OCCUPATIONAL WEDDING PLANNER

By Avianna Thomas

BEGINNING TO YOUR CAREEN

Brief Description

• Perform variety of task for couple that

have set a date

Primary Responsibilities

• To plan

• Organization

• Have everything step for the special dates

REQUIREMENTS

Skills

Must poses exception socializing,

networking & customer service skills.

Abilities

Must be highly organized, pay close

attention to details & be able to closely

follow budget.

EMPLOYER

Mostly indoors & outdoors

depending on the customer you are

working for.

The kind of organization

is business

JOBS OUTLOOKS/GROWTH

Employment growth: 31,300 people

Much faster then average 44%

Faster then average

Average

Slower then average

Expected to decline

EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION

There no formal requirements to be a wedding planner.

Often seminar and workshop so individuals new to the

profession can learn valuable planning skills.

Professional Wedding Consultants offers a certificate of

completion for those who finish their training program.

Classes 4-5 days

SALARY RANGE

Wedding consultant with…

1-4yr of experience made average of

20,000 to 40,000yr in 2010.

5-9yrs experience made between

30,000 & 80,000 a year.

JOB CHARACTERISTICS

Work hours a fixable depends on the

customer dates & time.

Have No shift work.

Travel is involved (begins on the appointment

& when the wedding is set at)

CAREER PATH/POSITIVE & NEGATIVE FEATURES

There is no entry levels.

GOOD way the get to your

goal is to go the a wedding

business and ask to be a

assistant because you what

to someday be a wedding

planner.

POSITIVE

Each day is different

You can travel

You know the people, you

are working for

NEGATIVE

People have nasty attitude

Things that goes wrong

Bride/Groom are mad

OTHER RELATED OCCUPATION / INFORMATION

SOURCES

There are two other

occupation that are

similar to Wedding

Planner. The two are

Event Coordinator and

also Planning Manager.

Information sources is

sourced by People and

also through the Internet.

To fine types of wedding

planners, they think that

is best for them.