Reflective Portfolio: Personal & Professional Development Analysis

This personal development portfolio reflects on the development of academic and professional skills crucial for achieving career objectives. It discusses the importance of these skills in both academic and professional settings, emphasizing their role in effective studying, teamwork, communication, and adaptability. The portfolio employs Gibbs' reflective cycle to analyze personal learning experiences, challenges faced, and skills enhanced during academic studies and workplace interactions. Key skills such as communication, decision-making, problem-solving, and teamwork are identified as essential for career success. The reflection highlights areas of strength and weakness, with an action plan outlining steps to enhance these skills. The portfolio concludes that continuous personal and professional development is necessary to meet career goals, adapt to changing circumstances, and leverage personal strengths while addressing weaknesses.

Personal Development
Portfolio

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
The importance of academic and professional skills..............................................................3
Gibbs model of reflection.......................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
Books and Journals.................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development plays a vital role in life of an individual. It is
necessary for a person to understand the development of academic and professional skills so that
they are able to successfully achieve their career objectives (Mamvuto and Kangai, 2021). In this
report there is discussion related to portfolio that includes all the skills that will help to start a
career in business and management. Reflection that shows the experience of learning and
development related to transfer able skills while academic studies, personal life as well as work
place is also discussed in this report.
MAIN BODY
The importance of academic and professional skills
`It is seen that there is need of several skills in order study effectively. Academic skills
refer to all those skills that are important at the time of studying. It is seen that a person that has
good and effective skills is able to study in an effective manner and achieve their goals and
objectives successfully. Skills are the expertise in a particular field that help in individual to
work with talent and complete the activity with good grades (Matvienko, 2021). A person
having good academic skills is able to form strategies to study and complete the work on time.
The students are generally more attentive in the class and get good marks at the time of
examination. They are given more importance in the class as well as they are able to analyse
information in an effective way. The students with sharp academic skills are able to help others
and that help them to build relationships. So there is vital importance of academic skills in the
life of a student.
At the same time it is necessary to discuss about professional skills. To get a job there is
need of ability is that help to manage the work life as well as personal life. Professional skills are
the skills that help to get a good job as well as complete the desired work in an effective manner.
Where is use importance of academic skills in the life of a person who wants to do a job. It is
seen that it helps them to manage the team work in an effective manner that is necessary while
working in corporate world (Little-Wienert and Mazziotti, 2018). At the same time effective
communication skills have them to build relations as well as interacting and effective enough for
that all the task assigned to them are completed in an successful manner. Along with that a

person must have continuous learning skills that help them to grab new skills as well as adopt
changes that are required.
Gibbs model of reflection
It is a cycle that includes 6 stages. It includes the experience of a person the challenges faced
by them and the skills and knowledge enhanced. It is important to note that all the skills have
their own importance. The stages in relation my personal learning and development is discussed
underneath:
Description: This is the first stage of this model. While studying in university I have
analysed that there is need of certain academic as well as professional skills that help to achieve
career growth. It is important to note that while studying we also need some skills and the skills
developed at the time help us in future (Heeneman and Driessen, 2017). It is necessary for an
individual to be concentrated and attentive while working and studying. It is seen that while
doing management course an individual is able to know about various challenges as well as
issues that may come in path. Along with that it also helps an individual to develop the skills that
will help them to grow.
Feelings: I was eager to learn at the initial level of my course. I want a good job in
Multinational Corporation so it was my eagerness and willingness to study that made me do
management course. There was a mix feeling as I was somewhere hesitated to learn something
new. I was concerned that how will I manage to learn and will I be able to learn or not. There
were so many questions going on behind my mind. But I still became confident and made full
efforts to learn and develop skills (Galán-Mañas, 2019). I have analysed that being confident and
having ability to learn makes a person successful.
Evaluation: It is being evaluated that due to my eagerness and confidence to learn I was
able to grab various skills. I also understood that there is need of team working skills,
communication skills, management skills, decision making skills that help to work effectively.
To get a good job there is need of all these skills. At the time of working in an organisation a
person needs to balance personal as well as professional life. Along with that there is need to
analyse the situation in manage the employees the team so that the organisation is able to achieve
goals and objectives. Analysed that I am not good at managerial skills and because of which I
was unable to work in group projects effectively. It is one of my weaknesses that I need to work
upon in order to get a good job. Management skills include the ability to manage the work within

