Planning Your Career in Business - Desklib

This report covers curriculum vitae, personal statement, personal skill audit, SWOT analysis, SMART objectives, and professional development plan for planning a career in business. The report provides tips and strategies for personal development, career growth, and professional development plan.

Planning Your Career
in Business
Table of Contents

Table of Contents...........................................................................................................................2
Section A..........................................................................................................................................3
1 INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................3
1.1 Justification.......................................................................................................................3
Section B..........................................................................................................................................4
2.0 Personal statement: -.........................................................................................................4
2.1 CV.....................................................................................................................................5
Section C..........................................................................................................................................9
3.0 SWOT Analysis................................................................................................................9
3.1 Personal skill audit (Gap analysis).................................................................................10
3.2 SMART Objectives........................................................................................................10
3.3 Professional development plan and training...................................................................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................16
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................17

Section A
1 INTRODUCTION
The concept career management is basically defined as the combination of various
options where individual can choose during the time of planning its professional career. For
leading a professional career successfully, it is essential to plan it and developed the skill which
is very important for getting a decent paying reputed job. The functions which are being follows
by individual for developing the skills in professional manner are considered as personal
developments. The written document which is being evaluates by company during the time of
hiring candidate which shows the personal data, education or qualification of candidate and it is
considered as Curriculum vitae or portfolio in professional way. This displays the proof of
personality, potentiality, capabilities and experience which are shown by individual. For this
report the selected company is Morrison which was established in UK (Al-Abri and Kooli,
2018). The report will cover curriculum vitae, personal statement personal skill audit, SWOT
analysis of individual, SMART objectives, long and medium term career objectives. Due to
providing best quality services and products, the trust of consumers towards the firm are highly
sustained for long duration.
1.1 Justification
The company which I selected for preparing the report is Morrison. The reason for
selecting this firm is that this firm is the fourth biggest supermarket chain in United Kingdom.
This company is also deals with wide range of products and services globally. This firm also
have the suppliers in large number globally. Due to selecting this firm I captures new knowledge
and skills and this is connected with supply chain management and logistics. By adapting new
knowledge and skills growth opportunities for firm are highly increased. They started its
activities within business in 1899 and till now management is able to open around 498 stores by
using the talented employees of around 120,000. This firm is listed in London stock exchange
which increased the value of its brand. But in case I received the opportunity to work with such
type of firm then I easily improve and develop my skills. In this firm the department of logistics
is very big and due to working this department I easily flourish my skills and knowledge at
maximum level. Therefore, if I put effort continuously then I easily reached in top positions
within the company. After joining this firm, I also received training and advise from my experts

within company and due to this I am able to do my task in systematic and attractive manner. Due
to keeping huge number of talented workers working in department of logistics I easily learned
so many things from experienced people. Those experienced peoples guide in various works and
also assist me to increase my career growth at higher rate. That means I want to join in the
position as an logistic executive in Morrison company. The various products of this company are
home appliances, grocery items, clothing and others. In comparison with other retail brands the
quality of their goods and services are highly reliable in multiple locations for users.
Section B
2.0 Personal statement: -
In my initial years of career, I worked as a shop assistant at American eagle, Cashier at
Stop&Shop and Assistant manager at Arnold’s Restaurant respectively. Then I moved to United
Kingdom. I had to take these jobs to take a small step towards my actual career. After leaving my
job at Arnold’s Restaurant as an Assistant manager, I gave interview at International Kitchen and
I got selected for the job role of Catering assistant in 2012. I worked there for a year i.e., 2012-
2013. There my job was to assist the Chef Manager with basic food preparation, prepare food
items for the menu according to distribution and serving customers where directed. This job also
required for me to take care and look after the tidiness and cleanliness kitchen, and the restaurant
seating area and cash handling and supporting necessary sales as well as supervise stock and
notify the manager regarding refilling the required stock items. Working as an assistant helped
me to deal with diversified situations as well as people. Dealing with challenges taught me how
to handle unfavourable situation and resolve problems after being able to critically analyse the
problem. Additionally, it taught me about how to supervise as well as managing stocks and cash
then coordinating with the managers regarding the any improvements or issues. After getting the
most out this job I had to move towards the next step to acquire more skills and experience for
my career in order to provide me with better opportunities in future and create high
employability success. So, the next job I applied for was for the role of warehouse operative at
Reiss in 2013. Taking this job helped me determine better plans for my future, moreover I was
able to get many growth opportunities in the same organisation. My previous experience helped
to to get a better understanding of this job in such a way that I did not feel high pressure of
incapable of accomplishing the tasks assigned to me being a warehouse operative. I kept learning

