Developed Employability Skills and Action Plan to Mitigate Skill Gaps

This report discusses the employability skills developed by an individual and an action plan to mitigate skill gaps. It covers the reflection on developed skills, knowledge gained, level of confidence improved, and the action plan for weak skills. The report also concludes that employability skills are essential for professional growth and enhanced confidence level helps in developing a better career. The references include books and journals related to the topic.

Individual Report

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Which skills have you developed and/or enhanced as a result of the project?...........................3
What do you know now that you didn’t know at the start of the process?.................................3
To what extent has your level of confidence improved?............................................................4
How could you use your learning in your future career?............................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
Skill gaps and action plan to mitigate these skill gaps................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES:...............................................................................................................................9
Books and Journals.....................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
It is essential for an individual to develop employability skills for their professional
growth which will help them to achieve their dream job to make their professional life satisfied
(Suleman, 2018). Their are various skills like communication skill, time management skill,
research skill, problem solving skill and many others which are required by an individual to gain
appropriately. The following report covers reflection on developed skills, the knowledge which
is gained after completing the project, level of confidence improved and the action plan for those
skills which are determined as weak.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Which skills have you developed and/or enhanced as a result of the project?
Research skill have been developed by me after completing the assessment. Research
skill is that skill which consist of identifying and collecting information appropriately for
achieving the objective (Fajaryati and Akhyar, 2020). In context of the assessment, the business
issue of FSB is identified through research and the mitigation strategies is identified which best
suits to mitigate the issue appropriately. While collecting information about this school I have to
collect a lot of information whether it is primary information or secondary information. I
communicate with students and teachers of the FSB and collect data and then I also make sure
that I will only mention useful data in my report. Hence, I evaluate the data and eliminate those
data which did not seem much important for my report. Hence, through this assessment I get to
know about research skill well.
What do you know now that you didn’t know at the start of the process?
Before starting the assessment I only know that I can only use secondary data to resolve
the issue which is given to me but during the project completion I also get to know that I need
primary data to like face-to face interview and surveys to collect information. I was researching
about the requirement of the courses like ACCA and CIMA for the FBS university. Before the
assessment I thought that most of the students may know about these courses but during the
project completion after communicating with students and from surveys I get to know that 60%
of the students are not aware about the ACCA and CIMA courses. I also get to know that

teaching each course in the university require different skills and talents of teachers. For
example, management courses need management skills.
To what extent has your level of confidence improved?
It is essential for an individual to develop a good level of confidence so that he/she can
communicate openly with others and this will also help them in their professional career
(Kenayathulla, Ahmad and Idris, 2019). I have seen that I had developed a good level of
confidence in myself while conducting this project. Before this module I was shy and unable to
communicate openly with others but for completing the assessment I have to communicate with
teachers and students which help me to develop my confidence. I have also become an extrovert
and now I am enough capable to participate in decision making processes and solving any issue.
One of the most effective and helpful benefit of high confidence level is that it will help me to
motivate to participate in various activities well. This high confidence will further help me in my
professional life.
How could you use your learning in your future career?
I have developed research skill which can be used well in my future career because a
good research skill will help me to enhance my leadership quality so that I will analyse the issue
faced by companies and employees of my organisation and make corrective actions to mitigate
them. Hence, this learning outcome will help me to get high quality of job. On the other hand, I
have learned the way of self motivation which will help me in my professional career where I
can face many issues and situations which can demoralize me. Hence, self motivation habit will
help me to think positive in worst situation and did not impacts my performance. I have also
learned that effective communication skill will help me to solve various kinds of issues whether
it is related to my personal life or professional life. Hence, effective communication can help me
to influence my team members in future to perform the task appropriately (Ornellas, Falkner and
Stålbrandt, 2018).
TASK 2
Skill gaps and action plan to mitigate these skill gaps
Skill gap consist of the situation of difference between skills required for employment
and actual skills and capabilities of learning of an individual who seek for employment (Abbasi,
Ali and Bibi, 2018). I have analysed my capabilities and learnings where I get to know that I am

