Portfolio: Skills and Analyses for Career Success

This portfolio explores the essential skills and analyses needed for career success. Topics include formal and informal emails, SWOT analysis, group work, cover letters, interview skills, plagiarism, academic writing, CV writing, data interpretation, and presentation skills.

CW2 : Portfolio

INTRODUCTION
To become successful and to achieve the career goal it is very much essential for an
individual to ascertain and acquire some skills and knowledge into the area or field he has
interest or forte. With full knowledge only a person can get master in his field and achieve
success. But there are some skills which is commonly needing by everybody to acquire, these
skills are proper communication skills, right behavior and attitude at a personal level. The skills
and knowledge which a person acquires help him in getting specialized so that he can solve any
issue or problem which he encounters with efficiency. After observing this I prepare an analyses
of various documents which I believe would help me in ascertaining the challenged and
problems which I could be faced during my journey (Björk, Murgoci, and Zhou, 2014). I study
about the various trends which were running from past year along with the current trends. The
issues which I might can face or can get affect includes the change in technology, change in the
market conditions and the implications of skills which I inherent.
A portfolio is made in which different documents are there with the use of which I have
made many different analyses. Such of these documents include SWOT analysis, which helps an
person in knowing about his strength, weakness, an opportunity which he can grab and threat he
might can face. I also have worked my skills which would be needing while giving the interview
so that I can impress the interviewer and gets selected. It is very known that to get successful
good communication skills must need in an individual. Communication skills includes the both
written and oral communication. Written skills includes how to draft an official e mail, letter or
any notice for the audience to deliver. Whereas oral communication includes the use of right
vocabulary to address rthe people so that they understand the message very clearly and properly.
Apart from this a cover letter will also adds up in this in which the purpose and objective of me
to take that job is clearly specified. Other documents are also includes into the report such as the
concept for plagiarism which is used in handling the level of similarity into the report or the
document so presented. Apart from this I also have tried to attain other skills which works as an
icing upon the cake, these skills are presentation skills, group work which had taught me to have
right attitude and behavior into the group so that people listens to me and I listens to other people
so that our group goal can get achieve very effectively (Carmichael, Koumou and Moran, 2015).

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
TASK...............................................................................................................................................4
1. Informal and Formal Emails.................................................................................................4
2. SWOT Analysis....................................................................................................................4
3. Group work...........................................................................................................................4
4. Thinking into the character...................................................................................................4
5. Referencing...........................................................................................................................5
6. Cover letter...........................................................................................................................5
7. Interview skills......................................................................................................................5
8. Plagiarism.............................................................................................................................6
9. Academic writing..................................................................................................................6
10. CV Writing........................................................................................................................6
11. Data interpretation.............................................................................................................7
12. Presentation skills.............................................................................................................7
REFERENCES.............................................................................................................................8

