COMPUTER AND WORD PROCESSING APPLICATION IN SECRETARIAL OFFICES (GAINS AND THREATS TO JOB OPPORTUNITIES)

The purpose of this work was to find out the gains and threats of computer and word processing application in secretarial offices as regards to job opportunities and other secretarial functions. In the cause of the study, the work examined the gains of computer and word processing application packages on the job performance of Secretaries in an office or organization. It was discovered that the computer as a device been introduced into the secretarial field had made it possible for the secretaries to perform effectively and as a result yields high productivity to organizations and offices. As regards to job opportunity, a secretary who has the knowledge of computer is likely to be employ more than those without the knowledge. For this reason, secretaries should try as much as they can to influence the office or organization to provide computer for them for effective and efficient result. Institutions should introduce computer studies into the field of secretarial studies so as to help and prepare the future secretaries to acquire technological skill