Admin Assistant may be a better title than Secretary, but it doesn't fit the job that they do. The ones that I have worked with
did all of the admin, they didn't assist on it. They also helped train new employees, organized meetings, managed the office and booked travel.
Booking travel was a tough one. On one hand most travel was booked (or changed) last minute. Finding room on planes or in hotels that were already overbooked was a challenge. On the other hand even if it is work related, booking travel to a great place for someone else is not fun. It makes you feel like you are missing out, and this happens a lot.
It also is a bit annoying that those who are taking the flights and are likely paid much more money than you, are collecting air miles points on those flights. Enough for a few great trips a year - with their family!
This morning I heard from Judy an Admin Assistant that I worked with a few years ago. She was great at her job, fun to work with and was always coming up with creative ways to do things better. I found out that this hasn't changed. She had been referred to yhoti.com by a friend and after about a week of personal shopping it clicked. She had discovered a great way to pay for HER trips.
At work she buys a lot of things online and realized that many of the websites are on yhoti. Travel is a big one. She books thousands of dollars in travel each month on Expedia, Priceline, and Hotels.com. Judy realized that if she logs in to yhoti before she makes a purchase she can collect the cash rewards. That's it - just log in - it doesn't affect the purchase in any way. She expects to collect at least $3,000 / year on travel alone.
That's enough to send a smart Admin Assistant on a great trip.
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