For Susan Gendreau, the administrative assistant job she accepted 20 years ago at Qualidigm has turned into an even more challenging role that makes the most of her flexibility and unique skill set.

While administrative assistants have a job description, that description doesn't begin to describe the ways office assistants exercise power. A savvy administrative assistant with strong personal ...

During the course of the traineeship, trainees must complete coursework in mandatory and elective areas to demonstrate mastery of knowlegde and skills in the Adminisrative Assistant position. As an ...

Administrative assistants and other clerical workers perform a range of tasks to support managers, sales teams and other employees. Administrative positions are often entry-level jobs, but these ...

Subscribe to BizTimes Daily – Local news about the people, companies and issues that impact business in Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin. The role of the contemporary administrative assistant is ...

Later this month I’m scheduled to deliver a keynote to an internal company conference for administrative professionals. The topic is culture for creativity. My “standard” talks typically focus on ...

Academic Administrative Assistants (AAA’s) provide support to assigned departments and programs; the nature of their work varies according to the needs of those departments and programs. Academic ...

I'm a 37-year-old white woman working as an administrative assistant in the Midwest. I make $16.50 an hour with full benefits, about $33,000 a year, working for a stainless-steel company. My primary ...

I recently landed a final-round interview for a dream job: senior research coordinator. Actually, I hadn’t dreamed about it, but it offered a way out of my current role—and it felt like a dream ...

As a girl, Lori Drzal dreamed of becoming a spy, a policewoman-something where she’d be helping others. Her father had different ideas. “Become a secretary,” he told her. “You’ll always have a job.” ...

Nobody gets a PhD with the goal of spending most days in meetings. The higher up that you go in higher ed administration, however, the more time you spend in meetings. If you are a dean, director, VP, ...