Career Action Plan and Self-Reflection

This article discusses the significance of personal analysis and career action plan in achieving career goals. It focuses on the skills and experience required for a career in HR management in the travel and tourism industry. The article also provides guidance on creating an impressive CV and LinkedIn profile to enhance job prospects.

Career action plan and
self-reflection

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Personal analysis....................................................................................................................3
Career action plan...................................................................................................................4
CV...........................................................................................................................................7
LinkedIn profile......................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Learning and development is the most important field of career action plan and self-
reflection. That is involving the proper analysis of career objectives selection of best career
goals, which should be further proceed by self-professional skills analysis in context to those
career objectives. And then according to the self-reflection outcomes that is important to make
effective career action plan. Travel and tourism industry is presenting various career
opportunities and that is very flourishing and everlasting field (van Hoorn, 2017). In context to that
industry human resources manager is very important career opportunity in context to the
management of various human resources activities and assets of tour and tourism industry. In
this report personal analysis and career action plan is going to be conduct in context to the
particular industry HR role job profile. In order to develop effective CV and profile along with
the best presentation of strength an action plan (Hartung, and Santilli, 2018).
Personal analysis
In context to the effective career action plan development and self-analysis that is
important to conduct personal analysis with the application of SWOT analysis tool that helps to
analyze and evaluate personal skills strength and weaknesses along with the opportunity and
threat through which the skin become easy to create career action plan for further more skills
improvement related to the selected job profile (Maree, 2015). In relation to the career objective
that is important to analyze strength and work according to that along with analysis of weakness
which can be e focused for further more improvement and development.
Strength Opportunity
One of my most effective personal skill is
communication skill which is most important
one in every job profile and preferred by the
employers. I am good at communication skills
such in written and verbal. So that is relevant
to HR manager job role. This is this skill
which helps me to t manage various
responsibility within University related to HR
My strength is communication skills and
teamwork skill which will work as a
opportunity for me in context to my carrier
objectives of HR manager job profile. Through
which I can effectively manage my I HR
manager experience development roles and
responsibilities. And in future as a HR
manager, I will be able to use these skills for

management programs and activities. I am
very good inbound marketing activities and I
am having the experience 3 month in this
inbound marketing activities management.
Due to my effective communication skill, I
am also good in teamwork and collaboration
skills which will help me in the HR manager
job role for accomplishing the business goals
and objectives by the help of team efforts and
performance.
human resources management (Carrico,
Matusovich, and Paretti, 2019).
Weakness Threat
I am very active in academy related to every
responsibility but I am weak in context of
team leadership and directing. I can perform
with the team effectively but I cannot direct
them for conducting animal task. So, in
context to become good at your manager that
is important to possess leadership skills I need
to improve my motivational and team
influencing skills through which I can lead
my subordinates to give effective results.
Another important goal which I have to
improve is problem solving skills because as
a HR manager that is important to causes
problem solving skills as this can help in the
use critical thinking and solve complicated
issues and problems of subordinates
effectively.
From the career goal study, it has been found
that there is a higher rate of innovation and
competition in HR manager profile in context
to which I have to face and manage various
treat in future. Such as new contemporary
digital tools are threat if I cannot be e able to
develop knowledge of all these techniques
along with experience (Evetts, 1992).

Career action plan
This is another important tool or method of carrier development and personal
improvement; this is the kind of dynamic document management tool which involves the setting
of specific skills and experience development goals along with the particular action plan for that
(McCabe, 2017). This is used by the young people to reflect their developing career learning. This
helps to effectively set the improvement and development goal along with the clarification and
identification of action plan which needed to take in context to accomplishment of those goals
(Malisetty, Archana, and Kumari, 2017). I have selected tools and tourism industry for my career job
profile of HR manager in EasyJet and according to the personal analysis of HR profile related
skills. It has been analyzed that I need to improve sum of HR manager skills and experience for
which I have developed career action plan illustrated below.
Skills and
experience
Importance Goal Action plan Time period
for
improvement
and
development
Leadership
skills
For effective
team
management
motivation and
encouragement
for productive
performance
that is important
have leadership
skill ( Schoenfeld,
Schaffer, and Leah,
2020).
I want to be
best in team
leadership,
which can be
helpful in my
job role.
 In order to
develop my
time
management
skills, I will
learn more
about
discipline.
 I will take
more
responsibilities
of project
6 months

management.
Problem
solving skill
For managing
the different
complicated
situation of
organization
related to human
resources.
I want to
develop my
problem-
solving skills in
context to
every task and
activities.
 In order to
improve
problem
solving skills I
will do brief
analysis of
problem. Then
try to resolve
it by possible
solutions.
3 months
Contemporary
digital tools
management
experience
As a HR
manager and
marketing
manager that is
important to
have knowledge
of digital tool
which helps to
manage
different roles
and
responsibilities
of EasyJet.
My plan is to
develop
experience in
contemporary
digital tool
implementation
and
management.
 In context to
my digital tool
management
experience
development, I
will work in
the non
profitable
small business
as a volunteer.
I will take
participation
in formal
internship.
5 months
Time
management
skill
In order to
provide best
team
performance and
goal
accomplishment
I want to to
develop my
time
management
skills related to
each and every
 In order to
improve my
time
management
skill I will
make changes
4 months

of organization
within the
selective period
of time.
activities of HR
manager.
on my daily
routine with
clear vision of
task activities
and timing for
each (Kim,
Dibrell, Kraft,
and Marshall,
2021).
By the help of action plan, I can improve and develop my carrier specific skills and
experience by working on that timely basis. In order to become a HR manager that is important
to be effective and good in all those skills which can be effectively improved by the management
of best career action plan.
CV
Human resources manager
ABC Smith
SmithNY1245 Contact detail
(123)456-862148
[e-mail]
Career objectives
I want to become best HR manager in the tourism and tourist industry sector. With the help of
my effective HR management skills and experience.
Work experience
 I am having 3 months of experience in inbound marketing.
 I am working in the small group or organization for developing more essential skills.
 I have worked as a HR executive in in my internship.
 3-year experience in HR supervising.
Qualification
 Graduation and post-graduation in HRM
 1 year of certification in human resources management internship.
Skills

 Human resources management skill
 Communication skills
 Problem solving and conflict management skill
 Team work skill
 Leadership skill
LinkedIn profile
ABC
Location UK
Summary- At present I am working as a HR manager in England. I wanted to make sure that
my LinkedIn profile should be updated and attractive so that I can achieve further more
opportunities for my carrier.
Education- I have done my graduation and post-graduation from the subject HR
management and certification and that from certified internship.
Skills- My effective personal and professional skill communication and teamwork through
which I am achieving success in my job profile and work for the improvement of problem
solving and leadership skills.
Group
Summary
Education
Skill
Organizations
 British airline
 EasyJet

CONCLUSION
From the above study in has been concluded that individual have to be aware and
effective about the carrier and action plans for its achievement. Before the completing graduation
that is important for students two people and their career objectives. Which further require
personal analysis and career action plan development in context to the specific skills of selective
career objectives. Personal analysis is involving analysis of individual strength and weakness in
order to make further more efforts for its improvement and management. Career action plan is
used in context to analysed weakness and strength which involves the further more important
action plan for the improvement of particular weakness related to the career-oriented skills. This
should be e achieve with the timely based action and activities. That is important tool helps to
make clear action plan and accomplishment with the help of time management and performance
analysis. Once the individual get success in accomplishment of career action plan goals and
objectives then another important factor is development of effective CV and online profile to
grab selective carrier job opportunities.

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