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Where a wedding planner can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a wedding planner already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Wedding planners assist with all logistical details required concerning their client's wedding ceremony. Based on their client's requirements, they make arrangements for floral decorations, wedding venue and catering, guest invitations, etc., coordinating activities both before and during the wedding.

Also known as special events organizer, wedding organizer, wedding consultant, special events planner, events planner, matrimony planner.

Technicians and associate professionals 36 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: personal shopper, 36%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from wedding planner, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a wedding planner already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A wedding planner needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area

create event-specific menus communication, collaboration and creativity
inspect event facilities information skills
carry out event management management skills
select event providers management skills
supervise event staff management skills
arrange special events management skills
plan events management skills
coordinate events management skills
develop creative ideas communication, collaboration and creativity
manage schedule of tasks management skills

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a wedding planner does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Wedding planner is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a wedding planner’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.