Development of Employability

This document discusses the development of employability through mini project workshops and their impact on career growth. It explores the importance of staying updated with current economic situations and improving skills. It also provides resources and major skills required to be employable. The document covers topics like academic integrity, academic writing, online sources for employment, time management, and more.

Development of
Employability

Table of Contents
REFLECTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................................................1
Reflection on how and why the mini projects workshops have contributed towards the
development of my employability...............................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3
APPENDIX:....................................................................................................................................4
1. Academic Integrity..................................................................................................................4
2. Academic writing.....................................................................................................................4
3. Online sources which can help students in employment process............................................4
4. Major skills required to be employable...................................................................................5
5. Referencing and its important..................................................................................................5
6. SWOT analysis........................................................................................................................5
7. Time Management...................................................................................................................6
8. What is plagiarism?.................................................................................................................7
9. What makes a presentation effective?.....................................................................................7
10. Five or Six skills to be employable........................................................................................8
11. What makes an interview good?............................................................................................8

REFLECTIVE SUMMARY
Reflection on how and why the mini projects workshops have contributed towards the
development of my employability.
The mini project workshops are fundamentally those workshops which are directed for
improving individuals or expert's information and abilities in the considered regions of the task
which are useful for them in their employability. I have additionally partaken in these
employability significance mini project workshops which was an extraordinary change in my
employability skills and knowledge. Workshops are essentially one successful tool which is
utilized by company for preparation and growth of more aptitudes in the people or workforce or
employees. For an individual looking for career and better opportunities it is significant that they
keep themselves refreshed with all the distinctive information in their separate field as indicated
by the progressions occurring. Subsequently it is said that if there should be an occurrence of
employability aptitudes and improving employability choices for circumstances it is significant
for people to be refreshed with the present economic situation and the present situation of their
capacities in the commercial world (Scott and et. al., 2019). The workshops are the best
instruments which empower a person to expand their ranges of abilities and all the more
critically update their insight as indicated by the economic situations and enhancements taking
place. Along with it, I believe that mini project workshops plays a significant role in expanding
the employability abilities and employability of a person helping them to move upwards in their
profession by grabbing more chances. I have encountered the advantages of these workshops in
my own and development. The workshops help me in expanding my insight about other related
fields and gaining expertise. That implies at the end of the day my self-improvement occurred
with the assistance of these mini project workshops is it permitted me to accumulate information
about myself and my capacity which I hold in other significant expert fields as per my abilities
and chances of development. These Workshops contributed towards my employability similarly
as with the assistance of it I get more information about various portions which upgraded
permitting me to broaden and take all the more testing occupations which are beneficial to my
career goals. In this manner as indicated by me these workshops had improved my employability
and contributed towards my expert aptitudes as new things and expanding myself keeping myself
motivated and energize towards finding out increasingly more for moving upwards in my career
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and securing better abilities to satisfy those difficult assignments and the expectations of my
emloyers.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Bridgstock, R., 2019. Employability and career development learning through social media:
Exploring the potential of LinkedIn. In Challenging future practice possibilities (pp.
143-152). Brill Sense.
Bridgstock, R., Grant-Iramu, M. and McAlpine, A., 2019. Integrating Career Development
Learning into the Curriculum: Collaboration with the Careers Service for
Employability. Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability. 10(1).
pp.56-72.
Cotronei-Baird, V.S., 2020. Academic hindrances in the integration of employability skills
development in teaching and assessment practice. Higher Education. 79(2). pp.203-223.
Higgs, J., Crisp, G. and Letts, W. eds., 2019. Education for employability (Volume 1): The
employability agenda. BRILL.
Loh, Y. A. C. and Chib, A., 2019. Tackling social inequality in development: beyond access to
appropriation of ICTs for employability. Information Technology for
Development. 25(3). pp.532-551.
Peeters, E. and et. al., 2019. Employability capital: A conceptual framework tested through
expert analysis. Journal of Career Development. 46(2). pp.79-93.
Scott, F. J. and et. al., 2019. Empowering students by enhancing their employability
skills. Journal of Further and Higher Education. 43(5). pp.692-707.
Sin, C., Tavares, O. and Amaral, A., 2019. Accepting employability as a purpose of higher
education? Academics’ perceptions and practices. Studies in Higher Education. 44(6).
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Sotiriadou, P. and et. al., 2019. The role of authentic assessment to preserve academic integrity
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Yao, C. W. and Tuliao, M. D., 2019. Soft skill development for employability. Higher
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Online:
Five Pillars of Academic Integrity, 2014. Available through:
<https://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/connections/five-pillars-academic-integrity/>
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APPENDIX:
1. Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is basically a commitment and individual make to themselves for
demonstrating and honest and moral behaviour in an academic setting. Academic Integrity is
basically action which is most relevant at university level where an individual provides credit to
others when using their ideas and work for supporting there assignments (Cotronei-Baird, 2020).
