Career Action Plan and Self Reflection for HR Executive Professionals

This report discusses personal analysis, career action plan, and self-reflection for HR executive professionals. It covers strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in the HR profession. The report provides a detailed career action plan to grow professionally in the HR field.

CW2- Career Action plan and
self reflection

Table of Content
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PERSONAL ANALYSIS...........................................................................................................1
CAREER ACTION PLAN.........................................................................................................3
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
Appendix........................................................................................................................................10
Skills..........................................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Career action plan and self reflection helps to monitor progress in a number of areas
such as work undertaken or elements of learning. Aim of career action plan is an individualized
plan students use to identify career goals in described manner. Self reflection allows us to
analysis and take necessary steps to pursue future career goals.
This profession is benefiting administrator, specialized HR positions, employee relations
manager, safety manager and staffing manager in senior as a bright future in this career industry.
Demand of HR professionals attracting many people to choose this as a career goal because of
new emerging job role in the profession of HR executive. It is important to be familiar with
having numerous personnel records related to workers for HR executive professional. The report
will explain personal analysis and specific career related activities. Furthermore, the report will
portray career action plan of HR executive professional with analysis.
PERSONAL ANALYSIS
Strengths
I reviewed of my current skills, knowledge and experience in which I found that I have
certain abilities in my personality such self-confidence and Communication skills which are my
strengths and these will help me achieve my future goal of becoming HR executive professional.
My interest of being organized and taking risk attracted me to the career field of HR executive
professionals (Chérif and et.al., 2018).
I pursued my studies in the field of bachelors degree, My knowledge of having
managerial and teamwork skills are my strengths, ensures that I am compatible to do job like HR
executive professionals. I am comfortable in making difficult decisions and I also enjoy solving
problems.
I have prior experiences as my strengths, of organize and managing events as a
voluntary in an international event where I performed. As an event voluntary I have learnt
communication with client and presented as a problem solver.
Weakness
Areas where I felt weak in my overall application, I need to bring professionalism by
attaining the training for the key skills of HRM professionals such as adaptability and integrity.
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In addition, In order to apply for HR executive job, I required to Learning Work Ethic which
will help me to get my dream job (Kryscynski and et.al., 2018).
Feedback and information reviewed within the seminars such as Executive Diploma in
HRM reviewed that, HRM professionals practise management to evaluate the employees, here I
need to work on my weakness. As well as work experience as a voluntary in event helped me to
learn importance of teamwork and being multi tasking, increase efficiency in work.
In an electronic formate I collected sample student work evidence, that showcase my
learning over-time. Artefacts showing my learning progress achievements of leadership and
management skills during my graduation period which is less, it causes other weaker point. I
identified my advising and teamwork skills are weak and due to the minimum time remaining of
graduation period , I have very less time to learn new skills.
Opportunities
Career plan required to do necessary research in order to determine current market needs and
trends for finding new the opportunities. I can work as an HR manager, HR director or chief
human resources officer in the future, these opportunities after choosing HR profession as
career, boosted my interest. HR executive act as an internal consultants and individual at this
job post leads a team in order to gain success and growth of the organisation. It enables new
opportunities to learn use of new technologies which are also current market trend in every
industry.
Threats Workplace culture- Workplace culture can be the biggest threat it can cause lay-offs,
mental health crises, social unrest and an economic downturn. The Specific career related
activities which are major threats in the profession of HR executives, is to Engaging the
Workforce and Attracting Talent to the Enterprise (Allen, Williams and Allen, 2018).
Workplace culture can be the biggest threat, I need to learn the human resource
management knowledge and skills to Managing Relationships in the work environment. Technology- The key trend that has increased the threat in the HR professionals because
of Continuously updating Technological. Up-gradation of Latest technology It will threat
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to get the jobs of HR executives in future. Timely upgrade Technology will required to
learn new skills which will cause treat.
 Globalization- Globalization of company can also cause threat in case of global health
crisis and impacts the HR profession career (Kryscynski and et.al., 2018). The key trend
that has increased the threats for HR professionals because it allows companies to recruit
and hire employees from all around the world which increased competition. This is
attracting new and best talent from all over world in the company, as new compatible
employees can help organization to achieve its business goals.
CAREER ACTION PLAN
In current time, The demand for HR specialists is growing rapidly, as it is one of the
most well-known occupation (What Are the Skills Required for an HR Executive?, 2021). I have
chosen the HR executive as my professional career because of it oversees all the aspect of
