Career Reflection: Values, Skills, and Goals

Running head: CAREER REFLECTION
CAREER REFLECTION
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Values Audit
The most important personal skills that influence me and the choices in my life are:-
Leadership- Leadership is the skill to lead people and one of the Prime skills that I possess.
Teamwork- I believe in teamwork as it opens up the value of wider possibilities.
Integrity- This means to always do the right things and influences all the decisions that I make
professionally or personally.
Communication- This is the ability to mix freely with people and express thoughts, decisions and
opinions without any hindrance.
Emotional Intelligence- This is the ability to understand people and interact with them
empathetically and judiciously.
Consideration of values become much important in the life of a person as these are the
factors that guide the personal and professional progress of an individual (Yarbrough et al.
2017). It helps to make career decisions and helps to manage all aspects of life that affect a
person. Employers look for people with values with whom the organization can attach their own
values and focus on growth (Cottrell 2017).
I want to work and build my career in the fields of Finance, Auditing and Management.
The college course helped me to pursue some essential work related goals.
 Building and managing investment portfolios
 Analysis, formulation and interpreting financial reports
 Processes of Audit

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 Financial Planning at a personal level
 Risk management
Capability Audit
Communication is a very important professional and personal skill. It helps people to
interact effectively with their peers, subordinates and seniors. It an indicator of a person’s level
of interaction. It can help to build successful professional lives of the people engaged in any
organizational endeavors. I was a risk manager at the ANZ bank at the beginning of my career.
This was an important experience that I had while working for the ANZ bank. It became an
important part of my growth. The job role made me interact with the managers and the
subordinates of the bank in effective ways. Moreover, I was required to make presentations on
various things related to my job role. I had to attend meetings where I had to make myself and
my opinions clear in front of all the managers. I used to work on the division of customer
mortgages which required me to manage team of 10 risk officers. I had to regularly communicate
with them in regards to the proceedings.
Administrative and organizational skills are much required for organizational progress of
any person. It requires fair amount of administrative and organizational skill levels (Sotarauta
2016). This was a skills that I developed during my college days. This improved further in my
role in the ANZ bank as a risk officer. The organizational skills that were much required in my
job role was strategic planning, execution, effective time management, task prioritization and
systematizing the task management processes. The effective and efficient working of the
department is ensured through strong organization and administrative skills. It actually helps to
integrate the personal skills with the professional requirements.