Relevant Graduate Attributes, Academic Skills, and Career Opportunities in Aviation and Tourism Sectors

This document explores the relevant graduate attributes, academic skills, and career opportunities in the aviation and tourism sectors. It discusses the importance of employability portfolios, identification of current skills, evidences of current skills level, selection of a particular job in the tourism sector, and remedies to improve skills gap. The document also includes a mock application with a CV and cover letter.

Investigate and explain the relevant graduate
attributes academic skills and career
opportunities in the aviation and tourism sectors
and 2- create an

Table of Contents
1. Importance of employability portfolio ...................................................................................3
2 Identification of current skills .................................................................................................3
3 Evidences of current Skills level..............................................................................................4
4. Selection of particular job I want to pursue in Tourism sector...............................................5
5. Mock application with CV and cover letter ...........................................................................5
Mock application .......................................................................................................................5
6. Identification of skills gap and few remedies that can be used to improve them...................8

1. Importance of employability portfolio
Employability Portfolio is a document that contains detailed related to personal information
that reflects true facts regarding existing skills, capabilities and accomplishment of individuals.
There are several reasons for which employability portfolio needs to be made such as many
employer demands for portfolio at time of interview in order to ensure various achievement made
by individual in his personal and professional career. Employer through employability portfolio is
also able to know about existing work related skills and capabilities of individuals thus decided
whether it is suitable for respective post or not (Crisp and Oliver, 2019). There are some importance
of employability portfolio which are illustrated below:
 It is the best method to develop confidence level and self discover about existing skills and
capabilities so that further improvement can be made for future growth.
 It is type of document that represent goals, accomplishment and personal thoughts of
individual or personality which are helpful in getting employment in recognised
organisations.
 Employability portfolio act as a tangible proof tool of skills and abilities of individual which
demonstrate employer that person is qualified for particular position in the organisation.
 Individual by using employability portfolio can able to analysis and understand key skills,
capabilities and knowledge that are present in it and needs to be improved in order to gain
reputable position in organization. Therefore, it acts as scrapbook in which individual can
records its skills and knowledge or areas in which its interest lies for future use.
 It is effective, creative and personal method to record data and information related to skills
and knowledge which are present in specific individuals. So, it is important for both
personal and professional career as helps in identifying areas that need to improve further.
2 Identification of current skills
Identification of current skills and capabilities helps in identifying key areas that I need to improve
in order to get my dream job as front office manager in tourism industry. The table given below
states several skills such as communication, decision-making and problem solving skills that exist
in me and need to improve further for best professional opportunities (Hopkins and Reid, 2018).
Such as:
Rating Criteria
1 Poor

2 Medium
3 Execellent
Skills 1 2 3
Communication
skills
✓
Interpersonal
skills
✓
Decision making
skills
✓
Problen solving
ability
✓
Technology
knowledge
✓
3 Evidences of current Skills level
SWOT analysis is an effective model that acts as an evidences of my current skills, capabilities
and knowledge which can be used by employer in order to indentify and accelerate whether
particular skills is present in me or not. Swot or skills audits helps in finding keys areas my strength,
weakness lies and the way I can used them in availing particular opportunities or removing
potential threat. Therefore skill audit or SWOT of myself is done as follow for evidences of current
skills that are present in me.
Strength: It can be stated that I have ability to effectively exchange my views, ideas and feeling to
other through both oral and written which is essential in all professional career. Communication
skills will helps me to instruct and guide other individual or subordinate about the way particular
task need to be performed so that company can attained its objective. At the same time i have
command and knowledge related to innovative technologies which help in deliverying best services
to customers or guest in tourism sectors (Mohamed, 2019). I also have ability to built strong
interpersonal relationship with several individuals that helps me to effectively coordinate numerous

employees to work as a team rather than single person for achievement of common goals.
Weakness: I found difficult in taking appropriate decision that resulted in wastage lot of time,
efforts in finding best alternative which can be used to resolve problem. So, in short there are main
areas in which I lack that are poor decision making skills and problem solving ability that create
hinders in my professional career as front office manager. Therefore, I need to plans key steps and
strategies which I could used to improve my problem solving and decision making skills for
professional growth in future circumstances.
Opportunities: From the above analysis, it can be illustrated that good interpersonal and
communication skills will helps me to guide other individual the way particular task need to be
completed so that guest needs are satisfied. Thus, I have opportunities to become front office
manager of reputable organisation in future professional career of my life.
Threat: The biggest threat that i identified is ineffectiveness to take crucial decision or find best
alternative that could be used to resolve problem or greivances of guest. Increase competition in
terms of number of candidates that have more skills and talent is another threats so in order to cope
with them I need to work on my existing weakness for bright future ahead (Marinković and Pešić,
2020).
4. Selection of particular job I want to pursue in Tourism sector
I liked to pursue my career as front officer manager in tourism sectors as it plays one of the
most important roles in hospitality and tourism sectors. It is a individual that is responsible for
welcoming guest or providing several facalities as soon as guest enter into hotel for having fun and
enjoyment. I have good communication skills that will helps me to impress guest at first visit only
and deliver qualitative services that are beyond thier expectancy level. I want to become front office
manager because it handle all functions of hotels such as booking rooms, providing services to
guest and resolving thier queiries so they are motivated to be part of firm in future circumstances. I
have also ability to coordinate or build good relationship with other people thus it will helps me to
retained customers satisfaction and contributed in growth and expansion of business (Booyens,
Motala and Ngandu, 2020). Therefore, all such are factors that motivate and inspired me to pursue
my career as front officer manager in tourism industry.

