你是天生适合从事会展行业的人吗？

你是天生适合从事会展行业的人吗？

很多会展专业的学生毕业后并不从事会展行业，这一方面有学校教育的原因，但更大程度上是因为行业发展的不足造成的。
目前的中国会展业从企业到项目、从从业人员到教育培训，鱼龙混杂，具有巨大市场吸引力但同时充满挑战，多元化的特征非常明显。就庞大的企业数量而言，大多数会展企业的规模较小，而且普遍不注重雇主形象建设，虽然有少数领导型企业表现优秀，但整个行业对专业人才的就业吸引力不高。
尽管如此，我们要对这个朝阳产业充满期待。投身其中并持之以恒，定能有所收获。可以这么讲，从职业特征的角度来看，会展和活动行业的多样性是其他任何一个行业都无法比拟的。但所有会展专业的学生和正在从事会展业的新兵们，要认真思考一个问题——我真的喜欢和适合这个行业吗?
今天我们要推荐的文章是由Eventbrite专栏作者Mark所撰写的《天生适合从事会展/活动行业的7个预兆》(7 Signs You Were Born To Work In Events)。
A career in events can be incredibly rewarding.
You get to work with inspirational people, create amazing experiences for people and no day is ever the same. However it’s also not for everyone – the job can be tough, demanding and requires a mix of skills that are really quite rate.
Yet some people are born to work in events. Here are the 7 signs that you were too.
1.You Organised Your Toys 你收拾自己的玩具
Were you the kid who loved to organise their toys? Did you stack the cups rather than knocking them down? Did you pretend to host organised tea parties where the dolls sat around in quaint order, or create elaborate ranks of armies in perfect unison, ready for battle at a moment’s notice?
Chances are you were a budding event organiser.
2. You Always Hosted The Party 你擅长组织派对
As you grew up, did you always find yourself hosting house parties, dinner dates and organising the weekend activities for your friends or family?
Were you always the one with a timetable of activities, a detailed itinerary and a plan B for each thing that could go wrong when going on holiday?
Yep, pretty strong signs you were meant to be an event planner.
3. You Loved Meeting New People 你喜欢结识新朋友
Some kids are shy, and some just love making new friends.
Were you always happy to strike up conversations with strangers, entertain your parent’s friends or welcome the new kid at school into your friendship group?
Did you always know who to introduce at parties, because they would just get on? Did you relish the chance to get out of your comfort zone and mingle with a new crowd?
The ability to connect with others and take pleasure in meeting new people is a great indicator you were meant to be an event professional.
4. You Showed Natural Flair 你有与生俱来的创造力
Most homework is handed in last-minute, hurriedly written on the bus using a blunt pencil or red ink because it’s the only pen that can be borrowed.
But was yours different? Did your homework include pictures and graphs where appropriate? Was it neatly ruled, with multiple colours used to highlight different sections and accent important points?
Did you relish all those practical classes like cooking, woodwork and art because you got to make cool stuff and experiment?
Anyone born with that creative spirit was clearly suited to a career in events.
5. You Sweated The Details 你注重细节、追求卓越
Were you the person in class who just couldn’t help but ask ‘why’? Did you want to really understand, and not just accept the world as it is? Did you take apart appliances to really get to the bottom of how it worked?
Did you hand in work that was ‘just good enough’ or did you work on it until you were proud?
As you got older, were you content to host your parties at the last minute, with no care for how people would arrive, what they would eat or drink, and whether or not there was the right balance of guests? Of course not!
You care about the details. The little things that elevate the mundane to the exceptional. And that’s why you were such a prefect fit to work in events.
6. You Found Multitasking Natural 你适应多任务工作
Most people are terrible multitaskers, finding it stressful or dropping balls left-right-and-centre by taking on too many things at once.
Not you though. From the youngest age you knew that the key was to prioritise. Before you’d heard of the ‘7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ you knew to put first things first.
Generally this meant you didn’t have to multitask because homework, going out with friends and attending your sports class wouldn’t all fall on the same day.
However when you had to do several things at once, like tidying your room, revising for an exam and contacting a friend who needed to talk, you’d know the best way to get them all done, and done well.
This is a give-away sign that event management runs in your veins.
7. You Used Your Initiative 你积极主动、敢于创新
Do you recall being the person who often volunteered first? Or maybe you didn’t even wait to be asked, but jumped in and got things sorted.
As you grew up, did you frequently have people say to you “Wow, I didn’t even ask for that!” Did you wait for the weekend to arrive, hoping that something interesting would be happening, or did you take the initiative and make something happen?
That kind of proactive nature is a big indicator that you’d be a natural at organising events.
Conclusion
No event organiser is the same, and everyone takes a different path to get into the industry (many often wind up in events completely by accident).
However if you ever wonder, ‘Am I suited to events?’ then you can cast your mind back, think about what comes naturally to you, and if a few of the traits above were clearly visible from a young age, chances are you really were born to be in this industry!