Should I Become An Event Manager (One Minute Quiz)

Alyssa Omandac

Career Quiz and Most Suitable Personality

Event Managers

Event Managers The main responsibility of Event Managers is to plan and coordinate events. They might do this for companies, individuals, or any kind of group that needs to have an event. They play a critical role in the event from planning to execution.

Salary
$52500
Education
Bachelor's degree
Personality



Find a job you love and you will never work a day in your life.Confucius

Table of contents
  1. Career Quiz
  2. Suitable Personality Type
  3. Pros and Cons

Career Quiz

In this career quiz, there are 8-10 questions that will give you a pretty good perspective on whether this career is right for you.

There are 3 answers to each question: Dislike, Maybe, and Like.

Answer “Like / Yes” if you tell yourself “Yes! I would love do this” or “Yeah, I’m that type of person”.
Answer “Okay / Maybe” if you tell yourself “Umm…I think I will be okay with that”.
Answer “Dislike / No” if you tell yourself “Ugh…Sounds boring” or “No way!”.

Ready? Let’s start!

Question Yes Maybe No
Are you comfortable with your ability to create a fantastic event?
Are you willing to coordinate all aspects of an event from start to finish?
Are you interested in using your organization skills to put events together?
Do you have an outgoing personality to talk to a lot of different people?
Do you have visionary skills to plan an event that makes clients happy?
Do you have great listening and communication skills to understand what kind of events your clients want?
Do you enjoy planning events?
Are you interested in managing staff during an event?

Your Results

Done?

Now count how many points you have.

Dislike = 0 point
Okay = 1 point
Like = 2 points

After you’re done counting your points. Click below to view your results.


Suitable Personality Type

The Leader

People with this personality likes to start and work on projects. They also like leading people and making many decisions. You can read more about these career personality types here.

An Event Manager needs to be friendly and outgoing. You need to have excellent organizational skills and pay attention to detail. You need to be somewhat creative to make sure that the event comes together, and you need great communication skills so that the event is what your client wants it to be. In addition, you need to have a lot of energy because you will have to work hard during the final week before the event occurs. This is a great career for anyone who enjoys planning and putting events together.

Pros and Cons

Pros

You can make a great career for yourself

If you gain experience and start your own Event Managing Business, you can make a lot of money. You can take on as much work as you can handle, and there is a lot of opportunity if you are good.

You will be in an energetic environment

When you manage an event, you are around people who hustle to make events happen. If you enjoy that kind of energy, you will like this job.

You get to create beautiful events

If you are creative and enjoy seeing events come to life, you will get to make it happen in this career.

You can control your schedule

You get to decide how to organize your schedule, and you can work as much or as little as you like. You can take time off between events if you want to.

Cons

You are under a lot of pressure

When you manage an event, you can be under a lot of pressure. The clients often have a lot at stake and want the event to be perfect.

You have to coordinate everything perfectly

There are a lot of different pieces that come together to make an event happen, and you need to coordinate them perfectly.

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