5 Insider Tips for Event Management Job Applicants | Event Management Jobs
Saturday, April 16, 2016
So you want to break into the event management industry. You
envision yourself taking part in this very exciting industry.
In your mind, the school events that you are involved in are
enough to push you inside the event management industry.
In your mind, given an ample time you will be able to head
But surprisingly, after being hired, you find yourself that
what you envision is different from what you are currently doing and
experiencing.
Reality Bites!
These scenes are repeated over and over again from
applicants who thought that event management industry is easy and that the
school event projects are very much the same from the events outside the
schools.
Here are 5 insider tips to avoid being shocked, when you
enter the event management industry.
1. Make Sure You Are
Willing to Do Hard work
You are an officer in your school, and you are used to
delegating tasks to your peers. For you, the stress of studying and passing
your subjects and the successful implementation of your school events to which
you headed are more difficult than events outside the school.
Indeed, it is logical, you are now a professional and more
focused on performing your job than you are when you are still in the school.
But being part of an event management industry, and as a
rookie, you will be given multiple tasks, and sometimes, it has profit event company
Having said this, make sure you are willing to work hard,
and work long hours daily in order to perform your functions.
At the same time, make sure you can see yourself doing this
day-in, day-out for many years because stamina is very important in being
inside the event management industry.
2. Make Sure You Love
Learning
Often times, students who graduated stopped learning. If you
happen to enter the event management industry, never stop learning. Learn different subject areas. This will
enrich you and help your clients arrive at creative solutions.
I have a lot of staff
In addition, when the honeymoon period is gone and you now
face event management as a constant companion it becomes a grind that can tire
you if you will fail to learn or find something new with your tasks.
3. Make Sure You Love
Interacting with People
You must love interacting with people. You are always
working with teams, talking with clients, partners and suppliers.
If you love working alone, the event management industry is
not for you. If you don’t want coordinating and communicating with people every
moment of your work, this event management industry is not for you.
Lastly, even if you are on a rest day, people will call you
up on certain event management matters, so always be ready to communicate and
interact with them. After all, if you have an event, you are expected to work
and be available 24/7.
4. Make Sure You are
Results Oriented
“Don’t confuse activity for results”, this is according to the
famous coach John Wooden.
Always be results oriented, not activity oriented. Your
supervisors wanted results and, with their experience, know whether you are
just pretending to be busy or delivering the expected results.
Lastly, avoid Excusitis – a disease where a person always
makes excuses for not performing their tasks.
If you are this person, you will never be successful in the
event management industry or frankly, you have no right to be in this industry.
5. Make Sure You are Selfless
Event Management is a service industry. If you are selfish
and don’t care for the people around you or with your clients, you will not be
able to perform your functions well.
If you are after the money and the perks of event
management, you will not be able to enjoy or have more of it if you don’t care
with the well being of your organization, clients, suppliers and teammates.
In the event management industry, to be more, you have to do
more.
In Conclusion
Event Management Industry is a serious industry and only
people that possess passion, selflessness, love for social interaction,
results-oriented and love for learning can become successful and deserve to
inside the industry.
These people are also the future owners and leaders of the
event management industry.
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