Where Have All the Secretaries Gone?.

Farnham, Alan

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ERIC Number: EJ542226

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Where Have All the Secretaries Gone?

Farnham, Alan

Fortune, v135 n9 p152-54 May 12 1997

The number of secretaries has declined one-fifth over the past decade. Those who remain often perform middle-management duties. One possibility for change is to recast the occupation as apprenticeship: a two-year stint similar to that of a law clerk. (SK)

Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Office Automation, Office Occupations, Secretaries

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Journal availabilty: Time & Life Bldg., Rockefeller Center, New York, NY 10020-1393.