Career Action Plan and Self Reflection

This report discusses the importance of career action plans and self reflection in today's competitive job market. It focuses on building a career in the human resource department and provides tips on personal development and achieving goals. The report also includes a skill audit and a career action plan for improving skills and setting short-term and long-term goals.

Career action plan and self
reflection
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Personal analysis ...................................................................................................................3
Career action plan...................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTION
In today's time, there is an intense competition in the market, which makes it necessary to plan
for the future (Crawford and et. al, 2015). Today's employment landscape is also changing
dynamically, so as to move with full efficacy, it becomes essential to draft a plan and this plan is
known as career action plan. There is a very attractive field in today's corporate culture and this
field is known as human resource department. A strategic and tactical plan assist an individual to
plan a way that will help to fulfil personal and professional field as well. This report concentrates
on discussion on future planning for building career in human resource department. Apart from
this, career action plan will be illustrated by focussing on personal development and achieve
stipulated targets.
MAIN BODY
Personal analysis
For seeking after profession in the field of HRM, it is significant that individual have certain
abilities and capabilities through which they can accomplish their liabilities in a viable way (Gati
and Levin,2015). The individual need to have applicable just as vital information on particular
field that plans to follow profession as this renders help inside picking up proper information
about understanding their obligations and jobs. This is responsible to deliver an open door for
doing self improvement separately. HR proficient requirements to have wide scope of capacities,
aptitudes and information for achieving each need as indicated by their profile for ensuring that
every angle is covered according to wanted guidelines. Thusly, it is significant for a person to
pick up information related with capacities, aptitudes and capabilities with laying over the top
accentuation on the climate to ensure that ideal employment in field of HR will be sought after.
The abilities that are required for this are referenced underneath:
HR calling should have upgraded relational abilities that includes talking, tuning in alongside
composing for ensuring that liabilities are executed in strong manner. In this specific situation, I
feel that I have that improved correspondence capacities. I have sufficient capacities just as
abilities for effectively tuning in to individuals and picking up arrangement related with their
feelings and view point. This will empower me to have help for doing examination of complete
circumstance concerning perspective of others. It gets significant for individuals to listen
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effectively so the viewpoint should not be gathered or closed in wrong way. In comparable
manner, composing alongside talking aptitudes are fundamental for people and for HR proficient
it gets significant for keeping up certifiable connection with workers. This will empower them to
ensure that work or duties are led in adequate way. Destructions may happen in every single firm
in setting of circumstances that may happen in the commercial center. Also, adjustments may
happens inside legislative arrangements and systems which implies that appropriately HR should
deliver their functionalities. In such sort of conditions, people should have important inspiration
and tolerance so they can manage any kind of condition.
The other basic aptitude that is fundamental is basic reasoning. This will help inside
improvement of viable choices by considering reasonable alongside legitimate angles related
with this. It shows hugeness of dynamic that will empower inside choosing thee perspectives that
will prompt government assistance of the multitude of workers and association overall.
Furthermore, I have introduction abilities through which I can keep my perspective among
people just as have significant information about conduct of others. It will additionally empower
to manage staff that have not at all like social qualities (Keller and et. al., 2014).
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It is essential that HR proficient should have sufficient information related with laws,
organization, the executives, workers and some more. This suggests advancement of
techniques should be completed in such way that every representative should have the option
to deliver their liabilities in sufficient manner.
Strengths Weaknesses
 Critical thinking skill is major strength
that I possess.
 The ability to formulate decisions
enables me to deal with different
situations.
 I do not have adequate persuasion skills
for influencing behavioural pattern of
others.
 I have certain hesitation levels when I
represent myself among others that
illustrates that I have certain aspects
that I need to enhance for creation of
positive impact.
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Opportunities Threats
 It is important of personal development
plan must be utilised in an appropriate
manner so that weaknesses can be
declined affirmatively.
 Communication skills might be
amplified by opting for personality
development classes.
 Lack of time acts like of critical threat
within professional life.
 Absence of tolerance along with
patience that further amplifies
magnitude of conflicts or issues for me.
 Differentiations in working culture
leads to creation of relevant impact on
performance.
