CW2 Career Action Plan and Self Reflection

This report provides a personal analysis of skills and knowledge required for an online marketing intern. It also includes a career action plan for developing the lacking areas and preparing a CV for the job. The report emphasizes the importance of communication, creativity, problem-solving, adaptability, project management, and researching skills for achieving success in the marketing profession.

CW2 Career Action plan and
self reflection

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Personal analysis..........................................................................................................................3
Career action plan........................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
Appendix........................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
The career cation plan and self-reflection helps an individual in identifying its key
strength and weakness and making an action plan for improving those lacking and development
of those areas for achieving the better opportunities working in the dynamic environment. The
job opportunity identifies as in the online intern in the marketing profession. The key skills and
knowledge required for attaining this profession is mainly including the communication skills,
creativity and problem-solving skills, adaptability, project management and researching skills.
This report mainly provides details about self-reflection on the personal analysis defining the
current skills and knowledge. Also, making the action plan for developing the areas of
development. Lastly preparing the CV for the online marketing intern.
MAIN BODY
Personal analysis
Building career in the marketing profession required various skills and knowledges about
marketing the products and services. As for working in attaining the marketing profession and
acquiring the good communication skills helps me in marketing online in effective way. This
mainly engages the audiences as by properly and clearly communicating the information about
the products and help me in building tb marketing carer smoothly and effectively. as making a
career and choosing the online marketing intern option with using my creativity skills supports
me in marketing and promoting various products in the market (Ayiku and Grant, 2021). Further
more by using my creative skills aids in supporting the company’s products by using various
new and creative ideas will helps me in promoting products in effective way, these aids in
competing into the market for the products.
As the proper knowledge about the various strategies and policies used for marketing the
products online help in achieving success by using great innovative and creative thoughts for
promoting and marketing products into market. With adopting this career option will helps in
grasping and promoting the company and aids in adapting the new latest trends with working

new technology for marketing the products of the company this will help me in promoting the
company products and aids in achieving success with adapting various opportunities for growing
in the future (Intaratat, 2021). With acquiring good researching skills will help me in marketing
products of the company as by analysing the new and latest trends, which supports in attracting
the consumers for purchasing the products of the company.
Discussing the personal strengths and areas of improvements
Strengths
The communication skills support me in
building the better career in engaging and
promoting the products effectively. This aids in
spreading good message by promoting the
products using online platform which engages
audience.
The thorough knowledge about the social
media marketing and various technique aids in
achieving better online marketing career with
promoting the products of various companies
with using the online platform.
With good adaptability skills help in growing
all the knowledge and builds skills for
achieving better and growing my career in the
marketing field (Di Gregorio and et.al., 2019).
With good creative and innovative skills help
me in marketing products in innovative ways
for promoting the products by using online
platform.
The multitasking skills aids in performing
more than one task at a time this supports in
working hard and aids in managing various
Areas of improvements (Weakness)
Choosing the online marketing intern as an
career option. This job opportunity help me in
improving my vocabulary skills by marketing
the products to the consumers and aids in the
lacking skills as of developing vocabulary
(Spiller and Tuten , 2019).
With the lack of the SEO and SEM marketing
techniques grasping the career opportunity in
marketing will help in developing the data and
technical skills which help me in organising
the content and aims in attracting the large
target market and help in attracting more users
for purchasing products of the company.
With developing the career in marketing
profession , the lack of time management skills
aids in impacting the professions , this area of
improvement aids in managing the time and
completing the projects before set deadline.
With lack of problem solving and decision-
making skills hinder in marketing various
products (McGruer, 2020. ). As by improving
these skills aids in thinking and brainstorming

data for marketing the company provide work
efficiency.
for various ideas which helps in achieving
success to the business as by marooning its
products and driving sales forward.
With the advancement of technologies, lacking
of presentation skills hinder in attracting and
influencing consumers for purchasing the
products, With improvement of these skill
helps me in addressing all the consumer needs
and improves the consumer satisfaction. Also
with addressing all the consumer needs assist
in taking feedback this will help me in
improving my performance as working in
marketing profession (Smart, De Maeyer and
Kralj, 2019).
With the lack of the data analytics skills will
hinders in marketing role by calculating the
business success as with measuring the ROI for
taking future course of actions.
Career action plan
Area of
improvements
Action to take for
development
Resources
needed
Success
criteria
Time required
Data and analytics With reading more
and brainstorming
as by solving
various calculations
also collecting data
by researching the
lates trends for
marketing the
products and
analysing the
Researching
using internet
and computer
reading more as
for analysing
the trends and
latest
information by
using the
strategies for
This helps and
developing the
ability for
analysing the
marketing
success of the
business and
helps in
learning better
by utilising th
One month

