Project & Events Management Career Exploration and Self$-$ Reflection Project $-$ Worth $10\%$

Please conduct a career investigation on a career path in the field of events management or project management

If you seeking a career in marketing and$/$or are looking to pursue a career in events management, you are encouraged to investigate the positions or careers in events management you are most interested in pursuing. Remember, there are many different types of careers available in the field of events management and project management!

Some examples of possible careers for you to investigate include: special events coordinator, wedding coordinat venue manager, sponsorship coordinator, destination management company coordinator, sports team events coordinator, project coordinator$/$manager$,$ etc.

This resort will also include a self$-$reflective section.

See the report details below for the necessary sections of this report.

Part $1-$ Events$/$Project Management Career $(4$ marks$)-$ Discuss the type of events management or project management career you will be investigating! Explain why you have chosen this particular career path to investigate.

Part $2-$ Education and Experience $(4$ marks$)-$ Discuss the type of education needed for this career. Is the career you are seeking one that will require several years of experience to work your way up to$?$ What will it take to get the position you are seeking? How many months$/$years will it take? Or will you be able to start in the position you are pursuing right away? Please include a job posting$($s$)$ of your ideal job $($this will also shed some light on what the requirements are for the event$-$related career path you are investigating!$)$

Part $3-$ Job Description $(2$ marks$)-$ Briefly discuss the nature of the work involved.

Part $4-$Salary$/$Opportunities $(4$ marks$)-$ Discuss the average salary for this type of events$-$related career and what the outlook is for this career path $($Is it tough to get into this field? Are there many opportunities?$)$

Part $5-$ Websites$/$information Sources $(3$ marks$)-$ Identify at least $3$ websites you used for your research. Please include the website links$/$details$.$

Part $6-$Personal Reflection $(5$ marks$)-$Please reflect on the course and your introduction to the field of project and events management.

a$.$ Would you like to pursue a career path in project or events management? Why or why not?

b$.$ Did this course change your feelings on pursuing a career path in project or events management, or get you more$/$less interested in the field? $($Many students are not sure what events management and project management entails, or what the field is really about, until they have completed a course like this one$).$

Report Presentation $(3$ marks$)-$ you will also be graded on the following:

$-$organized presentation of information$/$easy to read and follow

$-$logical arrangement of content

$-$spelling$/$grammatical errors

proper punctuation