5. Mock application with CV and cover letter
Mock application
Name Age -
Address -
Email
Address
-
Telephone
Number
Emergency
contact
number and
address
Qualificatio
n
Level 2 English-Pathway College (UK) (30.11.2018-30.03.2019)
Administrative Siences -Athenaeum University Public Administration (Romania)
(01.10.2005-07.07.2009)
Foreign languages -Industrial Group polygraph College (Romania) (24.09.1996-
17.11.2000)

Primary School Pajura (Romania) (24.09.1988-24.06.1996)
Experienced Amazon Rugelley BHX1 ( 01.08.2019 – 30.01.2020)
Agency: PMP Recruitment
Pick and Stow
 CST PHARMA LIMITED ( 13.05.2019 -17.07.2019 )
 Posta Romana (Romania) (07.05.2009-16.10.2018)
Documents Analyst
 Piraeus Bank (Romania) (01.07.2008-20.04.2009)
Accounting administrator
 Cristim Prod COM SRL. (Romania) (04.05.1998-04.03.2008)
Archive and Accounting tickets Gift.
CV
Professional summary
Highly ambitious accounting administrator, document analysts and expertise in areas of managing
diverse individual or deliver best services to customers.Passionate and determined related to my
work and experienced in diverse field or in several companies like Amazon, CST pharma and
Piraeus bank.
Work history
 I have worked in amazon in pick and stow
 Document analyst in Piraeus Bank.
 Accounting administrator in Cristim Prod COM SRL.(Romania)
Key skills
 Communication skills

 Interpersonal skills
 Technological skills
 Leadership skills.
Education
Years School/ College
24.09.1988-
24.06.1996
Primary School Pajura (Romania)
24.09.1996-
17.11.2000
Foreign languages -Industrial Group polygraph
College (Romania)
30.11.2018-
30.03.2019
Administrative Siences -Athenaeum University
Public Administration (Romania)
01.10.2005-
07.07.2009
Level 2 English-Pathway College (UK)
Cover letter
To
Human resources manager,
Aspira, United kingdom,
21-10-20,
Dear Sir,
I am highly determined, commited and enthusatic individual that have experienced of various
management field so i like to pursue my career in one such field only in future circumstances.
There are several skills, capabilities and knowledge in me that may be useful for organisation in
achievement of thier goals like better communication and command on innovative technologies. I
have done my education from Administrative Siences -Athenaeum University Public
Administration In romania and Level 2 English-Pathway College in UK.
Therefore, I would like to meet you and share further useful information about me so that you can
take correct decision to recruit me in your company. In case you need more detailed then you can
contact on my email address or phone number.
Thank you

Sincerly
-
6. Identification of skills gap and few remedies that can be used to improve them
From the above analysis, it have been indentified that I am unable to take accurate decision
or have less capabilities to take right decision at right time. So, in order to enhance my decision-
making skills and problem solving ability, I have planned to read articles of highly experienced,
knowledgable people to know the way they resolved particular problem. I have also decided to
improve decision-making skills by effectively analysing situation, finding best alternative that can
be used to resolve problem (Sousa and Rocha, 2017). I will also takes tips from my seniors and top
executives regarding the way they are able to take correct and right decision within limited time. So,
that I can able to resolve greivances of subordinates and guest thus delivered best services to them
for growth and success of enterprise. At the same time I have also planned to work on my
technological skills in order to make better command and knowledge of recent technologies that are
used in tourism for delivering of services to customers.

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Books and journals
Booyens, I., Motala, S. and Ngandu, S., 2020. Tourism Innovation and Sustainability: Implications
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Crisp, G. and Oliver, B., 2019. Re-imagining graduate achievement and employability. In Education
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Hopkins, D. and Reid, T., 2018. The Academic Skills Handbook: Your Guide to Success in Writing,
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Marinković, I. and Pešić, D., TEACHING LISTENING TO TOURISM STUDENTS. In PAPER
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