Event+Planner


 * Event Planner**
 * Career Description**
 * Monitor event activities to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and laws, satisfaction of participants, and resolution of any problems that arise.
 * Confer with staff at a chosen event site to coordinate details.
 * Inspect event facilities to ensure that they conform to customer requirements.
 * Coordinate services for events, such as accommodation and transportation for participants, facilities, catering, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing and event security.
 * Consult with customers to determine objectives and requirements for events such as meetings, conferences, and conventions.
 * Meet with sponsors and organizing committees to plan scope and format of events, to establish and monitor budgets, or to review administrative procedures and event progress.
 * Review event bills for accuracy, and approve payment.
 * Evaluate and select providers of services according to customer requirements.
 * Arrange the availability of audio-visual equipment, transportation, displays, and other event needs.
 * Plan and develop programs, agendas, budgets, and services according to customer requirements.

15% Some college, no degree 29% Associate's degree 48% Bachelor's degree
 * Skills Needed**
 * Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. ||
 * Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively. ||
 * Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. ||
 * Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. ||
 * Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others. ||
 * Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. ||
 * Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people. ||
 * Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. ||
 * Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. ||
 * Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. ||
 * Education/Certification/Other Requirements**


 * || Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. ||
 * English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. ||
 * Clerical — Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. ||
 * Sales and Marketing — Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. ||
 * Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. ||

Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.


 * Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. ||
 * Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. ||
 * Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. ||
 * Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. ||
 * Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations. ||
 * Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical. ||
 * Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. ||
 * Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. ||
 * Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. ||

$21.76 hourly, $45,260 annual
 * Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. ||
 * Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. ||
 * Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. ||
 * Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. ||
 * Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. ||
 * Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. ||
 * Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. ||
 * Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. ||
 * Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. ||
 * Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. || Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. ||
 * Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. ||
 * Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. ||
 * Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. ||
 * Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. ||
 * Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. ||
 * Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. ||
 * Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. ||
 * Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). ||
 * Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). ||
 * Salary Information**


 * Job Outlook**
 * Employment (2008) || 57,000 employees ||
 * Projected growth (2008-2018) || [[image:http://www.onetonline.org/image/growth/g3.gif width="23" height="5" caption="Faster than average (14% to 19%)"]] Faster than average (14% to 19%) ||
 * Projected job openings (2008-2018) || 21,400 ||
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