Meeting, Convention, & Event Planners
Also called:
Convention Services Manager (CSM), Conference Planning Manager, Conference Services Manager, Catering Manager
What they do:
Coordinate activities of staff, convention personnel, or clients to make arrangements for group meetings, events, or conventions.
On the job, you would:
- 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.
Business
- customer service
- administrative services
Arts and Humanities
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Social
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
- looking for ways to help people
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
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People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Dependability
- Initiative
- Achievement/Effort
- Stress Tolerance
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You might use software like this on the job:
Project management software
- Certain Software Certain Registration
- Microsoft Project
Electronic mail software
- Email software
- Microsoft Outlook
Data base user interface and query software
- Microsoft Access
- Oracle software
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bachelor's degree or
associate's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$45,810
per year, on average
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