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[quote=Anonymous][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]

True. I’ve worked for several F500 and we always had an events team do the major conferences both internal and external. Keep in mind that if the company hits rough times, conferences are the first things on the chopping block. The events are expensive, upwards of 7 figures, and the costs are easy to cut (easier than staff for example). Also even in large F500s these teams are small, maybe up to 10 people, with contractors doing the rest so it’s very niche. Pro sports teams do a lot of events community stuff etc. That’s another place to look for employment. [/quote]

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