CW2 Career Action Plan and Self Reflection

This report outlines a career action plan and self-reflection for HR associates, including personal analysis, SWOT analysis, and skills improvement plan. It identifies strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats, and provides a plan to improve time management, problem-solving, team management, and technical skills.

CW2 Career Action plan and
self reflection

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
Personal analysis..........................................................................................................................4
Career action plan........................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
Appendix....................................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Career development plan refers to the plan that helps in achieving certain goals within the
specified time period. This report will put focus in order to grab the opportunities in the HR
associates that helps to grow future in this career. Further this report will outline the certain skills
by doing the SWOT analysis that are developed and some are needed to be developed in order to
achieve goal. At last this report will outline the career action plan based on the SWOT analysis
that will help in order to improve and enhance the specified skills over the period in order to get
the best job in the future.
MAIN BODY
Personal analysis
The personal analysis can be done by using the SWOT analysis which includes the
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (Issayev, Masalimova and Magzumova, 2018).
By analysing the strengths and weaknesses it will help to know the areas where lacking in order
to get the job of HR associates and profession. The personal SWOT analysis is described below:
Strengths
 Good communication skills.
 Team work skills. Good analytical skills.
Weaknesses
 Poor time-management skills.
 Poor conflict resolution and problem
solving skills.
 Poor technical skills
Opportunities
 Helps in learning new software and
technical skills. Increases the concept and helps in
developing conceptual skills.
Threats
 Uncomfortable working in the
workplace.
 No proper training provided.
By analysing the above SWOT analysis it shows that in order to make the career in the
HR profession and associates I need with develop some skills (What is a SWOT Analysis?,
2022). As my communication skills are god which helps me to have proper communication in
the workplace. By having number of employees in the organization this skill will help me to

have the better understanding by communicating with them (Waliszewski and Zięba-Szklarska,
2020). As in order to get the job in HR so the prime role of me to have the good oral
communication skills in the organization. Further it can analyse from the above is that my team
working skills is also good, so I can manage the work properly in the team. In order to get the job
and career in the HR it is very important to have the good team working skills that helps me to
make the team and make them know their duties and tasks. As in my training I was the group
leader so by this also it helps me to develop my team working skills in order to work in the
future. By having the good analytical and searching skills helps me work in the new and
innovative way that helps me to get the job in HR profession. There are also some lacking areas
that are needed to be developed in order to get the success in the future.
By taking the feedback and from my experiences there are some areas which I need to
improve in order to get better performance in life. This will helps me to improve and to learn
something new in my career. As from the above SWOT analysis it can be identified that my
time-management skills are not good. I have to work on this skill as this will help me to manage
and get the work done before the deadline. By completing the projects before the time given
helps me to improve my time management skills and this will also help me to have good focus
on my career. By analysing the role of team members will make me to distribute the tasks and
manage the work accordingly. The feedbacks are the most important part in order to manage the
things in the company (Sotnikova and et.al., 2020). I have to improve and enhance my skills and
knowledge so that I can work in the workplace in the best and systematic manner. This will
provide me an opportunity in order to learn the new softwares by working as the HR profession.
As my team management skills were not good which used to make me in stress in order to
complete the work on time. By this I was not able to have focus on the other things that are
required in the profession.
By this personal analysis I have analysed some opportunities that helps me to develop my
skills by working in the workplace. This will helps me in learning new software and technical
skills and will also develop my conceptual skills in the place where I will be working. As my
technical skills were not good, so I will be getting a opportunity to learn the softwares that helps
me learn something new and different (Suwarsono and et.al., 2022). By analysing the personal
strengths and weaknesses it helps me to know where I am lacking and I must improve these
skills by having the proper time frame of developing.

Career action plan
From the above analysis it is identifies about the skills where I was lacking and needed to
improve on this. By making the career action plan will help me to achieve and improve those
skills by enhancing my knowledge. The goals that are derived that will be achieved by having
the SMART objectives that helps me to know till when I will be improving on these lacking
skills. By getting the feedbacks and experiences the career action plan is developed below which
helps me to get benefit by learning such skills (Karnieli-Miller, 2020). By this I will be getting
the role of HR associates in the company in near future. The career action plan is described
below:
Skills needed
to be improved
Resources
needed to
improve skills
Achievable Measuring success Time frame
Problem
solving skills
Making the
teams and by
resolving their
problems. As
there are several
problems in the
organization.
 By solving the
problems in the
workplace will
help me to
develop this
skill.
 By
communicating
properly with
the team
members will
resolve the
problems easily.
 By having the
habit of proper
assigning of task
will reduce to
create the
problem in the
 By
measuring
the task
assign and
performed
with any
problem
will help
me to
analyse that
I have
improved
my
problem
solving
skills or
not.
In 3 to 4
months I will
improve my
problem
solving skills.

