This annual event was originally organized in 1952 as "National Secretaries Week" by the National Secretaries Association (now known as the International Association of Administrative Professionals).
It was established as an effort to recognize secretaries for their contributions in the workplace, and to attract people to secretarial/administrative careers. In the year 2000, IAAP announced a name change for Professional Secretaries Week and Professional Secretaries Day. The names were changed to Administrative Professionals Week and Administrative Professionals Day to keep pace with changing job titles and expanding responsibilities of today’s administrative workforce.

Administrative Professionals Week^®  is always observed annually during the last FULL week in April, from Sunday through Saturday.

• April 19-25, 2009

• April 18-24, 2010

• April 24-30, 2011

• April 22-28, 2012

Administrative Professionals Day^® is observed annually the Wednesday of Administrative Professionals Week.

• April 22, 2009

• April 21, 2010

• April 27, 2011

• April 25, 2012

The Prince George Chapter will celebrate Administrative Professionals Day at the "Office World 2009" with a breakfast and lunch, scheduled for Friday, April 24, 2009.