Individual Portfolio

This portfolio explores professional development in HR, analyzing the CIPD HR Profession Map, creating a personal development plan, and reflecting on activities undertaken to enhance skills. It emphasizes self-assessment, goal setting, and continuous learning for career advancement.

Individual Portfolio

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION / ANALYSIS OF CIPD PROFESSION MAP.................................................3
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LOG AND PLAN ....................................4
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION / ANALYSIS OF CIPD PROFESSION MAP
An individual portfolio is an online treasure of a person. With the help of it an individual
can easily display the samples of the work, details about own self, completed project in the past
and better explain to clients why they must use services which are provided by the person fro
their advantages. The entire portfolio is based on the CIPD HR Profession map which sets out
that what the HR profession needs to do, to know and to deliver at all the stages in their
profession or career. The CIPD HR profession map consists of ten professional areas which
define that what HR needs to know and what they have to do, along with this, it includes eight
behaviours which include that how they carry out their activities and then the four brands which
tells that how to develop from one role to another, this will describes the hierarchy of their
profession. This map help the HR professionals to become equipped with the relevant skills
which is needed for current practices and for the future growth areas (Bilsland, Nagy and Smith,
2014) . The areas on which I m focusing in my portfolio are Learning and development,
Employee engagement, employee relations, performance reward, all these are professional areas
on which I m focusing. Apart from this, The behavioural areas are Decision thinkers,
collaborative, role model.
Along with this, the bands areas are brand 1 which shows to be efficient, accurate and
flexible, brand 2 shows advising and managing the team. These are all the areas on which I need
to improve my skills. In this portfolio, I will going to develop my own personal development
plan. Along with this I would learn the different approaches to the self learning and the personal
and professional skills which are to be needed to attain the goals and objectives of the
organisation. Also the evaluation should be done on the present skills and the development
should be done for the future needs (Cottrell, 2015) . The present assignment will be an portfolio
which will include the comprise of a PDP with the short and long term objectives. I will also
evaluate on the kind of learning that an individual must got after following the PDP.

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LOG AND PLAN
There are several factors that influence over the key learning of the individuals and these
key factors are discussed in the report below. There are many theories which the individual can
discuss in context to learning. As this is stated that I m making and developing the PDP in HR
profession. In university there is effective level of support which is provided to us in the form of
teachers, guiders, tutors, mentors, leaders and supervisors. They provide us the level of support
by providing the study material and giving proper guidance and assistance (Deeley, 2014) . In
university I had learned through many effective opportunities such as I had learned through
classroom activities and lectures that how to collaborate in teamwork and how to manage the
time, the placement experience gained by working with the service providers and gained the live
experience of the things which were performed in front of me.
The life experiences also gained by me such as personal experiences, etc., all these
experiences helped me in getting the adequate level of services (Sin and Neave, 2016). Along
with this, to increase my learning skills I make the use of the online things using internet and
then I had put on the questions against my issues and problems faced by me during learning from
these experiences. The personal learning experiences has make the improvement ion my
awareness and identity, this learning has also helped me in developing the talent and potential
along with the increment in my quality of life, etc. The main benefits I gained from the personal
learning and development by having this much of experiences are as follows which as improves
my self-awareness, wealth and health, self-knowledge, self-esteem. The personal development
will helps us in future in improving the internal capabilities and also aid to attain the targeted
goals. The things which I have learned in the university has helped in near future to deal with the
complex and adverse situation (Jackson, 2015) . This is the of continuous learning and having
the continuous development in the skills which will prepare us for the hard situations.
Along with this, I had developed my own Development plan for the different short and
long term objectives and aims that I need to achieve according to the organisational standards
and criteria. The objectives which are stated above in the present portfolio were broken down
into the various short term and sub objectives. These objectives are to be gained and attained in
the effective time frame and by adopting and following the specific and particular strategy on the
way to achieve it (Jackson, 2016) . I believe that when my goals are set as my priorities then

these are to be attained in effective manner. My priorities has guided me and helped me a lot by
reminding me about my activities, plan and actions that have to be accomplished by me.
Four bands
Whether I am using the Profession Map for my own development or for my human
resource teams, the bands support to provide a clear pathway as well as emphasis to my
developmental activities and planning. All professional behaviours and area set out the standard
following four bands or levels which are determined as under:
Band 1:
 Relationship to the customer is spent on delivering fundamentals.
 Emphasis of activity is on customer support as well as processing activities,including
ongoing and immediate needs.
 Time is spent giving data, managing information as well as process deliver Delivering fundamental and customer support and processing activity, immediate or
ongoing.
Band 2:
 Relationship to the customer is as a consultant, and is problem led
 Emphasis of activity is on promoting and managing individual as well as group based HR
and problem. Emphasis is actual or close term.
 Time is spent knowing the problems and parameters, problem identification, evaluation,
solutions as well as likely consequences. To provide advice and manage HR issues so that the customers did not face problems.
Band 3:
 Relationship to the customer is as an adviser as well as co-operative partner.
 Emphasis of activity is on directing a professional field, and overcoming human resource
challenges or issues at the organisational ground. Emphasis is medium as well as longer
term.
 Time is spent knowing the functional as well as business realities, providing insights and
flexible, linkages and innovative solutions. Consulting, addressing and managing HR challenges at organisational level in medium
and longer term.
Band 4:

