Importance of Having an Event Planning Certification

Ten years ago, event planning was something people considered an easy job that they could just start off with and start making money. Although event planning does not require a lot of education, it is no longer a business people can just sit at home and do. This is because of a number of different reasons. First of all, there is a lot of competition out in the market.

Unless you are planning your little sister's birthday party, most events take up a lot of time and effort and critical planning to get everything right. I am talking about bigger events such as planning weddings, banquets, business conferences, concerts, music festivals, film festivals, entertainment shows, presentations etc; when it comes to events and occasions that are big and professionals, people throwing the event would want to work with an experienced planner. Because of this a person with event planning certification would be chosen over someone who has just started throwing events together at home.

Planning events is no longer just a business where a quick call to a cater and location manager can solve everything. It requires specific skills in marketing, advertising, communicating, multi tasking, and a certain professionalism of dealing with people whether it is persuading them or bargaining for a prize or even greeting guests at the actual event or hiring employees to work the little tasks for the event planner. These techniques need to look and feel professional in order for the clients to trust their event planner.

Because of this issue, a person with an event planning certification will be picked even if their experience is lesser than someone who has been planning small-scale birthday parties, weddings, and throwing brunches all their life. Also, it is easier to get a job if you are a certified event planner through a trade school or event planning institute. When it comes to big wedding planner corporations or event planning corporations, just a resume filled with how many parties you successfully pulled off is not enough to get you the job.

What will be important is that professionals of the industry - in this case the professors at the institute who have taught you - are able to vouch for your abilities in order for an already established event managing company to hire you. Therefore it is very important for a person trying to pursue this business professionally to go through the process of an institutional degree (which usually doesn't take longer than one or two years) to be able to work and make lots of money in this now very competitive field of planning occasions.