Employability Skills in Events and Entertainment Management

This document discusses the importance of employability skills in the field of events and entertainment management. It explores the Clifton Gallup Strengths and Johari window model and their impact on personal development. The document also compares and contrasts two related companies in the industry and provides insights into the job of an entertainment manager. It further discusses the professional qualifications needed for this role and the influence of networking in the industry.

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Employability skills
Essay
Student Name
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Know yourself
I am studying BSc (Hons) Events and Entertainment Management. This course is all about the
important role of events and entertainment in the life of organization and individual. This course
is totally based on the knowledge and confidence related to management linked with events and
entertainment in order to explore the requirement of this growing industry. In addition, this
course provides practical experience related to events, capstone projects, learning through field
activities and guest lectures. This course also helps in developing problem-solving skills along
with creativity in the field of event and entertainment by offering ample amount of current
practices going on in this industry (GSM London, 2019).
I am looking for that kind of career which will offer me a challenging opportunity in order to
implement my creativity and skill which I have learned from my course. According to me BSc
(Hons) Events and Entertainment Management is only the course which can provide me both
kind of opportunity to improve my career journey because if we will not face challenges, we will
not improve (ISBU, 2019). In addition to this, from an earlier age, I have a very strong
connection with events and entertainments which has triggered me to choose this course.
Clifton Gallup Strengths
According to Clifton Gallup, for career development interest, education and aim play an
important role but strength plays a very significant role in the development of career. According
to Gallup, there are some basic which are connected to the strength drives of an individual which
guides them towards success because they form the ground rubrics for person development
(Rath, Conchie and Magazine, 2009). In addition to this, they also help us in identifying more
satisfied career goal by mapping our career journey right from college so that individual can
utilize their available time in understand credential aspects that can provide benefits in long term
for their successful career.
Johari window model
While Johari window is considered as one of the important tools which are very useful in
improving self-awareness and common understanding among the individuals which are part of a
group (Halpern, 2009). This model is often linked with the enhancement of behaviour, soft skill,
cooperation and interpersonal development which has great impact on enhancing the career
development of an individual. This model mainly focuses on building trust within the individual
with the help of communication in various surroundings.
As per these theories I was able to find out three key strengths in me related to my career
development. One is a developer; another is includer and third is discipline (Saxena, 2015). I
believe that this strength will help me in grooming my professional career in events and
entertainment management because job associated with events and entertainment requires

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discipline, creativity along with teamwork which is possible for that person which willing
involves other people in particular task.
Element of this theory in my career success
In order to become successful in life, strength is considered as one of the greatest motivation
because there are some examples of a successful person who never earned a college degree but
still are at the top of the business corporate like Bill Gates, Steve jobs and so on. By
understanding the main elements of theories it can be said that only having knowledge is not
enough in this competitive world (Nair and Naik, 2010). Only strength is the feature which
makes us different from others and therefore I have decided to focus on my strength and try to
groom this strength to their best level through attending various workshops linked with
enhancing self-awareness in order to have clarity about the role of my strengths as per the
available situations. In addition to this, this theory also helped me to understand myself better by
offering me a series of benchmark on which I can evaluate my strength.
Know your sector
Compare and contrast two related companies
After exploring many companies which are related to event and entertainment management, I
find Time based and Evolve events two best company for my career development. Both these
companies are associated with corporate events activities. Time-based has established its
business in 1996 with London as the base and has spread its operation all over Europe and Asia.
The team of this organization continuous believes that if we want to achieve something, we can
only achieve it with the combined efforts of the team (Time based, 2019). This organization
mainly focused on events that focus on the brand message, corporate goal, and values which are
related to passion. These corporate believe in inspiring, encouraging and triggering the passion
of the people (Eurich, Oertel and Boutellier, 2010). Value of this organization is to offer services
which are beyond the expectation of the audience along with commitment towards strong
business ethics. Event Company was established in 2002, having its base in Birmingham. This
company is also considered as one of the multi-service agency in the UK. This company is in the
business of creating, design and delivering all types of shapes (Event Company, 2019). This
company is having almost 15 years of experience in event management and mostly operating on
UK ground. This company believes in transforming vision into reality despite considering
financial status of the customer organization because their working pattern is very unique from
other companies which offer them competitive advantage, especially for small budget customers
(Sonnenberg and vom Brocke, 2014). This company forms their values by developing a strong
customer base and believes that corporate governance is very essential for the success of any
business which displays their ethics.