human resources. My career action plan of growing professionally in the career of HR
executive:
Area of
development
Improvements resources Time target Measurements
Adaptability and
integrity skills
Short term actions:
Reading books novels
which will broaden my
knowledge and help me to
bring change the thought
process with better
understanding (Geimer,
Zolner and Allen, 2017).
Long term actions:
Taking learnings form
attending seminars and
To improve mu
adaptability and
integrity skills I aim
for time target of 2
months.
I will take
Measurement actions
by checking my
performance results.
By Measuring the
frequency of response
to the problems
Observing my
behavior in response
to changing
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sessions form my mentors,
for learning higher
competitive integrity skills.
circumstances.
Work Ethic Short term actions: I will
analytically practice for
being Punctual, Focus and
Persistence within my
performance in reports.
Long term actions: I will
practise Professional by
Creating a Work Life
Balance.
To improve Work
Ethic skills I will
frame timescales of
two month
(Martynova and
Evarovich, 2018).
I will Measure my
Improved Skills, by
attaining feedbacks
from my team
members.
Being multi
tasking skills
Short term actions: I will
be taking up new learning
sessions from my
supervisors for improving
my multi-tasking skills by
setting realistic goals to my
self
Long term actions: Giving
myself enough time to
complete goals, I will
improve my multi tasking
skills and prioritizing my
task I will improve my
multi-tasking
professionally.
4 months I will Measure my
Enhanced Skills, by
seeing accuracy within
performance and
attaining feedback
form seniors.
(Artashina, and
Shtefan, 2019).
Leadership skills Short term actions’ Taking To improve leadership I will Measure my
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Initiative and Critical
Thinking I will improve my
leadership skills (Chérif
and et.al., 2018).
Long term actions: Frame
teams and take training
sessions.
skills, I will frame
plan of 3 months
Enhanced Skills by
attaining results on my
performance as leader.
Advising and
teamwork skills
Short term actions: By
learning effective
communication
Long term actions: By
Manage conflict
To improve I will take
minimum 4 months
I will Measure my
Enhanced teamwork
skills by participating
in group Assessments.
Time
management
Short term actions: By
practising, Finish Tasks in a
Timely and Efficient
Manner
Long term actions: By
practicing complicated
projects and attending
seminars.
To improve my Time
management skills I
will take 6 months
I will Measure my
Time management
skills by setting time
bound goals and check
my results.
Management
skills
Short term actions: By
strengthen my Decision-
Making I will improve my
management skills because
Sound decision-making is a
crucial skill for managers.
Long term actions:
Attending workshops and
4 months I will Measure my
management skills by
performing group
activities
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courses based on
management
CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that HR executive professionals has the
immense scope of motivating workers and provides training opportunities to guide them in their
professional growth within a company. Report framed carer plan, in which I analysed that I need
to learn and practice new skills for HR executive profession throughout the journey. By
analysing recent trends it has been analysed that technology brings changes in the workplace.
Leadership qualities and knowledge about technology which are beneficial in the development
of the business.
Furthermore, study of career plan explained HRM practices and policies will allow me to
learn new things and improve my working ethic and professional behavior as well. It will give
me the ability of learning and practicing the hiring recruiting, training procedures at the
workplace. In the end report explained, perspectives for the job role of HR executive
professionals the job position is to gain knowledge regarding technology, business, and
managing, employee and HR to get the success in the professional field.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Artashina, I. A. and Shtefan, A. N., 2019. Project management in executive authorities of the
Russian Federation subjects: the professional staffing considerations. Региональная
экономика: теория и практика. 17(7). pp.1257-1266.
Martynova, S. and Evarovich, S., 2018. Participative HR-Technologies in the Governance of the
Russian Regions. Space and Culture, India.6(4). pp.36-47.
Geimer, J .L., Zolner, M. and Allen, K. S., 2017. Beyond hr competencies: removing
organizational barriers to maximize the strategic effectiveness of HR
professionals. Industrial and Organizational Psychology. 10(1). pp.42-50.
Kryscynski, D. and et.al., 2018. Analytical abilities and the performance of HR
professionals. Human Resource Management. 57(3). pp.715-738.
Allen, S., Williams, P. and Allen, D., 2018. Human resource professionals' competencies for
pluralistic workplaces. The international journal of management education. 16(2).
pp.309-320.
Kryscynski, D. and et.al., 2018. Analytical abilities and the performance of HR
professionals. Human Resource Management. 57(3). pp.715-738.
Chérif, L. and et.al., 2018. Multitasking in the military: Cognitive consequences and potential
solutions. Applied cognitive psychology. 32(4). pp.429-439.
Online
What Are the Skills Required for an HR Executive?. 2021. [Online]. Available through:
<https://www.asmibmr.edu.in/blog/what-are-the-skills-required-for-an-hr-executive/>.
Appendix
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CV
Name- Oleg Malcoci
Mail- [e-mail]
Address- 11 manor close Hatfield.Al109LW
Professional summary
Highly ambitious and passionate about my job, believe in hard work, and continuously
developing professional skills.
Experience
Previously experienced with job post of a Windows fitter - self employer (2016-Present)
Education
Persuade higher studies in the business and management from Buckinghamshire New
University 2020-2024
Skills
Skills which are the major strengths
 Driver License
 good coordinator
 good friend
 good listener
Languages
Russian, English, Romanian and French
Interests
Passionate about football, and spent the free time in nature
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