Academic integrity is basically acknowledgement by an individual towards the contribution
made by other people in their work helping them to complete the tasks and academic
assignments. if the individual do not provide acknowledgement and give credit to the person
when using their work then it is considered as plagiarism. Avoiding academic integrity leads
towards dishonesty and unethical behaviour of plagiarism, fabrication and falsification is option
considered as the way to promote academic integrity. The name five pillars of academic integrity
honesty, trust, respect, fairness and responsibility.
2. Academic writing
Academic writing is also known as scholarly writing which is a nonfiction writing which is
produced as a part of academic work. Academic writing is any writing done in order to fulfil a
particular requirement of a college or university. Academic writing can also be used for
publication which are read and approved by teachers and researches or even presented at a
conference. Basically academic writing is hard because it refers to writing done for several
requirements and responses. Academic Writing is essential for an individual as it enables them
to pass the knowledge and information to cure by them in the particular field of study in a
composed structure meeting all the goals and requirements. There are several documents in
which academic writing is used research papers or articles, conference paper, academic journal,
books and book reports, abstracts, dissertations and thesis.
3. Online sources which can help students in employment process.
Searching for employment is a long process and new resources are available in front of students
and individuals for searching appropriate job for themselves according to their specialisation and
career choices (Loh and Chib, 2019). Online sources are becoming the potential tool for
individuals and students to search for an appropriate job or employment. Technology and
digitalization is growing on a very fast pace creating its presence in all different segments and
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most importantly in day to day lives of people. Therefore, the Advanced technology created
social media and it is becoming one of the most potential source for or generating employment
and attracting experts from all over the world. The online applications like LinkedIn and
Facebook are the best example of the sources which easily accessible by students in order to
Indian employed and reduces the complexity of employment process.
4. Major skills required to be employable.
Employability chills are basically considered as those transferable skills which are searched by
all employers while preparing and recruiting staff for the particular job role. These employable
skills are either existing in the individual or developed by employer’s with the help of efficient
training and development tools such as workshops, training sessions etc. There are several
difference in survival skills which are required by a student for making themselves in
employable (Peeters and et. al., 2019). Some of the major skills required by students for
becoming employable and fit for the particular job roles according to their specialisations are
problem solving, time management, conflict management, team working and also effective
communication skills. 20 hours shiv common and major skills which are required by all
employers in their employees and which also transferable.
5. Referencing and its important.
Referencing in the world of employability and job search is considered as one of the most
important factor. The present business and market conditions are fluctuating and rapidly
changing making it very difficult for having any predictions. In such conditions getting a
reference from any expert your past employer is a very good opportunity and element for a
individual searching for a new job and opportunity moving further in career. In Case of students
and beginners referencing plays a very important role as it allows dam to showcase their abilities
with getting a recommendation from an expert that is a positive impact on the employer and
therefore its is always beneficial and suggested to students to have a reference in the series from
any experts they have worked under on their tutors (Higgs, Crisp and Letts, 2019).
6. SWOT analysis
SWOT analysis framework is basically a tool which is given by researchers and applicable on
individual and organisations. It is an acronym for strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
SWOT analysis of an individual highlights their strengths and weaknesses which are internal and
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according to weight identify appropriate opportunities available for them in the external
environment highlighting their threats also.
Strength Weaknesses
I am a very adaptive and a friendly person who
is comfortable among people and always is
encouraged to communicate with others and
getting to learn new things from different point
of views. Strength of me is that I am very
observable and patient that allows me to look
over details and appropriately analyse the
situation for the information other person is
providing to me by sharing their point of views
and opinions (Bridgstock, Grant-Iramu and
McAlpine, 2019).
The strongest and most influential weakness of
myself is I have a fear of failure that somehow
hinders my objectives and decision making
towards new things which I want to pursue and
explore. In new situation the fear of failure
effects on my emotional and mental balance
creating stress and accepting my time
management skills making the lack behind
form others affecting on the particular
outcomes I want to achieve.
Opportunity Threat
The very entertaining and potential opportunity
available in in front of me is in the
technological segment. The advancement in
technology and digitalization is creating a lot
of opportunity for me as many occasions is
been develop the for creating better intellectual
knowledge and to learn various procedures and
tools related to technology that will assist me
in future for attaining my desired career goals
and objectives.
