Academic and Employability Skills

ACADEMIC AND
EMPOYABILIY SKILLS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Swot Analysis and Personal Development Plan..........................................................................3
Understanding of world of the Work...........................................................................................7
Reflection.....................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Analysis of the academic and professional skills that an individual possesses is instrumental
in their own development as an individual where they can clearly identify the areas win which
further development should be undertaken (Bull and et.al., 2016). In the present report, the
SWOT analysis will be conducted followed by Personal development plan based on the analysis
done. Further, the report will also include a reflection on the learning throughout the module.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Swot Analysis and Personal Development Plan
Swot analysis is crucial in the identification of the different strengths, weaknesses, threats
an opportunities that I possess. It is necessary to identify the skills that I already possess and the
skills that I need to further develop so that I can work on improving them and increasing the
overall development of myself as a professional:
Strengths
The major strengths that I possess can be
evaluated in the following major points and
categories:
 My analytical skills that I have
developed with time are very extensive
and well formulated making me
capable of analysing any data that I am
presented with quickly due to the
logical methods with which my brain
performs tasks thus analysing most of
the data easily.
 My risk perception skills are also
developed exceptionally well where I
can easily perceive the potential risks or
threats that might arise in the near
future. This is mainly because of my
habit of constant analysis of the
Weaknesses
Despite the variety of strengths that I
seemingly possess, there are many weaknesses
of mine as well which are inherent with the
strengths of mine. These can be enumerated as
follows:
 My time management skills are not
developed very proficiently. In my zeal
to complete things or tasks given to me
as effectively and optimally as possible,
I often tend to stretch the deadlines that
have been allotted to me (Baldauf and
Luchinskaya, 2019). This can affect my
career in the future seriously if I am not
able to develop a proper balance.
 My management skills are also very
weak where I find it extremely difficult
to manage multiple skills and people at
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environmental trends, the observation
of the shift in consumer habits or
perceptions etc. are the major causes
due to which I am more perceptive of
the risk (Abdel-Basset, Mohamed and
Smarandache, 2018).
 Another strengths that I can
acknowledge is that my communication
skills are also very well developed
where I can develop and maintain
relations in the industry extremely well
thus making me capable of being more
comfortable while working in a team or
while developing collaborations.
the same time. This is a major
weakness in terms of skills as
management skills are important in
order to gain position and work in a
coordinated manner in any
organisation.
Opportunities
On the basis of the regular analysis of external
trends and environment, I can identify certain
skills which, if I develop, will present wider
opportunities before me in future. These are:
 My ability as a problem solver are
developed very well and I can further
develop these in order to improve
myself further and evolve as a
professional problem solver. This will
help me in deriving correct and relevant
solutions even in complex situations
and professionally I can be assisted
through this mechanism heavily in my
professional career as well. Therefore
the opportunities in this field are very
wide (Stewart, 2016).
Threats
There are some major threats also that can arise
before me in the professional environment and
these can be enumerated as follows:
 If I regularly do not update myself with
newer and trendier skills then I might
become redundant in the constantly and
very quickly changing environment.
There are new skills which are being
developed almost on a daily basis and I
need to keep up with as many skills as I
can develop so that I do not become
redundant at any given point of time.
 Further, I might become incompetent in
future if I am not adequately skilled as
well in the terms of basic skill
requirement which is necessary in the
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