A special “Thank You” to all of our Administrative Professionals who are the backbone of our McGregor buildings, greeting our Residents and Guests! We would be lost without you all.
Administrative Professionals Day has become one of the largest workplace holidays in the United States
Administrative Professionals Day is celebrated on the Wednesday of the last full week in April every year.
For Admin Day 2025, it lands on Wednesday, April 23rd. The full Administrative Professionals Week for an expanded celebration, will be from April 21st to April 25th, 2025.
Ever wondered what the corporate world would look like without the administrative office?
A giant mess! Zero organization — talk visitors storming in and out; jumbled data, reports, payrolls; missed meetings, lack of confidentiality; plus, everyone gets to deal with the headache of travel and accommodation, among other arising matters. The importance of the administrative department cannot be overemphasized and spans various duties, thereby ensuring the smooth running of an organization on a day-to-day basis.
Administrative Professionals Week is celebrated annually every last full week in April and this year it will be observed from April 20 to 26. This week is dedicated to recognizing and applauding the brilliant work of administrative personnel: receptionists, secretaries, administrative assistants, executive assistants, personal assistants, customer support, among other administrative support professionals. Administrative Professionals power the corporate world in untold ways, and for every unspoken thank-you, the week presents the perfect opportunity to make amends. Originally established as National Secretaries Day in 1952, in efforts to celebrate secretaries and their significant contributions to the workplace, after undergoing several changes, A.P.W. came into existence.
The Administrative Professionals Week, established by the International Association of Administrative Professionals (I.A.A.P.) in 1952, traces its roots to the National Secretaries Association (N.S.A.) when the first National Secretaries Week, now known as Administrative Professionals Week, was held. The National Secretaries Association was established in 1942. It was set up as an initiative to recognize the importance of secretaries to the corporate workplace as well as showcase the field as a worthy profession calling for more intakes.
It would be in 1981 become Professionals Secretaries Week, and later Administrative Professionals Week (APW) in 2000 came about. Before this, in 1965, National Secretaries Week was moved to the last full week of April. National Administrative Professionals’ Day, also known as Secretaries Day or Admin Day, is celebrated on the Wednesday of the last full week in April annually. Key figures behind the movement of the Administrative Professionals Week are Mary Hagan Barrett, Founder of the National Secretaries Association as well as National Secretaries Day; C. King Woodbridge, President of Dictaphone Corporation together with public relations account executives at Young & Rubicam, Harry F. Klemfuss and Daren Ball.
