Career Action Plan and Self-Reflection for HR Professionals in Retail Sector

This article discusses personal analysis, career action plan, and CV for HR professionals in retail sector. It covers skills like communication, leadership, and problem-solving, and areas for personal development like ICT, team work, and strategy creation and execution.

CAREER ACTION PLAN
AND SELF-REFLECTION.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
Personal analysis..........................................................................................................................3
Career action plan........................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1
APPENDIX .....................................................................................................................................2
CV................................................................................................................................................2

INTRODUCTION.
Career action plan is defined as one of the best approaches that individual person had
developed, for purpose of developing or improving skills, knowledge and competencies that put
positive impact on their career growth (Hirschi, Zacher and Shockley, 2022). The current
assignment will cover key aspects related to HR profession in retail sector. It will explain
personal analysis and career action plan, along with CV. Human resource is the best job
opportunity that individuals tend to grab in effective manner. In order to become HR
professional, a person have sort of skills such as effective communication, problem solving, etc.
They also require to have knowledge about overall HR activities, duties and responsibilities,
including great experience of being an HR department member.
TASK
Personal analysis.
I am able to complete number of projects or tasks, because of having some essential and
beneficial skills, that plays significant role in the context of personal and professional career
growth. I am posing good knowledge about communication skill, including verbal and non-
verbal that put positive impact on my performance level. It is one of those strengths that I have
and use in appropriate manner, for different reasons such as to share and obtain information that
in turn provide desire outcome to me. In the recent time, it is important for a person to have and
develop effective communication skill, because it makes them capable to build trustworthy
relation with other, either in the workplace or personal life (Iqbal, Su and Hasan, 2022). With
current competency I feel more powerful and capable to taught to other, throughout written and
verbal form.
Another strength as skill I have is leadership, which also make me capable to achieve
aims, including short, long and medium terms. In order to perform my role in a company, it is
important to use and have leadership ship, as it enable me to lead a team of skilled people, who
are capable to work in professional manner, but tend to obtain strategic directions. With this
competency, I am able to provide the best direction to individual person in the workplace that in
return provide unpredictable outcomes in positive manner. This skill makes person capable to
motivate others and boost their morale, which is essential and beneficial for them and those for
which they work systematically. It is fact that a person with leadership skill perform in
productive manner and also allow other to do so, that offer a lot of benefits to them (Muller and

Pelser, 2022). It aids to create positive working environment that is suitable for everyone. In the
business world, utilization of current skill contributes to reduce employee turnover.
Along with above two, I am also posing good understanding about multitasking skill
that contributes to make my personal and professional career progressive and success. I had
power to run or complete multiple activity and work at same time, that provide desire results to
management when I will work in specific sector as HR professional. The best thing about this
skill is that it helps me to perform in productive manner and also contribute to increase my
productiveness, that is quite challenging for me to do that with other skills or strengths. With
multitasking skill I had managed my time and work in appropriate manner (Arif and Haider,
2022). It enables me to grow and succeed in the future, when organizational situation drive my
attention toward conducting multiple activities.
As strength, I am able to solve minor issues and manage some challenging situation,
because of posing excellent understanding of problem solving & risk management skill. In
today's era, while working in an organization, a person is accountable to solve their as well as
others issues, if they are not major. With current competency I feel quite happy, as it make me
capable to solve some issues that put impact on my and others performance in positive manner.
Another strength that I have and affect positively upon my career is risk management, that
support to eliminate the adverse affect of factors or risks upon my performance and productivity.
Along with skills, I am posing great comprehending about several areas of knowledge
such as employee recruitment and selection, which is important of a person to have, when they
tend to become an HR further, just like me.
I have good experience for developing strategic goals, either small, medium or long term
for company, in which I will perform my duties and fulfilling responsibilities, with chosen
profession such as HR.
Areas of lack evidence-
I had lack of evidence in term of some specific areas such as presentation, team work,
formulation and execution of implement tactics.
Areas for personal development-
ICT skill, team work, strategy creation and execution, are those areas that I want to
develop personally that provide benefit to me in professional manner. Compensation and
rewarding are those areas of knowledge, regarding which I am not posing good understanding.

