Employability Skills and Professional Development

This study focuses on the development of employability skills for HR trainees. It discusses the importance of skills such as communication, organizational skills, and decision-making. The study also explores the concept of continuous professional development and its role in enhancing skills. The aim is to critically analyze strengths and weaknesses and develop the necessary skills for HR trainees.

Employability Skills and Professional
Development
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Aims and objectives.....................................................................................................................3
Rationale......................................................................................................................................4
Continuous development plan.....................................................................................................4
PDP..............................................................................................................................................7
REFLECTION...............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
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Topic – To develop employability skills for performing functions of HR trainee
INTRODUCTION
Employability refers a quality or set of qualities which makes people able to get
employment or make them suitable for paid work. There are several job roles which require
having some skills such as communication, decision- making, flexibility, time management,
critical thinking and others (Taylor, 2016). It makes an individual or students able to get job as
per their requirement and field. For HR trainee there is requirement of having organizational
skills, training and development skills, communication skills and decision-making skills. People
do not posses all these skills as they have some areas which they need to improve. For that
improvement it is important for them to have knowledge about all those areas. With the help of
strategic analysis, they can identify their both areas in which they are good and in which they are
not effective. Communication skill is one of the main skill which this study will discuss as how it
makes people able to interact with different types of people and influence them. It also makes
them able to solve problems of conflicts by decreasing situations of misunderstanding.
This present study is going to show some ways of identifying own strengths and weaknesses
in order to remove all weaknesses and increasing skills. It will show importance of continuous
professional development as it makes people able in describing their learning activities as well as
skills which can make them able to become a successful professional. With the help of
professional development plan an individual can improve their strengths and decrease their entire
weaknesses fort making them able to perform their functions effectively. This study will also
show all those skills in detail which are required to have for HR trainee in order to support
company in gaining their goals (Philippaers, De Cuyper and Forrier, 2019). By developing skills,
people can improve their career and make them able to take advantages of all external
opportunities in the future. In this context, it can also be said that experience of an individual
plays an important role as it helps them out in performing their activities in an organization and
deal with problems which they had already face before.
Aims and objectives
Aim- To critically analysis of own strengths and weaknesses and develop skills required for HR
trainee.
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Objectives
 To identify all skills which support HR trainee in performing their functions.
 To critically analyse area of improvement for becoming successful HR.
 To implement ways of improving areas of weaknesses.
Rationale
Employability skills play an important role as it makes students and people able to perform
activities and functions of their job role. By developing portfolio, all skills can be identified
which are required to perform functions related to HR in an efficient manner. Employability
skills not only make people able to gain employment for their required job role but it also makes
them able to grow their career and make growth in the future (Tsitskari and et.al., 2017). There
are several common skills which allow people to accomplish their goals and make them differ
than others. This portfolio will focus on my learning experience within the organization like
skills that have been developed during that visit, things that have been learnt by me during that
visit.
Continuous development plan
Skills learnt Importance Goal required to be
achieved next
Ways in which it can
be improved
One of the most
important skills
learnt by me
during my time
at university was
Team working
skills
Team working skills is
extremely important for an
individual in order to
enhance their overall
performance and
productivity. Working
within teams also helps an
individual to feel valued and
enhances our relationship
with others (Bogam and et
al., 2016). It further helps an
individual to share our
knowledge with others and
reduce chances of errors or
Team working skills also
helped me to realize that
I need to bring
improvement within my
Time management
skills. There was no
doubt that I was able to
complete my work within
a team activity of task
with excellence but I
faced difficulty in
completing that task on
time because of which it
is important for me to
By prioritizing work,
developing a schedule
and setting up
deadlines is one of the
methods through
which I can develop
my time management
skills.
Try to attend seminars
or training so that I
can identify ways in
which difficult or
stressful or time
consuming task can be
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mistake. develop time
management skills.
handled. This will
help in enhancing time
management skills in
a better manner.
