Personal Skill Audit and Professional Development Plan

Personal Skill Audit
and Professional
Development Plan

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
P1. The key benefits of on-going professional development for different stakeholders ...........1
P2) Professional employer expectations of skills and competencies for job role of HR
manager.......................................................................................................................................3
P3) Assessing own abilities, skills, and competences for job role of HR manager ...................4
P4. Learning theories and approaches used for personal and professional development
processes.....................................................................................................................................5
P5. Construct a development plan to enhance chosen skills and competencies.........................6
P6. Undertake a job interview for a suitable service industry role.............................................7
P7. Key strengths and weaknesses of an applied interview process...........................................8
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
The concept of CPD stands for continuing professional development is a terms used for
describing the learning activities and improving professional engagement and abilities within an
individual for specified job role (Choy and Chua, 2019). The concept of PIP (Professional
identity and practises) is also associated with the way and manner that is applied by an individual
to present oneself suitable for an occupation along with development of other required skills to
become more competent for a profession. The organisation which have been selected for current
project is Hilton Hotel which is a very well renewed hospitality organisation operating at global
level. The headquarter of Hilton Hotel is located in Virginia, U.S. but many of its branches are
present across the world including several location of UK. The current assignment comprises of
an analysis of the importance of the on-going professional development along with enhancing
professional identity and career opportunity. Beside this, assessment of own skills along with
designing of professional development plan is also made together with understanding a job
interview.
P1. The key benefits of on-going professional development for different stakeholders
On-going professional development is mainly related with a continuous process of
identifying and filing gaps in skills and abilities of the employees that is crucial and important
for an individual to perform a job role in an appropriate manner (DiPaola and Wagner, 2018).
Improvement in professional skills and employee’s development is important and beneficial for
all the stakeholders of a firm as it supports improved quality of services along with enhanced
business performance. Following points are presenting the benefits of on-going professional
development for board of director and top management of Hilton hotel:
 Improving business performance- on-going professional development ensures
continuous improvement in the skills and efficiency level of employees through
improving their skills and competencies level. Thus, it is beneficial for Hilton Hotel
to ensure regular professional development for job role of HR manager as it support
some more skilled and competent individuals to perform business operations in a
more efficient manner which lead to improved business performance.
 Overcoming weakness and improved consistency level- hospitality industry is
considered as one of the most dynamic industry in which new threats and