BEHIND THE BOSS; EXECUTIVES BUY LUNCH FOR VIPS: OWN ASSISTANTS.Byline: Jesse Hiestand Daily News Staff Writer Carol deRubertis majored in secretarial studies in high school, a choice that led to a fulfilling career and helped put her two sons through college. Classes in shorthand shorthand, any brief, rapid system of writing that may be used in transcribing, or recording, the spoken word. Such systems, many having characters based on the letters of the alphabet, were used in ancient times; the shorthand of Tiro, Cicero's amanuensis, was used , typing and filing were useful, deRubertis said, but the most important skill came naturally. ``I'm very organized, and I like to organize other people and things,'' said the 53-year-old Sherman Oaks resident. ``It's fun. I really enjoy it.'' The often unheralded work of deRubertis and other secretaries was recognized Wednesday at the eighth annual Allstar Salute to Administrative Professionals, an awards ceremony and fund-raising fund-raising, large-scale soliciting of voluntary contributions, especially in the United States. Fund-raising is widely undertaken by charitable organizations, educational institutions, and political groups to acquire sufficient funds to support their activities. lunch program that benefits the Arthritis Foundation This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. . About 500 secretaries took a long lunch on their bosses' tab at Warner Center Marriott hotel in celebration of National Professional Secretaries' Day. Organizers hoped to raise about $50,000 toward arthritis research and care. As a band pumped out surf tunes, the honorees compared notes on their careers, mingled with celebrities and waited for one among them to be named Administrative Professional of the Year. That award went to Ginny Ginny is most often used as a short form of the name Virginia, but often also refers to Ginevra, Geneva, Genevieve and other Juniper-related names. In addition, when a food or beverage has a juniper taste, it is said to be ginny (the word gin is derived from the Dutch word for Skellenger, a staff associate at Boeing. But the feeling of accomplishment was shared by all who attended, including the executives and managers who accompanied their assistants. ``They're invaluable,'' said Bette Hall, a human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. manager at a manufacturing company in Chatsworth. She brought 18 administrative and executive assistants to the luncheon. Whatever the title, secretaries or assistants know their place in the business world. ``You're the heartbeat (1) A periodic signal generated by hardware for activation and/or synchronization purposes. See MHz. (2) A periodic signal generated by hardware or software to indicate that it is still running. 1. of the company,'' said Verda Juarez, a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. resident who works at a salon in Encino, overseeing the bookkeeping bookkeeping, maintenance of systematic and convenient records of money transactions in order to show the condition of a business enterprise. The essential purpose of bookkeeping is to reveal the amounts and sources of the losses and profits for any given period. , dealing with customer complaints and answering the phones. ``My position can make or break the company.'' Martha Kopy of North Hills said she was grateful for the honor she and the other secretaries were receiving. As assistant to the vice president of a uniform-services company in Burbank, Kopy said she oversees a secretarial staff of five and acts as the liaison with several company managers for her boss. ``We're like their right arm,'' she said. ``They depend on us, and when they have so many things on their plate, we really have to stay on top of it.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) Carol deRubertis, left, and Linda Portcer celebrate National Professional Secretaries' Day. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Special to the Daily News |
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