You've graduated college and are ready to take the workforce by storm. There's just one problem: Since you don't have much real-world experience, you're struggling to get hired. But since you do have ...

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 ...

The role an academic administrative assistant is changing. This work is morphing from a support role to a creative collaborative profession. The title of “administrative” and “assistant” doubly fails ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Administrative and human resources assistants support the work of office departments and, in some cases, specific managers or executives. Sometimes called secretaries, assistants perform clerical ...

The healthcare industry is renowned for its dynamic nature, constantly evolving to meet the diverse needs of patients and adapt to emerging technologies. In this ever-changing landscape, the role of ...

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, ...