Career Development: Factors, Skills, and Goals in Retail Sector

This homework assignment outlines examples of careers such as a junior social media marketer, junior human resource assistant, risk assessment manager, and operations coordinator, highlighting the importance of factors to consider when making career choices. These factors include communication skills, leadership personality, cultural norms, socio-economic status, interests, skill sets, abilities, and salary expectations. The assignment also provides a sample career development plan focusing on skills, goals, and actions needed to bridge skill gaps, with a focus on improving time management and enhancing knowledge of marketing laws for a marketing post in the retail sector. The plan includes actions like time tracking and meetings with supervisors, with a timeline for evaluation. Desklib offers a variety of solved assignments and past papers for students seeking additional resources.

Homework

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
A. Examples of Careers & Their Importance..............................................................................3
B. List of Factors to Consider in Making Career Choices..........................................................3
C: An Example of Career Development Plan.............................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

MAIN BODY
A. Examples of Careers & Their Importance
Career 1: Junior social media marketer post in retail sector
Career 2: Junior human resource assistant
Career 3: Risk assessment manager
Career 4: Operations coordinator
B. List of Factors to Consider in Making Career Choices
Factor 1: For marketing post it is essential that strong communication skills are present
so that various activities might be conducted ins smooth manner. Also, the another factor that
this post is suitable for individuals that have strong leadership personality to carry out various
tasks.
Factor 2: Human resource major factor that is considered in making career choices is
cultural norms that individual is expected to follow (15 Factors to Consider When Choosing a
Career, 2022). Also, another factor is socio economic status that influence the choice of the
careers.
Factor 3: Interest is another factor that is considered in making certain choccies. Apart
from interest presence of certain skill set and the abilities is another factor that needs to be
considered while opting for the risk assessor manger post (Kapoor and Belk, 2022). Also,
adequate funds are required to learn the detail about this post and hence the investment is
factor that might positively and negatively influence the career choices.
Factor 4: Salary structure and job experience are another factor that is considered while
making career choices as based on that any person is interested to work in the operation
coordinator post in any retail organisation
C: An Example of Career Development Plan
Particulars Statements
Current situation and skills  Completed my master degree in
marketing and finance
 Completed my internship with verified
certificate in small retail firm in UK.

 Good in Microsoft excel and power
point.
 Better in working both in teams and
independently on various projects
 Effective communication skills and
command on English
Career goal  Planning to work in reputed retail
organisation in marketing or any other
related post
 Gain experience and expand the current
people network
Skills gap  Time management skills are little
weak due to which I am not able to
complete task on time and even miss
deadlines.
 Need to understand various marketing
laws and concepts in detail to work
efficiently in retail firm in the future
Actions  Keep the record of time that is taken
in completion of various tasks (Zacher
and et.al., 2019).
 Organise meeting and do market
research with the supervisor to
understand the concepts related with
the marketing
Evaluation  7 months
Thus , from above career development plan it can be said that though there are certain
skills and competencies that are existing within and are best for the marketing post (Savickas,
2019.). Although improvement in time management skill and more knowledge in certain

concepts need to be developed through taking certain actions like keeping the record of time
and organising meeting with the supervisor so that objective is fulfilled in best of manner.
Moreover, through following this development plan I would be able to grab better opportunities
in the future relating to the marketing post and the same in UK.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Kapoor, V. and Belk, R. W., 2022. Coping and career choices: Irish gay men’s passage from
hopelessness to redemption. Consumption Markets & Culture. 25(1). pp.52-78.
Savickas, M. L., 2019. Career-style counseling. In Adlerian counseling and psychotherapy (pp.
201-225). Routledge.
Zacher, H. and et.al., 2019. Academic career development: A review and research
agenda. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 110. pp.357-373.
Online
15 Factors to Consider When Choosing a Career. 2022. [Online]. Available
through:<https://www.afterschoolafrica.com/54124/15-factors-to-consider-when-choosing-
a-career/>.