Employability and Enterprise Skills

Running head: EMPLOYABILITY AND ENTERPRISE SKILLS
Employability and Enterprise Skills
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EMPLOYABILITY AND ENTERPRISE SKILLS
Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Journal Entry 1.............................................................................................................................2
Journal Entry 2.............................................................................................................................2
Journal Entry 3.............................................................................................................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6
Appendices......................................................................................................................................7
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EMPLOYABILITY AND ENTERPRISE SKILLS
Introduction
Employability skills are a very vital component in order to get employed to any job position in
any sector and therefore it is vital for every job aspirant to increase their employability skills.
The current report focuses on endorsement of employability skills during the job interview
process which would help in getting employed at a particular job role.
Journal Entry 1
The position which I have selected to get employed is HR business manager in Barclays Bank.
The detailed job description is attached in the appendices section of the project.
A professional qualification which could be acquired alongside the degree in order to be the
preferred candidate for the current job is The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Accredited course.
As opined by Moldenhauer and Londt (2018) my CV and LinkedIn profile demonstrate that I
have the essential and desirable skill for the job to the fullest extent as both my CV and LinkedIn
profile provides detailed information regarding my academic and professional qualifications and
also endorses my key skills and capabilities which to be preferred for the current job position.
Journal Entry 2
The questions which were asked during the interview process at Barclays Bank for the post of
Human Resource Business Manager were behavioural interview question. As opined by
Iordanoglou (2018) the behavioural interview questions were asked by the interviewer regarding
how I behaved in the past or regarding how I handled certain work situations in the past. In order
to answer the behavioural interview questions in an effective manner during an interview and in
order to grab attention of the interviewer it is very essential to follow the STAR technique as it
helps in influencing and satisfying an interviewer which proves very vital regarding selection to
a particular job role. At various times it is observed that interviewers structure their questions
using the STAR technique and therefore it becomes very vital for a job seeker to apply the STAR
interview method in order to prepare for behavioural interview questions.
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EMPLOYABILITY AND ENTERPRISE SKILLS
As stated by Bernstein (2014).STAR is an acronym of four key concepts namely Situation Task
Action Result and each concept is a step which a job candidate can adopt in order to answer a
behavioural interview question. Upon completion of the four steps a job seeker will be able to
give a detailed answer based on the behavioural question asked by the interviewer which helps in
pleasing an interviewer. During the course of my interview process I effectively applied the
STAR process which involved the following:
Situation- In this step I communicated to the interviewer regarding the context within which I
performed a particular task or the challenges which I faced during performing a particular task to
the interviewer in order to convey the importance and challenge of my previous tasks.
Task- In this step, I communicated my responsibility regarding one of my previous tasks to the
interviewer in order to convince him that I remain fully aware of my roles and responsibilities.
Action- According to Chapman, Miles and Maurer (2017) in this step I communicated to the
interviewer regarding how I managed to complete the task which was assigned to me and how I
endeavoured to meet the challenges associated with one of my previous task in order to convey
to the interviewer that I possess the skill and capability to complete any assigned tasks in a given
span of time no matter what the challenges remain. During this step I was cautious of the fact
that I focus on communicating to the interviewer what I did or what actions I undertook to
complete a task rather than focusing on what my team or my colleagues or my boss did during
the course of the task.
Result- As opined by Taber and Blankemeyer (2015) in this step, I informed the interviewer
regarding the outcome and result of the task which was undertaken by me and what were the
feedbacks of other individuals regarding the outcome of the results of my task. In this step I
ensured that I fully conveyed to the interviewer what I accomplished after completing the task
and what I learnt after the completion of the task in order to ensure that the interviewer gets
convinced regarding my contribution and capability towards the effective outcome of the task.
The first question which was asked to me by the interviewer during the interview process was as
follows:
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