Personal Development Plan for HR Manager

This assignment involves a personal development plan for an HR manager, aiming to enhance skills, boost confidence, and improve communication abilities. The plan includes short-term goals such as developing presentation skills and long-term objectives like having a complete understanding of HR roles and responsibilities. It also highlights the importance of identifying necessary skills for a specific job role and acquiring those through resources like conferences, training classes, and feedback from colleagues and teachers.

Career View Point

Executive Summary
This report includes the introduction to human resource management and the skills which
are required to be HR professional. With respect to an individual a skill audit has carried out by
which skills which are possessed are identified and gap is analysed. On the basis of those gaps a
professional development plan has been formulated in which skills which need enhancement are
mentioned and ways through they can be enhanced are specified. Apart from this CV is attached
at the last.

Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................4
Personal Analysis.....................................................................................................................................4
Career Action Plan...................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................................9
Appendix...................................................................................................................................................10

Introduction
Human resources refer to illustration of description of formal system which is devised for
management of people within organization. The responsibilities of HRM comprises of hiring,
recruiting, deploying and managing (Aluttis, Bishaw and Frank, 2014). For being an HR
professional it is necessary for an individual to possess various skills by which the
responsibilities can be accomplished. It is essential for an individual have knowledge of field in
which they want their career as this will assist them to a little bit awareness about their roles as
well as responsibilities which they can develop themselves accordingly. The skills which are
possessed by individual acts as an tool through which they can stand out which critical situation
arises within workplace and they can be handled by making use of knowledge which they have
gained through their entire journey. They need to continuously develop themselves and attain
new skills which will help them to remain competitive. This report deals with personal analysis,
means a detailed analysis about skills which are being acquired by an individual to be successful
in career. Career action plan is formulated which will acknowledge personal development to
have a desired goal. A CV is presented for a post of an HR.
Personal Analysis
The HR professional needs to acquire different skills, abilities and knowledge which are
necessary for accomplishing every aspect associated with this profile so that roles and
responsibilities can be attained (Bohnenkamp, Stephan and Bobo, 2015). It is necessary for me (a
graduate) to identify skills which are being possessed by me so that I can have growing career as
an HR. Therefore, it is crucial for an individual to acknowledge the capabilities and put an extra
effort so that a job can be attained in the field of HR. The skills which are possessed by me are
presented below:
Skills: HR professional needs to have trenchant communication skills, this includes
listening, writing and speaking so that responsibilities can be carried out in appropriate manner. I
think I do have good communication skills which makes me different from others. I have the
ability to listen to others and understand their viewpoint, this helps me to analyse the entire
situations as the views of others. As an individual it is necessary to listen to what other person is
trying to speak rather than coming to an conclusion. Similarly speaking and writing skills are
important. For an HR it is necessary to have healthy relationship with all employees so that work

can be carried out the require manner. Ups and downs may come in every organization
depending on the situations which are prevailing within market as well as due alteration in
government policies and procedures. In this situation a person needs to have patience and must
be motivated by which they will be able to handle any kind of situation.
Another skill which is essential is critical thinking (Crawford, and et. al, 2015), by this I
can find out alternative solution by analyzing strengths and drawbacks associated with existing
condition. This will help me to formulate the decisions by considering logical and practical
aspects associated with the same. This means that decision making skills are also necessary so
that I would be able take decision for the betterment of both employees and organization.
Furthermore, I also have presentation skills through which I am able to express myself in front of
the people and also know the manner in which I have to behave with others. This will assist me
to deal with different people who have different personalities.
For being a successful HR professional it is necessary to possess adequate knowledge
with respect to various things. They include legislations and regulations, administration
&management and personnel. This means that I have to formulate strategies through which I can
carry out my responsibilities in required manner thereby rendering services to organization. By
following certain laws and regulations, it will assist organization from falling into any legal
trouble. Apart from this, it is crucial to acquire knowledge related with business management
principles as they aids in managing the responsibilities of other personals who are active part of
an organization. By making effective use resources, strategic planning, production method and
coordination among people, organizational goals can be met. For having a bright future in field
of HR it is mandatory to have 3 month internship from some reputed organization as well as
have 3to 4 years of experience in the same field.
SWOT analysis is used to analyse my own skills learning styles and abilities. This tool is
also used to analyse my weaknesses and threats while working to enhance my skills.
Strengths Weaknesses
o Critical thinking is a key strength with
appropriate etiquette to guide
employees in effective manner.
o Effective communication is required to
preserve a team which I don't have in
terms of influencing power.