TASK
1. Informal and Formal Emails
The formal emails usually send to someone the sender does not known him well or to the person
of some authority. Some of the examples of formal e mails may includes, mail draft by manger
for his team members, employees sending a reply to his team leader, the office to communicating
a formal notice to the people of whole organization. While drafting a formal mail, slang words
are not used, the sender prefers to use the jargons words into the mail and tries to it be short and
precise so that it eliminated any kind of confusion among the readers. The formal email includes
proper salutations and greetings. Whereas in the case of informal email, are the message which a
person writes to someone he knows very personally. The sender uses slang words in the place of
professional language. There is no proper code for conduct is been followed while drafting a
informal message (Cong and Oosterlee, 2016). The informal email can be given to parents,
children, friends, relatives and so on.
2. SWOT Analysis
SWOT analysis is used to perform the internal analysis of an organization, person or some topic.
The SWOT stands for strength, weakness, opportunity and threat. Here the strengths refer to the
points or the area where a person is very good at that one other person has those qualities, these
works as a competitive advantage for a person which differentiates him from others. Weakness is
the loose qualities and work as a negative for a person. They are the skills or the qualities in
which a person is not good at. Opportunities are the areas where a person can do much to explore
for its growth and for value increase. And at last threats are the risks which are being at a person
which he believes can create harm in his career. SWOT analysis is very much useful when a
person wants to introspect about himself. And it has been said that when a person is very much
aware of his own qualities and drawbacks then he can work accordingly upon himself.
3. Group work
A person should know how to work in a group and what kind of attitude and behavior needs to
work in a group. When a person is working with a work he should have the attitude of listening
to other and also respect other people ideas and opinion. The members in a group should develop
a trust among themselves and the responsibilities should be delegate to them properly. The
members who are in part of the group should be well aware about their roles and responsibilities
which they have to follow. And all the work must get distributed among the people so that it
does not create any kind of confusion among the members. Any confusion would let to conflict
and conflict would create mistrust among the team members. Group work also gives a exposure
to a person in his communication skill as he get to communicate with different types of people in
a group.
4. Thinking into the character
Thinking into the character refers to the changing into the personality according to the situation
demands and act according to that character (Hsu, Huang and Chiou, 2012). For example if a

person is a manager then he should act like one and makes the decision accordingly. He needs to
communicate to others as the way managers used to do. In this skill a person needs to think the
same as his role needs him to think. This activity helps the person in making better and fair
decisions about a situation or a person. The institute in which I completed my studies had also
organized some activity which includes the role play in which we all provide with some role and
we need to perform that character. In this activity we think ourselves in that character totally and
our attitude turns out just like that role. This activity has helped us to think with many
perspectives and sides for which better decisions can get made.
5. Referencing
Referencing refers to the site or place from where the researcher as taken the source of
information or data. Here in referencing the person mentioned all the books, journals,
newspapers, articles, websites and the so forth from he has taken the information or data.
Referencing helps an individual in making his report or work more authentic and reliable. When
references are mentioned the reader can go to that referencing to grab the more information or
data. We have allotted with an assignment in which we have to make a report, while making a
report I also included references also which has given me extra marks in my work. Therefore by
sighting the references a person can make his work more attractive and reliable.
6. Cover letter
Cover letter is the reports which are to be given to the business notwithstanding the resume or
the educational plan vitae. It is treated as a letter of presentation which is provided by the activity
searchers. It incorporates different viewpoints which are excluded from above notice reports yet
are essential for taking the acquisition (Hsu and et. al.,2013). The reason for this letter is to apply
for the particular opening which has been publicized by the business. I furnished a cover letter
with my resume while I went after the position which helped the customer in examining my
targets of taking the work.
7. Interview skills
Before going for an interview I also prepared myself for this. The prepared the list about the
things or questions which can be asked by the interviewer in my interview. Some of the question
from mu list includes introduction, any professional experience, educational background,
question related to the field of work, strength, weakness and my future career goals. All these
were some of the questions for which I had prepared early so that I commit no mistake in
answering them. For interview purpose I also worked upon mu communication skills which
includes both verbal and non verbal. I worked a lot at my actions and expressions which I should
be behave at the time of my interview. The preparation has helped me in gaining confidence in
my answers and in my behavior which was easily reflected into my actions. I learned about the
work ethics, positive attitude, time management, confidence and etc for my interview (Huang
and Hsu, 2015).

