Personal and Professional Development (Reflective Essay)

Personal and
Professional
Development
(Reflective Essay)

Table of Contents
INRTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................3
IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF THE SKILL SET AND THE CAREER
AMBITION .....................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
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INRTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development is the process with the help of which the
individuals in the organisation engage themselves in the learning process that helps them to
meet various challenges and the goals (Colomer and et. al., 2013). The focus of professional
development is on the development needs of the individuals and of the groups. To meet up the
challenges, the individual need to have various professional as well as interpersonal skills such
as time management, stress management, effective communication etc. Such skills need to be
acquired by the person to them competent enough to acquire any job and to execute their role. In
this report, I will evaluate my skills and qualities with the helps of various model and theories
which will help me in deciding the area. I will also identify various sectors and the field in which
I can work on the basis of my current knowledge and skills. Also it will help me to analyse the
suitability of my skills with my career ambition and gap between required skills and skills I
posses. This will help me to develop new skills that will make me competent to work in the
sector I want to work.
IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF THE SKILL SET AND THE
CAREER AMBITION
To survive in the competitive environment it is important for the individual to develop
skills which will help them to perform their job and make them capable to meet the challenges.
Some skills are natural in the individual but other has to be acquired which facilitate a person in
decision-making and will develop an understanding of the area of in which one wants to work in.
Before identifying any sector and the types of the job which I want to do I have to analyse my
skills and qualities. This can be done with the help of SWOT analysis that will help me to
identify may strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities (Floyd, 2012).
Strengths are the factors which helps an individual in achieving their goals as they make
them better than the others and of which the individual has the advantages. Various strengths that
I have analyse I posses are, I have ability to handle the individuals because I try to talk to
everybody so that I can understand their nature which is why I can easily make friends. I believe
in considering everything aspect before taking any decision which makes my decision making