LFBM101 Academic and Employability Skills: Reflection on Various Modules

LFBM101 ACADEMIC
AND EMPLOYABILITY
SKILLS (2021/22)

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAINBODY....................................................................................................................................3
Week: 1............................................................................................................................................3
Communication skills:................................................................................................................3
Week: 2............................................................................................................................................4
Problem solving skills:................................................................................................................4
Week: 3............................................................................................................................................5
Critical thinking skills:................................................................................................................5
Week: 4............................................................................................................................................6
Time management:......................................................................................................................6
Week: 5............................................................................................................................................7
Research skills:............................................................................................................................7
Week: 6............................................................................................................................................7
Collaboration skills:....................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Academic and employability skills refers to set of capabilities that an individual has
which provide them assistance during and in completion of a particular task. These skills are
essential for an individual as they allow in the overall growth as well as development relative to
personal and professional development (Succi and Canovi., 2020). The following reflection will
consist of my various journal entries relative to my learning for the modules along with specific
skills I acquired. The reflection will also focus upon difficulties I encountered along with their
cause and how I was able to over come those difficulties through utilization of effective
strategies.
MAINBODY
Week: 1
Communication skills:
In this module I was able to effective understand the importance of effective
communication skills and how they provide assistance in overall personal and professional
development. Communication skills are really crucial for me as they allow an individual to
communicate their through and opinions to others in an effective manner and reduce the changes
of miscommunication of information (Crawford and Fink., 2019). Through this module I was
able to effective learn the difference between effective and ineffective communication and how it
will provide me assistance in employability as well. Although a faced issues in this module due
to lack of confidence in myself as I was not comfortable speaking to a group of individuals. This
caused hindrance in acquiring the skill of communication in an optimal manner. In order to over
come these issue of low confidence I focused on utilizing various strategies that will ensure I
gain the skill of communication and eliminate any hindrances. The first strategy I applied
focused upon being an active listener in order to understand what is other individual is trying to