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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I do admin work (actually I'm an EA) because for the most part, I enjoy this type of work. I just need to find a way to do it at an elevated level. The only other careers I would love are teaching (constant budget woes prevent me from taking this leap), paralegal (hard to get a position at a law firm and I also don't want to work long hours) or [b]event planning/project management[/b] (this is my TRUE passion. Would love to work in a dept that handled the company's various Board/corporate events (Have been searching this route and almost all require experience). My degree is in English, so it's not exactly a concentration with an obvious career path. 
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If you want to get into event planning, look for volunteer opportunities to get involved.  For example, for several years I was involved with a local folk dancing group that had a big annual dance weekend.  That involved planning for several months, arranging for catering for volunteers, signing up vendors for the food area, signing up callers and bands, an operational crew to make sure that all supplies/vendors/etc got to the right place, were cleaned up afterwards.  It took a team of about 8-9 committees each with a team of 5-20 to run this weekend event.  There are many extracurricular groups that run big annual events that need to have a planning committee to run the event.  I have been involved in maybe 5-6 groups over the last 20 years and have served in volunteer and board activities for most of them.  I have assisted in organizing and/or running MANY events over the years.  Even though I have no other background in event planning, I think my event planning skills compare favorably with someone with a few years of experience in corporate event planning.  And I know of very few volunteer organizations that have too many volunteers to do the major planning.  Almost all groups constantly need additional volunteers to help run their events.[/quote]

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