Administrative assistants are some of the most versatile professionals out there. From handling personalities to keeping everything organized to running office operations, it’s a job that requires a ...

Joni Hipsher (left), secretary in the School of Languages and Cultures, and Linda Foster, assistant in the Human Resources’ Organizational Effectiveness unit, recently completed Purdue's Clerical and ...

Resolve conflicts and work through disagreements the professional way. Participants in Module Six—Conflict Management Skills of the Professional Administrative Assistant curriculum will gain an ...

Freelance marketplace Upwork has long been documenting the most popular skills and specialties on its website. Among those that made the list this year are data analytics, social media marketing and ...

Administration assistants are the indispensable and capable all-rounders that makes the business tick. In a recent book called Linchpin, Seth Godin asks the aspirational reader one simple question – ...

Ever wonder why some people seem to have a "gift" for working with customers and are the "go to" person in the organization whom everyone consults? It's simple: They have mastered the secrets to ...

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 ...

On April 24, recognize Duke’s roughly 1,000 administrative professionals who keep everything running smoothly When the staff at the Duke Medical Center Library devised an idea for a stress-relief ...

In the fast-paced world of business, entrepreneurs and executives are bombarded with tasks that keep their schedules overflowing with things to do. Sometimes, instead of hiring a full-time staff ...