CW2 Career Action plan and self reflection

This report discusses personal analysis, career action plan, and skills improvement for an HR career. It includes strengths and areas of improvement, as well as a detailed action plan. The report also includes a sample HR CV.

CW2 Career Action
plan and self
reflection

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
Personal analysis .........................................................................................................................4
Career action plan........................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
Appendix........................................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Career action plan is document that is managed by the people so that best career
development learning might be gained during certain point of time. Also, the present report will
focus on achievable in desired post in the human resource department. Moreover, study will
conduct the personal analysis so that certain strengths and weakness might be identified in well-
defined manner. Also, through such identification certain competencies might be developed or
improved in the future. Lastly, detailed career cation will also be presented so that skills might eb
improved in systematic manner and in limited time frame.
MAIN BODY
Personal analysis
Developing the career in the HR profession and selected the job profession as the HR
assistant. My strengths mainly helps me in pursuing this career profession in life and developing
the skills which needed to acquire the HR assistant job profession in future career. With
acquiring various skills will help me in developing the carer in the HR. as with mu good
communication, collaborating skills will help me in working with various individual belonging
for different backgrounds and completing the assigned task on time. As acquiring the job
position in the HR assistant various skills and areas will help me in acquiring the career in big
companies.
Strengths:
 My good communication skills will helps me in acquiring the HR profession which help
in contributing as for conversing better and supporting the HR workings for achieving the
company gaols as by helping in hiring, recruiting and selecting the personnels for
working in the company.
 With my good team working skills will helps me in resolving various problems faced by
the employees working and complying all the task with collaborating with various
individual for achieving various objectives.
 With acquiring the thorough knowledges about the concepts of the software and various
data analytics will help me in operating the HRIS software and developing my career in
the HR profession in better way.

 Also, acquiring the good time management skills will help me in working and completing
as the task before time and organizing the working as by prioritizing the daily work for
achieving
Areas of improvements:
 With the lack of critical thinking skills will impact my career in taking various decisions
for managing the employees and assigning the workings as for recruiting and hiring the
potential skilled and competent personnels.
 With the lack of emotional intelligent skills hinders in balancing the emotions and taking
various decisions patiently. As not being able to control the emptions and anger which
hinders in the job profession as resulting in the conflicts.
 Lack of decision-making skills hinders in taking decisions by not able to select the best
alternative for solving the issues arrive while working in the company (Dempsey-Brench,
and Shantz, 2021).
 Lack of leadership and organizing skills will hinders in organizing and managing the
multiple task which results in delaying and more tine consuming.
 Lack of recruiting skills hinders in hiring and selecting the potential candidate for
working and serving the company. But developing these skills are very important as it
will support me in managing and achieving all the task by supporting the HR workings as
working at HR assistant job profession.
 With lack of orientation skills will hinders and impacts my profession, as it hinders the
recruitment and handling processes in achieving and communicating the policies by not
bale o organise the orientation for the new hirers.
Thus with defining the strength and the areas of improvements will help me in improving
my skills by designing the plan which will further helps in acquiring better career opportunity in
the HR job profession.
Career action plan
This is plan that is undertaken so that certain skills that are requiring some kind of
improvement are taken in timely manner (Dempsey-Brench and Shantz, 2021). Also, the action
plan would ensure that skills are not only upgraded but also developed to the large extent so that
there is the best utilization of the resources. Moreover, below is action plan that would be
followed to improve certain skills

Areas of
improvement
Steps needed to be
taken
Resources
required
Success criteria Timescale
Critical thinking  To
participate
more in the
group
projects so
that other
views and
opinions
might be
analysed
 To improve
thinking
level it is
required that
brainstormin
g technique
is been used
so that bets
results might
be achieved
in the end
 Books
 journals
 newspape
r
 articles
 By
successfully
managing
all the
activities
and devising
the best
possible
solution
within
limited time
frame.
 Supporting
the HR
manager in
providing
valuable
suggestion
for any
activity
(Albrahim,
2020)
5-6 months
Emotional
intelligent skills
 Looking at
things in
more
positive
manner
 Maintaining
 None as
such
 Able to
develop
positive
relationships
with others
 Behaving
7-8 months

the good
attitude that
would
attract others
 Try open
interaction
so that views
are
communicat
ed
(Kottaridi,
Louloudi,
and
Karkalakos,
2019)
best in the
complex
situations
 Able to
handle the
complex
Decision-
making skills
 Several
meetings
would be
attended to
identify how
HR leaders
within
several
organization
take the
decisions
 Solving real
life
examples
through the
case study
 You tube
 Internet
 computer
 Books
 The major
success
criteria
would be
taking of
effective HR
decision that
result in best
outcomes
 Choosing
one best
solution out
of the
available
options
6 months

