Event management employment in Australia: a nationwide investigation of labour trends in Australian event management.

Abstract

This chapter reports on an ongoing study of event management employment in Australia. Presenting data from a content analysis of job advertisements, it identifies key skills and attributes of event managers. The chapter concludes by noting that while some skills are generic professional skills (such as communication, problem solving and leadership), others are more specific to the requirements of event management work (namely planning and organizational, marketing, financial and computer skills).