Personal Insight: My Application

Running head- Personal Insight: My Application
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Table of contents
Section 1: My role........................................................................................................................................3
Section 2: Recruitment trends.....................................................................................................................3
Section 3: My application............................................................................................................................5
Section 4: My interview preparation...........................................................................................................8
Section 5: Reflection..................................................................................................................................10
Reflection of my interview.....................................................................................................................10
Reflection of my personal insight journey.............................................................................................11
References.................................................................................................................................................12
Appendices................................................................................................................................................13

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Section 1: My role
I am a final year student of Bachelor of Commerce and is enthusiastically waiting to join
the professional business world subsequently completing my Graduation. From the age of 12, I
have developed keen interest in Finance and Account following my father. During my internship
days, I have joined Real Estate Company Ltd as a part time Junior Finance Consultant. The major
job role there was mostly assisting the Senior Finance Consultant in client meeting fixation,
communicate with them, shortlisting client profiles as per urgency and need, financial data
collection of theirs and developing future financial plan blueprints and I also helped the senior
financial consultant in his decision making when asked for and provided my response to him
(Baker 2016). Now I am qualified and well acquainted with the ongoing market competition and
business trends (Kishore and Sutcliffe 2015). My inter-personal skills are noteworthy which will
aid me in gaining the large customer base in future jobs. My speaking ability, specially fluency
has improved considerably after attending a number of company clients’ meetings. My business
awareness, situation analytical skills and business negotiation skills has been reinforced and I
have learnt to give consideration to every minor detail which previously I was not aware of
(Bakharia et al. 2016). Decision-making under situations of pressure is the main approach that
would distinguish a finance aspirant from the rest of other job roles.
Section 2: Recruitment trends
With time and opportunity needs the trend of recruitment have changed considerably.
Before the advent of globalization, face to face direct interview was the only suitable process of
recruitment in organizations. But at present modern techniques of recruitment include video-
conferencing and teleconferencing interview modes (Burns et al. 2014). Now a number of
round sessions starting from preliminary interview then followed by non-verbal interview, main
verbal interview, technical round if any and final HR round are held to judge the capability of
the candidate for the job role. The complexity of processes has been widened by technological
advancements and competition has influenced the scope of ‘survival of the fittest’ in the
organizational hierarchy (Grant and Hartley 2013). Modern system of job automation process

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requires the candidate to be completely technology cognizant and have full awareness of
prevailing market trends.
The major drift of change has been faced by Finance and accounting. In the past book-
keeping and record maintenance were manually monitored. But with the emergence of e-
commerce the processes have changed and Accounting Information System (AIS) has
substituted the monotonous and tedious work of a traditional accounting system (Mohan and
Mulla 2013). As a result of which, key job roles have transformed accordingly. Present day
businesses want technologically sound finance candidates and candidates having basic
acquaintance of the accounting software like sage one, Xero, Zoho Books, and wave accounting
(Rivera 2015). Bookish accounting knowledge has become secondary whereas accounting tools
knowhow and practical outlook of them have become primary concern at present.
Now let me focus on the present-day HR trends of organizational recruitment. Present
day job opportunities on any field emphasis more on soft skills and personal attributes. A job-fit
candidate needs to have higher emotional quotient, cultural intelligence, empathy and cross-
cultural fusion (Smith 2017). Knowledge in academics is the entry pass of job selection where
final decision of job-role is confirmed by cross-cultural competency and diversified behavioral
profile. Present day Corporate culture is a result of mixed culture where increased team
cohesion improves ultimate organizational productivity. Organizational policies have changed
over time, and today’s financials highly acclaim the Value-proposition budgeting technique
(Stefan-Duicu and Stefan-Duicu 2015). Leaving aside the core financial data management
responsibility, financial planning, plan implementation, plan evaluation has become the primary
work of a financial manger. The calculative data evaluation is left behind to the software tools.
Gradual learning and vigorous training sessions have shown me the prevailing finance
trend. As a back-up alternative I have finished the full project on VCE & AIS and is now
proficient enough with the various financial accounting techniques and software tools. I have
focused on improving my soft skill areas and for this I am intermingling with people from every
arena of jobs. To improve interview skills, me and my fellow-mates have started preparing for
sessional mock interview so that it become easier to face challenges on the final day of