information for
effectively using the
strategies.
marketing the
products which
effectively help
in increasing
the success.
modern
marketing
techniques.
Data and technical
skills
Using tools for
developing
technical skills , as
these skills help
increasing better
content and using
strategies with e
mail.
Resources
needed as The
social media
apps, email
newsletters, the
online platform
helps in
developing
these skills for
marketing
effectively
(Sulasih and
et.al., 2022) .
Adapting these
skills helps in
attracting the
customers by
connecting
better with the
content and
helps in making
the innovative
campaigns for
marketing the
products and
attracting the
consumers for
purchasing.
15 days
Time management
skills
Setting the target
for achieving the
result also making
the to do lists for
achieving an
completing the task
before time, also
prioritising task.
Using the pen
and paper for
making the to
do lists, using
mobile phones
and alarms for
developing the
time
management
skill and also
using mobile
Being able to
organise and
complete all the
task before
time and helps
in attaining and
working in
efficient
manner. This
helps in
working proper
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phones for
getting
organised and
achieving the
task on time by
setting the time
schedules.
by completing
all the task
before time.
Problem solving
and decision-
making skills
By practising
barnstorming as for
performing and
solving various
problems of the
employees and
various individuals ,
also researching for
attaining various
creative ideas for
solving the
problems in the
company.
Using
checklists,
brainstorming
for obtaining
ideas, using the
tally sheets
helps in
developing the
problem solving
skills which
aids effectively
solving all the
problems of the
employees
facing issues in
the roles and
responsibilities.
Being able to
solve the
problems of all
the new hires
and employees
working in the
company.
Addressing all
the problems of
employees and
building
effective
workplace for
working in the
company as for
achieving the
business
objectives.
15 days
Presentation skills By positive thinking
and practising the
goods verbal and
written
communication as
for giving effective
using the
computer sifters
as for
researching
about the latest
trends and the
Being able to
manage
employees and
present the
information
related to the
10 days

presentation to the
employees while
recruiting in the
company. As by
communicating all
the policies and
procedures with
using the
presentation skills
helps in better
recruiting the
potential
employees.
changing laws
related to al the
policies and
procedures of
managing
employees.
working
practices and
adopting the
policies.
SEO and SEM
skills
Adopting various
actions as of
learning about the
cire skills used as of
the working of
search engine
workings. also
practicing the
technical skills
helps in developing
these skills. Using
the critical thinking
skills helps in
developing these
skills as for using
the networking’s
and the data skills.
Using the
google
webmaster , the
google search
engine
optimisation its
guidelines and
the channel
helps for
learning these
skills.
By being able
to learn about
recruiting and
discovering the
great talent the
potential
employees
which are
suitable for
performing the
role in the
company in
efficient
manner.
20 days

Thus, The above action plan helps in improving the lacking areas which helps in grasping
better career option at the HR position.
CONCLUSION
From this report it can be concluded that grasping the career opportunity in the marketing
profession provide various opportunities for growing and adapting the career and achieving
heights. With identifying various skills and areas of developments aids in providing the
lacking areas for achieving the career opportunity and working as online intern marketing .
also designing the action plan for developing the lacking areas which helps in developing
career successfully in the marketing professions.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Ayiku, A. and Grant, E.S., 2021. Entrepreneurial Marketing Skills and Small-Scale Business
Performance: The Case of Ghana. Journal of Comparative International
Management. 24(1). pp.43-60.
Di Gregorio, A., Maggioni, I., Mauri, C. and Mazzucchelli, A., 2019. Employability skills for
future marketing professionals. European management journal. 37(3). pp.251-258.
Intaratat, K., 2021. Digital Literacy & Digital Skills Scenario of ASEAN Marginal Workers
Under & Post COVID-19 Pandemic. Open Journal of Business and Management. 10(1).
pp.118-133.
McGruer, D., 2020. Dynamic digital marketing: Master the world of online and social media
marketing to grow your business. John Wiley & Sons.
Smart, C., De Maeyer, P. and Kralj, D., 2019. Competencies and Digital Marketing Skills-
Thailand Case. International Journal of Economics and Management Systems .p. 4.
Spiller, L. and Tuten, T., 2019. Assessing the pedagogical value of branded digital marketing
certification programs. Journal of Marketing Education. 41(2). pp.77-90.
Sulasih, S., Suroso, A., Novandari, W. and Suliyanto, S., 2022. The role of digital technology in
people-centered development: the basic needs approach in the Kampung Marketer
Program. Jurnal Perspektif Pembiayaan dan Pembangunan Daerah. 9(6). pp.493-502.

Appendix
CV for online marketing intern
Name: ABCD
Address: 27 Paul St, London EC2A 4JU, United Kingdom
Objectives: To work with the big company which provide the opportunity for
developing more skills and effectively marketing the company products and services
using online platform.
Skills and knowledge’s:
 Good communication skills
 Good adaptability and multitasking skills.
 Detail knowledge about various social media marketing strategies.
Qualifications:
 Certified with google digital marketing.
 Graduation and post-graduation in management field.