typing pool
Office keyboard workers
A typing pool was a group of typists who worked together in an office, handling typing tasks for multiple departments or executives.
Common from the early to mid-twentieth century, typing pools were staffed almost entirely by women.
The arrangement has largely disappeared with the spread of personal computers: She started in the typing pool and worked her way up to executive secretary.
- carbon paperInk-coated duplicating sheet
- stenographersPeople who record speech
- office girlsFemale clerical employees
- typewritersKey-operated printing devices
- IBM SelectricElectric typewriter with interchangeable ball
paper · return · Mad Men · nine to five · proofreading · correction fluid · 1960s · women · accuracy · document formatting · manual typewriter · bell · bullpen · word processors · hierarchical structure · pink collar · white collar · ribbon
- obsolete servicespony express, switchboard, town crier, elevator operator
- Pre-digitalrotary phone, telegram, telegraph, typewriter, phone booth
- office lifecubicle, desk job, desk jobs, office job, full-time job
- Typewriterstypewriter, carriage, platen, typebar, ink ribbon
typing poolexecutive suite
Senior management's office space
C-suite · corner office · boardroom · senior leadership · management
typing poolpersonal secretary
Individual administrative assistant
private secretary · executive assistant · personal assistant · one-on-one support · self-service
typing pooldesktop publishing
Computer-based document creation
AI assistant · voice recognition · word processing · speech-to-text · paperless office