CW2 Portfolio

This portfolio explores the importance of communication skills, SWOT analysis, group work, and more. It covers topics such as interview skills, plagiarism, academic writing style, CV writing, and data interpretation. Gain valuable insights for successful career development.

CW2 Portfolio

Summary
Every individual tries its best to acquire more and more skills in his forte which can help
him in clearing the path which leads him to his success. They said to be successful apart from the
field knowledge in which you have interest there are more things that should be inculcate into an
individual. These things may include his communication skills, his attitude and his behavior at
his personal level. All the above mentioned skills help him in solving the problem which he
might faced during his journey to success. Just after I realize the importance of these skills, I
made a list of various documents which would be needing in determining the challenges which I
can faced. While making such list of these documents I did many research work about the recent
trends which is running and then I analyzed the issue which I might can faced (Abe, Pease and
Real, International Business Machines Corp, 2019). The problem which I might face includes
technological changes, changes in the requirement of skills and knowledge, changes in the
requirement of market and the skills which I possessed.
I created a portfolio in which I made various documents which has helps me in making
various analyses about myself, and they say introspect is the first thing which an individual can
perform to become a successful person. These documents includes SWOT Analysis which helps
me in knowing about my strength and weaknesses, what are the factors for which I can face
threat and the opportunities which I can grab in for my growth and success. By ascertaining this I
more clarity in performing well into my interviews and responds the interviewer with nice
answers. I also learned or observed that to be successful it is very important to have a good
communication skills, for which I practice for developing the same. I improve my verbal skills
by communicate myself in front of mirror by which I can monitor my facial expressions and also
I gained more confidence slowly but steadily. I also practice for my written communication skills
by practicing for emails, writing reports on managements and apart from this I also enrolled
myself into character programs which helped in developing more skills and it also enhanced my
employability. Along with this, I also prepared other documents such as cover letter and CV. In
these two documents I inserted my basic information for example, name, address, educations,
experience which I had so far, my interest, achievements, strengths and etc. From these
documents the interviewer can get a fair image about my background which also can help in
determining my personality and the skills. In the cover letter I included the purpose of taking this
particular job (Carmichael, Koumou and Moran, 2015). Other documents are also included in the
report presented such as the concept for plagiarism which is useful in matching the similarity
with other documents prepared as far. To become successful or the attainment to my career goal
I acquired my other skills such as presentation skills, group work which is use to bring the team
together and also helps in the development of required behavior and attitude which is necessary
to work into groups.

Contents
Summary..........................................................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................4
Informal and Formal emails.........................................................................................................4
SWOT analysis............................................................................................................................4
Group work..................................................................................................................................4
Thinking into character................................................................................................................4
Referencing..................................................................................................................................5
Cover Letter.................................................................................................................................5
Interview skills.............................................................................................................................5
Plagiarism.....................................................................................................................................5
Academic writing style................................................................................................................6
CV Writing...................................................................................................................................6
Data Interpretation.......................................................................................................................6
Presentation skills........................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

MAIN BODY
Informal and Formal emails
Communication skills also includes the how well a person is good in written
communication also apart from verbal communication. The written communication is of twp
types i.e. formal and informal communication. Formal communication is done to the people to
whom you have business or work. Whereas informal communication is done with the people like
families, friends, relatives and the so forth. There are some code of conduct while writing a
formal communication for example, it is precise but effective, it should be clearly communicate
all the points which the sender wants to communicate to the receiver, it should not use any slag
work or language, it must contain the formal vocabulary and sentences and etc. While drafting a
informal letter there is no code of conduct or rules which needs to be followed by the sender.
SWOT analysis
SWOT analysis is an abbreviation for strength, weakness, opportunity and weakness. From
SWOT analysis a person can evaluate the strength which he inculcates, weaknesses which he
believes he has threats which he thinks he can face risk from certain things and opportunities
which he feels can work as a chance to grab for his own growth and success. By ascertaining the
weakness, a person can work upon it and can convert them into strengths. Apart from this while
ascertaining the threats in advance he can kept in mind the risks which can cause loss and he can
take the future steps accordingly (Cong and Oosterlee, 2016). They says that introspecting is the
best thing which a person can perform because after introspection a person would be knowing
more about himself which helps him in making the correct decisions about him.
Group work
Group work refers in which some individuals gather together for the completion
of a particular goal or task. Working in group has consider as a major tasks for people as
group teach them many things, such as, building trust in among each other, communication
skills, being empathic, quality of a good listener, corporations among members, and the so
forth. There are some people who does not gets comfortable in working in a group, there can
be various reasons like they don’t prefer other people work, they are introvert, they don’t
know how the things work in a group and much more. But group work helps a person in
gaining a lot of things and other skills from the people whom they possess and you don’t.
Group work is a great opportunity in determining how well you can get mixed with other
people and how can you perform and behave when put into a group.
Thinking into character
Thinking into character refers to a program which helps the people in changing their
personalities of employees and the students. These program helps a person in becoming more
empathic and have better understanding of the situation. The program also helps the people do
justice with their work as they can see the situations from different perspective also which could
led into better decision making. Thinking into character helps a person in getting into the role

