Career:
Event Planner
1. Read the Job Description and Working Conditions. Answer the following questions:
What do people in this career do?
Event planners organize events such as conventions, trade shows, and weddings.
What are the working conditions like for people in this career? (e.g. Where do they work? What are their
typical work hours? What challenges do they face?)
Work for event planning organizations, or for companies that frequently stage events
Many are self-employed
Work in offices, at suppliers’ businesses, and at event locations
The work can be mentally tiring
Often work long hours, including evenings and weekends
2. Click on Earnings and Sample Career Path. Investigate the following:
What salaries do people in this career earn?
Planners who specialize in organizing meetings and conventions generally earn somewhere between $28,000 and $75,000 a year. National median earnings for these planners are about $45,000 a year. Some senior-level planners make more than $75,000 a year. Other planners earn a lower base salary and receive commissions or bonuses based on their performance.
Self-employed planners either charge an hourly rate or are paid a certain amount for each event. They may also earn a commission based on the number of people attending the event. The exact amount they make each year depends on the size and budget of each event, and the amount of business they get. Those just starting out in their own businesses might earn as little as $20,000 a year, or even less. Experienced and well-established planners may earn upwards of $70,000 a year.
How do their job responsibilities change as they gain more experience and seniority (i.e. as they move
along the Sample Career Path)?
As event planners move up in levels,
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3. Read the Job Description and Working Conditions. Answer the following questions:
What do people in this career do?
What are the working conditions like for people in this career? (e.g. Where do they work? What are their
typical work hours? What challenges do they face?)
4. Click on Earnings and Sample Career Path. Investigate the following:
What salaries do people in this career earn?
How do their job responsibilities change as they gain more experience and seniority (i.e. as they move
along the Sample Career Path)?
SUMMARY – YOUR VIEWS
5. Now that you have learned a little about these two related careers, answer the following questions:
What is similar about the two careers?
Which career do you think you would like more and why?
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