Career Development in Human Resource Management - Personal Analysis and Action Plan

This report discusses personal analysis and action plan for career development in human resource management. It covers strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. It also includes a sample CV and LinkedIn profile.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
PERSONAL ANALYSIS-........................................................................................................3
CAREER ACTION PLAN.......................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
As we all know that self-reflection and self-evaluation plays a vital role so that people
can easily know about their strengths and weaknesses. Career growth also plays an important
role for people because it drives their attention towards achieve their goals and conducting
appropriate practices such as selecting profession as per interest and qualification, adoption of
skills and knowledge. The present report will be based on particular profession that is human
resource management. The purpose of the study is to provide detailed information about personal
analysis which will help to make action plan for career development. Furthermore, it will provide
CV in order to apply for the graduate level position. It will cover all the skills and knowledge
required for particular job role. In addition to this, the study will also provide LinkedIn profile on
the current situation.
PERSONAL ANALYSIS-
It is basically a tool used by people to know about their weaknesses and strengths which
will helps them to grasp the opportunity also and find out threat which can impact their career
development (How to do personal SWOT analysis, 2022). With the help of personal analysis, I
am able to know about my strengths and weaknesses as it provides me insights based on my
personality, from this I can also know about what challenges I see ahead and what are the best
job opportunities I will be getting in the future. Basically, by using this individual assessment, I
am able to determine self-improvement, career paths and understanding growth opportunities.
Strengths
 I am having strong communication
skills and critical thinking which helped
me to achieve my goals (Salmina, Ding
and Yu, 2021).
 I am very confident and dynamic with
pleasing personality which helped me
achieve projects on time.
 I have good time management skills
and problem solving skills.
Weaknesses
 Sometimes I get too nervousness which
has created issues in my past studies.
 I am a fresher in human resource
industry which I think is one of the
weaknesses.
 Sometimes I feel I lose my self-
confidence if I am engaged in long
meetings.
 Sometimes I am not able to encourage

my achievement which leads to issues
like self-criticism.
 I am not able to make effective
decisions which creates problems for
me to provide better outcomes.
Opportunities
 With the help of these skills I am able
to grasp the opportunities for job role in
human resource management.
 I am able to get the best opportunity to
learn new skills, new knowledge and
responsibilities if I will be selected for
job role.
 Availability of effective courses and
Better career options.
 With the help of this job role, I am able
to get a chance to learn ethics.
 Can work effectively towards my goals
and show my knowledge and skills.
Threats
 Competition in this industry is one of
the major threat that I will face. Many
people want to join this job role as they
are having same experience,
qualification and interest
 Forthcoming regulations and legislation
related to this industry.
 It may be possible that interview
questions will be different from what I
learnt while doing practice.
CAREER ACTION PLAN
Once you have identified the areas you need to focus on, it is essential to prepare a career
action plan which help to know about personal development and what are the career activities
that needs to undertake for future success. as per my opinion human resource is one of the most
effective professions that has been chosen by people in the recent career time (Lejeune,
Beausaert and Raemdonck, 2021). So, for this I am making action plan after personal SWOT
analysis. With the help of action plan I am able to know about actions that I need to take in order

to reach my goals and focus on weaknesses more. By having SMART goals, I will be able to
achieve my career goals and develop my skills which I needs to develop more in the future
(Rimmer, 2018).
skills I have Areas of
improvement
Resources/
what I will do
to improve
Success
criteria
measurement
time bound
communication
skills
decision making
skills
Online classes Successful
completion of
training
sessions
3 months
collaboration skills self-criticism Attend
workshops
Take feedback
from my team
mates
2 Months
problem solving
skills
nervousness Complete
training courses
by next week
and seminars
Provide
presentation
and take
participation
3 months
critical thinking discomfort
taking big risks
Regular practice
with the help of
my tutor
Use of KPIs 4 months
Team work Need to develop
my knowledge
about
technology
Attend online
classes related
to technical
skills
development
Ask experts
knowledge and
keep track on
success
2.5 months
With the help of my employability skills and communication skills I am able to achieve
my desired goals on time (Elrayah, 2021). By setting SMART goals and objective I can easily
enhance working environment. by having active listening skills, I am able to sharpen my other
skills too such as self-confidence and organisation skills and enhance team work while doing