Area where I feel weak-
I feel weak when I had taken initiative to use advanced technologies for purpose of
making my presentation effective. I had also felt the same, while taking approach to perform in a
team, due to lack of team working skill.
Career action plan.
In the world, there are different types of methods and approaches available that individual
person utilize in order to develop some skills or areas, which enable them to grab further
employment opportunities according to their interest level or establish own venture (Walker‐
Donnelly, Scott and Cawthon, 2019).
Development areas Approaches that I
will use to develop
key areas.
Resources Timescales
ICT skill. I have to chosen and
use specific approach
for purpose of
developing current
skill and that is
training session. I
would approach to join
a training session,
where expert existence
given me the best
outcomes in form of
information
technology skill
development that I
want to grow and
succeed further in
appropriate manner.
This approach is
suitable because of
There are number of
resources accessible in
the world, that I prefer
to use currently and in
the future. In case of
ICT skill, I prefer to
use online and offline
training session, that
make me capable to
develop the skill that I
tend to do so in
appropriate ways.
6 months

encompassing key
benefits.
Team work. In order to develop
this area, I will take
effort to use key
approach such as team
collaboration. It is fact
without increasing
collaborative, I would
never ever perform in
a team, which is
important and
beneficial for me to do
so, in some cases,
especially working as
HR professional, who
always perform with
group of people.
Another resource in
regard to team work, I
will use is team
collaboration and
leaders directions. I
will consider their
direction and
suggestion and then
plan to implement in
practical manner that
is important for me to
do that systematically.
I will use the same
resource in required
situation, which
outcome in positive
term.
2 months
Strategy creation and
execution.
I want to develop this
area as well, for which
strategic approach is
needed such as expert
suggestion. I will take
direction from experts
who are able to
provide key directions
that I will consider and
implement the same.
I will resource internet
as key resource to
develop skill and
understanding about
how to formulate
tactic and execute the
same. It is fact that
internet is useful in
each and every area,
because of information
in different terms that
1 month

it encompasses. I will
use this asset
systematically and
appropriately.
Compensation and
rewarding strategies'
knowledge.
I also want to develop
the current area in
systematic manner for
which strategic
approach utilization is
essential. For example,
I will initiate to use
case study analysis
and take suggestion
from HR who are
expert in term of
rewarding employees
and provide
compensation for hard
work they did.
I will use the specific
resource, such as case
study analysis, to read
the cases based on HR
functions and
practices. It will
develop my
understanding about
compensation and
rewarding techniques,
that I tend to
understand
appropriately.
25 days
CONCLUSION
After completing overall assignment I feel happy and confident, that boost my motivation
level and performance as well. The main reason behind this feeling is knowledge gaining, as I
had gained understanding about different types of skills that human resource professional
required to perform their role in retail industry. Furthermore, from above discussion, it has been
concluded career action plan had provided several benefits. Therefore, I have intended to utilize
this element in the context of personal and professional career growth. Like others, I also want to
grow in both terms and for this I will use career action plan. By summing up above discussion, it
has been summarized that career action plan had increased and developed new skills among

individuals. It has provided a lot of benefits to me and because of this reason I will use this
approach further. I will use career action plan in several terms and for different purpose.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Arif, M. U. and Haider, S., 2022. A Flexible Framework for Diverse Multi-Robot Task
Allocation Scenarios Including Multi-Tasking. ACM Transactions on Autonomous and
Adaptive Systems (TAAS). 16(1). pp.1-23.
Hirschi, A., Zacher, H. and Shockley, K. M., 2022. Whole-life career self-management: A
conceptual framework. Journal of Career Development. 49(2). pp.344-362.
Iqbal, M. A., Su, J. and Hasan, S., 2022. Skill and knowledge requirements of entry-level
logistics professionals in the apparel industry of Bangladesh: an importance-expertise
matrix analysis. International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education.
15(1). pp.45-56.
Muller, C. R. and Pelser, T. G., 2022. A proposed leadership skills development model for
African FMCG business-networks: Super-Cube®. South African Journal of Economic
and Management Sciences. 25(1). p.15.
Walker‐Donnelly, K., Scott, D. A. and Cawthon, T. W., 2019. Introduction: Overview and
application of career development theories. New Directions for Student Services.
2019(166). pp.9-17.

APPENDIX
CV
Qualification
 Completed the Bachelor's in commerce in 2015
 Completed the Master's in commerce in 2020
 Currently pursuing the MBA in HR
Skills Communication skills- I have the effective communication skills that can help in the
effective co-ordination with my colleagues and the upper levelled authorities so that the
exchange of the opinions and information can be done effectively.
 Time management- I have the effective time management skill that can help in
effectively managing the operations that are being allotted to me without making any
delay in providing the work.
Experience Accounting- Worked as an accountant for more than 3 months under a Chartered
Accountant.
 Store keeper- Worked as a store keeper at a super market for more than 5 months and
handled the work of maintaining the store and clearing the shelves and the products.
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