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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A warning about event planning as a career, it is like the restaurant/ wedding/ service industry and that it is very much Friday Saturday, Sunday busy times and low pay. Most event planners burn out or have kids and drop out.

A better long-term career plan for an extrovert like that is sales, which works for any kind of business, but can be much more 9-to-5 and better paid.  For that you can major in business, or if you’re not stem oriented, psychology, or something generic, with a business minor.

I say this as a hospitality executive, who would never council someone who is going to college to major in hospitality or event planning.  Too limiting. Also, it is a female ghetto.[/quote]

Corporate event planning (conferences, symposiums, etc) are much more Mon-Fri.

Corporate also has in house needs.  I’m not an event planner but I manage all the board meetings for my organization which includes planning 3 day meetings at hotels across the country. My colleagues handle larger events including a Gala. [/quote]

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