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spitfire78
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Re: Admin. Professional is a Career?
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May 14, 2007, 05:40:51 pm »
When I graduated from high school in 1978, it was with the intention of being a "secretary". I had always assumed I would work until I got married and had kids at which time I would become a stay-at-home mom. Well, as life turned out, I never married and never had kids, so my "job" did indeed turn into a career. For a long time I never had any desire to move upward because I kept thinking I would quit one day. As time went on and I realized kids weren't going to happen, I started to think about moving up. However, there is only so far that I want to go. I'm in my absolute dream job right now. My boss asked me if I would want to take her job when she retired because she thought I'd be perfect for it. But my answer was a resounding "NO". By the time she retires in possibly 5 or 6 years, I will be over 50. At that point in my life, there is no way I would want to take on all of the additional stress. I see what her position does to her (in fact she wants to retire very early on years of service rather than age just to get out of here). Absolutely I wouldn't want that stress in my life. I am very happy being in a support role. I like the idea of being my bosses "right hand" and helping her by making minor decisions and taking some of the load off of her. But I don't want to be the one responsible for running the department and making major decisions. That just isn't me.
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