o I do possess decision making abilities
according to situation.
o I am not so good at presenting myself
in front of people which means that I
need to acquire presentation skills
Opportunities Threats
o Usage of personal development plan for
dropping flaw.
o Communication skills can be
improvised by attending personality
development classes.
o Shortage of time is major threat in
professional life.
o Lack of patience can amplify problems
for me within HR departent.
o Diversity in working culture can impact
my performance.
Career Action Plan
As I want to go into a field of HR, for this it is necessary evaluate the skills which I lack
so that they can be enhanced according this profile. As an individual this might help me to enter
into a field of my interest and also address or acknowledge my limitations with respect to future
perspective. For this a skill audit has been presented below:
Requirements Personal audit (10) Gap
Decision-making skills 7 For being an HR, it is necessary to build
up strategies through which I can excel
at my job role. I lack this skill when I
have more work and at that moment of
time it becomes difficult for me to
analyse what can be done now which
leads to delay in making decisions.
Communication skills 6 It is essential to communicate with
employees to understand their view
point. I possess efficient communication
skills, but language becomes a barrier

when people are from different
background.
Written skills 7 These skills are essential as while
entering into an HR profile, it includes
the advertisements for the certain posts,
so to have attractive content this skill is
must.
Presentation skills 6 More appealing content will lead
enhancement in performance of
employees.
Future skills can be accessed by making use of professional development plan which will
assist in overcoming the limitations which I have. It will help to gain insight into what kind of
improvements are required, how they can be attained and how long will they take.
Areas for
development
Resources that
I can draw on?
What do I have to
do?
How will I
measure success?
Target
date for
completion
?
Presentation skill Be a part of
public speaking
and attend
training
sessions.
I have to undertake a
presentation where I
present a
PowerPoint
explaining my duties
and projects. I have
to make at least 10
slides and I had to
deliver them to
audiences this will
have significant
Get feedback from
my colleagues,
teacher and analyse
their comments
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2019

impact on speaking
quality.
Excellent
Communication
Skills
By attending
the conferences
and training
classes.
I do have good
communication
skills but at HR
position good skills
are not enough I can
be a part of
conferences where I
can express my
views on certain
topic which are
associated with HR.
Feedback from
teachers and my
fellow mates.
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September
, 2019
Short term and long term goals
Short-term goals (next 12 months)
Boost up confidence by communicating with employees.
Develop the presentation skills through which I can talk with people and express my point
of view.
Longer term goals (after 2 years)
Have a complete understanding of roles and responsibilities of HR manager.
Have a effective knowledge of recent changes made within environment.

Conclusion
From above report, it can be concluded that for being a successful it is necessary for an
individual to identify what is needed in future with respect to career. After analyzing this, the
next step which is must for an individual is to know what all skills are required for specific job
role and out of those all are possessed by them. There must be a honest answer as without this
success cannot be attained. Individual must enhance the skills which are possessed by the and try
to acquire the skills which an individual is lacking by making use of various resources. This will
provide person with skills which are mandatory for peculiar job and will provide the growth in
their career as they are aware of the fact that they need along with how it can be achieved.
REFERENCES
Books & Journals

Aluttis, C., Bishaw, T. and Frank, M. W., 2014. The workforce for health in a globalized
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Bohnenkamp, J. H., Stephan, S. H. and Bobo, N., 2015. Supporting student mental health: The
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Crawford, P. and et. al, 2015. Health humanities. In Health Humanities (pp. 1-19). Palgrave
Macmillan, London.
Hall, J. And et. al, 2015. Preparing the workforce for behavioral health and primary care
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Karadzinska‐Bislimovska, J. and et. al, 2014. Linkages between workplace stressors and quality
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Keller, and et.al., 2014. Providing quality nutrition care in acute care hospitals: perspectives of
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Appendix
Curriculum Vitae

Name: Mr. ABC
Contact Number: 04412546
Email Id: [e-mail]
Address: Old Elizabeth Street, England, United Kingdom
Position: Human Resource Manager
Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills will assist in development & uphold strong
relations along with ability to carry out the project successfully.
Key skills:
 Good communication skills
 Ability to make decisions
 Creative and excellent at problem solving Polite and patient by nature
Professional Experience:
Company Name: EFG Limited
Duration: 6 months internship
Position: Human resource manager
Educational Qualification:
Post Graduation: Masters (Human Resource Management)
Oxford University, United kingdom
Year: 2018