Portfolio: Skills for Success

This portfolio explores the importance of developing crucial skills for success, such as communication, attitude, and critical thinking. It includes analysis of various documents and trends, as well as the creation of a portfolio with SWOT analysis, interview skills, cover letters, and CV. Other topics covered include referencing, plagiarism, academic writing style, group work, thinking into character programs, data interpretation, and presentation skills.

CW2 : Portfolio

Summary
For an individual it is important to learn various skills which can help them in
undertaking the challenges in the path of being successful. Some of the crucial skills which are to
be included are the communication skills, the attitude and the behaviour of the individual at
personal level. All of such skills makes an individual to be creative and think critically so that the
problems so faced by them can be resolved effectively. After analysing the importance of this, I
made analysis of various documents which can help me in determining the challenges which can
be faced by me. For this I had to identify various trends as on the basis of these trends only the
issues that can influence me are analysed. The issues which can affect includes the changes in
the technology, changes in the market scenario and the implication of the skills that I have.
A Portfolio is created in which various documents are included with the help of which I
made various analysis. Such document includes SWOT Analysis with the help of which I
analysed various strengths and the weakness that I have and the opportunities that are available
in the market that I can avail by efficiently managing the threats. The interview skills need to be
developed which will help me in confidently responding to the interviewer. To be successful it is
important to have better communication skills for which the I have to develop skills of writing
formal and informal emails, presenting the reports before the management and beyond this I
enrolled myself in thinking into character programs which developed the skills and enhanced the
employability. In addition to this the a cover letter and the CV is prepared by me in which I
included various information such as the name, family background etc. which help the employer
to learn about the skills which I have. While a cover letter will also be prepared in which the
purpose of the taking the job is specified. Various other documents are included in the report
such as the concept of plagiarism which helps in managing the level of similarity in the
documents so prepared. To be successful the I have to get various other skills which includes the
skills of presentation, Group work which help in developing the togetherness among the team
and also this governs the behaviour with the help of which I could work with more people
effectively.

Table of Contents
Summary..........................................................................................................................................3
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................5
1)Informal and formal emails.................................................................................................5
2) SWOT analysis...................................................................................................................5
3) Group Work.......................................................................................................................5
4) Thinking into character......................................................................................................6
5) Referencing........................................................................................................................6
6) Cover letter.........................................................................................................................7
7) Interview skills...................................................................................................................7
8) Plagiarism...........................................................................................................................7
9) Academic writing style......................................................................................................8
10) CV Writing.......................................................................................................................8
11) Data interpretation............................................................................................................9
12) Presentation skills.............................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

Main Body
1)Informal and formal emails
For the individual it is important to have effective communication skills which helps
them to be successful in the career and such skills includes both oral and written skills. The
formal mails are less detailed and contains the informative sentences which are generally written
in the passive tone. While the informal letters include the descriptive words which are generally
written in active voice. For developing good command on such skills I had to take various
sessions online which helped me in analysing the difference among the two and use of proper
words in the mails. This ability helped in taking the edge over others in my professional career as
I could easily convey my message to others effectively (García-Peñalvo, 2016).
2) SWOT analysis
SWOT analysis helps in identifying the strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities
to the individual and the organisation both. On the basis of such analysis various strategies are
formulated as they help in dealing with the weaknesses and the threats by focusing upon the
strengths and the opportunities. This facilitates an individual in analysing the competencies and
the capabilities which are possessed by them so that they can manage to the task which has been
assigned to them at the workplace (McDowell, 2019). I conducted SWOT analysis on me with
the help of which I could analyse that I need to develop various skills which are related to the
analysis techniques. Also for an organisation SWOT analysis is crucial as it facilitate them in
strategic planning, with the help of which they can achieve their organisational objectives.
3) Group Work
Group work is a form of work in which people collaborate with each other to achieve the
task collectively. With the help of working in group various skills in an individual can be
developed such as communication skills, collaborative skills and also it improves the generic

knowledge which guides the attitude of the individual. For developing various skills, I prefer to
work in the groups as this helped me in learning from other which will be helpful in my career.
When I was into my studies I presented various projects for which I worked in team with my
classmates while in my professional career I had to provide various presentation before the
managers and the supervisors. This developed the confidence in me of working with a number of
people (Giuli and Treadgold, Apple Inc, 2017.).
4) Thinking into character
Thinking into character are programs which helps in transforming the personality of the
students and the employees. The institution organisation such programs with the help of which
the ability to think can be improved that can make them in establishing and achieving the
meaningful targets and the goals. This make the students and the employees productive as among
the students it enhances the employability while facilitates the employees in taking necessary
actions. I enrolled myself in such a program at university level which helped me in learning
various analytical skills (Green and Salkind, 2016).
5) Referencing
In academic writing the Referencing is very important as it makes helps the reader to
determine the source from where the idea has been taken by the individual in the assignments. A
citation is provided of the references for the text where it has been inserted. This helps in making
the assignment reliable and authentic as the information and data which is used has been taken
from the authentic source. The students have to prepare various assignments as I also prepared so
and in such assignments the referencing need to be done. With the help of such citation in my
assignments I could score better as that made them authentic (Bohari, Hin and Fuad, 2017). The
references which are to be cited down are available in different types which can be AVP,
Chicago, Harvard etc.

