New Association for Office Managers and Administrators

The Association of Professional Office Managers enhances the performance and professional careers of office managers with infrormation, resources and training.

(PRWEB) May 1, 2003

The Association of Professional Office Managers™ provides a long overdue resource for office services professionals. The association is based on the idea that in every organization someone assures that basic facilities are in place and functioning. Titles vary from administrative assistant to Chief Operating Officer and everywhere in between. This wide spectrum causes the people we refer to as “office managers” to be noticeably absent from most group recognition, professional organization or meaningful marketing attention.

The need for the Association was recognized by its co-founder, Jim Lynch, when he was office manager for the Wyatt Company’s Washington office. Jim was amazed and appalled by the lack of focused resources dealing with his wide range of responsibilities. Most information was either technically consuming or so general as to be in-actionable. Much of his time was spent with competing vendors, each with their own spin to even the most straightforward transactions. New projects and long-cycle decisions, such as major equipment replacement, required “reinventing the wheel” for his company or very steep learning curves. Of that time, Jim remembers, “I needed enough information to deal with experts, not enough to become one.”

With that in mind, the association’s activities evolved to focus on “time and task.” These simple concepts assure the association’s information is comprehensive and actionable without undue complexity. Says, Association Director, Dan Hutzell, “We want to assist our members in obtaining the right information, locating the required resources and putting the task behind them. Our content delivers and I think you see that on our website, too. http://www.whiterabbits.com It’s clean, easily navigated and makes resources readily available. We’re looking forward to growing our services and offerings along with our membership.”

Office managers share a remarkable number of tasks and can wade through oceans of extraneous “stuff” in the course of a day. By providing a single starting point for information, peer dialogue and online resources, association members can save time and money. In many cases, a single applied solution more than pays for the cost of the membership. The insightful articles, career tools and other resources help members improve their performance and build their careers.