The threat which is very potential and holding
great impact on my career is the in balancing
economy fluctuating political decisions and
environmental factors. In the recent time
BREXIT took place in UK that is one of the
most potential element fluctuating the
economy along with it covid-19 has also
affected the economy of the whole world
creating a lot of imbalance in the market in all
over the world affecting several economy on a
very severe stages.
7. Time Management.
The skill of time management is one of the major employability skill which is suggested to all
students to develop by looking at its importance in the world and according to the point of view
of the employees. Another very efficient advantage of time management skill is the individual
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themselves as it helps person to conduct all the day to day activities in a specified time frame all
there regular and long term goals. Along with it are always emphasizes on time management
skill because in business world of phrase is very popular that is “time is money”, it implies that
time is everything and all the different projects developed in business setting are dependent on a
particular time frame and an individual is required to submit the task and results in the given
period for providing the most beneficial results to the company and contributing their part in
attainment of ultimate organisational goal (Yao and Tuliao, 2019).
8. What is plagiarism?
In straight and very simple words prism is basically an act of fraud. The act of plagiarism
involves and states that when an individual or a person make use of else’s work and ideas for
their use and do not give them credit for acknowledgement it is considered as plagiarism.
Plagiarism is the practice of directly copying and presenting an existing production or
information without providing any accurate citations referencing and taking all the credit for the
work and the idea of others. It is very easy for individuals to find data and information on a
particular topic or several different topics. Plagiarism simply means “to steal and pass of as one’s
own”. The concept of plagiarism is connected with academic writing as the individual doing any
academic writing they are required to provide acknowledgement to the correct owner of the
information otherwise it is considered as prism and copying the work of others.
9. What makes a presentation effective?
A presentation is a formal tool of communication which is most commonly used in business
world and also in colleges and university level for assessing the individuals knowledge about a
particular topic and analysing their other appropriate skills needed for them to become
employable and pass in the learning area (Sin, Tavares and Amaral, 2019). A presentation is a
very effective and appropriate to be used by businesses and organisations for communicating and
presenting different ideas and data in planting off the board and other top management staff. In
the employability segment presentation is considered as one of the major skills. There are several
factors which makes a presentation effective out of which the first is the planning and
preparation of presentation. who is present in the presentation needs to make appropriate land
and prepare the presentation keeping in view all the factors associated with that such as the
objective of the presentation audience and the venue. Another factor which makes a presentation
effective is establishing linking statement that supports the understanding of the audience and
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keep them connected with the speaker and with the presentation. Along with another important
factor which is needed to be considered by the present while presenting there presentation in
front of the people is the use of supporting statements and information. It is very important that
the presenter supports the data with appropriate evidences for proving that points and taking a
evidence based approach.
10. Five or Six skills to be employable.
An individual requires several skills to be employable which are specific to the job role or some
basic abilities which are sick by all the employees commonly from the candidates and potential
applications. These employable skills are known as employability skills and can be transferable
with the help of appropriate tools and practices. The five major skills which are needed to be
developed by a student for a person for becoming employable are problem solving which allows
the individual to work in a specific manners and look over the conflicting situations in the best
potential way which is beneficial for all the associated parties (Bridgstock, 2019). The second
employable skills is of time management as discussed above that in a business settings all the
projects and activities are taste based and it is very important that the individual have appropriate
time management skills for handling their work and providing results on the given time bringing
best outcomes towards the organisation. The third employable skill is teamwork, in an
organisation there are several employees and all of them have to work in specific team according
to their job roles. Here The employment skill of team working allows the individual to be
adaptable and work coordinator only with all the team members for the common goal of their
group. The fourth employable skill is effective communication as it’s important for a person to
share their point of views with others in the most efficient way for making them understand their
opinions and effectively enhance the efficiency of the work. The fifth employable skills which is
majorly seen by employers in their employees is of conflict management where employers
expects that the individual is capable enough to solve any conflicts taking place among then and
other colleagues without him during the ultimate objective and their performance.
11. What makes an interview good?
An interview is a selection process which is used by employers for acquiring the best suitable
applicant from the created in the recruitment process. Interview is basically a session in which
the interviewing panel and the interviewer communicate in a formal setting. The interviewing
panel prepare a set of questions for the interviewee according to the post for which they have
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applied and for which the person find themselves suitable. The interview is responsible for
providing all the known answers to the questions asked by the interviewing panel in order to be
employed. An interview is a very nerve wracking and formal setting and the most important
factor which makes interview good for the individual is there presentation (Sotiriadou and et. al.,
2019). Interview the candidate is expected to be very formal and appear in a formal clothes as it
helps them to boost their confidence the appearance of the individual is considered the
motivational factor. Along with it another element which makes the interview good is the
answers and the appropriateness of them the communication and interaction individual conducts
with the interviewers have influence over their performance and on the excellence of their
interview.
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