projects in a team. By having critical thinking skills which is more important in human resource
management I am able to improve my personal and professional performance too. I always
motivate my team which helped to enhance team spirit and minimize the errors and mistakes
because every person in engaged towards goals and exchange experience with each other. By
having time management skills, I am able to compete task on time which does not create any
issues while completing projects which is important. Due to this I never missed deadlines while
helps me to enhance leadership skills. By the support of my adaptability skills I am able to
maintain working environment at place which helps me perform better every day in my role and
responsibilities.
Specific skill to be
developed
Measurable (the
resources needed)
Achievable
(potential
barriers)
Realistic
(evidence of
success)
Time bound
nervousness Online classes Social situations Academic
performance
3 months
self-criticism Seminars More negative
emotions
Developing high
quality bond
which help me to
become better
person
2 months
discomfort taking
big risks
Workshops Lack of support
and changing
conditions
I am improving
my way of taking
decision
4 months
By understanding my strengths and weaknesses with the help of smart goals table, I
always grateful that I am doing my best even though I fail sometimes and have few areas which I
need to improve such as nervousness, risk taking skills and self-criticism. For this, I am focusing
on online classes, seminar, regular practicing and workshops which will help me to perform
better in my future job. I am also asking feedbacks from my colleagues, teachers, leaders and
experts so that I can know about my weaknesses immediately and work on it for future success. I
have set timeline also in action plan and need to compete my online course within it so that I can
perform well in human resources or any other job role in the near future.

PERSONAL CURRICULUM VITAE-
John martin
[e-mail]
856-958-9622
Professional summary
I am dedicated towards my goals and wants to make a career in the field of human resource. I
also keep myself up to date while talking with anyone with my communication skills which
helped me raise goals effectiveness.
Education
Bachelor of arts in human resource - from year 2017-2020
University of South Carolina, Columbia
Masters in Human resource management- from year 2020-2022
University of South Carolina, Columbia
Hobbies and interests
 Swimming
 Writing and reading
 Listening music
 Yoga and exercise
Skills I have
 Communication skills
 Active listening skills
 Communication skills
 Motivation

 Critical thinking
Certificates, knowledge and achievements
 Typing skills certificate (WPM 90)
 Proficiency in work and excel
 Good knowledge of PowerPoint Professional course in human resources from international academy named as ACDA
Suitability as a team player
I am suitable for the particular job role as I think I am able to solve problem with my skills and
knowledge. Also I am able to build team work skills and leadership skills as I am learning about
roles and responsibilities human resource have in their career. I believe that I also respect the
boundaries of my position within team which helped me to build a strong relationship with my
colleagues. Not only this, my positive point is that I am able to understand my job role and
responsibilities linked with it. I take roles seriously and work effectively towards it and also I
accept my mistakes and try to correct it on time which helps me find out effective solutions to
avoid uncertainty in the future. Just because of my positive attitude I am able to learn from my
mistakes and errors which will help me in career growth. I am able to maintain positive attitude
even during difficult times and stressful environment. even though in few situations I sometimes
get nervous but by being positive and working hard I am able to create a good learning and
working environment around me. If given chance I ensure that I will create valuable changes and
increase processes at workplace. I believe that I am suitable for this job and an amazing team
player.

CONCLUSION
As we all know that in this learning and working world, there are different types of job roles
available and everybody wants to pursue job as per their interest and qualification. By evaluating
the study, it has been concluded that After passing graduation and post-graduation with good
grades an individual chooses their profession and take steps ahead in their professional career.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Elrayah, M., 2021. Can business ethics-based education improve HR graduates’ employability,
knowledge, skills, and competence?. Journal of Education for Business. 96(8). pp.522-
529.
Kim, S., Wang, Y. and Boon, C., 2021. Sixty years of research on technology and human
resource management: Looking back and looking forward. Human Resource
Management. 60(1). pp.229-247.
Salmina, M., Ding, A. Y. and Yu, M., 2021. Human Resources Strategy to Improve HR
Competencies. The Journal of Worker Competence and Performance (JWCP). 1(02).
pp.1-9.
Wiblen, S. and Marler, J. H., 2021. Digitalised talent management and automated talent
decisions: the implications for HR professionals. The International Journal of Human
Resource Management. 32(12). pp.2592-2621.
Lejeune, C., Beausaert, S. and Raemdonck, I., 2021. The impact on employees’ job performance
of exercising self-directed learning within personal development plan practice. The
International Journal of Human Resource Management. 32(5). pp.1086-1112.
Rimmer, A., 2018. How do I prepare a personal development plan?. BMJ. 363.
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APPENDIX
John martin
[e-mail]
856-958-9622
Professional summary
I am dedicated towards my goals and wants to make a career in the field of human resource. I
also keep myself up to date while talking with anyone with my communication skills and trying
my best efforts which helped me raise goals effectiveness.
Education
Bachelor of arts in human resource - from year 2017-2020
University of South Carolina, Columbia
Masters in Human resource management- from year 2020-2022
University of South Carolina, Columbia
Hobbies and interests
 Swimming
 Writing and reading
 Listening music
 Yoga and exercise
Skills I have
 Communication skills
 Active listening skills
 Communication skills
 Motivation
 Critical thinking
Certificates, knowledge and achievements
 Typing skills certificate (WPM 90)
 Proficiency in work and excel
 Good knowledge of PowerPoint
 Professional course in human resources from international academy named as ACDA

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