| Although highly competitive, Events planning is a | | | | Get involved voluntarily in events planning, whether it |
| satisfying job with a good salary to go along with it. | | | | be for a business or a local community. It's a good |
| Events planners organise events on a larger to a | | | | way to get experience and a real feel for the job. |
| much smaller scale, from corporate Christmas parties | | | | Moreover, attend events too to see the outcome of |
| and corporate events to smaller much parties. With | | | | a professionally organised Christmas party, exhibition |
| events planning, there is often no one thing you do! | | | | or other event and try to shadow an events planner |
| To enter this profession, you will need to attain a | | | | to see how other events planners work. |
| qualification in either of the following: events | | | | After, you have enough experience; start looking for |
| management, hospitality management, | | | | corporate event planning posts. Usually the best way |
| communication, public relations or a business based | | | | is to get in contact with companies, rather than just |
| qualification. Specialist courses like events | | | | looking in the jobs section. Or you could act as a |
| management will lead you directly into a career path | | | | freelancer, or start up your own business. If the |
| as an event planner; however, the more generalist | | | | latter sounds like your dream, book time with a |
| subjects (i.e. communications) will open more career | | | | business advisor at the Chamber of Commerce and |
| options. | | | | attend as many business seminars as possible. You |
| You do need to be naturally creative and organised | | | | will need a business plan, which states your |
| too. These are vital attributes to this post, so if you | | | | objectives, goals and audience. |
| are naturally not one or the other, you will need to | | | | Events planning for corporations is a challenging job |
| improve your skills in these areas. Start off simply by | | | | that does require that you sometimes may have to |
| creating an imaginary party or throw a real one and | | | | work later hours. It is, however, a fulfilling job that |
| go through the whole process, from creation to how | | | | highly skilled. The corporate Christmas parties events |
| you would implement it. This will give you a little more | | | | planners create are impressive and range from |
| understanding of the process and your level of skills. | | | | flamboyant themes to the more traditional theme. |