Find Your Focus

Do you know what kind of events you want to plan?

I have heard so many people say ‘I want to be an Event Planner’ with all the conviction in the world and then when I ask them what kind of events they want to plan they look all vague and start to mutter. This seems to be a common problem. Everyone seems to think they know what event planning is, but when asked can’t give a definitive answer. And this is a problem. Alot of the people I speak to haven’t really got further than thinking about what a fun job it would be. Well as I have said many times before this job is not for the faint hearted and it certainly isn’t for the indecisive.

Let’s say you decided to go on a trip around the Europe, you wouldn’t just jump on a plane and hope for the best would you? You would plan in advance the countries you wanted to go to and have a schedule to run to of places you wanted to see and things you wanted to do. You should do the same thing when planning your career. We don’t expect you to know all the options open to you within the Special Events industry, but we do expect you to have done some research and have an idea as to what is available, and what you think you would be best suited to.  

So, start to have a look at the different styles of events, do some research, subscribe to some event blogs and find out what this industry is all about.