Employability Skills Discussion 2022

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Abstract
The current assignment focuses on building employability skills through various activities and
approaches. The paper focuses on describing how to establish skills and competencies in order to
work in accompany. The main focus is on building career and aim and an individual future
prospect. The paper suggest various theories in order to understand the requirement of knowing
own capabilities and abilities. Lastly through the study a picture clear career development is
briefly demonstrated. The assessment also depicts the sources through which one can achieve its
goal.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................5
Discussion........................................................................................................................................5
1.0 Know yourself...................................................................................................................5
1.1 Overview of Career Aspiration..........................................................................................5
1.2 Theories.............................................................................................................................6
1.3 Strengths............................................................................................................................7
1.4 Elements of Theories.........................................................................................................7
2.0 Know your Sector..................................................................................................................8
2.1 Desired Companies............................................................................................................8
2.2 Values and Ethics..............................................................................................................9
2.3 Event Coordinator..............................................................................................................9
2.4 C.V and Linkedln.............................................................................................................10
2.5 Professional Qualification...............................................................................................10
3.0 Let them Know You............................................................................................................11
3.1 Networking......................................................................................................................11
3.2 Professional Convention Management Association........................................................12
3.3 Mock Interview: STAR Method......................................................................................12
3.4 Self-Reflection.................................................................................................................13
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................14

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Reference.......................................................................................................................................15
Appendix........................................................................................................................................18

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Introduction
The current assignment focuses on understanding the key prospects of employability
skills and the concept of self-awareness. In the first part the paper also emphasizes on increasing
self-awareness by critically appraising the Clifton Gallup Strengths and Johari’s Window
theories in relation to career development. The assignment identifies key strengths for the
desired career particularly based on these theories. The second part of the paper compares and
contrasts two companies’ two companies Penguin and Opus agency where I would like work
with and upgrade my skills. The job description of the job roles are described and depicted in the
paper. Linkedln profile would help to demonstrate the essential and desirable skills for that
particular role. The paper also highlights the essential course that would aid to achieve desired
job in the company. The third part describes how networking helps to become more
commercially aware of the sectors. STAR method is also reflected in order to analyze the
performance in the interviews in the company. At last a self-reflective analysis is demonstrated
in order to nurture the skills to become a successful employer in the future.
Discussion
1.0 Know yourself
1.1 Overview of Career Aspiration
In the current stage I am pursuing my degree in Events and Entertainment Management
in Greenwich School of Management, London and aiming to achieve a firs grade. Since,
childhood I have been keenly interested and enjoy planning and organizing family events. These
events planning became one of my hobbies and interests. I was in level 3 in Access to Health,

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Nursing and Midwifery for one year. This course assisted me to understand clients and their
needs and a caring and responsible person. I have work experience as Care Assistant, Agency in
London for 4 years, in Care Assistant, Bluebird Care UK, London for one year and a Self-
employed Cloth designer for three years. These experiences enabled me to handle clients and
also have fostered to become a trustworthy individual who is patient focused and has a natural
ability to adapt in vulnerable situations. My present course would help me to seek my career
aspirations as An Event Coordinator. The key skills which I have fostered within myself are
good communication skills, Able to relate to people from different backgrounds and demonstrate
respect. I am capable of using Microsoft Office, and I am adaptability and a quick learner and
more specifically I have good organization and planning skills. A recent project I have been
involved during college is organizing and bespoke event and the outcome was appreciable and
successful. One of my key strength is coordinating and developing and I demonstrate this at the
time of the event by distributing the task to the right people and monitoring the critical success
factors at each point of the event. These factors would help me to achieve my career aspirations
and aim in life.
1.2 Theories
The Clifton Strength is a theory which is based on general model of Positive Psychology,
which is basically a paradigm or a framework that incorporates an approach to psychology from
the perspective of successful life functioning. The Clifton StrengthFinder is basically an
assessment that helps to assists in order to identify comprehensive individual’s strength and to
maximize individual’s strength (Yee et al. 2018). The output of these strengths or skills is used
to create and develop strategy that would eventually aid the organization to work effectively and
achieve their goal in the company. Additionally, exploring more on individual’s strength will