During my
university visit I
learnt that I had
Effective
communication
skills
Communication skills is one
of the most important skills
that are required to be
focused on and developed.
This helps an individual to
interact with others, explain
them out point of view
(Muhammed and et al.,
2017). Other than this it is
also important to influence
and motivate others
especially team members so
that a task can be completed
in an effective manner.
Effective communication
skills helped me to
realize that I need to
bring improvement
within my written Skills.
There was no doubt that I
can communicate with
other easily but when it
comes to writing whether
it is research, report
writing, there was need
to bring improvement
within my written skills.
I can bring
improvement within
my written skills by
reading more books,
online papers etc. so
that I can get to know
different styles of
writing. I will also ask
for feedback from my
seniors so that they
can explain flaws
within my writing and
ways in which I can
bring improvement
within the same.
Motivation
skills was
another
important skill
which was
learned by me
during
university visit
It is another most important
skill which helps an
individual to motivate
others. It is one of the most
important skills when an
individual works within a
team. With the help of this
skill motivational level of
other team members can be
increased which further
helps in increasing their
overall performance
While working within
teams and working on
team task I identified that
I need to learn Critical
thinking skill as it helps
in diagnosing problems
faced and find solution
for the same easily. It
helps in resolving any
kind of conflict that
occurs within a team.
There was no doubt that I
By focusing on
developing foresight
and analysing impact
of choices upon a
particular situation
critical thinking can
be developed. I will
also attended training
and development
programs or activities
though which I can
bring improvement
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was easily able to
motivate people to
complete their task due
to lack of critical
thinking skill I was not
ab le to resolve conflicts
or problems that occurred
within a team.
within my critical
thinking skills
Flexibility and
management
skills. These
were one of the
most important
skills that were
learnt by me
during
university visit
This skill is extremely
important for an individual
to learn as it helps them to
adopt themselves in any
situation or according to any
changes that are made
within an organization or
within a team (Zirczy,
Hwang and Gelinsky,
2018). This skill also helps
an individual to perform
their task without any issues
or problems or without
getting influenced by others.
Flexibility also helps in
enhancing management
skills of an individual as
well
While working within
teams and working on
team task I identified that
I need to learn
Budgeting skills as I was
unable to complete task
provided to me within
the specified budget.
There was no doubt that I
was able to adjust in any
given situation but I was
unable to complete task
given to me within the
budget that had been
specified. So, I need to
bring improvement
within my budgeting
skills.
In order to bring
improvement within
by budgeting skills I
need to bring
improvement within
my critical thinking
skills as by analysing
the problems and
different choices
though so that I can
understand choice
which will help me in
completing the given
task in provided
budget. I can also
attended training
sessions which will
help me in
understanding ways in
which my budgeting
skills can be
improved.
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PDP
Skills
required to
be developed
Priority Activities required to
be undertaken in
order to develop
those skills
Resources
required to
develop skills
Target date of
achieving
objectives
How to measure
skill
development
Time
management
skills
High I need to work on
developing schedules
and prioritizing
important task. This
will help me to divide
appropriate time for
all the task so that it
can be completed
within specified time
period (Nasr, Boesch
and Kirumba, 2019).
Other than this by
attending seminars
related to time
management will also
help in bringing
improvement within
time management
skills. By attending
seminars, I will get to
know different
methods through
which time
management skills
can be improved.
Attending
seminars, reading
time management
related articles,
journals,
developing
schedules etc.
1 month In order to
measure whether
time management
skills have been
improved or not
feedback from
seniors can be
taken. For every
task deadline can
be fixed. Working
on these deadlines
will help me in
measuring
whether my time
management
skills have been
improved or not
i.e. if the task is
completed within
the specified time
period them it
means that my
time management
skills have been
improved.
Written High In order to improve Reading books, 1 month Online exams
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skills my written skills, I
need to start reading
more books, online
papers etc. Reading
books, articles,
journals will help me
in understanding and
leaning different kinds
of writing styles. I
will also ask for
mentorship from my
seniors as it will help
me in understanding
problems in my
writing. Other than
this I can also browse
internet as it will help
me in bringing
improvement within
my writing style.
