This project is designed to give meaning to the readers. It is aimed to survey the factors militating against the modern Secretaries in selected Bank in Enugu State. Chapter one dealt with introduction, statement of problems, purpose of the study and significance of the study. Chapter two covers the review of related literature, various text books were consulted to, in the library to make the researcher abreast with all the relevant information concerning the factors militating against the modern secretaries.
In the third chapter, the method use in analyses of data was simple percentage and among the questions asked the secretaries was, if they believe that the introduction of technological advancement affects the modern secretaries. Most of them strongly indicated that it has militated against their employment and that those who do not pass such knowledge are not employed and those already employed without the knowledge one either trained, retired or retrenched.
However, it is important that secretaries have to be adequately trained and qualified before seeking for employment and those already employed have to be retrained to acquire this new skills of technology as this will help them perform up to the expectation and none with the ever rising tend of technology.
The center focus of every profession is to carryout their respective duties to the society and mankind. Over the years, gainful employment has been the problem faced by undeveloped countries of the world which Nigeria is one. Some professionals like the secretaries today have been the victim of this circumstance.
Employment according to Hornby (1998) is defined as the action of employing workers in an organization or firm. In the recent time, the employment of secretaries has automatically taken a new dimension, which has now brought challenges to their profession. Many factors has militated against the employment of these group of secretaries such as:
Technological advancement, qualification, discrimination between university degree and diploma awards and employment of married secretaries.
Previously, the employment of Secretaries were based on their knowledge of shorthand, typewriting and office management skills because of the non-existing of technological advancement, which is now used as a criteria in the employment of modern secretaries. Davis (1981), have it that technology is moving so fast that it is creating social problems to employees. Pigors and Myers (1981), believed that these human problem created by technical and social changes are equally in office and plant situation and equally applicable to employees including secretaries in every level and status within the organization.
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