Career action plan
As I am looking forward to pursue my career in the field of HR it becomes important to identify
as well as evaluate skills where I have to work through which performance can be enhanced
(Kotler and et. al., 2017). For doing so, the skill audit is carried out, this is mentioned below:
Requirement Personal audit
(10)
Gap
Decision-making skills 7 In the role of human resource manager,
to gain maximum profitability and
productivity from side of employees, it
is important that they formulate
strategies and policies. In this process, it
becomes critical to monitor the
considerable factors and considerations
so that a suitable decision can be
formulated.
Communication skills 7 The main role of human resource
personnel is to establish good employee
relations. The major objective of this
department is to ease the stay of
employees at the place so that they can
produce qualitative results. In this
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communication process, there may be
several barriers, such as, language
barriers, technological barriers,
mechanical barriers, etc. Therefore, it is
important to develop communication
skills so that important notices and
directions can be conveyed to
employees with best possible manner
and they are perceived in the same
manner as meant by the sender.
Written skills 6 Human resource manager has the
responsibility of hiring individuals and
bringing them on floor. In this process,
first step is to advertise about the
openings of company. This
advertisements must be in very
attractive position so that they can
attract potential candidates.
Presentation skills 7 The eye-catching content will lead to
significant enhancement within
employees.
It is important to analyse the skills in such a way that they their associated knowledge is also
monitored along with (Kotler and et. al., 2016). Below table shows the identification of most
important skills for a human resource manager that will be required to be successful. In addition
to this, resources needed to improve these skills and actions required are also mentioned.
Skill that
need to be
developed
Resources
needed
Actions required Measurement
of success
Targeted
date
Presentation
skills
To improve
my
To improve my presentation
skills, most important area to
Talking with
peers and tutors
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presentation
skills, it is
important
that I take
active
participation
in in training
sessions and
also different
seminars.
improve is to implement
improvisation in my
communication skills, which
can be done through taking on
demo presentation sessions so
that I will be able to determine
the areas which are in need of
further corrections. I can also
take feedbacks from my friends
and peers so that I come to
know that how presentations can
be improved. I should also take
information to prepare
presentation from reliable
sources.
so as to receive
feedbacks from
them. If they
are giving
positive
response that
means I am
able to improve
my presentation
skills.
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Communica
tion Skill
To improve
communicati
on skills,
first step is
to consider
various
barriers that
come across
during my
interaction
session. This
will be
helpful in
removing
them and
also
From the above process of self
evaluation, it is visible that my
interaction skills are good
enough, yet to be successful in
the role of human resource
manager, it is important that I
am taking active part in
conferences that are meant for
improving knowledge set of
human resource manager. In this
way, I will be able to regulate
stay of employees in workplace
in an effective manner.
Feedback from
peers and
teachers can be
taken.
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attending
seminars and
conferences
can prove to
be helpful.
Short term and long term goals:
Short-term goals (Next 12 months)
Short term goals are those that are meant to be achieved in near coming future. This coming
future can be quantified as next twelve months. In present case, short term goals that are to be
reached are improving motivation to employees in addition with taking improvisation
programs on presentation skills. This will help me to convey my ideas with more clarity.
Long-term goals (Post 2 years)
These are the objectives those are meant to be reached in more than 12 months. In present
scenario, long term goals are to possess every kind of knowledge related to this field so that
monitoring is improved. Furthermore, required changes must be implemented in in every
possible are, like, technological, economical, etc.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it can be concluded that in order to become successful in aspired
career field, the most important step is to perform self evaluation. This will help an individual to
gain knowledge of each and every quality that can help this person to grow. Furthermore, weak
points can also be determined which should be improved. It becomes crucial to conduct self
development through utilization of distinct sources such as attending conferences, symposiums,
online media and various other aspects. This will assist within attainment of these skills through
which career growth can be acquired in an appropriate manner. This will enable to assess the
time frame required to accomplishment of the goals. An individual must have feedback from
peers along with tutors in context of skills that are required.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Crawford, P. and et. al, 2015. Health humanities. In Health Humanities (pp. 1-19). Palgrave
Macmillan, London.
Gati, I. and Levin, N., 2015. Making better career decisions.
Keller, and et. al., 2014. Providing quality nutrition care in acute care hospitals: perspectives of
nutrition care personnel. Journal of human nutrition and dietetics. 27(2). pp.192-202.
Kotler, P. and et. al., 2017. Marketing for hospitality and tourism.
Kotler, P. and et. al., 2016. Marketing management. 15th Global Edition. England: Pearson
Educationn Limited. 17.
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