How often do people refer to you as a secretary?

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Depends who. Internal people know my title. External vendors and older clients, constantly. My favorite is when they ask to speak to "the girl who handles scheduling." That one's fun.

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Only once by a man in his upper 80s who didn't understand the difference. He was shocked when I told him when I actually did. He also wasn't even related to my work or my field, he just happened to be my doctor who was asking me what I did for a living. He replied something along the lines of, why do people feel they need to make up fancy titles for what they do. But as usual, I'm not silent about educating people on my job.

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How ironic that a doctor is complaining about someone else being specific about their job title. Try calling a male doctor "Mr." sometime and watch the fireworks.

Right? Or Operations positions are not administrative assistance. I not only helped my department three other departments and maintained my manager and my assistant manager by keeping them on task. How is that not a administrative assistant?

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As a secretary/administratior for decades, I don't really care because I found that depending on the state I lived in (military family), the type of business and the age of the company it was all relative. Sometimes just a holdover title. As a high level Admin, a co-worker put a sign on my office door "secretary of labor & treasury" when I was in payroll. 40+ years, I just roll with it unless it being derogatory.

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Depends on the age of the person. Older people often use "secretary" instead of "administrative assistant".

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