw in a little spending money
Provide a long distance calling card
Arrange for a housekeeper for the day
Book & pay to have the car tuned up and spring cleaned
Present a plaque for her/his years of valued work
Provide a family pass to the movies and plenty of popcorn money
Arrange to have her/his carpets cleaned or yard prepared for the coming season
Arrange for groceries to be paid for and delivered
Find out who is her/his favorite author and buy their latest book
Offer a three hour lunch...better yet...THE DAY OFF!
Outsource some of his/her work to an off-site administrative assistant

Don’t forget that this isn’t the only time of year you should show your appreciation to your assistant. Ensure that you make them feel valued throughout the year. You’d be amazed at how far a ‘thank you’ or kind word can go.
Now, if you are an entrepreneur without an assistant, don’t let this day go by without patting yourself on the back for handling all of the administrative tasks. Why not outsource some of your work to a Virtual Assistant and give yourself back some personal or revenue generating time.

About the author:

Janice Byer is the owner of Canadian based Docu-Type Administrative Services, a professional Virtual Assistance and Website Design company that specializes in providing creative and accurate services to help other small business owners succeed, worldwide. They are the recipients of the Most Successful Start-Up 2000 Award and the Home-Based Business of the Year 2000 Award.

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