A secretary creates professionally presented documents using a
word processor. The
information that must be included in the documents is usually provided by someone else. It
may be given to the secretary as rough notes or by dictation. Traditionally a secretary
would work in the same building as the person or team of people
that he or she produced documents for.
If a company makes use of the Internet it is now possible for a secretary to work in a
completely different location to the people she works for. The information that must be
included in a document could be typed as rough notes or recorded as a sound file on a
computer. This could then be emailed to a secretary anywhere in the world.
Alternatively, rough handwritten notes could be FAXed to the secretary.
The secretary
can then prepare a document using the information and email this back to the person who
wanted the document.
Because the secretary can be be in a completely different location from the people that she
works for a company can purchase secretarial services from secretaries anywhere in the world.
This will probably mean that the services can be obtained more cheaply as a company will
have more potential secretaries to choose from and people in some areas are prepared to
work for lower wages than people in other areas. Additionally a
secretary will be able to work for several different people in different locations and will
be able to choose where he or she lives without worrying about his or her work.
