tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636610838133942829.post2832452089613437129..comments2023-04-30T04:58:16.954-04:00Comments on Breaking (down) the Bank: Wedding Planning as Project Management ExperienceDouble Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383069026743835206noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636610838133942829.post-38672103566316421312013-02-16T02:07:22.856-05:002013-02-16T02:07:22.856-05:00The wedding planning will make a person as a weddi...The wedding planning will make a person as a wedding planner and also gives the wedding planning experience. Most of the engaged couples will need a help and they should make use of the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iwedplanner-the-wedding-planner/id408373537?mt=8" rel="nofollow">wedding planner iPhone apps</a> and can plan the wedding successfully. Thanks for sharing the wonderful topic.kennadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13521613830649567251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636610838133942829.post-25700876887606986652012-03-19T11:55:57.458-04:002012-03-19T11:55:57.458-04:00I actually DID use my massive amount of wedding pl...I actually DID use my massive amount of wedding planning experience as proof of 'event management' for a job interview once. The interviewers seemed to take it really well. I ended up taking another job, so I don't know if it would have landed me that job, but I thought it was worth mentioning that I used it as an example! :)Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10121429564505659418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636610838133942829.post-30178293203606922212012-03-01T13:20:17.279-05:002012-03-01T13:20:17.279-05:00YES!!! Whenever you want!YES!!! Whenever you want!Double Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383069026743835206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636610838133942829.post-71371096458096466772012-03-01T13:19:22.755-05:002012-03-01T13:19:22.755-05:00Amazing points! I came to this same conclusion - I...Amazing points! I came to this same conclusion - I don't think I could ever walk into an interview and talk about planning my wedding. However, I don't think that the Grige would think twice about adding our save-the-dates or some of the other artwork he's doing to his portfolio for work. Again, it's a little different because he's a designer, but still! I hope someday we bust the stigma, because women really do get the short end of the stick on stuff like this.Double Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383069026743835206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636610838133942829.post-23514643311460148272012-03-01T13:07:56.776-05:002012-03-01T13:07:56.776-05:00PS - can you and the Grige taking me overnight bac...PS - can you and the Grige taking me overnight back packing some time? I have my own (legit) back pack and sleeping bag.Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14777256436410947345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636610838133942829.post-47742495894445868072012-03-01T12:46:20.261-05:002012-03-01T12:46:20.261-05:00I'm going to rain on the parade and say no wit...I'm going to rain on the parade and say no with many explanations and then feel real bad about it.<br /><br />I do agree. Managing a wedding is SO project management experience. And just MANAGEMENT. I mean seriously, no one cares about your wedding (project) as much as you do...how much does that sound like work? And yet you must motivate! and inspire! them to do what you ask anyway! This is (especially) our jobs to the letter.<br /><br />However, even though I feel like I was super-organized and could demonstrate a lot of my marketable skills by discussing my wedding I would feel very strange talking about it in an interview. And I think I, personally, would be ok if someone brought it up while interviewing with me, but I would probably not tell a whole lot of people, "this candidate demonstrated budget management through their wedding planning."<br /><br />Maybe it's the industry I'm in, but I feel like it would go over poorly with some people. Maybe if you were interviewing in a more innovative industry or company (Google? Clif Bar? Nantucket Nectar? LivingSocial?) it would be better received. <br /><br />And sadly you know what makes me uneasy about this? I feel like it's too tied up in gender specific "stuff." It's a woman thing, and sadly it's therefore not "valuable" in "business." The way I was finally able to come up with this? Thinking about your other example of backpacking--lots of the same skills like doing a lot with few resources, ingenuity, planning, budgeting, research, etc. but it's perceived as gender neutral in a way weddings just aren't. Although I wonder if down the road this will change in some ways as equal marriage rights become the norm in more and more states? <br /><br />And now I feel like a traitor to smart women everywhere who put a lot of time and professional/marketable skill into their weddings.<br /><br />And here are a few more "quotation marks" just for emphasis.Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14777256436410947345noreply@blogger.com