company.
Time
management
By having the
digital clock
which make me
know about the
work on timely
basis.
By managing the
task by knowing
the deadline.
 By monitoring
the assigned
tasks will make
me know about
the completion
of task assigned.
 By ignoring the
personal issues
at the time of
working will
improve this
skill (Erans and
Beneroso,
2021).
 By making the
schedule
according to the
priority of the
work done in
the workplace.
 Completion
of task
assigned to
me before
the coming
of deadline.
 Positive
outcome
given by
the head by
the
completion
of the task.
 By getting
the
motivation
will help
me to live
happy and
stress free.
In 5 to 6
months I will
improve my
time
management
skills.
Technical skills The resources I
needed in order
to improve this
skill is training,
computer, better
used of internet,
etc.
 By working
daily on
computer like
Excel, MS word
will help me to
develop my
skills.
 By joining the
online classes or
 Positive
outcome
getting
from the
workplace
and from
the trainer
of software
learning.
In 5 to 6
months I will
improve my
technical
skills.

by taking the
training
personally will
help me to
develop my
technical skills.
 By working
smoothly
on the
software
that I have
learned in
the training.
From the above career action plan it is seen that this plan will help me to enhance my
knowledge and skills in order to do work effectively. As working in the workplace will help me
to use this skills and get the professional goals. By this action plan, it will help me to develop my
technical and software skills. This improved skills will help me to work smoothly and smartly
and helps me to grab the opportunities in the given time frame (Hancock and Schaninger, 2020).
By improving the time management skills helps me to complete the task before the deadline in
the workplace. By enhancing and improving this skill it will motivate me to do more work by
doing the work on time. By having the good technical and problem solving skills it will help me
to save the time by working properly. By working smoothly will help me to have better post in
the workplace and will also provide me better opportunities in my future (Alsuliman and
Elrayah, 2021).
CONCLUSION
From the above report it is concluded about the personal analysis in order to get the job
of HR associates. Further this report has evaluated about the personal SWOT analysis by
knowing the skills that are existing and needed to be improved in order to achieve the goals in
the future. By improving this skills it will help me to improve my CV in order to apply for the
job in the future. Lastly, this report has concluded about the action career plan that will help in
order to improve and to get better job opportunities by enhancing the knowledge.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Alsuliman, B. R. A. and Elrayah, M., 2021. The Reasons that affect the implementation of HR
analytics among HR professionals. Can. J. Bus. Inf. Stud. 3(2). pp.29-37.
Erans, M. and Beneroso, D., 2021. Team-Based Learning: Promoting gender inclusive
development of teamworking skills in engineering education. International Journal of
Gender, Science & Technology. 13(3).
Hancock, B. and Schaninger, B., 2020. HR says talent is crucial for performance-and the
pandemic proves it. McKinsey & Company, 27.
Issayev, T., Masalimova, A. and Magzumova, R., 2018. SWOT-ANALYSIS OF
PROFESSIONAL-PERSONAL COMPETENCE OF ECONOMISTS IN MEDICAL
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Karnieli-Miller, O., 2020. Reflective practice in the teaching of communication skills. Patient
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Sotnikova, Y. and et.al., 2020. Digital technologies in HR management. Management Theory
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Suwarsono, L. W. and et.al., 2022. Using SWOT Analysis to Design Organizational Structure in
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Waliszewski, K. and Zięba-Szklarska, M., 2020. Robo-advisors as Automated Personal Financial
Planners–SWOT Analysis. Finanse i Prawo Finansowe. 3(27). pp.155-173.
Online
What is a SWOT Analysis?. 2022. [Online]. available
through:<https://www.liveplan.com/blog/what-is-a-swot-analysis-and-how-to-do-it-
right-with-examples/>

Appendix
CV
Name: XYZ
Objective: To learn and secure the reputable position in the company in order to enhance
skills and knowledge.
Personal ID: [e-mail]
Qualifications:
Personal and technical skills:
 Good communication skills
 Team work skills.
 Good analytical skills
 Better time-management skills
 Better use of computer (Excel and MS Word)