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(Solved) Assignment on Employability Skills

   

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Running head: EMPLOYABILITY SKILLSEmployability SkillsName of the Author:Name of the University:Author Note:

1EMPLOYABILITY SKILLSJournal entry 1:As a student of economics degree, I aspire to become a bank analyst. I undertook theGallup-strength finder test in order to find the behavioral attributes to help me asses the qualitiesthat I have for achieving my goals. The five most prominent attributes about myself that I foundout from the test include, “responsibility”, “relator”, “deliberative”, “consistency” and“command”.Gallup strengths According to the test, I am especially talented in five behavioral areas. The attribute ofresponsibility suggests that I tend to take psychological ownership of what I say I will do and Iam committed to values like loyalty and honesty. I usually invent better methods to carry out thechores, assignments or studies and tend to keep making all the necessary upgrades. As a relator,I enjoy close friendships with others and find a deep satisfaction in achieving goals whileworking hard together with my friends. I realize that the motivations, interests, backgrounds,desires fears and working styles of different individuals are different and I respect that. Being adeliberative makes me a no- nonsense individual and I take serious care in making decisions andanticipating obstacles and refrain from taking impulsive decisions. One of my essential Gallupstrengths is Consistency which states that I am very much aware of the fact that I need to treatevery individual equally, which means that I try to treat every individual with consistency. I tendto ensure that I successfully complete all the tasks by outlining proper steps and keeping in mindthe deadlines. Another essential strength I have is of command, I have the tendency to takecontrol of any situation and make the required decisions. I have the capability to prepare peoplewhen they are about to encounter danger, go through an adversity or bear any kind of pain (Hoodand Carruthers 2016). Being a responsible, deliberative and consistent individual will definitely

2EMPLOYABILITY SKILLShelp me achieve my undergraduate degree with flying colours as I have the strength, devotionand intrinsic need to learn and excel. As a Leader and a Relator I will not only achieveeducational heights but will also be able to be at a social position to motivate my peers towardsachievement.Journal entry 2:The two theories of employability skills that I am about to critically analyze are the GallupStrength Theory and the Johari window theory.Gallup Strength TheoryHodges and Kennedy (2015) stated that better teammates are capable of building betterrelationships. According to the Gallup Strength theory, an organization will be more capable ofutilizing people in suitable positions if the strengths and capabilities of people can be assessedproperly. This is true because knowing about my strengths will help me in pursuing my dreamsof being a bank analyst with a lot more mental efficiency. This theory discusses that there arearound 34 different characteristic traits that can be used to assess an employee’s characteristics aswell as his/her areas of expertise. However, there are certain downsides to strength-basedassessments like the one in discussion. There are no scientific evidence that strength basedmanagements will work, these kinds of assessments sometimes gives people a false sense of theircompetence, it sometimes leads to resources not being focused on the top performers in anorganization and also over using of strengths may prove to be toxic (Chamorro 2018). Despite thecriticisms, I feel like this assessment has given me a clear perspectives about the areas where Ishould focus my capabilities to achieve my goals.Johari Window’s theory

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