Personal Development: Reflection, LinkedIn Profile, and Career Aspirations

This document discusses personal development through reflection on CV, discussion on LinkedIn profile, and drivers for career aspirations. It emphasizes the importance of continuously improving skills and capabilities to enhance career opportunities.

PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Reflection.....................................................................................................................................3
Discussion on my LinkedIn profile .............................................................................................4
Drivers for career aspiration........................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Personal development refers with the lifelong process of the individual. It is the way in
which individual assess with qualities and skills. It leads with considering the set targets in life in
order to maximise and realise with their potential(Personal Development Skills, 2019). Present
report will address to reflection to individual CV, with the discussion around the LinkedIn
profile and will highlight with various drivers for career aspiration.
MAIN BODY
Reflection
This will leads with the assessment of my CV with the understanding of Rolfe Reflective
framework where it will leads with the analysis of of three stages. It will be highlighting the
descriptive level of reflection that relates with answering with What?, Theory and knowledge
building with answering to So what and then will highlight with action oriented reflection that is
now what can be done.. In what situation I have been creating by skill based CV which was
being based upon the position for the sale assistant. It relates with with the client facing and
customer acquisition face where I have made various improvement in the CV as it was being not
properly structured which as a result was living a bad impression on employer to hire me and
serves with indicatives where I was not being selected for the profile where I have applied.
As my experience was not enough I have used to highlight my strengths and attributes
such as customer rapport and support services which will increase my chances of getting selected
for the job role. I started with strengthening with my career summary which in nutshell will
explain with my background of my career. By constantly looking at my CV I have developed
the feeling that I need to tailor and make changes in CV according to the job requirements and
what is being demanded for the job. It has led me with understanding that every job has different
requirement and for all their can not be a single CV for same. It needs to be modified
accordingly. It has made me to understand that their were certain gaps which was leading me in
the situation of not getting a dream job which was serving me to get disappointed (Tattum and
Tattum, 2017).
This have helped with in realising what are the skills which I need to adopt to face
various challenging task and be confident and motivated while doing my job. It has made me to
understand that this skills which needs to be developed to perform my task in highly effective
manner.

It teaches me that to get the dream job it requires me to put in various efforts in development of
various skills and knowledge which serves as means of getting selected. I have learned to make
the CV better it needs to have proper structured format which clearly defines with my
background, working experience, qualification and various skill and attributes that support and
secure with chances of getting selected for applied job (Ekaterine and Natalia, 2017). I can lead
this and fulfil the gap which is being coming to get better employment opportunity is by means
of undertaking various online learning programs and get certifications from the same. It will help
me in understanding of various theoretical concept which can be applied in practical scenario
which will boost up with high level of confidence and morale among myself. This could be
done better when I allocated my time in learning things every day which adds up to my
knowledge (Carbonie, Guo and Cahalane, 2018) . This can be in relation with learning new
technical skills, how to connect with customers more productively and others which will enhance
my learning skills. I will now leads to improve my CV in terms of proper alignment, structure,
effective template and will not hypothetically not include anything which I am not knowing and
will be include things which I know and serves with my strength.
Discussion on my LinkedIn profile
I am still working on my LinkedIn profile as I want it to make so robust which leads with
reaching to the potential employer with effective means and increases my chances of getting
selected. The CV highlights with my core strengths and weaknesses of mine. Since my job role
is being more concerned with dealing with customer and client and convincing them it leads to
my strengths of communication skills with understanding of different language and influencing
the customer to make purchase decision. The strength lies with building of customer rapport and
support services and leads with effective relationship building. The profile speaks more about the
negotiation skills and making of the effective deals which save the money for the company. It
tells the connection over LinkedIn over the general background of my career, my career
summary where it is being focused around displaying my skills and capabilities in relevant
industry and gaining the experience from that to get better hike in my employment
opportunities(Howard, 2019). My strength leads with better interpersonal skill which implies
with networking and connecting with various individual and group of customers and
understanding with their behaviour towards making of the decision towards the purchase. It
implies with my coordination, team working which understands with various dynamics in

