IAAP 2005 Profile of Administrative Professionals Survey

Enjoy most about being an administrative professional...

Sampling of "Other" Responses...

• A variety of all above

• Able to be a team player - help my department be the best it can be

• All of the above

• All of the above - a VARIETY of work and responsibility

• All of the above - and doing it well!

• All of the above - multi tasking

• All of the above and being creative

• All of the above equally

• Assisting medical students to become well-trained physicians through organizing/scheduling/providing information

• Behind-the-scenes knowledge

• Being a meeting planner

• Being "in the know" about our company

• Being a team member of the organization

• Being challenged and making a difference

• Being employed

• Being employed in a non-profit agency that helps people

• Being able to actually see results of my work

• Being in charge

• Being in partnership with my boss

• Being the department's "gatekeeper"

• Company ambassador to my community

• Contributing to the collective work product effort

• Contributing to the success of the organization

• Creativity and variety

• Developing talent, matching skills and interest with assignments, for efficiency, cohesiveness

• Diverse tasks I am responsible for

• Diversity for roles/responsibilities

• Diversity of responsibilities

• Diversity of the role

• Doing my work and working as a team member

• Earning a decent paycheck because my husband is retired

• Enjoy more than one aspect - the diversity of tasks, the people, the leadership opportunities

• Event planning

• Everything my position entails

• Financially supporting myself

• Flyer, form, advertising design using desktop publishing tools

• Getting experience in the office environment

• Having the ability to have control over "my duties"

• Having the respect and responsibility and working 8 hours a day...no beepers, etc.

• Helping others

• Helping people

• Helping people achieve success

• Helping to satisfy customers

• I am well paid

• I enjoy doing the best that I can in whatever is assigned which makes my supervisor look good.

• I enjoy everything

• I used to enjoy my job but don't anymore.

• Independence in my role

• Independence

• Interaction with people

• Just love my profession

• Making my manager's job easier

• Making others look good.

• Making travel arrangements

• Managing the office and supporting staff

• Multi-tasking and having a variety of things to do

• Not having management responsibilities

• Nothing

• Nothing - I have degree I didn't get to use

• Office management

• Organizing, coordinating, teaching, reports, using tech skills

• Partnering with my manager (his role/my role)

• Planning large scale meetings

• Planning out of town meetings

• Playing an important role in the organization

• Problem solving and meeting new people all the time

• Problem solving for employees who call

• Problem-solving

• Project management

• Providing excellent support for my executive

• Providing quality support and knowledge

• Recently relocated and not happy with current job

• Right-hand to the company president, being the "go to" person

• Setting the standard for others to follow

• Something different and challenging all the time

• Special projects

• Support

• Supporting quality people-kind, thoughtful, inspiring, intelligent, caring, sharing, smart folks

• Taking care of my executives/managers and making sure they have what they need

• Teaching

• The confidence my boss has in me.

• The creativity I am able to express

• The diversity of the job

• The everyday new challenges

• The finished project

• The flexibility of my schedule

• The freedom I am given to do my job

• The level of trust, respect and recognition that I have achieved within our global organization

• The varied responsibilities/duties; no two days alike!

• The variety and scope of my job

• The variety of challenges my position offers

• The variety of duties and responsibilities

• The variety of duties and skills learned

• The variety of tasks I perform

• The variety of work  - rarely is my work boring

• There's always a market for good administrative assistants

• Training others

• Using technical and problem solving skills to enable the productivity of others

• Variety

• Variety and breadth of skill usage; personal growth

• Variety of challenges

• Variety of challenging responsibilities; assignment on different teams

• Variety of duties

• Variety of duties/responsibilities

• Variety of needs changing from word-processing to project management to travel arrangements, meeting planning, etc.

• Variety of responsibilities

• Various tasks - never boring

• When doing my job well, it allows my supervisor to do his job well

• When everything comes together

• Working for the same two executives during the last 30 years and helping them and me be successful

• Working with financial advisors

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