Administrative Professionals Day History

• Administrative Professional's Day started off as Secretary's Day. It's all a part of National Professional Secretaries Week, an annual event that started in 1952 in a little company called Young and Rubicam (now one of the country's largest advertising and PR firms). Harry Klemfuss recognized his secretaries for the importance and value they brought to the company and he aimed to encourage more women to become secretaries. Using his public relations savvy, he promoted the values and importance of the job that secretaries do. In doing so, and in coordination with the National Secretaries Association, he created the National Secretary's Day holiday in recognition of the importance of secretaries.

  The National Secretaries Association is now the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAPP). According to its website, the names of the holidays were changed to Administrative Professionals Week and Administrative Professionals Day to keep pace with changing job titles and expanding responsibilities of today's administrative workforce. The two names usually mean different roles and responsibilities to different companies. Both are broader terms that encompass more positions than the original Secretary role.

Administrative Professionals Day Gifts

• Appropriate Administrative Professional's Day gifts run the gamut from flowers to corporate gifts. What's the best way to say thank you? Do you want your admin to have something to keep on her desk? Something to show off? Try one of these options:

  • Flowers are one way to go here. Make sure it's something colorful and in a pretty vase. It's also a good idea to get an arrangement with flowers that will last a long time on a desk, like daisies or orchids. You can easily order Administrative Professional's Day flowers online anywhere at anytime.
  • Either in lieu of or in addition to flowers, take your admin to a nice lunch at a restaurant of her choice. Invite other admins or people from the team to make the occasion a team event. Don't rush through the lunch; make it a nice relaxing break from the office.
  • Another good Administrative Professional's Day gift is a gift basket. They come with all sorts of themes including bath gift baskets, coffee and chocolates, and tea and cookies. Gift baskets are the gift that keeps on giving because they last a long time and are filled with all sorts of goodies your admin. will just love!
  • The ultimate Administrative Professional's Day gift? A day off! Give your admin a nice, long three-day weekend for the holiday that honors her!

Administrative Professionals Day Cards

• Urgent message! It is of utmost importance to give sincere thanks with an Administrative Professional's Day card with or without any gift. A printable Administrative Professional's Day card allows you to add a special sentiment and be a little more personal. You can also send an Administrative Professional's Day ecard to your admin's inbox to break up the constant business communications!

  The Administrative Professionals Day card should be heartfelt, showing great appreciation. Try to have everyone in the office sign it for her and present it to her with her gift or at a special lunch.