at the same position for two years. Later on I an opportunity at the organisation to be a Returns
Supervisor after that kept growing professionally within the same company.
2.1 CV
CURRICULUM VITAE
Joseph Bing
********@gmail.com
Personal Profile
I am working towards polishing and enhancing my skills and so that I can become an essential
asset for the organisation. My objective has been to grasp knowledge and apply them in real life
if applicable. I am driven and passionate in all aspects of my life as well as an optimistic and
hard working person. I am enthusiastic, motivated person who have expertise in organisational
skills. I have the zeal to to solve problems and strive to work under busy and multitasking
environment. In addition to this I have experience in customer handling and collaborating with
others via various means of communication that is face to face, online communications or by
emails. I ensure to work hard towards completion of tasks while maintaining utmost
professional standards. These skills acquired by can assist in building a better career in future.
EDUCATION
Dates 09/2000-05/2005
Title of qualification awarded
Business management
Subjects:
Principal subjects/occupational, Business Communication, Economics, Industrial marketing,
Company Low, Skills covered, Industrial Statistics, Accountancy of the Company, Finance
Name and type of organisation: Secondary professional School of Economics- “Racho
Stoyanov”
Providing education and training: Bulgaria
Dates 09/1993-05/2000

Title of qualification awarded
English Language
Subjects:
Principal subjects/occupational, English language, Bulgarian language and literature, German
language, History, Geography, World and Personality
skills covered Bulgarian, English, German language, Maths, Science
Name and type of organisation: Community School
Providing education and training: Bulgaria
EXPERIENCE
Previously worked as:
Shop assistant (American eagle – USA)
Cashier (Stop & Shop; Dunkin Donuts – USA)
Assistant manager (Arnold’s Restaurant – USA)
International Kitchen
Catering assistant
May 2012-May 2013
 Assisting the, chef manager with basic preparation for food.
 Preparing menu for food items which were distributed and serving customers.
 Keeping cleanliness and tidiness in kitchen, and the restaurant seating area.
 Cash handling and supporting necessary sales.
 Being responsible for stock and notify the Manager of restocking required items.
Reiss
Warehouse operative
June 2013-August 2015
3. Picked and packed orders from stores and online orders
4. Ticketing stock where necessary
5. Help with keeping all areas of the warehouse clean and tidy of obstructions

Reiss
Returns Supervisor
August 2015-February 2018
 Led a team to process and confirm in returned stock from web returns and Reiss shops
to the warehouse.
 Ensured the repacking of stock was too standard and done quickly to meet targets.
Reiss
Shift supervisor
February 2018- Current
 Invoicing, book styles onto the system to go live onto the website and to be sent to the
stores.
 Conduct health and safety tours with new starters.
 Processing online orders and returns.
 Help the warehouse during quiet periods, putting stock away, re ticketing stock, printing
European tickets.
KEY ATTRIBUTES
 Excellent people skills.
 Effective at resource planning.
 Strong organisational skills.
 Extensive background in leading, motivating and developing people.
 Effective at supplying strong leadership to encourage staff participation in an open,
honest, and professional manner.
 Practised in the monitoring of performance, both with teams and individuals.
 Resourceful in distributing and managing staff resources according to business needs.
HOBBIES
 I am a keen reader and find myself engrossed in several different genres and writing

