Enjoy some additional trivia as we celebrate this week of recognizing:


The largest segment of the office workforce:  Administrative Professionals...

Over 4.1 million secretaries/administrative assistants are employed in the
United States, according to the latest statistics from the
<http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos151.htm>U.S. Bureau of Labor. Approximately
300,000 secretaries/administrative professionals are employed in
<http://www.jobfutures.ca/jobfutures/noc/124.html>Canada; millions more
work in businesses all over the world. ( http://www.iaap-hq.org/index.htm)

Just for fun, take a look at the office technology time line below.  Isn't
it amazing how long some technology has been preserved AND isn't it amazing
how far we have come?

Office Technology Time Line

1870
Telephone
Typewriter
Carbon Paper

1880
Comptometer calculating machine
Mimeograph machine
Cash register
Adding machine
Pneumatic tubes

1890
Dictating and stenographic machines

1900
Loose-leaf ledger sheets
Multigraph
Two color typewriter ribbon
Addressograph

1910
Power statistical accounting machines
Bookkeeping and billing machines
(combinations of typewriter and computing machines).

1920
Adding/Subtracting calculation machine
Ditto machines (gelatin duplicating)

1930
Bank check sorting/proofing machines
Dial telephones
Electric typewriters (earliest versions)
Machine accounting systems (central records control, payroll)

1940
Mechanical listing printing calculators
Punched card systems (payroll)
Dictaphone/stenographic machines with plastic belts

1950
Electronic digital computers (transistors)
Electronic digital computers (vacuum tubes)
Data processing - paper and tape cards
Xerographic duplication
Data processing - telewriters
Data processing - computypers

1960
Magnetic tape "selectric" typewriters
Microchip computers
Magnetic tape (replacing punched cards)
Magnetic ink character recognition

1970
Microcomputers
Optical scanning and recognition equipment
Video display terminals for data/text editing
Facsimile transmission
Electronic (solid state) calculating machines

1980
Local area networks, integrated systems
Non-impact printers
Software packages for microcomputers

1990
PCs
E-mail
Internet

<research_trends.htm>2000 and beyond
Wireless networks
Voice recognition
Electronic document collaboration
Virtual meetings
Virtual assistants

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