8. Plagiarism
Plagiarism refers to using some other’s person work or idea and presents it to others via your
own name. The activity of plagiarism is totally unethical and is not entertained by anybody. It is
similar to theft. When a person detect with plagiarism his value in the surroundings gets
decreased as everybody you then consider him as a theft. Plagiarism also weakens the creativity
and innovative level of an individual. It also has the wrong implication upon the work of a
person as his rest hard work which he has performed by himself would also consider as a copied
work.
9. Academic writing
Scholar writing is the other name of Academic writing. In this sort of writing just legitimate and
significant data in regards to academic point is available. Individual having academic writing
aptitude can score all the more great stamps as contrast with the individuals who don't have.
There is no commonsense pertinence in genuine word. Those understudies who can compose all
the more expressively and obviously score more checks in colleges and schools just as their
academic diagram raises. From my past experience I have discovered that it must be increasingly
unoriginal, prove and precise as it help journalists to be packed in their work. Moreover,
alongside academic aptitudes the utilization of language ought to be legitimate so it totally
satisfy the desire level of the report (Leung, 2014). The raw numbers introduced in the task ought
to have reference in them. This is on the grounds that it makes the accumulated data increasingly
real in nature. The document also includes my past experiences in my jobs along with their
details, the details of any certificate course, prize, award, appreciation and all which I had
acquired yet. Academic writing must also includes the blogs, articles or any journal which I
wrote in my past. This document should be clear and precise which should give the other person
a fair look about your education and academic backgrounds.
10. CV Writing
It is a composing report in that singular expert and instruction foundation is featured
appropriately. This incorporates detail data, for example, number of grants accomplished till
date, number of task worked in till date, redesign, long periods of involvement with indicated
work profile and a lot increasingly this exhibit the capacity and potential degree of that
individual. With the assistance of this business can without much of a stretch measure the
candidate capacities who came to apply for the empty post. Likewise, they can decide their
advantage level climate they are reasonable for the activity profile or not. Name, address,
aptitudes, leisure activities, training, insights about the past work understanding, grants,
capacities and so on. Are shrouded in CV (Li, Hoi Zhao and Gopalkrishnan, 2013). This
encourages manager to choose the longing job for the shortlisted candidate. Increasingly
expressive CV legitimately help in landing position . After finish of my training I arranged this
report for meet and on this premise questioner used to pose inquiries from me. CV also includes
the hobbies, language spoken, awards and certificate, educational background, experience and
etc. The CV should be simple and precise. It should include all the information about a person in

a simple and short language. A long and elaborated CV puts a bad impression upon a other
person who is taking the interview.
11. Data interpretation
Data interpretation (DI) is clarified as procedure by which data are examined for the aim of
showing up at a derivation. It is utilized for gathering and gathering credible data and settling on
the most educated choice out of it. Data interpretation done in legitimate so as to make the errand
progressively alluring in nature. By utilizing it adequately best outcomes is acquired in the set
time length. So as to overhaul my data interpretation aptitude I am attending different meeting.
Presently I am ready to show my assembled data in much better manner as contrast with prior.
To develop the data interpretation skills in me, I practice for such questions (Stern and Deimler,
2012). I started with a basic level in which I solved the questions of a basic level and slowly I
moved to the very next level in which I tiered to solve the questions which were quite hard as
compared with previous level. And then after some level I tried to solve the queries which were
very hard to solve. This way I gained some command upon data interpretation. The data
interpretation helps a person in acquiring critical thinking and reasoning skills which is very
much essential to have.
12. Presentation skills
To be fruitful an individual must have introduction ability on the grounds that they are
legitimately connected with imagination. Best introduction on some random point should be
possible when individual has this specific ability in them. With the assistance of introduction
aptitude, information and understanding legitimate venture on the given theme can be exhibited
before educator or speaker. Having this expertise help them to be sure and pull in understudies to
tune in to clear-completely. Eye to eye connection, clarifying things with basic words, etc are a
portion of the components of successful introduction which ought to be remembered. To improve
my ability I have gone to different meetings (Tian, Rood and Oosterlee, 2013). Regardless of this
I feel delayed and absence of certainty many time when I present in front of others. Presentation
skills is very much necessary to have because this skills can actually impresses the other people.
I practice some skills like making of presentations and then explaining it to people, this activity
had helped me in gaining confidence to speak in public and answers their doubts or issue if they
have. Good presentation skills also helped me in presenting my knowledge to others confidently.

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