styles.
 Handmade items are one of my passions. It is a pleasure for me to create something with
my hands.
 I am fascinated with dance.
Your Career My ultimate aim in my career is do job as a logistic
executive in Morrison. My other aim is to gain highest
position in similar department.
List of skills to meet career goals Importance of those skills
Time management skill Due to the effective use of time management skill, I easily
increased the quality in my assigned task and also able to
complete the task in time. By utilizing this kind of skill I
am able I am able to meet my targets in prescribed time.
The skill of time management played major role during the
time of delivering services and goods to users. The
satisfaction level of clients is declined only when they did
not receive their desired products on time.
Leadership skills For accomplishing the task by others it is essential for each
individual that they must have effective leadership skill.
Due to the effective use of this skill I easily influenced
others. If I am working in organization as a logistic
executive, assistant manager or in any other post, it is
highly challenging for me to lead my team members
effectively. But in other side due to the absence of this
skills I am not able to control my team members in the
department of logistics effectively.
Decision making skill It is highly challenging to take decisions at each point of

time. Due to the effective use of this skill I am able to take
right decisions within low time. During the time of doing
job with Morrison I take various decisions regarding
logistic management. The various decisions which is taken
by me will assist in analysing my performance.
Section C
3.0 SWOT Analysis
The SWOT analysis is basically one kind of method or tool which is used by various
organization and individual for analysing their own strength, weakness, opportunities and threats.
Strength
 My major strength is effective
communication skills. By using this
strength, I am able to maintain strong
coordination with my team mates at the
time of conducting task.
 My other strength is time management
and due to this I easily accomplish my
task in prescribed time.
Weakness
 Basically I am introvert and due to this
I did not have comfortable feeling for
sharing my view points.
 Sometimes my angriness is increased
rapidly which is not liked my team
members. It leads to decrease
opportunity for me at higher rate.
Opportunities
 I have the experience of many years
which leads in gaining my gaining a
well-paid job in reputed organization.
Threat
 For gaining competitive advantage it is
highly challenging to be a social being.
 Due to having introvert attitude in me I
am not able to connect with others
effectively which leads to decrease my
performance.
3.1 Personal skill audit (Gap analysis)
Personal Skill Audit

List of knowledge Rating List of skill Rating List of behaviour Rating
Entrepreneurship 4 Communication 4 Patience 2
Management 3 Team
management
5 Hardworking 3
Leadership 3 Time
management
3 Multitasking 4
3.2 SMART Objectives
Short-term career goals -
Short term career
goals
Steps required to
attain those goals
Available resources Time taken
Developing time
management skills
By the support of
preparing to do the list
I am able to recognize
those work which is
highly essential and
urgent. For developing
this skill, I joined in
various online courses.
In this way I learned
various tactics which
is essential for
managing time in
work smoothly.
The resources which is
important for
preparing the list in
sequence are pen and
paper. In addition to
this I required time to
analyse various work
and things which I
need to perform.
Along with this I also
required some time to
analyse the course
which I buy through
offline and online
mode. In this way I am
able to improve time
In around 10 months I
improved my time
management skill
which leads to
enhance my career
growth.

management skills
effectively.
To improve decision
making power
My faculty members
and teachers will guide
me the right path
which I adopted to
developing the ability
of effective decision
making.
Only some teachers
who knows the
weakness and strength
which is present in
myself. So that I am
able to evaluate the
skills which is present
in me. Due to the
effective use of this
skill I am able to grow
my future in right
direction at maximum
level.
In around 6 months I
improved the power of
decision making.
Medium term career goals -