 Reading
more of
books to
identify
possible
solutions to
make
decision in
any critical
situations
 The Best
future
decisions
and
minimum
wastage of
resources
(Lehner,
2018)
Leadership and
organizing skills
 Leading the
small group
of people
 Delegating
certain task
to within the
diverse
group
(Kyriakopou
lou and
et.al., 2021)
 Managing
the things
through
prioritizing
what is more
important
 None as
such only
applicatio
n of
certain
skills to
derive the
best out
of the
situation.
 Efficient to
handle large
diverse
groups.
 Able to
accomplish
certain
groups goals
 Organizing
certain
activities in
systematic
manner and
completing
on given
deadlines
4 months
Recruiting skills  Observing
the group of
HR people
 Articles
 internet
 newspape
 Able to
identify the
best
3 months

within the
organization
or any other
areas
(Ribeiro,
Amaral and
Barros,
2021)
 Learning
about
various HR
practices so
that best
recruitment
methods
might be
used in the
future
r resources
for any
workplace
with help of
HR
assistant.
 Part of the
training
program that
is conducted
by the
company
during the
certain point
of time
Orientation
skills
 Saving all
the data of
the
employees
through
using
various
computer
software
 Completing
the work
through
providing
 Social
media
apps
 computer
 Salary
structure
document
s
 Successful
in having
complete
knowledge
of the
various
process and
procedures
3 months

the clear
roles and
responsibiliti
es
Thus, through following above career action it would allow me to work in systematic
manner so that certain skills that I believe lack inside me might be improved in most efficient
manner (Career Planning – Benefits, Importance, Process, Advantages, Example, 2022).
Moreover, it can be said that career action plan is best as it ensures that there is availability of
required human skill so that I am able to work in my desired expertise field in the future. Also,
through this action plan would I would be able to help others that are struggling o to develop
similar skills for achieving some kind of personal goals. Moreover, the skills that would be
improved through this action plan would not only help in getting the desired job in the future but
would also serve best platform for developing both personal and professional skills in best of
manner (Ritzhaupt and et.al., 2018). Also, career action would provide clear vision on how
things need to be carried out on regular basis so that best career growth and self development
might be assured in the long run. However, this action plan is based on the personal analysis and
hence it is very important for reviewing through the peers or colleagues so that more information
might be added for better improvement of skills in due course of time. Moreover, career plans
are made so that appropriate motivation level is developed. Also, the career planning helps in the
developing the potential abilities so that bets outcomes might be achieved in the future specifies
career goals. Moreover, through development of proper leadership and organizing skills I would
be able to manage and lead any diverse groups in the organization in most effective manner.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that bets career action plan would help in
achieving certain short and long term gaols in well-defined manner. Also, the study had
identified certain skills such as communication skills, teamwork skills that are well efficient and
might be used while applying for any HR post and organization in the future. Moreover, report
had analysed skills like recruiting, leadership, organizing etc. that need certain level of
improvement so that best opportunities might be grabbed in the future of working in any reputed
HR organization. Lastly, detailed career action plan had been presented so that skills that are the

less developed might be improved within the specified time frame through undertaking certain
steps and measuring the success criteria for the same.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Albrahim, F. A., 2020. Online teaching skills and competencies. Turkish Online Journal of
Educational Technology-TOJET. 19(1). pp.9-20.
Dempsey-Brench, K. and Shantz, A., 2021. Skills-based volunteering: A systematic literature
review of the intersection of skills and employee volunteering. Human Resource
Management Review. p.100874.
Kottaridi, C., Louloudi, K. and Karkalakos, S., 2019. Human capital, skills and competencies:
Varying effects on inward FDI in the EU context. International Business Review. 28(2).
pp.375-390.
Kyriakopoulou, K. and et.al., 2021, October. Interoperability skills and competencies-the drivers
for digital growth in Public Administrations. In 14th International Conference on Theory
and Practice of Electronic Governance (pp. 270-274).
Lehner, F., 2018. ICT skills and competencies for SMEs: Results from a structured literature
analysis on the individual level. In The impact of digitalization in the workplace (pp. 55-69).
Springer, Cham.
Ribeiro, A., Amaral, A. and Barros, T., 2021. Project Manager Competencies in the context of
the Industry 4.0. Procedia Computer Science. 181. pp.803-810.
Ritzhaupt, A. D. and et.al., 2018. Development and validation of the educational technologist
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Career Planning – Benefits, Importance, Process, Advantages, Example. 2022. [Online].
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Appendix
HR CV
Name : ABCD
Address: 123 Park Lane, London, United Kingdom
Objective: To work in company that would provide the environment to enhance my current
skills and identify the best opportunities in the future
Skills highlight:
 Communication skills
 Team working skills
 Good business knowledge and various HR policies
 Effective in performing tasks on MS excel, power point, word etc.
 Can work in both individuals and in groups tasks
 Punctual and good enough to meet deadlines
Education :
 Bachelors degree in the business administration
 Completed the higher level education