Meaning of office secretary?

To understand the secretary positions, you have to understand some history. Before computers, to type a letter (especially in copies) was very time consuming and required skills that many did not have. To improve that process, it was necessary to have a person that was good at that and could take work away from people that had different skills. That was the office secretary. A skilled position, but a specialized skill.

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A secretary is either an administrative assistant in business office administration, or a certain type of mid- or high-level governmental position, such as a Secretary of State.

The office title refers to a person who performs routine administrative, or personal tasks for a superior. These office employees perform duties such as word processing, bookkeeping, file and record keeping, and scheduling for a manager or executive. They usually work at desks with personal computers in business offices.

The governmental title usually refers to a department-head type of position, though positions such as that of the United Nations Secretary-General may also describe the leader of an organisation.

In business administration many job descriptions overlap. A secretary in one company might be called an administrative assistant in another. However, while administrative assistant is a generic term, not necessarily implying directly working for a superior, a secretary is usually a personal assistant to a manager or executive. Other titles describing jobs similar to or overlapping those of the traditional secretary are office coordinator, executive assistant, office manager and administrative professional.

Secretarial jobs are popular as they require few formal qualifications yet can be skilled jobs:

* At the most basic level a secretary may need only a good command of the prevailing office language and the ability to type, and may spend a large part of his or her time filing and fetching papers (or the equivalent regarding electronic files and database information) or answering telephones.

* A more skilled secretary may be required to take dictation by writing in shorthand at spoken-language rates, type at high speeds using technical or foreign languages, organise diaries, itineraries and meetings and carry out administrative duties which may include accountancy. An executive secretary may also control access to a manager, thus becoming an influential and trusted aide.

Interaction with the general public varies from none to extensive (especially in smaller offices, where they may also work as receptionists. In the modern offices those whose work entails customer service requests are often called "customer service representatives". They are distinct from those called "secretaries" because the scope of their work is smaller. A large urban supermarket, for example, will have a separate office staff in addition to checkout staff, with the latter usually only handling their own receipts for that day's sales while the office staff must reconcile all accounts daily.

strictly a person who takes care of ur business other than office work..........to relax and have nice time

one who keeps secret of office matters!

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