Other than this I can
also attended online
exams so that I can
work on my writing
skills.
articles, feedback
from seniors,
attending
seminars
result and
feedback can help
in measuring
whether my
written skills have
been improved or
not. Feedback
from seniors can
also help in
understanding till
what extent
written skills have
been improved.
Self- analysis will
also help in
measuring extent
till which this
skill has been
improved i.e. by
comparing my
current writing
skills with the
feedback
provided abut my
skills from others.
Critical
thinking
skill
Medium I need to attend
training and
development
programs or activities
though as these
training programs will
Join online
classes, read good
books, attended
training sessions
2 months In order to
measure extent
till which critical
thinking skill
have been
improved can be
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help me in developing
foresight and
analysing impact of
choices upon a
particular situation.
Attending training
programs will also
help me
understanding ways in
which issues within
team are analysed and
ways in which
solution is
implemented in order
resolve the issue
(Bogam and et al.,
2016).
done by trying to
fulfil all the
challenges
provided to us in
training and
development
programs and by
analysing reviews
provided by the
trainers about my
performance and
will try to analyse
my results with
the desired results
in order to
measure
development of
critical skills.
Budgeting
skills
Medium I need to work on my
critical thinking skills
as it will help in
analysing the
problems and
different choices
though so that I can
understand choice
which will help me in
completing the given
task in provided
budget. Other than
this training programs
Attend budgeting
classes, training
sessions, bring
improvement
within critical
thinking skills
2 months Test and
assessment results
of training
program can help
in measuring
extent till which
budgeting skills
have been
developed or not
and with the help
of results of
online test as well
budgeting skills
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can also be attended
which will help in
understanding ways in
which budgeting skills
can be improved
(Muhammed and et
al., 2017). By taking
online test also
budgeting skills can
be improved.
can be measured.
REFLECTION
On the basis of above study I can say that there are several skills which helped me out in
performing functions of HR. With the help of strategic analysis or own analysis of strengths and
development I found out both areas in which I am good and in which I am not that much
effective as I should to be. From the above continuous professional development plan I also get
to know all those skills which I need to improve for performing all functions of HR and
becoming an effective employee. Such skills which I need to improve for the future development
include: time management, Written skills, critical thinking and budgeting skills. I found that
I am lack in critical thinking and time management skill with the help of experience. I often
missed deadline of submitting projects and completing important function on time. Due to this
lack of skill, I can face many more problems in the future like it can make me depressed due to
missed deadlines and not finishing important task (Sainz, Ferrero and Ugidos, 2019).
On the other hand, I found all those skills and areas in which I am good and all those skills
can help me out in the future in career development. With the help of CPD and my experience I
got to know that I have an effective communication skill, team working skills, motivating
people skills, flexibility skills. With the help of flexibility skills, I can adapt changing situations
which occur in an organization this skill helped make out in performing my functions without
getting influenced by them I Can say that an effective communication skill will help me out in
the future in influencing people and interacting with any type of customer in an effective
manners. I also got to know importance of team working (Moore and et.al., 2018). An ability to
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work in a team not only improves productivity and performance but also it increases relation
with others and make us feel valued and refreshed. An effective team working skill also can help
us out in decreasing errors and increase knowledge by sharing different ways of performing
functions and skills with each others.
After identifying both areas of strengths and weaknesses, I prepared a PDP which helped
me out in improving all those skills in which I was not good and always wanted to improve. I
also learned the importance of Professional development plan. It plays an important role because
it does not only help us in improving our strengths but also allow us to know the exact position
of us in company and different ways by which we can develop all skills as per the convenience
and suitability. With the help of PDP, I found different ways and tools by which I can develop all
those skills which I needed to improve such as time management, critical thinking or an ability to
think a situation in both positive and in a negative manner. I can now say that all these skills will
help me it in career development and performing all functions related to my job role.
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