When you think of Roman times, chances are you don’t think of secretaries. Yet that’s exactly when experts believe the first secretaries (called “scribes” back then) went to work. Since then, secretaries and administrative assistants have become integral parts of business.
In fact, there are currently about 4 million secretaries working in the U.S. and nearly 9 million people working in other types of administrative positions according to the U.S. Department of Labor. But how much do you really know about this valued and demanding position? Try this quiz to find out. It comes from Quill Corporation, a group that has worked with office professionals for 50 years.
QUESTIONS
1) T or F: The majority of secretaries were men until the 1930s.
2) During the middle of the 20th century, workers who became secretaries were most often:
a) Promoted from steno pools
b) Selected from secretarial schools
c) Retrained from factory jobs
3) In what era did xerographic duplication start?
a) 1930s
b) 1940s
c) 1950s
4) What was the average salary of administrative assistants in...
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