 Relationship to the customer is as a client confidante, coach and leadership colleague.
 Emphasis of activity is on directing the function or professional area. It is mainly depend
on size of organisation.
 Time is spent knowing the organisational as well as industry realities and the needs of
customers, and processing strategies and plans.
 Leading, coaching and developing the organisational strategy and HR strategy for
partnering the client.
From the above information, it can be analysed and monitored that this HR profession
map can be used to identified skills which are needed to make change and capability of the team.
It make focus on the behaviours which are required for success and make development in the
career pathway.
Aim –
My aim is to get improvement in all of my skills.
Personal Objectives –
Short Term :
 Development in skills to overcome my tension.
 Good managing and advising skills development to lead a successful team.
Long Term :
 Achieving the promotion
 Managing the team to deliver the excellent and best possible outcomes to the clients.
the standards in these four bands or levels
EVIDENCE STATEMENT
Description of the activity. (What did you do?)
Being in an HR Profession, the services rendered by me are staffing,
development, compensation, safety and health along with the employee and
workers relations (Webb and Chaffer, 2016) . Along with these, HR profession
is conducting the wide variety of activities.
Where did the activity take place?
These activities are takes place in the HR Department of our
University.
Describe how the activity meets the unit specifications.
These activities will show the learning execution or implementation for executing the
assigned roles and responsibilities.

The Activities performed in the University which has result in enhancement of my skills.
Dates Hours per Day Activity Undertaken Reflective Activity
21/04/19 10AM-3PM (5 hours) Activity : Helps the
HR department in
getting the Highly
Skilled applicants.
Skills Developed :
Team Work Skills
My confidence was
grew up as a support
worker.
22/04/19 3AM-4PM (1 hours) Activity : Prepared
documents and other
essential reports in
order to interact with
the professionals.
Skills Developed :
Enhancement in
communication and
development in
documentation
This had improved my
non-verbal
communication.
23/04/19 10AM-3PM (5 hours) Activity : Helps the
other department in
getting done their
work easily.
Skills Developed :
Flexibility Skills
My flexibility towards
the work had been
raised.
24/04/19 11AM-2PM (3 hours) Activity: HR Self- Confidence

department has gained
the Highly Skilled
applicants by hiring.
Skills Developed :
Collaborative Skills
gained by me through
assisting the HR
department.
25/04/19 2AM-4PM (2 hours) Activity : The
important reports were
prepared by me in
order to communicate
with the professors.
Skills Developed :
Increased the
documentation skills.
Improvement in my
non-verbal
communication.
26/04/19 11AM-3PM (4 hours) Activity : Assisting
the other department
in getting done their
work in effective time
frame.
Skills Developed :
Time management
Skills
Gained the knowledge
to how to manage the
time for completion of
work.
All of these activities was performed by me in my university by three to six months in
order to get improvement in my Skills and get the development in my personality Skills,
behavioural skills as well as bands skills. After getting the activities done, I had prepared some
of the questions which are to be answered by me in order to identify my development in my
skills. The following questions are as follows -
1. What do you think you have achieved from placement?
By performing the Placement activities, I had gained a lot of experiences even though by
facing many issues. Through these activities I had got the future opportunity to implement my
theoretical as well as practical knowledge in the reality to solve the things which are difficult and

processed the activities accordingly (Jackson, Sibson and Riebe, 2014) . This has given me the
platform and raised my confidence to perform the internal capabilities and make the use of
learning.
2. Which of your targets do you think you have achieved?
By performing these activities, my aim of getting improvement in my skills was
achieved, as through this I had gone through many experiences such as how to work with
collaboration in a team and how to get engage with your teammates in order to enhance the
interaction between each other. Along with this, by doing the help of other department to get
their work in effective time frame, I had attain the skill of Time management. So these activities
has gained a lot to me in attaining my goals and objectives.
3. What do you think the staff and people who use the service learned from you?
The staff and people who use the services had learned various things from me such as the
process of communication, building effective coordination and cooperation between the
teammates, to get arrange the work in systematic and in effective manner, and at last to process
the activities according to the priorities and fulfil them in effective time frame (Lester, 2014) .
After this the personal Swot analysis has been done by me in accordance to test whether
my aim and objectives are attained or not.
SWOT analysis -
Strength Weakness
I m having the strength of effective management
and communication skills. Along with this, I m
also having the problem-solving skills. Along with
this, I m also having the ability to complete my
work in effective time frame. In addition with this,
I m also having the adequate knowledge related to
Human resources sector.
The major weaknesses of mine is that I m not
good in non-verbal communication. Along
with this, I m very weak in the skills of
leadership, and even can't able to handle and
manage any team in which I need to
improvement, that's why I have stated my
this skill in my objective in order to attain
this. Also I m not having any live experiences
to do anything in the profession of HR.

