Professional Employability Plan Assessment 2022

Assessment Two - Professional Employability
Plan
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Contents
Recruitment practices in Australian Engineering industry........................................................1
The role of Networking in Engineering industry.......................................................................2
Career Clarity.............................................................................................................................3
Skill Reflection...........................................................................................................................5
SMART Action Plan..................................................................................................................6
Strengths Action Plan.............................................................................................................6
Weaknesses Action Plan.........................................................................................................7
Research & Reference links.......................................................................................................8
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Recruitment practices in Australian Engineering
industry
The engineering industry within Australia has been experiencing several changes and
transformation since shortage in labour market, rise in economic pressures and strained needs
of industry to sustain business challenges. These altogether has impacted the engineering
industry by establishing controls and hence the industry has witnessed a change in shift
within their recruitment practices to maintain cost and enable reach to high level of talents
through exploitation of online recruitment practices which is more of a modern approach of
recruitment process. With aid of online recruitment practices several firms in engineering
industry have automated their recruitment needs by tapping volumes of potential candidate
application over online channels which has enhanced their accessibility as well as ease of
application. The employers post their recruitment openings over online advertisement such as
on job portals where job description are posted corresponding to vacancies in firms to search
for potential staffs who simultaneously look for possible scope and based on criteria like
eligibility of qualification, experience and achievement, these job portals match employers
and potential candidates needs to suggest fitting match. CareerJet, Indeed Australia, Seek etc.
are recognised online job portals that are actively used in Australia for e-recruitment. Further
employers can advertise their vacancies over their corporate websites in career section to
directly reach to candidates where an equilibrium of relevant company information along
with notification of potential job description and roles can be advertised to enhance
experience and relevance of potential applicants (Koch, Gerber & De Klerk, 2018). Further
other pattern of recruitment practices that has been observed in engineering industry in
Australia over past several years has been the utilisation of social media to appeal and
convert talent. Employers exploit different social media platforms to recruit potential staffs
over networks like Twitter, LinkedIn as well as websites like blogs, forums to search, appeal
and recruit candidates. Further these active professional networks goes a step ahead in
posting existing vacancies through employers social network accounts and serves proactively
to seek for possible applicants, establishes connect with them and motivates them to apply to
their job position. Along with these contemporary recruitment practices, employers within
engineering industry across Australia also relies over traditional form of recruitment
approaches where vacancies are posted in newspaper classified as well as advertised through
referrals.
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The role of Networking in Engineering industry
In engineering industry the networks play a relevant role to expand and maintain professional
association which helps to boost social capital by endeavours where engineers within
networking groups can better start to know others to extend their employment influence
within embedded groups. Professionals by making connect with other engineers within
network get to stay involved and do not lose focus on enhancing their employment outcomes.
As such networking and relationship development through professional groups not only helps
to extend social capital but even helps to learn new things and facts across engineering
industry. Industry updates as well as potential opportunities can be leveraged by establishing
far extending network which can open innumerable possibilities and helps to learn relevant
information about a new position or opportunity that can offer a kick start in career or even
support in pursuing a new direction (Male & King, 2014). For instance networking and
relationship building can help to build my social capital to boost by employment outcomes
through guidance. As these network groups have experienced and veteran engineers so
networking and relationship building with such well-placed talents can help me get guidance
that can enhance by knowledge. Maintaining and establishing a compelling network of
relevant contacts will aid me in extending my learning and will make me more ingrained
within industry as well as will help me align with others who have better knowhow and
experience as compared to me. These will offer me with better opportunity of being mentored
by someone more veteran and competent. Moreover networking and relationship building can
help me use my personal network as a resource centre to discover advanced learning scope,
employment prospect and more so with these resources and strongly maintained groups I can
get exploded with relevant information that can be used by me as an engineer to land better
jobs, brainstorm new thoughts or begin a new venture altogether, thus expanding by social
capital and employability outputs. Further these networks and associations can boosts my
professional development by becoming key to compelling career and by expanding my
contacts in these maintained groups as these can offer me with an outlet for acquiring new
expertise. By gaining improved competence, I am likely to reach new heights in my
employment outcomes and professional life.
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Career Clarity
Short Term:
My short term personal employment target is to accomplish my post-graduation degree in
Engineering subject and then to land up a job at beginners level within the industry
In order to finish my degree course in engineering with credit grade I will be required to
regularly improve my learning and knowledge skills by attending lectures and completing
assessment on time. As well as regularly meeting with assessors and receiving feedback
will be valuable to attain this short term goal as these will serve as guidance. Further
engaging in group studies will help me learn new ideas and improve team- abilities.
Moreover to land up to a lucrative career I will be required to participate in professional
groups or networks such as getting connected to industry experts over LinkedIn so that
valuable contacts can help me gain access to professional learning and practical insight.
Also these networks update vacancies which can boost my access to new opportunities. For
attainment of my goals I will write these down in planner and will maintain time schedule
so that enough amount of time can be allocated to each goals as well as reviews can be
made to make significant improvement.
