Over the past 2 months I have been approached by two young individuals who would like to pursue a career as an Event Planner and are in the process of taking a course and their questions have been as follows:

·        On average, how many clients a year do you take on?

·        I would like to one day, start my own company.
      Is there a lot of work? 

·        Do you work by yourself or have staff, if yes, how
      many people work for you?

·        How long have you been an Event Planner? 

·        What do clients look for when they hire a planner?

I also had another individual recently comment that they never saw Event Planner positions advertised in their local newspaper.

When I respond to these individuals I advise that they should check websites such as Workopolis or Monster and view where these roles are most prominent and what event planning categories do they fall in, e.g. corporate, businesses, marketing, hotels.

It would be very unusual to see a Wedding Planner role, therefore, they must concentrate on how they would find this type of business and how much would they truly earn.

Unfortunately, T.V. has blown out the reality of an Event Planner, there are very few great “Tiger Wood” players out there and this equates too for Event/Wedding Planner jobs or high paying clients.

BUT I do truly believe that everyone should take a form of event planning course because they can utilize the skills learned in both their business and personal lives, how to time manage, understand budgets, research for that special item, techniques that can be extremely helpful and who knows one day they might be in the right place at the right time - I WAS.

Please remember these are only my personal views and I would certainly welcome any comments.