Career Viewpoint - Assignment

CAREER
VIEWPOINT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
PERSONAL ANALYSIS................................................................................................................3
CAREER ACTION PLAN..............................................................................................................5
Curriculum Vitae.............................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Career research can be said to be a process wherein an individual carries out an in-depth
analysis of all the available options with a view to choose a particular area of interest. This helps
in ascertainment of the field whereby the person can gain entry to carry out professional
development and get elevated in the opted career. The previous assignment helped in
acknowledgement of the desirable career area for the individual, i.e., store manager within retail
sector. This field is appropriate for me as this is one of the growing sectors across the globe and
the position of Store Manager is key to the success of a retail firm. The skills that I have
acknowledged to be essential for me are communication, team leadership, continuous
improvement, conflict management and time management. Further, the knowledge areas and
experience which I should possess is Marketing. This report will going to conduct my personal
analysis, Career action plan and Curriculum vitae.
PERSONAL ANALYSIS
Retail sector is acknowledged to be one of the fastest growing sectors within the confines
of United Kingdom. This sector is influenced by a large number of advancements that constantly
take place under its confine. The rapid and consistent development and evolvement of this
industry has led to the generation of large number of employment opportunities within this
sector. Such opportunities foster an individual to pursue a career in this field and thereby get
elevated in the professional life to carry out continuous development. In this regard, becoming a
shop manager is regarded to be a lucrative opportunity for me as this will allow me to make use
of skills and knowledge to undergo development of my professional personality. Being a shop
manager, I would hold the responsibility to carry out all the essential activities pertaining to the
store of respective retail firm and ensuring the resolution of all the challenges being faced by
clients. For this, I will require the below explained skills and knowledge to get elevated into the
chosen area of interest:-
Skills required
Communication: This is regarded to be one of the most essential skills that must be
present within me so as to deal with customers in an effective manner. Also, this becomes
essential for the store manager to communicate with other staff members in relation to the task
and other organisational requirements.

Team Leadership Skills: This is regarded to be yet another essential skill that is required
by me to ensure that the activities and processes of the respective retail firm get completed by
practising coordination and cooperation among the members of the group. When collaborative
tasks get executed in the desired manner, it inflates the scope for accomplishment of
organisational goals and objectives within the stipulated course of time. Also, this skill will
provide me assistance in leading the team in an effective manner so that they can work for the
upliftment of company.
Continuous Improvement: This is yet another significant and relevant skill that must be
present within me to ensure that I undergo personal and professional development at regular
intervals of time. For this purpose, it is essential that an in-depth assessment of my personality is
carried out by me on a regular basis so as to identify the areas of improvement and work upon
them.
Conflict Management: It is one of the most imperative skills that must be possessed by
me as a store manager as this will help me in resolving the conflicts taking place with staff
members or clients.
Time management: Being a store manager, it is significant for me to practice time
management skills in order to ensure that all the activities of store of the respective retail firm get
executed within the stipulated course of time.
Apart from this, I have some strength and weakness which help me in getting work done
related to my profession within effective manner. Explanation of these are as follows :-
Strength – There are several strength of me which help me in working as an Store manager.
Explanation of these are as follows :-
 Team leadership – This is my strength as I am good in leading team which is necessary
while working in an organisation. As an tore manager there is requirement of team
leadership because there are several teams working within store and it is important to lead
them. So they can do daily basis operations within appropriate manner and result in
gaining goals as well as objectives.
 Communication – I am good in communication which is one of my strength as it help
me in sharing information with employees in effective manner. So that, daily basis
activity will be conducted within required manner and result in achieving goals and
objectives.

 Conflict management – While working in an organisation as an store manager it is my
responsibility to manage things within proper manner same as in the situation of conflict
also. Thus, within this situation my strength related conflict management help me in
managing such issues in better manner and result in building positive environment within
business firm.
Weakness – Apart from strength I have some weakness also explanation of these are as
follows :-
 Time management – In life it is important to have proper time management so that
things will get done within required duration. Time management is one of my weakness
as I am not able to manage things as well as complete them within needed duration. Thus,
it is necessary for me to develop time management skill as it will help me in doing daily
basis work on time.
 Presentations skills – As I am shop manager so it is necessary for me to have good
presentations skills because there are several activities which I have to explain employees
through presentations. But presentations skill is one of my weakness so it is necessary for
me to work on it and develop.
 Public speaking - In some situation I have to talk customers also who are coming in
store for resolving there problem. But I face difficulty in this because public speaking is
one of my weakness. To work in effective manner there is requirement of public speaking
skills so I have to develop it.
CAREER ACTION PLAN
Career action plan is dynamic planning document which owned as well as manage
through young people intended for reflecting their enhancing career development learning.
Self-Assessment Summary Statement
Career Motivators in my current position:
In my career position the person who play role as motivator for me is owner of the shop. Along
with them employees also help me in coming out of weakness and use them as my strength.
Skills and Competencies to be develop:
Skills which I want to develop are time management, public speaking and presentation skills.
Because these will help me in performing my job role within effective manner i.e., Store

manager.
Vision of Future career Directions:
Career Goals
Short term(1year)
My short term goal is to develop skills such as public speaking, time management and
presentation skills.
Medium Term (2-5years)
My medium term goal is to make regular improvements in my skills and performance so that I
can attain good job stability and growth in professional career.
Long term (5+ years)
My long term goal is to gain better place in business environment which help me in gaining
several career opportunities.
Curriculum Vitae
General Details
Name- XYZ
Address- 40, Dublin Street
Contact no.- 838385820223
Email id- XYZ191@gmail. com
Career objective- To acquire a position where I can utilise my skills and knowledge in order
to increase the overall growth and productivity of the country. Also I want to contribute my
proportion for attaining targeted goals and objectives.
Experience level- Freshers
Qualification

Educational Qualification University Grades
BBA University of England 7.5
Computer proficiency- MS office
 MS Excel
 MS PowerPoint
Personal Details
Date of Birth- 9th July 1988
Languages Known- English, French.
Industry knowledge - Marketing
Declaration :
Hereby, I had declare that above mention information is true and fair according to my
knowledge.

CONCLUSION
This overall research is good experience for me as it help me in analysing my strength
ans weaknesses. Along with this, I conduct overall personal assessment which help me in using
my strength as an advantage and assist me in overcome from weaknesses. Apart from this, on the
basis of weakness career action plan has been designed by me which help in developing my
weakness as strength. So that, I will be able to perform job role within more effective manner.

REFERENCES
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