Compare Travel Guides & Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners District Of Columbia

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Salary

View the mid-level salary in both your current job and your selected occupation. (Annual salaries apply to people who work full-time year-round.)

Travel Guides $54,100
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners $63,600

Similar skills & knowledge

These skills are commonly used in both your current job and your selected occupation.

Sales and Marketing
Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

Service Orientation
Looking for ways to help people.

Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

Administration and Management
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.

Critical Thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

Negotiation
Bringing people together to solve differences.

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

Complex Problem Solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Coordination
Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

Judgment and Decision Making
Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.

Management of Personnel Resources
Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.

Monitoring
Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

Speaking
Talking to others.

Time Management
Managing your time and the time of other people.

Systems Evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

Administrative
Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.


skills & knowledge Gaps

These are areas where you might have skill gaps. People working in your selected job generally need higher levels in these skill and knowledge areas than people working in your current job.

Communications and Media Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Travel Guides
Travel Guides
Very Low
Communications and Media Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
Medium

Communications and Media
Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

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English Language Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Travel Guides
Travel Guides
Low
English Language Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
High

English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

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Computers and Electronics Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Travel Guides
Travel Guides
Low
Computers and Electronics Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
Medium

Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

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Public Safety and Security Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Travel Guides
Travel Guides
Low
Public Safety and Security Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
Medium

Public Safety and Security
Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

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Typical Level Of Training

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Typical level Of training for Travel Guides
Travel Guides

High school diploma or equivalent

Typical level Of training for Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners

Licensing

Many states require licenses for certain jobs. See if your selected occupation requires a license and if so, follow the link to find information for your state.

Licensing for Travel Guides
Travel Guides

No license found in District of Columbia

Licensing for Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

Certifications help you get ahead or qualify for different jobs. You usually have to pass a test to earn one, and then you can show employers that you have the skills and knowledge needed to do well on the job.

Certification for Travel Guides
Travel Guides

15 related certifications

Certification for Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners

23 related certifications

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