Career Growth: Job Placement, Contents Analysis & Development

This report explores the importance of career development by analyzing previous experience and identifying areas for self-improvement. It investigates potential job opportunities, analyzes job specifications, and assesses the skills and capabilities required for a director role. A SWOT analysis is conducted to identify personal strengths and weaknesses, and a personal development plan (PDP) is created to enhance necessary skills such as decision-making, analytical skills, and time management. The report emphasizes the need for continuous personal and professional growth to achieve career objectives and succeed in a competitive job market. Desklib offers a wealth of resources, including past papers and solved assignments, to support students in their academic and professional journeys.

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Contents
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
TASK...............................................................................................................................................1
Investigate possible job opportunities and analyse job specification requirements....................1
Various skills and capabilities required in director.....................................................................2
Personal strength and weakness...................................................................................................3
Personal and professional development.......................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
The report aims to analyse the need for own career development through undertaking previous
experience in the own required filed. Every individual looks for self-growth and achievement to
successful in life and achieve career objectives. self aims must be designed according to the
particular strength and weakness of own self. This will mainly help in finding right way to attract
the job opportunities in the market. Due to dynamic and competitive world where finding jobs
are no more an easy task for an individual (Brice, 2022). Hence, it is crucial to prepare own self
for enhancing skills and capabilities to look for better career plans and aims. the report is going
to showcase current skills through reflecting on previous experience as a director. Also, there
will be PDP plans and SWOT analyse to identify inner capabilities and develop plans to perform
the necessary actions.
MAIN BODY
TASK
Investigate possible job opportunities and analyse job specification requirements
In the current world of competitive environment, there are shortages of job due to
requirement of highly trained and skills individual. the market is become very particular about
choosing the right candidate for the business (Muslimat, 2020). There is much problem of skill
shortage which impact on individual skills and knowledge to fit own self towards adopting new
technologies and market changes. In business, there are several departments and functions for
which each individual is assign as per their role of specialisation. This shows great impact on the
workplace where a person meets with their peers. As per my own experience as being a director
in A & M property investment group ltd, my job specifications are that I need to direct others to
carry out the investment and agency activities. I showed them correct path to meet with the
organisational requirements (Korthals, Schils, and Borghans, 2021). I have worked on this
position which has enhanced various skills within me. Some of those are interpersonal,
communication, directing and leading. This job post has made me self-confident and decision
maker which accomplish my targets of finding a perfect job opportunity.
I have analysed that there are certain job specifications for the role of manager and become a
managing director of the organisation. In the market, there are limited job positions for those
individuals who have high capabilities and experience in the related field. Mainly the market
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prefers highly educated and skilful individual who have been on the same post since several
years. Therefore, the other skills which are required for this post are soft skills and leadership
capabilities that ensure crucial practices for the development of self-role and activities. the
specific job requirements shown me about how come I can fit to the job position and what
further skills I need to improve in future. I have provided my knowledge to my team members
and ensure that they get all the instructions and guidance to avoid any confusion and delays.
Hence, it is crucial to promote better working environment and must have ability to influence the
market opportunities.
Various skills and capabilities required in director
There are various skills set that must be present in a director to work in an investment
company or any other industries. A director has huge responsibilities which comes with power,
respect and authorities while working for a company (Quigley, Loftus, McGuire, and O'Grady,
2020). A director holds great managerial position in an organisation which bounds them with
upper management level tasks that require high skills and knowledge regarding the workplace
objectives. some of the skills set which is necessary to grab the job opportunities are discussed
below:
Management skills: it is one of the most required and foremost skills with needs to have
within a director. Without good knowledge of management, a person will not be able to perform
various tasks and activities related to managing the whole organisation. A director keeps the
work activities in a systematic manner through assuring roles and responsibilities, setting teams
and provide instructions. It also includes understanding of the employee strength and weakness
to perform the job role. Therefore, directors are mainly work to keep updates about every
activities performing in the organisation to take further decision for the betterment.
Analytical skills: This skill is necessary to have meaningful insight about the analytics of
the company. A director has to be updated about the data, statistics and performance of the
company by doing good market research. This skill has performed for the betterment of creating
good decisions for the company (Yangibayevich, Pardaboev, andUbaevich, 2019). Strong
analytical skills are necessary to cope up with the creative solutions and adopt the challenges
which will face by the company. There is key role of performing in the competitive environment
of company.
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Creativity: It is effective to have creativity within the personality of an individual.
innovative mind-set helps in looking for performing every workplace activity in an appropriate
manner. When uncertainties and challenges comes in a business, a director is the one who
handles all the situation by giving creative responses and seek opportunities. A director will set
plans and guidance that will attract the society as well as the employees of company. Hence,
there is a set of activities which makes sure about the crucial factors in which the director can
provide good guidance.
