Independent Work Experience module PDF

Part 3: Reflection
Student’s Name:
Student’s ID:
Subject:

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The Independent Work Experience module helped me to experience the world of work and to
develop my employability and personal skills. This module is designed to provide the experience
of the workplace as a prospect for developing an identity. It critically analyzed and reflected
upon the strengths and weaknesses, skills and learning styles and also helped to plan the ways to
learn from the desired experiences (Travers, Morisano and Locke, 2015). Employability skills
should be taken seriously in the degree programs. Recognizing the skills and awareness of
people is important. For employability of graduates below mentioned are the four key skills:
 Knowledge about the working of the organizations which includes appraisal procedures,
induction programs, objectives, and goals (Solano, 2015)
 Personal attributes such as reliability, initiative, resilience, creativity, flexibility,
adaptability and self-reliance
 The key and personal skills- self-management, problem-solving, handling of data,
working with others, managing my learning and communication
 Traditional intellectual skills which include the application of theory to practice,
modeling problems quantitatively and qualitatively, the capability of arguing logically
and critically evaluating the evidence
Every area discussed above is essential to get the work experience, but the range to which a
particular area is important will depend on the type of work, I am doing. Gaining knowledge,
enlightening self-performance and critical evaluation will be vital.
A theory of learning Kolb carried out a substantial quantity of research into the way an
individual learn. Kolb put forward a theory that an individual learns cyclically (Ibrahim, Noh
and Abas, 2017). He suggested that, as our growth happens, we develop tendencies and
inclinations to learn new things in a precise manner, without inevitably understanding that it
is so. As there are more choices to how we can learn we are more likely to let our preferred
style of learning influence our selection. Kolb describes four stages of learning, and he
believed that individuals are hardly operational in all stages namely Pragmatist, Theorist,
Reflector or Activist.

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Figure 1: Learning skills followed by me
Lifelong learning experience helped me to acquire knowledge from my previous understandings
whether practical or academic. It is important that I am aware of my weaknesses and strength
and I am capable enough to take up any sort of responsibility for refining my performance. Work
experience thus gives a flawless opportunity to do this, and by occupied through this module I
have an opportunity to expand my learning experience. This will be important if I involve in self-
employment. Work experience can act as an actual value to employers as well as individuals.
Analysis of Personal skills
A variety of general skills are necessary to be effective both in our day-today life and work for
example communicating in various ways, setting of goals, problem-solving ability, and
management of time (Cai et al., 2015). Irrelevant of whatever previous experience we have, it is
important for us to continue to develop skills in new contexts and at higher levels. It is not right
that what we previously learned or done need no further revision. The main point of personal
skills is that we utilize and improve the skills every phase so that we can handover our skills to
new situations and experiences.

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My Strength Weakness Opportunities Threats (SWOT)
Strengths
 Analytical skills
 Attention to details
 Research skills
 Honest
 Ability to take an initiative
 Hard-working
 Reliability
 An ability to get on with people
Opportunities
 Earn money
 Work as a team
 Work abroad
 Get an experience of the work world
 Gain experience on how to deal with
people
Weakness
 Lack of database skills
 The absence of work experience
related to academic studies
 Lack of confidence while dealing with
people
 Time-keeping
Threats
 The problems of transportation which
may cause my unreliability
 Fitting into the culture of the company
 Being uncooperative at work
CV writing
For writing a curriculum vitae, these points must be ensured:
 It is represented in a clear manner without flaws
 It has a length of two pages
 It has a section which covers my achievements and skills
 It must have my details of education which is listed in a reverse sequential manner
 It must contain details of my experience of work
 It contains my contact details such as contact number, email id, and address

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A personal development plan for my future
Utilizing the feedback from the employer, reflective logs and self-assessment a personal
development plan will be developed by me in the future which will cover the below-mentioned
areas:
 Further experience goals and work placement
 Development and training
 Volunteering
 Personal and social objectives
 The future direction of my career
 Research
 Academic study

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References
Cai, Z., Guan, Y., Li, H., Shi, W., Guo, K., Liu, Y., Li, Q., Han, X., Jiang, P., Fang, Z. and Hua,
H., 2015. Self-esteem and proactive personality as predictors of future work self and career
adaptability: An examination of mediating and moderating processes. Journal of Vocational
Behavior, 86, pp.86-94.
Ibrahim, M.Y., Noh, C.H.C. and Abas, M.M., 2017. Confirmatory Factor Analysis of
Interpersonal Skills of Youth’s Scale. International Journal of Academic Research in Business
and Social Sciences, 7(7), pp.752-762.
Solano, G., 2015. Transnational vs. domestic immigrant entrepreneurs: a comparative literature
analysis of the use of personal skills and social networks. American Journal of
Entrepreneurship, 8(2), p.1.
Travers, C.J., Morisano, D. and Locke, E.A., 2015. Self‐reflection, growth goals, and academic
outcomes: A qualitative study. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 85(2), pp.224-241.

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Appendix
Goal Action Success Criteria Date
To develop skills
of teamwork
 Assist in
welfare crew
roadshow
 Organize a
RAG raid
 Assist leader
of the project
by organizing
harm term
kids event
 Roadshow runs
smoothly
 Improve
income from
RAG raid
 Successful kids
event without
difficulties of
poor
communication
January
February
March
To improve
presentation skills
 Conduct a
presentation
to the
Council and
get a
response
 Improve
resources and
techniques
 Practice
presentation
and receive
feedback
 Attend course
of
presentation
skills through
 Made a
presentation to
a retail
business which
resulted in the
fund for sports
kit
 Made two
presentations to
the council and
received a
positive
response from
both
June
May

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the guild
To recognize and
extract suitable
written
information to
upkeep
assignments
 To practice
perusing key
text to answer
key
 To identify
the research
question
which is clear
for the next
assignment of
economics
 To watch a
video on
study skills
 Quicker at
taking out
information
 Written queries
 Watched Video
June
June
May