Pigeon holed

I have been working here are seven years. I have gone for being the Assistant for two people to three plus an entire department. I went from printing and faxing and making travel arrangements to managing the costs and contracts for all landlord work. I manage the departments website and continue to do all the other things I used to do. Did I mention that it is August and we have already accounted for over $4M in landlord work that I have to create contracts for, process all invoices and make sure that we are at least close to budget? I also collect and enter the total Capital Expense Budget for all of our malls. That is somewhere around $22M. I have been told that my presence and work has made things run a lot smoother in my department and there are no negative comments about what I am doing.

In spite of all of that I was told that even though I am doing more finance work (which I have a degree in btw) and I am impacting the department in a positive way, “An administrative assistant is an all encompassing job and your current duties do not warrant any change in job title or promotion”. MY QUESTION IS WHAT DOES?!!

I am consistently busting my ass just for them to say good job and that’s it. The company I work for has never been in the business of promoting administrative assistants and if I had known that before I took that job I would have never come here. I am at a crossroads and I am unsure of what I should do. I am constantly making myself available to do more and learn more but I realize now it is all for naught. I guess I should get my resume going and see where it can take me. I love the people I work with and I can honestly say I like my job (Is it wrong for me to want more?). I just don’t see myself in this position, doing the same thing (never advancing) for the next 30 years. It is a bit overwhelming to have to think about this and deal with all the other personal/health issues I have been having lately. I know I haven’t written about them so I will get around to it. But I want to know...

Where do I go from here?