Personal Development Plan: Future Actions, Recruitment Developments, and Feedback Utilization

This article discusses the importance of creating a personal development plan to address gaps in skills and knowledge, evaluates current developments in recruitment, and uses feedback from varied sources to make timely applications for real employment chances. It covers topics such as how future actions are connected to personal gaps, evaluating current developments in recruitment, and how to use feedback from varied sources. The subject is Personal Development, and there is no specific course code, course name, or college/university mentioned.

PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Table of Content
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
How future actions are connected to gaps personal.....................................................................3
Evaluating current developments in recruitment and needs for successful employability..........5
How to use feedback from varied sources to make timely applications in the context of real
employment chances....................................................................................................................7
Personal development plan..........................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Personal development plan refers to an action plan that has been utilized to determine
strategic aims and objectives of individual as well as what they tend to achieve in their life. It
enables them to identify their strengths and weaknesses, which they effort to overcome by
applying different types of techniques, methods and effective approaches. It plays important role
in the context of individual’s growth and success whether it is related to personal or professional
life. Along with above benefits personal development plan provide more to learners who effort to
gain desire outcome by considering that. It allows them to develop and improve those areas that
help to meet target goals. The current assignment will explain personal development plan based
on skills audit, evaluation of strength and weakness and learning experiences to address personal
attributes gaps. Furthermore, the report will justify how future actions are linked to gaps that
identified in gap analysis. It will also define current development in recruitment and necessities
for successful employability. Lastly the assignment will clarify how to use feedback from
different sources to make successful application for real employment chances.
TASK
How future actions are connected to gaps personal.
In the today’s competitive world, it is quite challenging for a person to grab employment
opportunity according to their need, expectations and qualification (Shamrat and et. al, 2020). As
individuals in order to gain professional benefit give tough competition to each other in term of
taking strategic decisions and conducting actions to fill the gap about skills and knowledge that
are required in the job market among many companies. As it is important for them to do that
because it may help to conduct varied practices and activities in the future appropriately. Unlike
these people’s, I will also deal with the same issue in the future when I would complete my
graduation period within university. It happens so, as I am not posing greater understanding
about varied skills that help me to grow rapidly and achieve greater success, which is quite
essential and beneficial for my career growth.
By referring to my skills portfolio and personal gaps, I have determined that I am not
posing good knowledge about 10 essential areas in term of skills that would put negative impact
on my employment career in the future when I accomplished my graduation duration with better
scores that I will obtain after putting a lot of efforts. My future actions are lined to gap analysis,
in term of determining competencies and understanding about varied concepts which I would

utilize and apply while working as a skilled employee in a company, where growth and success
changes are accessible in bulk. It can be said that gap analysis is defined as procedure of
comparing current performance and productivity with individual desire and expected outcomes
(Dabra and Prasad, 2020). This process is related to my further actions as it enable me to set
success criteria and allow getting information about expected results in term of performance
improvement and skills development.
By using and conducting gap analysis, I have recognized the current state of my
performance and efficiency as well skills that I have and need to develop, which improve my
effectiveness in the future and drive my attention toward conducing varied activities whether it is
related to professional or personal life. This form of analysis enable me to assess my
performance through which I have identified whether employability requirements and strategic
objectives are being met and if not, then what steps and tactics I would be taken into my
consideration to meet them in effective and systematic manner. With the help of this framework
or process I have determined what skills I will effort to develop by applying key methods and
techniques. It helps in my growth and made me stronger person in term of achieving personal as
well as professional goals whether it is short or long term.
Reflective statement and my future actions are also linked with each other just as above
gap analysis concept is (Campbell and et. al., 2020). For example, in form of reflection I have
discussed one of those competencies that I have such as effective written communication, team
work, presentation, managing competing demand on time, etc. furthermore, along with above
information, I have collected info about my weaknesses in form of areas where I need to work
harder, in order to become more productive, capable and creative as well as supportive. It can be
said that reflective writing is beneficial in multiple manners, such as it assist to write down
overall data and content about person's personal things like competencies, capabilities, power
and mental ability as key strengths. Along with that it may also contribute to provide clear
statement about weaknesses that individual person have and try to overcome just like me. After
remaining study time I would approach to grab specific employment opportunity and that is
business consultant, who is able to provide appropriate directions and valuable recommendations
of a company about what is beneficial and essential for organizational growth. Before my
graduation I want to develop or improve set of competencies that enable me to bring more