lacking behind to learn three basic employability skills such as communication skill, time
management skill and problem solving skill. Action plan for mitigating the skill gap for the
betterment of my upcoming professional life is mentioned below-
Weak skills Actions taken to improve
skills
How to measure
the skills which
have learned
Benefits of
learning this
skill in future
Time
required
to develop
these skills
Communica
tion skill
This skill can be learned
while coaching method and
I can also supposed to read
English newspaper on daily
basis to enhance the
speaking English fluently.
Secondly, I also supposed
to interact more with
people so that I will
observe their
communication skill and
learn from them.
When I start
communicating
openly with others
and others will
appreciate my
communication
skills on the basis of
actual facts and
figures which I used
in communication
messages then I will
get to know that I
have achieved this
skill well.
At this initial
level, effective
communication
skill will help me
to clear
interviews
because the basic
aim of most of
the interview is to
check
communication
skill of candidate.
Hence, effective
communication
skill will help me
to impress
interviewers and
get the good
opportunity to
select for the job.
I need 1.5
years to
learn
effective
communica
tion skill.
Time
managemen
t skill
This skill is one of the most
important employability
skill (Alkan and Bümen,
Once I start
performing my all
task on time and did
Learning time
management skill
will help me to
I need 8
months to
learn this

2020). I must use to work
according to schedule and
priority list where the task
which is required to
complete first are
mentioned at top so that in
will complete my tasks
according to this priority
list to avoid delaying in
completing any task.
not miss any
deadline of any
project or
assignment then I
will get to know that
I have achieved this
skill for my better
future.
enhance my
recognition and
develop my
personality that I
am capable to
complete al my
task on time. This
will further help
me to get better
professional
opportunities.
skill.
Problem
solving skill
Problem solving skill
consist of those skill where
a individual analyse the
issues and problem
appropriately and make
effective solution to solve
the issue at best manner
(Fitriati, Marlaini and
Elizar, 2021). I can develop
this skill my solving
various kinds of case
studies related to business
issues. This will help me to
analyse different kinds of
business issues and make
effective recommendations
to solve. I must focus to
make sure that I will solve
the questions at the end of
each case study and get it
When I start solving
each case study
effectively and start
making solutions of
each problem
without any
hesitation then I will
get to know that I
have learned this
skill. Secondly,
when I will start
participating in
suggesting others
the effective
solutions of their
issues and problems
which actually help
them to mitigate
their issue then I can
get to know that I
Today, most of
the companies
demand for hiring
those employees
only which are
having
appropriate
problem solving
skill. Hence, if I
learned this skill
then I will
become eligible
to fulfil the
criteria of most of
the organisations
which they
demand from a
good employee.
10 months
is required
by me to
learn this
skill.

checking by my teacher to
analyse whether I have
made effective solution or
not.
have achieved this
skill.

CONCLUSION
From the above information it is concluded that employability skills are one of the most
essential skills for an individual to learn to make their professional life better. Communication
skill, problem solving skill, time management skill and many others are few of the examples of
employability skill which are required by an individual. It is also concluded that enhanced
confidence level will help an individual in many ways to develop their professional career. It will
help to communicate effectively with others, participate in various activities and many others.
Action plan will help an individual to identify their weak skills and make corrective actions to
mitigate them.

REFERENCES:
Books and Journals
Abbasi, F.K., Ali, A. and Bibi, N., 2018. Analysis of skill gap for business graduates:
managerial perspective from banking industry. Education+ Training.
Abraham, R.M., 2022. Reflection on improving feedback skills and a framework for moving
towards feed forward. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 21(1), pp.206-212.
Alkan, H. and Bümen, N.İ.L.A.Y., 2020. An action research on developing English speaking
skills through asynchronous online learning. International Journal of Curriculum and
Instruction, 12(2).
Fajaryati, N. and Akhyar, M., 2020. The employability skills needed to face the demands of
work in the future: Systematic literature reviews. Open Engineering, 10(1), pp.595-603.
Fitriati, F., Marlaini, M. and Elizar, E., 2021. Integrating Rich Task into the Mathematics
Classroom to Develop Students’ Higher Order Thinking Skills: A Collaborative Action
Research Study in a Secondary School. Ilkogretim Online, 20(1).
Kenayathulla, H.B., Ahmad, N.A. and Idris, A.R., 2019. Gaps between competence and
importance of employability skills: evidence from Malaysia. Higher Education
Evaluation and Development.
Ornellas, A., Falkner, K. and Stålbrandt, E.E., 2018. Enhancing graduates’ employability skills
through authentic learning approaches. Higher education, skills and work-based
learning.
Suleman, F., 2018. The employability skills of higher education graduates: insights into
conceptual frameworks and methodological options. Higher Education, 76(2), pp.263-
278.