ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE TECHNOLOGY
EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Administrative Office Technology: Executive Administrative Assistant
From the 1920s-1960s the women who were called “secretaries” were severely stigmatized. The most common misconception about secretaries was that they were pretentious office workers who were only out to find a husband. According to an article on National Public Radio’s website, “For decades secretary positions were the only ones that women could hold in many workplaces. The AMC hit TV show Mad Men has fed nostalgia for a time when secretaries typed letters and kept the boss “happy”. Those duties and the women who filled them have come a long way since then!” (Radio) Lynn Peril, author of Swimming in the Steno pool was interviewed by NPR and says at first the title “secretary” inspired women to become a private secretary or an executive administrative secretary. It made them want to move up to the top of the office hierarchy. They wanted to move out of the steno pool and stop being a stenographer who just went in and took dictation from their bosses. They yearned to be more than just a typist; they wanted to become a secretary. It was really something that many women in those days aspired to become.” Peril also adds that “at that the same time, there was this pop culture tradition. The term “office wife” goes back to the 1920s. This evolution of the idea that a secretary was a hot to trot, pencil pushing woman who is there to have an affair with the boss and meet a husband, didn’t give the image of being a secretary a very positive one. It wasn’t until the 1970s when women started striking out for their rights as equals in the work place that they asked to be called “administrative assistan...
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...tive or executive administrative assistant is crucial for any work place. You save your boss valuable time and you become an asset to the company you work for. The results of hard work, dedication, and training will pay off in the long run. Being an Executive Administrative Assistant is a very lucrative career that is on the rise! (James Stroman) (Maupin) (Systems)
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When searching for a career, many people want a job that will be rewarding. One job that fulfills this need is an occupational therapy assistant. An occupational therapy assistant, also known as an “OTA,” is someone who makes it possible for people to achieve everyday tasks which they normally could not do. These tasks include eating, getting dressed, bathing, and many more “typical” tasks. It is not easy to become an OTA. There is a long process that needs to be completed. This includes, difficult college classes, applying to an OTA program, licensing, training, and certifications. Many other factors come into play when deciding if being an occupational therapy assistant is the right career such as, salary, job outlook, job opportunities,
An administrative assistant must be able to handle stress, multitask, and work well under pressure. There are multiple jobs that the administrative medical assistant is responsible for, such as, answering the phone, being able to use computer applications, triaging phone calls with the permission of the physician, scheduling appointments, filing patient charts, collecting money, filing insurance claims and medical coding. When answering a call, greeting a patient, or writing a letter they must do so in a professional matter. They must also have good communication skills and a good personality and be familiar with medical terminology and medical coding, and be able to help patients with their best of knowledge. Depending on the facility they work on, they may occasionally need to assistant in the back with taking vital signs, translation, if they are bilingual, or with patient education, as directed by the doctor. In other words, administrative medical assistants have many occupations while working in the front
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