Medium term career
goals
Steps essential to
attain those goals
Available resources Time taken
Learn business
operations
By using the support
of secondary
information I easily
recognize the stages
which are being taken
by companies for
improving its activities
and operations in
business the business
need to bear various
challenges which
impact their all over
productivity. Due to
this with help of
evaluating experience
of previous company's
they can be bit
resolved.
Articles, journals and
books are published by
firms and popular
writers which is
needed by me to avail
knowledge regarding
specific subject.
In around 2 years I
adapted various
strategies which are
utilized in business.
Management skills For performing the
task in effective
manner, it is essential
for me to manage all
the things properly.
For this purpose, I
developed various
skills which is highly
beneficial for me to
join in big and reputed
Due to the support of
my teachers I am able
to adopt various skills
which are required to
manage things. During
the time of developing
management skills, I
easily get decent job in
big entities.
Within 17 months I
improved my
management skills
strongly.

company which leads
to enhance success in
their life.
SMART Objectives
1 Specific – Due to the effective development of various skills I am able to secure my
job position in highest level as a logistic executive and in other top level post for
long time.
2 Measurable – Due to the effective use of bench marking system I easily measure the
performance of my team. Also I take the support of various performance measuring
techniques through I am easily evaluate my present status.
3 Attainable – When I get the help of teachers then I easily get right and correct
instructions. In this way I am able to secure my career and future growth for long
time.
4 Relevant – When I am working with big entity I easily develop variety of skills
which are highly important for me to get the decent job.
5 Time bound - Within a span of 1 years.
3.3 Professional development plan and training
Skills required for
professional
development
Training/ Method Duration (short, mid
/ long term plan)
How they employee
– ability
Leadership skill As a student and
working for part time
and engaging in huge
activities in workplace
and also participating
in group task are
improved leadership
skill effectively. It
Medium term The skill of leadership
assists me for gaining
the future goals and
also assist me for
guiding workers and
people in
organization. It also
facilitates various

assists me in the
activities of logistics
and also for guiding
others effectively.
policies and
instructions which are
followed by every
employee within firm.
Time management
skill
During the time of
studying in university
level I easily
improved my time
management skill.
Short term At the time of
studying I polished
my time management
skill myself. It is
highly beneficial for
my dreams regarding
commencing their
own traveling
company. The skill of
time management
assists me inspect of
deciding my priorities
and will increased the
productivity of firm.
Decision making skill At the time of doing
job and studying in
university, this skill
helps me for taking
difficult decisions. It
also improved my
personality which
ensures the success
and opportunities for
future growth.
Mid term The skill of decision
making support me
for improving my
work ethics and
values which is useful
for my career and
future growth. By
using this skill my
confidence level is
highly increased.
Communication skill Between student life
and work culture
communication assist
Short term Due to the effective
use of communication
skill my professional

me a lot. The handling
of customer and
distributing their
services to other
business partners
enhanced their
efficiency of
convincing power.
life is highly
improved. It is also
useful for developing
positive relationship
with business partners
and clients in future.

CONCLUSION
After the analysis of above data which consist of personal statement with complete CV it
concludes that highly skilled and talented employees plays crucial role in Morrison activities. In
the personal statement information’s are mentioned in detailed manner which consist of work
experience in various companies with various designations. All these post will have enhanced the
level of efficiency, performance and knowledge according to time. It reflects the Curriculum
Vitae of particular and relevant data regarding work experience and qualification before and
current job profile. Later in this report represents the self-assessment reflect the need of
improvement in skills to be needed for achievement of final aim or objective that is to start own
travel company. For identifying the own strength and skills, the analysis of personal SWOT are
also explained in this report and in this way future opportunities for threats and growth are
reflects. The short tempered and introvert are my major weaknesses and that will be evaluated
with help of this model. It reflects the growth opportunities in career with the experience I have
in past in making strong compatibility from others candidates in market. The report will cover
curriculum vitae, personal statement personal skill audit, SWOT analysis of individual, SMART
objectives, long and medium term career objectives.

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