Career Action Plan and Self Reflection

CAREER ACTION PLAN
AND SELF REFLECTION

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.......................................................................................................................3
Identification of current skills.........................................................................................3
Skills that needs to be developed....................................................................................4
SWOT analysis................................................................................................................4
Action plan for personal and professional development.................................................5
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................8
REFERNCES.....................................................................................................................10
APPENDICES...................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
For the job role of operation support manager, a recent graduate requires various
skills and knowledge which an employer demands. For this specific job in the
management and logistic company, several skills such as communication, negotiation,
team working, problem solving and leadership skills are required. Along with this, a
recent graduate is expected to posses great technical skills and innovative thinking skills
which is essential for becoming successful in the professional life.
These skills are necessary for a graduate to understand the position in the
company and to carryout the duties with higher efficient. My report will consist a self
evaluation of my existing skills. It will include a swot analysis of current skills through
which I will be able to evaluate my strengths and weaknesses. For the weaknesses known
through swot analysis, I will prepare a skill development action plan by which I will be
able to develop the needed skills for my career.
Further, in the report a curriculum vitae (CV) will be prepared for the job position
of operations support manager in a management and logistic company. The reflection
will be in accordance with the Kolb’s learning model which will help me in my
continuous learning development.
MAIN BODY
Identification of current skills
From the interviews and feed-backs from various people, I have come to know
that a recent graduate shall possess five personal skills which are listed below:
 Communication skills
 Negotiation skills
 Problem solving skills
 Leadership skills
 Team working skills
From the personal evaluation and from the feedback from others , I possess good
communication skills, leadership skills which are required for my desired job role. Also, I
am good at using various database software and Ms-office applications which would
render me as a desirable candidate for the role of operation support manager. Also, I am

confident enough to take on the challenges and responsibilities related to the intended job
in the logistic company.
Skills that needs to be developed
There are certain skills and knowledge that I have to learn and develop in me for
my personal and professional development. Developing of such skills in me would help
me in boosting my career. The skills which I want to develop are negotiation skills,
problem solving skills and team working skills.
Negotiation skills basically means the capability of a person to bargain with a
person who possess different aim and viewpoints for reaching a consensus (Hanson, and
Casey, 2017). I want develop this skill because this skill helps in establishing good and
healthy professional and personal relationship with others despite having different
interests.
Another skill which I want to develop is problem solving skill. This skill means
identifying and defining the problem, creating alternative solutions , evaluating them and
selecting the best course of action. This skill is necessary for the professional
development because it will help me in standing out from the crowd and will further
boost my confidence.
Team working skills refers to those skills which allows a person to efficiently
work and manage a team of number of individual (Kutch and Johnston, 2018). This skill
is of utmost significance because in the professional life working in large organization, I
will have to work in a team and especially for a manager level, this become even more
important.
SWOT analysis
A swot analysis is an evaluation of internal strengths and weaknesses. It also
assesses the opportunities and threats present in the external environment (Hartung
and Santilli, 2016). Following is the swot analysis of my current skills and
knowledge :
Strengths
 Good communication skills, I can
effectively communicate with others.
 I possess good leadership skills which
Weaknesses
 My problem solving and decision making
skills are not very effective.
 I feel difficult in understanding the