benefits to an organization where I work. All these would be happened, when I take initiative to
grow both personally and professionally.
Reflective statement and gap analysis procedures are quite beneficial and significant as
well, on the basis of key benefits that these concepts provided to individual person in term of
making them stronger and effective to add value to a firm (Trede and Jackson, 2021). By
selecting relevant and appropriate reflective concept, before taking next activity or action,
individuals may add value to past experience and gain advantages to obtain same in the context
of further (Cooper and et. al., 2020). I also tend to add more value in my current and in the future
career experience, which is possible when I take both procedures into my consideration along
with outcomes that I have obtained in term of strengths, knowledge about lacking skills or areas,
that I have improved via developing personal development plan (PDP) that utilized by many
learners.
Evaluating current developments in recruitment and needs for successful employability.
Recruitment is described as procedure of determining, attracting, selecting, interviewing
and hiring skilled candidates in a company, for purpose of enhancing operational effectiveness
and gaining competitive advantages in varied terms (Wang and et.al., 2021). This process drives
the attention of employer and human resource management toward finding out and recruiting
talented individuals that are effective and capable to make achievable commitments. This
procedure is utilized in the context of overall business world by many companies whether it is
large, medium or small. There are certain changes occur in the context of this key process, that
developed it even better than before. For example, technology advancement added excellent
value regarding hiring operations of companies in term of driving employers' attention towards
generating awareness about vacant position at workplace, and also gain the attention of
individual from pool oftalent (Veluchamy, Chattaraj and Gupta, S. 2021). In the recent time,
human resource department may utilize advanced technologies such as recruitment CRMs, HR
analytics, selection marketing software's, LinkedIn, etc. just to make assure that they may
acquire new employees with better employment skills that assist accomplish task on time.
This external factor support development in regard to recruitment in form of driving
HRM attention and concentration toward using one of those technologies that used by varied
firms while running and managing operations in specific industry. With the help of LinkdIn and
other technologies, HR manager may hire those candidates who are matching their requirements

regarding particular position that exist in a company, and they want to fill (Alateyah, 2019). In
today's advanced and developed world, recruiters are using Face time and Skype as digital
technologies to hire people and conduct interview, which give them power to ask key questions
for that a candidate is accountable to answer each. All above techniques and approaches may
contribute to improve hiring process better than ever, when organizations tend to acquire new
employees and put pressure on recruiters to do so, for which they may utilize traditional methods
that are time-consuming.
Requirements for successful employability-
In order to gain competitive advantages and be successful in the future, each organization
effort to acquire and retain talented candidates, because they are considered as strong pillar of
organizational success in competitive business market (McPherson, 2021). For successful
employability their requirement and expectation might be changed that drive the focus of
individuals toward skills development and improvement, which is essential for them to do so by
utilizing the best techniques and methods. Employers expectations related to employment skills
or employability changing day by day as they expect more in term of skills, knowledge and
effectiveness to have among those whom they select and take decision to hire. Employability is
defined as key attribute to a person that make them capable to gain and effectively maintain
employment (Elliot, 2020). Individuals feel capable and able to achieve desire outcome when
they have set of essential skills, as it may play important role to grow and be successful in job
market where competition level is high and reach at top.
Employers expectation for successful employability refers to development of those skills
that are important and beneficial for the candidate to have (Milon, Islam and Khan, 2021). It
includes effective communication, motivation, leadership, team working, flexibility, adaptability,
emotional control, managing other performance, networking, problem solving, ICTs and decision
making another type of competence. It is important for people who tend to get the best
employment opportunity to focus on skills development and improvement. Commercial
Awareness, researching, social & ethical responsibility, creativity, managing self, project
management and presentation are also included in the list of skills that employers are required
for successful employability as it make individual capable to make commitment toward
unconditional success and growth and achieve long term goals along with short or medium.

How to use feedback from varied sources to make timely applications in the context of real
employment chances
In the recent era, there are different types of techniques and technologies accessible that
has been utilized in the context of feedback collection. Telephonic interview, video, face to face
interaction and pitch competition activities are one of those methods that I can utilize to make
effectively and appropriately application for purpose of real employment chances. For example,
with the help of telephonic interaction, I can collect feedback and take review from experienced
about employability and skills that I need to utilize in the future, which is essential for my career
growth (Berkant, Derer and Derer, 2020). It can make me capable to work on those activities and
things about which I have taken feedback from others. In this world there are several
employment opportunities accessible among which each require set of appropriate skills and
knowledge. With the help of this tool, I can communicate with other verbally and share
information about what I want and have, that match employment or employability requirements.
Video is another source of communication through which I can gather feedback and use
in positive manner in term of developing plan to overcome the negative impact of skills that I do
not have. This source may give power to everyone about developing major areas where
development is essential (Shobeiry, 2020). Furthermore, it may also help to improve certain
skills that play significant role in career progress and success. With video chatting or
conferences, I can interact with other person and take their reviews as well as comments to
identify where further as well as current improvement is needed that affect my performance as an
employee in the future which give me chance to achieve desire outcome and develop more goals
that I will continue to reach by applying different techniques and approaches in effective and
systematic manner. When I receive positive feedback I have feel motivated and work even better
than before. It can be said that this element provides a lot of benefits to individuals in great
manner. For example, it is quite often, that I fall into monotonous and repetitive work routines
and stop learning new things. By obtaining frequent and constructive comments, especially when
it includes areas to improve or develop, that leader and manager or other persons teach me to do
new things.
It can be said that constructive suggestion or comments in the workplace or university is
highly essential to succeed & thrive as well (Schillings and et.al., 2020). Feedback may support
me to learn more about themselves and develop knowledge that I can use to grow and be

