JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATE SECRETARIES IN THIS MILLENNIUM

(A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU METROPOLIS)

By

OKEKE AUGUSTINA . O.

Presented To

Department of Secretarial Studies

This study has its main objects of identifying the extent of job  opportunities available to graduate secretaries in Enugu metropolis and to see whether there are problems militating against this.
The need for the study stems from people’s wrong notion that secretarial studies is synonymous with typewriting and shorthand and therefore secretaries are mere typists and stenographers and because of this level of training they cannot hold managerial and administrative positions.
Office automation has also brought its own problems while some areas are yet to be appropriated due to lack of training. And the researcher delved into the study to obtain the true position of things.
Structured questionnaire was used for collection of data and analysis was done using tables and simple percentage method.
The findings show that secretaries study other management and administrative courses aside the professional courses. Many tertiary institutions offering secretarial studies do not have sophisticated secretary –job-related machines for their training. Job opportunities exist for secretaries in the public sector, big commercial and industrial concern, oil companies and international organizations. However in the areas of legal, medical, technical and linguistic secretaryship, employment opportunities are yet to be exploited by secretaries due to lack of training.  
Based on the findings, the researcher recommended a broadening of the course curriculum, equipment of tertiary institutions with modern office machines, positive perception and fair treatment of secretaries and extermination of quacks in the profession etc.

Title page                                    i
Approval page                                 ii
Dedication                                     iii
Acknowledgement                                iv
Abstract                                     v
Table of content                                vii
CHAPTER ONE
1.0    Introduction                             1
1.1    Background of the study                         1
1.2    Statement of the study                         6
1.3    Purpose of the study                        7
1.4     Research questions                         8
1.5    Significance of he study                        
1.6    Limitation of the study            
           
CHAPTER TWO
2.1    Review of related literature                    10   
2.2    The  graduate secretary                        11
2.3    Catteries Of Secretaries                        15
2.4    Courses studied by graduate secretaries               27
2.5    Job opportunities for graduate secretaries             29
2.6    Office automation and graduate secretaries             35
Reference                                39

CHAPTER THREE
3.1    Research methodology                        43
3.2    Research methodology / design                     43
3.3    Area of  study                             44
3.4    Population of the study                         45
3.5    Sample size                                 45
3.6    Source of data                             47
3.7    Research instruments used                     48
3.8    Method of data analysis                          49
3.9    Definition of terms                            49

CHAPTER FOUR
Data presentation and analysis                        51

CHAPTER FIVE
5.0    Discussion of findings, summary and conclusion         51
5.1    Discussion of findings                        51
5.2    Summary of findings                        67
5.3    Conclusion                                 70
5.4    Recommendation                            70
References                                 74
Appendix                                 75
Questionnaire                             77