BSS030-2 | Planning Careers and Employability | Assignment 1: Fail to Plan, and you Plan to Fail

Running head: PLANNING CAREERS AND EMPLOYABILITY
Planning Careers and Employability
Subject Code: BSS030-2
Assignment 1: Fail to Plan, and you Plan to Fail
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PLANNING CAREERS AND EMPLOYABILITY1
1. Introductory Written Summary
1.1 Analysis of the initial activities and how it has prepared for work
The initial activities that has been undertaken for the preparation of this work includes
the skills audit questionnaire, the interview taken for the preparation of checking company
suitability, application form preparation, CV and LinkedIn profiles. All these were necessary
for a person to showcase the fact that an individual is ready for utilizing their personal skills
to the business organizations. The current development in the recruitment arena does not
work like before, where preparing for a job could be easier after graduation. Rather, these
initial activities that have been upgraded for the preparation of being business ready after
graduation does not only help an individual to identify their own skills, but also helps them to
identify their strength and weaknesses. Identifying both these would help the individuals
prepare themselves more by working on the weaknesses to turn them into their strengths.
1.2 The use of social media in the form of a personal website
Social Networking sites are often seen to be used for the sharing of media and
personal information. Instead these can be looked beyond the social information sharing and
be used as a personal website. An individual can brand themselves on the social media
without sharing too much personal information. It can act just like a corporate brand and
represent themselves my manifesting the social media page at an individual level. Since,
social media websites help in establishing a personal identity, it is to be used for defining the
goals that the individual is looking forward to. Showcasing the skills strengths about these
acquired skills can be regarded as one of the most important aspects of transforming social
media to a personal website recognizing the skills and accomplishments. To make sure that
people would recognize one’s professional skills, or even to improve the chances of
discovering job opportunities in the chosen field of work, a person can use the social media to