play which he needs to perform at that particular moment (Hart, 2018). Therefore, these
programs has their own benefits for a person.
Referencing
Referencing refers to the source from where a candidate has taken the information
or idea. By stating the referencing the reader of the report or the interviewer would get an idea
about how well and deeply you have done your research. It also helps in determining the
authenticity of the source, information as well as of report. From framing the references, a person
can easily detect the place where the information has been fetch is authentic or not. It also makes
the report accurate and reliable. When the sources are authentic more people would develop their
trust in them and more people will appreciate your work. The references are also available in
different types which may includes, Harvards, AVP, Chicago and the so forth.
Cover Letter
Cover letter is the document which is attached with resume or CV. It is an
additional document which is attached. It is considered as a letter of introduction which job
seekers provide. The basic aim of this cover letter is to state the actual intensions with the job
which the employer has advertised the opening for. I also attached my cover letter with resume
or CV which helped the employer to knowing my purpose and objectives to take this particular
job.
Interview skills
Every employer takes interview to get to know about the true knowledge and skills of a
candidate. From the interview an employer gets to know about many things like knowledge a
person about his field, his behavior, his determination and also about his personal goals. For the
interview, a person prepares himself a lot. He analyses his strengths, weakness, opportunity and
threats (Hsu and et. al., 2013). He also polishes the knowledge in his field of interest so if any
question asked to him regarding it, he would be able to answer that. A person also practices to
improve his confidence level so that he can present all the replies which he knows very clearly
and properly. After taking the interview the employer decides that whether this person is suitable
for the job role or not.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the act of copying some idea, language or any sort of work without the
permission. The plagiarism considers as an unethical act or an act of breach in which the person
has taken the work of another person without his permission. This is also considered as a
dishonesty which a person performs. It also puts a wrong impression on other people and it puts
a big question upon the caliber or performance of that person who did this dishonest work. This
can hamper the performance grades and academic results which can prove to be a great loss for a
student. By avoiding the plagiarism, I choose a topic in which I did all the research by myself
from the available sources and prepare the report by myself by acquiring the deep knowledge
about the topic.

Academic writing style
Academic writing style, which is also known as Scholar writing is a quality in which the writer
can present his knowledge and view about a particular topic more expressively and clearly. If a
person who knows how to write a particular document with right level of vocabulary and
sentence forming would acquire more marks as comparison to other person. That person would
have the skills to communicate and present this idea and knowledge in a more concise and proper
manner (Huang and Hsu, 2015). I have to build up this quality by regular practicing for my
writing skills. Daily I used to write about a topic and match my current performance with
previous performance. Slowly but steadily I reached to that point where I grab the ability to write
about topics in a more effective and concise ways. This practiced really helped me somewhere
or other.
CV Writing
A CV is a document in which an individual writes about his basic details, example his name, his
address, contact details and etc. In CV a person’s experience is also been written which he had
gained from his previous job or internship. The CV also contains the education details which
candidate has undertaken yet. From the education, an interviewer can judge his skills about
whether he is suitable for the job or not. His education decides about the kind of knowledge he
may possess. The CV also includes certificates and awards which this candidate has acquired yet.
From this the area of excellence can get acquired. CV includes all the things which a person has
done in his life yet which is related to academics or co curricular activities. The CV includes the
other hobbies which a person has in his life. for example I have a hobby of reading and
badminton (Kuo and Hong, 2013). In this, I need to justify to interviewer that I am really into
this hobby because they can ask me something which is related or about my hobbies. CV should
give a true picture of the person who you really are. Every thi8ng which is stated in there should
be true and fair and must do justice with yourself also.
Data Interpretation
Data interpretation is a process in which a person interpret ate the given data and dig out the
information from it. Data interpretation is used to check the critical thinking and aptitude level of
a person. For this, I practice some questions regarding this. I started with easy level question then
slowly raised my level to medium and then hard (Shen and et. al., 2015).
Presentation skills
Presentation is all which matters. A person should have presentation skills which enable him to
present himself good and healthy before others. If a person is very knowledgeable but his
presentation skills is not that good, then the idea which he has made would be present by
someone else, who posses all the required skills for giving a presentation (Stern and Deimler.
eds., 2012).

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Abe, A., Pease, D. A. and Real, L. C. V., International Business Machines Corp, 2019. Dynamic
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Carmichael, B., Koumou, G. and Moran, K., 2015. Unifying portfolio diversification measures
using Rao's quadratic entropy.
Cong, F. and Oosterlee, C. W., 2016. Multi-period mean–variance portfolio optimization based
on Monte-Carlo simulation. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 64. pp.23-
38.
Hart, C., 2018. Doing a literature review: Releasing the research imagination. Sage.
Hsu, W.K.,and et. al., 2013. A probabilistic approach for earthquake risk assessment based on an
engineering insurance portfolio. Natural hazards. 65(3). pp.1559-1571.
Huang, C. W. and Hsu, C. P., 2015. Portfolio Optimization with GARCH–EVT–Copula-CVaR
Models. Banking and Finance review. 7(1).
Kuo, R. J. and Hong, C. W., 2013. Integration of genetic algorithm and particle swarm
optimization for investment portfolio optimization. Applied mathematics &
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Shen, W.,and et. al., 2015, June. Portfolio choices with orthogonal bandit learning. In Twenty-
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Stern, C. W. and Deimler, M. S. eds., 2012. The Boston consulting group on strategy: Classic
concepts and new perspectives. John Wiley & Sons.
Tian, Y., Rood, R. and Oosterlee, C.W., 2013. Efficient portfolio valuation incorporating
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