Okay, that’s the good news. The bad? In this article, paralegals are equated with administrative assistants:
"Eighty-five percent of U.S. executives believe their administrative assistants are important to their success, a nationwide staffing-service survey says.
"Of 150 senior executives at the nation’s 1,000 largest companies surveyed, 48 percent said their administrative assistant’s role was very important to their success, the OfficeTeam survey said.
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"OfficeTeam noted Administrative Professionals Week would be observed in the United States April 22-28. Many executives that week recognize the work of clerical employees such as administrative assistants, receptionists, paralegals and others."