Strategic decision making: In the strategic power of abilities, it is necessary to enhance the
functioning activities through undertaking good decision. A director will hold this power to
strategically takes better decisions in case of market challenges, production and promotion. The
employees will work on the basis of these decisions which promotes healthy environment of the
company. It is all about focus on the current objectives of company and compare it with future
potential (Alaca, and Şanal, 2022). They have to be prepare for the upcoming event in advance to
avoid any delays and confusions. The decisions become easy and within the time limits so the
company will not suffer any kind of losses.
All these skills are vital for the betterment of myself to make me aware about the position of
director. This shows that, I need to work more on benefiting my own skills and capabilities that
lead to create effective ways to do the activities on workplace. There is requirement of
developing these skills to grab the job opportunities which will set own goals and opportunities.
For that instance, I need to make plans for the same to avoid any leniency in the work. Therefore,
I have to be much particular about choosing the right career options that develop my growth in
ensuring future career aims.
Personal strength and weakness
There are various factors which are essential for the betterment of own self. It is necessary to
analyse own strength and weakness to identify strong and weak factors for future development.
This shows that analysing personal strength and weak factors will help in accomplishing own
goals which will helps in making necessary plans for future. This will be done through
conducting Swot analysis
Strength Weakness
 I am good at communication skills due
to which I can convince others to do the
 I am not able to manage the time
properly due to which a lot of tasks gets
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tasks and activities.
 I also have good administration skills
due to which I can lead the organisation
through my management abilities.
 I am capable of motivating others
which ensure great success in the
organisation. I can keep good
interaction with employees to know
their problems and find issues.
disturbed. I am not able to set
appropriate time table. It creates a lot of
chaos in setting up the detailed
schedule to put all the work in a
structured way.
 I also do not have the capabilities to
perform good analytical research
(Hutahaean, Demyanov, and Christie,
2019). Due to which, there is key
requirement of good research abilities
to perform the vital tasks.
 I have weak areas in problem solving
abilities which impact on my career to
solve own problems related to the
workplace and employees.
Opportunity Threat
 In the current environment, there are
several opportunities like digital
technologies which will helps in
developing more accurate skills
regarding adopting updated
technologies (Correia, Teixeira, and
Forlin, 2021).
 I have good assistance of experts and
undertaking help of own peers which
will help in maintaining benefits
regarding key growth.
 I have great opportunity to get the
upper positions in the organisation
which can be done through using great
skills and capabilities.
 The major threat in own working
experience in the modern requirements
of market and society which require
major developments.
 Covid-19 is also a threat due to which
personal growth has affected which
reduced the overall productiveness.
 Educational policy changes are also a
threat for learning in the university
which adopts dynamic change on
undertaking projects and assessments.
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By evaluating all the strengthen and weak factors, it has analysed that I have various crucial
strong points which will helps me to develop better skills. Apart from this, I have some weak
factors which helps me to find most important skills in which I am not capable of doing. I get
aware about working on the same skills to prepare my career objectives through taking
advantage of opportunities (Glenday, Sivarasu, Roche, and Kontaxis, 2021). Also, the threats
must be overcome by evaluating opportunities which does not create about the key impacts.
Personal and professional development
It is necessary for a person to create own personal and professional development related to
career goals and objectives. PDP helps in setting out the skills which is crucial to enhance with
its importance and setting right actions for it. For that instance, I need to prepare a well plan
which includes all the important set of skills and a particular time duration. The personal and
professional abilities to think is to involve in the betterment of own career path.
Skills Why it is important What resources are
required.
Duration
Decision making
skills
It is important to
develop necessary
skills to develop own
growth and potential.
Decision making
skills are much
necessary to work on
the role of a director.
These skills help in
taking vital decisions
for company policies
and structure.
The resources which
are required to
develop this skill are
good novels, by doing
meditation and engage
more in the decision
making activities.
Also, it requires more
decision making
authority to engage I
policy formulations.
1 month
Analytical skills It is important for to
have this skill in order
to research on a broad
concept. In business,
The resources which
are required for
developing analytical
skills are using good
2 months
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market research is an
appropriate activity
which has much
importance to analyse
the current trends in
market.
research tools and
software, training for
digital marketing and
conduct research on
regular basis.
Time management
skills
This skill is important
to set a particular time
period for completing
some necessary tasks
and activities (Golos,
and Tekuzener, 2019).
It will avoid delays
and mistakes in
working by doing
appropriate activities
and setting time table.
I will require laptop,
sheets and cardboards
to set the time
duration and make to
do list for
remembering all the
task which are on
priority basis.
1 month
CONCLUSION
The report has concluded that, personal and professional growth is an ongoing activity for an
individual. It keeps the individual updated and aware about their own changes which leads to
work on creating crucial activities. Hence, the report has provided various job specifications and
responsibilities that must have within own self. All those skills and responsibilities need to be
developed through knowing own strength and weak factors. Also, a personal and professional
development plan has been made which promotes certain actions and resources.
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