6) Cover letter
Cover letter are the documents which are to be provided to the employer in addition to
the resume or the curriculum vitae. It is treated as a letter of introduction which are provide3d by
the job seekers. It includes various aspects which are not included in above mention documents
but are necessary for taking the procurement. The purpose of this letter is to apply for the
specific opening which has been advertised by the employer. I provided a cover letter with my
resume while I applied from the job which helped the client in analysing my objectives of taking
the employment (Yadav, Rawal and Baxi, 2016).
7) Interview skills
Before appearing for the interview it is important for an individual to prepare themselves.
The preparation includes gathering sufficient information about the organisation in which the
employment is to be taken and about the changes which are taking place in the environment that
can have influence on the organisation (Stephenson, 2015). Such preparation helps in developing
the confidence in the candidate as they have understanding of various aspects which are related
with the business. In addition to this there are various common questions which are asked by the
interviewer like self-introduction, various strengths and the weaknesses etc. I prepared before
appearing in the interview for the job as this gives confidence to respond to the questions asked
by the interviewer.
8) Plagiarism
Plagiarism refers to as the act or the instance of using the data, language or the thoughts
of any other person without taking any permission for doing so. Such an act leads to the breach
of the ethics as it creates the situation of dishonesty. It has wrong implication on the readers and

on the writer too as this reduces the reliability on such assignment and at academic level this
reduces the marks (Wong and et. al, 2019). Due to plagiarism an individual may have to face the
penalties and the fines. I get to know about the topic when in had to undertake the project at the
college level and considered so while preparing the projects.
9) Academic writing style
Scholar writing is the other name of Academic writing. In this type of writing only authentic and
relevant information regarding academic point is present. Individual having academic writing
skill can score more good marks as compare to those who do not have. There is no practical
relevance in real word. Those students who can write more expressively and clearly score more
marks in universities and schools as well as their academic graph raises. From my past
experience I have learned that it must be more impersonal, evidenced and accurate as it assists
writers to be concentrated in their work. Additionally, along with academic skills the use of
grammar should be proper so that it completely fulfil the expectation level of the report. The
facts and figures presented in the assignment should have reference in them. This is because it
makes the gathered information more authentic in nature (McGuire and OBroin, 2019)
10) CV Writing
It is a writing document in that individual professional and education background is
highlighted properly. This includes detail information such as, number of awards achieved till
date, number of project worked in till date, reorganization, years of experience in specified work
profile and many more all this showcase the ability and potential level of that person. With the
help of this employer is able to easily measure the applicant capabilities who came to apply for
the vacant post. Also, they are able to determine their interest level weather they are suitable for
the job profile or not. Name, address, skills, hobbies, education, details regarding the past work
experience, awards, abilities etc. Are covered in CV. All this helps employer to decide the desire
role for the shortlisted nominee. More expressive CV directly aid in getting job. After

completion of my education I prepared this document for interview and on this basis interviewer
used to ask questions from me.
11) Data interpretation
Data interpretation (DI) is explained as process by which data are analysed for the intention of
arriving at an inference. It is used for assembling and collecting authentic data and making the
most informed decision out of it. Data interpretation done in proper in order to make the task
more attractive in nature (Hart, 2018) By using it effectively best results is obtained in the set
time duration. In order to upgrade my data interpretation skill, I am attending various session.
Now I am able to demonstrate my gathered information in much better way as compare to
earlier.
12) Presentation skills
To be successful an individual must have presentation skill because the are directly
associated with creativity. Best presentation on any given topic can be done when individual has
this particular skill in them. With the help of presentation skill, knowledge and understanding
proper project on the given topic can be demonstrated in front of teacher or lecturer. Having this
skill assist them to be confident and attract students to listen to clear-fully. Eye contact,
explaining things with simple words and so on are some of the factors of effective presentation
which should be kept in mind. To enhance my skill, I have attended various sessions. Despite of
all this I feel hesitated and lack of confidence many time when I present in front of other (Abe,
Pease and Real, International Business Machines Corp, 2019).
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