professional world. My strength also lied with having the string knowledge about the product
and services where I was working such as H&M, Roti house and B&Q. The strength lies with
adaptability and managing with change which implies with positive attitude to achieve my goals
in my life.
The weaknesses of my career is being reflected with means of less means of having IT
and technological skills. It leads with overlooking of different aspects of dealing with the
customer and getting the valuable insights which hinders my goals and activities. The weakness
of my implies with delegating of responsibilities on my own, where I am finding with difficulty
in making my subordinates to make them understand what they actually want to do in terms of
tasks which needs to be performed by them where I understand that I am lacking with my
leadership skills (Wain,2017). The major weakness of my implies with effective decision making
process which sometimes leads to sometime hindering of my confidence and motivation to
achieve goals.
The opportunity implies with converting my weakness that is learning of new IT and
technical skills that implies with personal development and increases with employment skills and
chance to get better jobs. It involves me to develop mindset of planning and considering how
decision are being taken in individual professional lives that leads them to be at the position of
being at top authority where it relates with giving command and getting the work done from
subordinates.
The SMART goals of my career are- To increase by verbal and written communication skills by
100% by end of 2023. To increase my influencing and convincing skills by 75% by end of 2022.
To increase my skills of time management by 80% by the end of 2021.
The threat for me implies with individuals who are being more qualified and experienced
than me who have the higher chances of getting selected for the job role which I and other have
applied . It decreases my chances of getting selected.
Drivers for career aspiration
Their are various drivers for my career aspirations. It includes me to have safe and
secured professional jobs which leads me to derive satisfaction as it will leads to satisfying my
needs and wants in my life. It leads with earning sufficient amount of money which will helps in
balancing my personal life as a result to cater with my family needs, The driver for my career
aspiration implies with becoming an expert and providing with guidance and training to

subordinates where it will leads with helping hand in enhancing and building with the lives of
subordinates. It implies with to be at the position of top authority where I am involved in the
leadership of company and leads with various decision making process which will imply with the
growth of company in uncertain business environment. It implies with giving command and
order and getting the work and task done by subordinates under me. The driver for my career
aspiration leas to be at the position whereby I can derive my status, prestige , pride and get
respect from individuals which I deserve to have at the position which I a supposed to be. The
driver fro my career aspiration also leads to be experiencing different opportunities and
dynamics which support building of my knowledge and implies with development of my career
in favourable ad positive manner. The another driver for my career aspiration leads with facing
various challenging task and make my personality strong enough to undertake the activities in
favourable manner (Chen 7and Huang, 2017). It implies with gaining new skill set which are
being applicable for grabbing future career opportunities.
The driver for my career aspiration implies with self analysis which will helps in
evaluating my skills and capabilities in term of strengths and weaknesses associated with the
same. It leads with making improvements in my weaknesses which leads to my career to be
more strong and robust and implies with hike, promotions, rewards and various others. The main
reason and one of the biggest driver for my career aspiration leads with pushing of my limits and
coming out of the my comfort zone and experiencing various opportunities which give rise in
career growth. Apart from this all the basic reason for career aspiration leads with fulfilling of
basic needs and wants of individual such as food, water, shelter, clothes and others . The driver
for my career aspiration implies with having the position to pursue with my occupation which is
being in respected by other individual in the organisation which in turn builds up with high level
of morale and confidence in me to perform my task and activities (Maharaja, 2018).
It implies with realising by job responsibilities which needs to be followed on the basis of
ethical grounds. It does not meant with the purpose to conduct fraudulent activities while
conducting the business operation in the company in which I am being employed . And lastly the
reason and driver for my career aspiration leads to having self satisfaction which is being highly
important for me,

CONCLUSION
From the above analysis it is being understood that there are various things which needs
to be considered by the individual in regards with personal development. It requires individual
to constantly work on developing with its skills and capabilities that supports with undertaking of
various challenging task in uncertain professional situation. It has briefed with reflection on
Individual CV by using Rolfe Reflective model , briefed with discussion on LinkedIn by taking
in consideration SWOT and SMART goals and lastly led down with drivers for aspiration in
career.

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