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According to my strength, I believe that both these companies are the better career choice for me
because these companies are ample in creativity along with fully committed towards their clients
which displays their devotion of the company. Both these company believes that value of
organization can only be formed by their high-quality services and for achieving high-quality
service it is very important that all the members of the team are equally involved so that they can
contribute their best for the progress of the company (Lee, Wei, Kysar and Hone, 2008). In the
same way, I also believe that in order to compete for a task, one of the most important aspects is
the level of involvement of the team members in the task because this decided the success of the
task in an effective and efficient manner.
Job that I am looking for
In future, I am looking for the post of entertainment manager because this post is actually one of
the most demanding posts in this growing industry. It is the duty of the entertainment manager to
manage events, elements associated with those events like artists and their performance
(JobisJob, 2019). This job is considered as one of the highly challenging jobs but at the same
their this job offers various kind of opportunities like traveling other places both nationally as
well as internationally.
Entertainment manager is also considered as the backbone of the event industry. They make
better utilization of all the available resources of the organization to provide high-level
satisfaction to their potential clients (Careertrend, 2019).Skills which make an entertainment
manager successful in their career are networking, flexible people skill, time management and
problem-solving. The key tasks of the entertainment manager are generated publicity, plan
budget of the event and explore the possible mistake that can occur at any time and make
arrangements to handle such situations.
Impact of CV on job market
As per my research the skills sets which are needed for the job of entertainment manager are
event planning, use of social media and ability to solve problem. My CV is directly
communication that I am the suitable person for this kind of post because my CV displays my
passion towards this industry which is truly in demand at present situation. In addition to this My
LinkedIn profile also displays that my education is linked with the event management industry.
At present event industry are looking for those people who are creative, understand environment
and work in coordination. These market requirements are can be easily filled through my
LinkedIn profile consideration in event and entertainment market.
Professional qualification need for Entertainment manager
In order to achieve this post, I have to gain certificate related to business communication along
with reasoning skill certificate in order to explore the exact expectation of the customer without
expressing. In addition, it is very important for me to earn a certificate related to financial

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management which will help me in the future during my budget formation by which better use of
available resources can be achieved (Jmacademy, 2019). This certificate will also help me in
exploring those places in budget section where cost-cutting is truly required in order to attain a
cost competitive advantage over other rivals.
Let them know you
Influence of networking
As event and entertainment business is actually a type of business which is totally dependent on
the performance and satisfaction of the people. For me, networking is actually a platform which
offers various opportunities to many individuals to develop their profession connection which
can secure their future (Bauer et al., 2008). Networking is very essential for me if I really want to
grow in this industry because one of the keys to success in this industry knows more people
which will automatically increase my reach which otherwise I will not be able to access. This
asset will help me at the time of crisis by offering me an ample amount of resources to continue
my task. One of the best ways to understand business market is to connect people from all
sections which can provide information related to current trend going on the market which will
help me in saving a lot of time and efforts in the search for my dream job (Mitchell,
Schlegelmilch and Mone, 2016).
Even that increased my network
One of the events which I have attended in my college was a conclave in which many experts
from event and entertainment industry have expressed their views related to this industry and
discussed current expectations of this industry from the younger generation. In order to make this
event successful a team full of the student has put a lot of efforts in making this event run at its
full potential. This event helped me to understand the world of event and entertainment industry
beyond academics. In addition to this, I will able to groom my creative, include and discipline
skill in the practical pattern which has actually offered me a chance to further enhance my skill
by bringing necessary changes in me.
Selection on my mock interview performance
During my mock interview, I was able to explore myself on the base of my strength and other
qualities which make me best suitable candidate for these two companies. These companies are
looking for that individual which can offer them creative thinking ideas along with discipline. In
addition to this, these companies are also looking for that person who can work in a team and
offer opportunity to other members to get involved in the task. Result of my Mock interview
clearly indicates that I have the potential of creativity, discipline along with teamwork attitude.
Learning

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This module has truly helped in increasing my self-awareness about my strength and weakness.
In addition, this module helped me to become aware of the current trend going on in this industry
along with the skills which these industries are looking for. This module also offered my
opportunity to bring necessary improvement in some of my weak areas like, I have to work on
my communication skill along with some knowledge on the financial terms which are very
essential for the post for which I am looking in future. In addition to this module also helped me
to understand the real power of networking in present business work and benefits associated with
networking in the industry such as event and entertainment management.

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