competitive in job market. It enables me to develop those skills that other persons have and I am
not. Along with above benefits, with the help of feedbacks I will make timely and appropriate
applications for actual employment chances that are exist in the market and I would choose
specific one among these and that is business consultant. Feedbacks does not have always be
positive, it might be in some case are negatives as well (How to Deliver Effective Feedback in
the Workplace, 2019). A negative comment highlight varied areas where I need to improve and
also assist make my work much better in long time duration or even better than before forever
that allow me to be skilled and talented candidate. It is necessary that I can take feedback or any
comment positively and drive my attention toward conducting practices related to skills
development for employment preparation accordingly. Personal development plan is the best
technique and way that I can use to conduct activities after obtaining feedback via face to face
communication, and other sources.
Personal development plan
By referring to skill audit, I had determined that I lack knowledge regarding 10 areas
which I need to develop throughout personal development plan as it enable me to address
understanding & personal attribute gaps within my remaining study duration before I will
graduate. PDP is the best technique in the today's era, which support to develop abilities of a
person than easy and quick manner (Lejeune, Beausaert and Raemdonck, 2021). By using this
strategic approach, I will take action of developing ten useful and essential areas and these are:
What do I
want/need to
learn and
why?
What will I do
to achieve this?
What resources
or support will I
need?
What will my
success criteria
be?
Target dates
for review
and
completion
Communication-
verbal
I want to develop
effective verbal
communication
skill, because it
enables me to
communicate
with others by
using simple and
In order to reach
desire aim, I
would take
utilize of key
resources such as
internet, friends,
and family
member, who
By analysing my
communication
skill and
efficiency via
conducting face
to face interaction
with other that
will let
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influencing tone,
which may do
not heart
someone else in
any manner. I
would take
action to listen
what other says
and speak with
full confidence,
as these
activities enable
me to achieve
specific aim and
that is to develop
communication
skill in term of
verbal
interaction
efficiency.
understand me
better.
individuals able
to work according
to my plan and
with me.
Networking It is important to
develop this skill
because of
grabbing career
growth chances.
I would like to
take action to
achieve that in
term of building
cooperative
networks.
Tutors support
and effective
collaboration.
By maintaining
relation with
individuals.
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Negotiation Along with
above, it is
important for me
to develop this
skill by
conducting
situational
analysis.
Group discussion
and experts
suggestion.
By resolving the
issues and
analysing the
final outcome.
Campbell,
B.H. and
et.al.,
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Managing others It is important to
develop this
competence as it
help to enhance
performance of
other candidate
and achieve
common aim.
By developing
understanding
about attributes
and skills of a
successful
leader.
By managing
teams of skilled
players.
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Project
management
I also want to
learn how to
manage a
project, because
it will help me to
achieve success
further when I
become a leader
or project head. I
would take
action to obtain
key suggestions
from experience
holder who have
gain more
I will use project
management
tools.
By completing
any project on
time.
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understanding
about the core
skill.
Lack of
knowledge of
computer
hardware
It provides a lot
of benefits to me
and because of
that I need to
develop that. I
would take
approach to join
training session.
Expert
suggestions,
internet and
training.
By resolving
technical issues
related to
hardware and
software systems.
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Ability to access
online research
databases
I will take action
to take advice
from expert.
Internet By collecting
database via using
online source.
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Critical thinking I would take
decision to
analyse situation.
Group discussion By solving
specific situation.
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Problem solving I would take
approach to
determine and
define a issue.
Problem
identification
By assessing
alternative
solutions and
providing the
same.
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Commercial
awareness
I can develop
this skill by
finding and
using
information
sources.
Internet and
corporate
networking.
By keeping up to
date within my
specialism.
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CONCLUSION
By summing up above discussion, it has been summarized that personal development plan
has developed the key skills and capabilities of learners and enabled them to achieve short, long
and medium term goals that related to personal and professional life. They have taken pleasure of
obtaining high scores that allowed them to get employment chance in the future when they pass
out institute. Furthermore, from above analysis, it has been identified that by using the best
sources related to feedback collection, individuals have strengthened their performance level. It
has provided them chance to determine their key strengths and weaknesses that they have
improved and developed with the help of personal development plan. By considering overall
recruitment in the context of recruitment, they have gained the opportunity of excellent career
growth whether it is related to personal or professional. By using different sources such as video
conference feedback, learners has gained success regarding academic and professional career.

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