Administrative Professionals Day/Week started in 1952 and was originally called National Secretaries Week. It was created as a way to say thank you to secretaries for all of their hard work (and also with the hope of getting people to start careers as admins). U.S. Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer proclaimed the first National Secretaries Week on June 1-7, 1952 with June 4 being National Secretaries Day.
It wasn't until 2000 that the name was changed to Administrative Professionals Week/Day to give it a more modern feel. So be sure to celebrate the 8.9 million people* who work as admins this year.
Future Dates
Administrative Professionals Week
2011: April 24-30
2012: April 22-28
2013: April 21-27
2014: April 20-26
2015: April 19-25
2016: April 24-30
2017: April 23-29
Administrative Professionals Day
2011: April 27
2012: April 25
2013: April 24
2014: April 23
2015: April 22
2016: April 27
2017: April 26
*U.S. Department of Labor statistics
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