time and it in a successful manner. There were various team projects being allotted to us and I
was unable to co-ordinate with others due to lack of effective management skills.
Analysis: I have analysed that there is need of proper communication skills in the life of a
person. Communication skills help an individual at the time they are learning and studying. It is
seen that I was able to interact effectively with my teachers as well as colleagues that help to
meet to make progress. I was good at understanding the things as well as explaining others. It
helps me to build good relations with my colleagues (Wetcho and Na-Songkhla, 2019). It is also
analysed that while doing a project for completing a team work there are various skills such as
time management skills decision making skills management skills that we learn. I used to be
attentive as well as useful efforts in order to complete the task assigned to me.
There are certain conflicts that arise while working in team. I have analysed that there is
need of full cooperation in order to complete a work in claim for stop conflicts are normal and
will also arise in workplace. At the time it is important to keep calm and understand the situation
so that a solution can be find out. I have analysed that conflict solving skills also play a major
role while working in a big organisation at a reputed post. It is also analysed that a person that is
able to be attentive and knows what is going on in surroundings will become successful. It is also
analysed that situation like covid-19 pandemic may change the scenario. So we must work on
ourselves in such a manner that we are capable enough to overcome the challenges that come in
path. If we will have our own strengths that help us to gain advantage over the others will help us
to cope up with the situation.
Conclusion: I am able to understand that there is need of skills such as communication,
decision making, problem solving, management, team working etc. in order to get a job. One
must know about the points of strengths so that they are able to improvise them. Along with that
person must also work on the weakness so that they are able to overcome them and achieve goals
and objectives effective.
Action Plan: It includes steps that must be taken by an individual in order to enhance the
skills. Action plans help to improve voice the skills and get growth in career.
Skills Importance Actions Taken Time limit
Communication
skills
It helps a person to
interact with all the
people and build
There is need to read
novels and English
newspapers to
3 Months

relations with them. enhance
communication skills
Team working
skills
To get a good job and
work effectively in team
it is necessary to have
strong team management
skills (Seitova, 2017).
By working team and
completing them
effectively I will
enhance my team
working skills.
6 Months
Problem solving
skills
There are very complex
situations that may arise,
so as to deal with the
problem solving skills
are required.
By solving case
studies and taking
help of mentor one
can enhance problem
solving skills
5 Months
CONCLUSION
From the above report it is analysed that there is need of personal as well as professional
development in order to achieve the career objectives. In this report there is this question related
to importance of academic as well as professional skills in order to achieve success. Give
reflection cycle shows the experience that help to enhance the skills that play important role in
life of a person.

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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Galán-Mañas, A., 2019. Professional portfolio in translator training: professional competence
development and assessment. The Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 13(1), pp.44-63.
Heeneman, S. and Driessen, E.W., 2017. The use of a portfolio in postgraduate medical
education–reflect, assess and account, one for each or all in one?. GMS journal for
medical education, 34(5).
Little-Wienert, K. and Mazziotti, M., 2018. Twelve tips for creating an academic teaching
portfolio. Medical teacher, 40(1), pp.26-30.
Mamvuto, A. and Kangai, P., 2021. Portfolio implementation for self-reflection and professional
growth of students in the arts. Visual Studies, pp.1-9.
Matvienko, E.N., 2021. FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF USING THE PORTFOLIO
TECHNOLOGY IN LEARNING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN HIGHER
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS. Заметки ученого, (6-1), pp.177-180.
Matvienko, E.N., 2021. FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF USING THE PORTFOLIO
TECHNOLOGY IN LEARNING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN HIGHER
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS. Заметки ученого, (6-1), pp.177-180.
Seitova, M., 2017. The European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL)
promotes professional development: ELT in-service teachers’ views. International
Online Journal of Education and Teaching (IOJET), 4(4), pp.541-550.
Wetcho, S. and Na-Songkhla, J., 2019. The Different Roles of Help-Seeking Personalities in
Social Support Group Activity on E-Portfolio for Career Development. International
Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning, 14(2).