Mid Term:
My mid-term employment goals will be to attain progress in my career ladder and hold up a
role in managerial level as well as pursuing professionally certified courses such as Project
Management Certification to extend knowledge in multiple specialities based on interest.
The key to expanding mid term objectives is to boost attainment of higher job roles, acquire
new experiences as well as improve earnings to take more responsibilities in career ladder.
For attaining mid-term targets I will extend my professional learning and skills by engaging
in certified courses which will enhance my visibility amongst other competing talents
within the industry. I will prepare a time chart and write SMART goals to develop
efficacious working practices and boost my professional strengths. Also to stand out in
career from others I will volunteer in special professional programs to extend contacts and
new experiences.
Long Term:
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My long term employment target is to become self-reliant by opening a consultancy firm
for engineering services,
My dream ambition is to have ownership in projects that I will undertake and to attain
this I will become engineering entrepreneur and open up new consultancy firm. With
years of experience and practical exposure I will become capable enough to pursue my
long term goal of taking up individual client projects. I will prepare a broader career
planner to reflect on my short, mid and long term goals and when I will gain over 10
years of experience I will be able to take up independent tasks as by that period I will
have enough resources, contacts to pursue them. Also I will extend my connections and
will follow up to gain more industry updates through involvement with people from
different backgrounds. This will prepare me to take broader ownership in future with
appropriate skill set.
Skill Reflection
Short Term
Career Goal
(post-
graduation)
What do you
want to achieve
in your career in
one to three
years?
Skills Required What are
the key skills required to
be successful in your
target roles?
Strengths
Which skills do
I align with?
Development Needs
Where can I bridge
the gap?
I want to
complete my
degree course in
engineering with
credit grade,
followed by
securing a
lucrative job in
reputed firm.
To remain successful in my
target of attaining credit in
degree course I will need to
build Prioritising and goal
setting abilities. I will also
need to build networking
skills to extend my contact
and reach to other
professionals to improve
The strengths I
will align with is
planning and
organising
which will
support me in
setting clear and
precise goals
that are realistic
To bridge the gap I
need to build time
management skills to
contribute enough
time for each of my
sub-goals. This will
even spare me time to
review or update goals
to add improvements.
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my practical understanding
under guidance of veteran
industry experts.
and attainable.
I want to extend
my networking to
target new
opportunities
In order to discover new
opportunities of career I
need to improve
communication and social
engagement skills which
will help me learn and
discuss new thoughts or
ideas with similar
professionals
The strengths I
align with is
ability of good
listening skills
which will help
me reflect on
knowledge
gained during
discussion
within networks
To bridge the gap I
will need to boost my
public speaking
practice which will
help me get confident
and overcome
hesitation
SMART Action Plan
Strengths Action Plan
Developme
nt Activity
Where When Measure Capture Progress
Tracking
Planning
and
Organising
To improve my
planning and
organising skills I
will need to
maintain a planner
where I can
categorise tasks
under logical
sequence. I will
need to strengthen
my understanding
of priority and
unimportant tasks
I will need to
enrol in
workshops that
can help me
gain multi-
tasking and
prioritising
skills
I will be able
to attain goals
in shortest
deadlines after
completion of
development
activity.
Doing two
or more
tasks at
once
Regular
update
needed
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and need to take
notes on action plan
to make suitable
adjustment to
deliver deadline.
Listening
skills
To improve my
ability to
understand non-
verbal cues I will
need to face the
speaker with full
attention and
maintain eye
contact so as to
grasp conversation
I will need to
practice
meditation to
increase my
concentration
and attentive
listening
abilities
Increased
mindfulness
Less
number of
distraction
Keep
consistent
practice
Weaknesses Action Plan
Developmen
t Activity
Where When Measure Capture Progress
Tracking
Time
management
skills
I will need to
practice
scheduling by
setting up
deadline and
deal with
stress wisely
to manage
time for all
activities.
I will learn
time
management
tips from
online
resources
4 D time
management
method i.e.
delete,
delegate, defer
and do
Better task
management
Regularly
maintaining
checklist
Public I will need to Practise Positive Increased Practising
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speaking
skills
develop and
practice voice
control so that
quality and
tone improves
during public
speaking
public
presentation
during events
or meetings
feedback and
applause
confidence
delivery
speaking in-
front of
mirror for 2
months
Research & Reference links
Koch, T., Gerber, C., & De Klerk, J. J. (2018). The impact of social media on recruitment:
Are you LinkedIn?. SA Journal of Human Resource Management, 16(1), 1-14. Retrieved
from: https://journals.co.za/content/journal/10520/EJC-ef4d64ce8
Male, S., & King, R. (2014). Best practice guidelines for effective industry engagement in
Australian engineering degrees. Australian Council of Engineering Deans, Brisbane,
Qld., Australia. Retrieved from: publication/312068210
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