Opportunity Threat
I have gained the opportunity of Campus
placement
Huge number of Employees in HR
department are available with experience.
Along with this, the formal or business meeting are to be conducted as this is a pre
planned gathering of two or more individual or peoples who are gathered and assembled for
having the aim of attaining the goals and objectives by having the verbal communication and
interaction between the employees and the top management (Pârvu, Ipate and Mitran, 2014) .
The formal or business meeting are to be conducted and characterised by their predefined topics
and the set of objectives and the formal announcement. There is the proper steps , whi9ch are to
be followed to conduct the business meeting. The steps are described as under -
 The clear objectives are to set by the top management, and this will motivate the people
ton attend the formal and business nettings.
 The second step is to prepare a list of the attendees, who will need ton attend the meeting.
 Create the agenda for conducting the business meeting.
 Maintain the control in the formal meeting.
 Follow Up.
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
NAME : MEMBERSHIP NUMBER :
COVERING THE PERIOD
FROM : TO :
Planned outcome
Where do I want to be by the end of this period? What do I want to be doing? (This may be
evolutionary or “more of the same”.)
CPD (Continuous professional development plan)
What do I What will I do to achieve this? What What Tar

want/need to
learn?
resources or
support will
I need?
will my
success
criteria
be?
get
date
s
for
revi
ew
and
com
pleti
on
Improvement
in Learning
and
development
In order to improve my learning and
development, I need to use on-the-job
training. As it will help me in continuous
professional development within an
organisation. With the help of training, I
learn different aspects which will further
help me in development of professional
practices. Along with this training will also
support me in order to engage all employees
who have lack of knowledge about working
environment of company. Can improve and
develop my this skills by increasing and
improving my practical skills and
knowledge
Aptitude
test, Personal
audit scale
8 2
mon
ths
Improvement
in Employee
engagement
In this area, training is most essential which
is provided by an organisation to engage all
employees in decision making process and
many other activities. Training play essential
role in employees engagement which will
help an organisation to gain competitive
advantages within given time duration.
Offering
some reward
to
employees.
9 3
mon
ths

Treat employees as customers, Develop your
employee brand and build the workplace for
the future.
Improvement
in Employee
relations
Training is also important aspect in
improvement of employee relation which
will help an organisation to achieve better
outcomes within time duration. Help the
employee to be happy, offer them career
development, provide them positive
feedback and set the tone of talking from
their first day.
Incentives
and
facilities.
8 4
mon
ths
Improvement
in Decision
thinking
Skills
Training play most essential and effective
role in knowing exactly what I want, deal
the problems with other's viewpoint, the
improvement can be done in decision
thinking by not overcomplicating things.
Proper
training
sessions.
7 4
mon
ths
Improvement
in working
with
Collaborative
Skills
Improvement in working with collaborative,
on-the-job and off-the job training is most
effective part for my future growth and
development. By making the collaboration
the part of the teamwork, build and maintain
trust, improve your self awareness.
Attending
Classes
8 5
mon
ths
Learn to be
efficient,
accurate and
flexible
By understanding your team, motivate your
personal interests and limit your meetings.
Considering
others
suggestions.
9 3
mon
ths

Managing and
advising skills
development
to lead a
successful
team.
By maintaining great communication and by
learning that how to treat the employees
while working.
Training
sessions.
8 4
mon
ths
Reflation
From the above mentioned Portfolio, it has been stated that CIPD profession plan help
me in improving my different types of skills. It has been created and formed in the above
portfolio in order to set the benchmark for what successful and effective for me to do and what
they will deliver. This profession map sets out the comprehensively how I adds the greatest
sustained value to people and organisations, now and in the future. The CIPD is having various
objectives and goals that are mapped with the organisational objectives and standards. This
profession map uses by me in order to describes as well as define the advanced standards of
professional competence for an individual who are engage in working in the profession of HR.
Along with this, the Personal development Plan has also been made which will support me in
order to directs the followers towards achievement of short-term and long term objectives.
Through the personal development plan, I am able to face any kind of issues in systematic
manner. This Plan will support me to learn more regrading themselves that how they can
improve my weaknesses and how I can work on this more. I can also identify my strength and by
recognising this I am capable to identify my future opportunities and the threats by which I
should protect myself. Personal development plan will aid me to manage for self- benefit. The
Personal development Plan has been created and formed to provide the huge benefits for me such
as the engagement in the process of PDP enables the learning by supporting thinking, planning
and reflection. This provides me to learn as well as make the link between the different
components of their personal experiences and my career aspirations. This is the development
action plan which aids me to be formed for the enhancement and development of the skills. In
addition with this, the evidence statement has also been made in the following portfolio, this
governs the use of testimony which exhibits demonstrative evidence, documentary material
which are allowable in a administrative or judicial or legal proceeding. At last the formal

business meeting are also to be conducted, the procedure for conducting the business meeting are
explained and outlined above in the portfolio, in order to resolve the issues of the organisation
and to direct the team towards attaining the right goals and objectives. Lastly, the continuous
improvement in the personal development is necessary for me in order to get improvement in
themselves.
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