Personal Skill Audit and Professional Development
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Personal Skill Auditand ProfessionalDevelopment Plan
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1LO 1.................................................................................................................................................1P1 Benefits of on-going professional development for different stakeholders...........................1P2 Investigate professional employer expectations of skills and competencies..........................2LO 2.................................................................................................................................................3P3 Assess own abilities, skills, and competences for a specific job role.....................................3P4 Range of learning theories and approaches used for personal and professional developmentprocesses......................................................................................................................................4LO 3.................................................................................................................................................6P5 Construct a professional development plan to enhance chosen skills and competencies......6LO 4.................................................................................................................................................7P6 Undertake a job interview for a suitable service industry role...............................................7P7 Key strengths and weaknesses of an applied interview process.............................................8CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
INTRODUCTIONIn present time it is necessary to learn professional skill to grow and develop in such acompetitive environment. For every job role various types of skills and abilities are required. Theskills and competencies depend on job role and responsibility. Also, it is necessary to enhanceskills so that it helps in professional growth and development. There are different learningtheories available that are used in doing so (Kyndt, Vermeire and Cabus, 2016). Moreover, aPDP helps in gaining required skills and competencies. By conducting personal audit currentskills are identified. This report will describe about benefits of professional development forstakeholders. It will show skills required for specific job role and discussing learning theoriesand approaches available. At last a job interview is taken and its strength and weakness isidentified. For present report organisation taken in Cox and Kings. LO 1P1 Benefits of on-going professional development for different stakeholders Continuous professional development refers to assessing skills and competencies that isbeen gained both in formal and informal way. It helps an individual in personal growth as itcontains record of experience that is firstly been learned and then applied.It is very importantfor organization to provide training and development to employees frequently so that theirprofessional development continues (Benefits of ongoing professional development. 2015).Moreover, it improves the performance of employees and offers them vast number of growthopportunities. Alongside this, professional development helps in gaining new skills and abilitiesthat applied by employee in completing tasks. This benefits both employer and employees indifferent ways. There are many benefits of ongoing professional development in Cox and Kingswhich is as follows :- Benefit to employer Increase retention – Through professional development Cox and Kings provides andoffer various growth opportunities to employees. This shows that company care about theiremployees and is highly interested in keeping them for long term (Mc Inerney and Baird,2016). Thus, this helps in increasing retention. Gaining competitive advantage – Providing ongoing development helps in ensuring thateveryone gain latest skills and competencies. It creates a positive culture and promotes creativitywithin staff in Cox and Kings. In this way goals and objectives are attained in effectively and1
challenging tasks are accomplished. So, it gives competitive advantage to firm in tourismindustry. Attract new talent - By providing effective training to employees it develops a positivefeeling among them. It also encourages them to learn and grow. This attracts new job seekers towork in the organization. In this way new talent is hired in Cox and Kings. Benefit to employees Improving efficiency and productivity – Professional development helps employees togain new skills and increases their ability. Through training they are able to work in moreeffective way. Besides this, by sharing ideas with each other productivity and efficiency of staffimproves. Employee engagement – When employee gains skills and abilities they interact witheach other and help in attaining goals. Moreover, they give creative ideas to managers andinvolve in taking decision. Also, they gain skills which results in increasing performance andleads in employee engagement. Increasing satisfaction – On going development fulfill employees needs as it allowsthem to grab new opportunities (Lutchman, Ghanem and Maharaj, 2016). They are able toachieve personal goals and objectives. It boosts their confidence and morale. Furthermore, theysupport colleagues and feel motivated at work. P2 Investigate professional employer expectations of skills and competencies In every organisation there are different types of roles and responsibilities that areperformed by different persons. The roles are assigned to them on basis of their skills andcompetencies. Moreover, there are several expectations which is been set up by organisationthrough which they hire candidates. Apart from it, there are some basic professional skills thatare required for every job role as specified by company. The skills are entirely dependent on jobrole specified. In travel and tourism sector there are vast numbers of career opportunities exist.So, accordingly professional skills are required in each one. The Cox and Kings is a well reputedcompany operating in this sector and hire only highly qualified and experienced employees. Fortourism manager the job roles required in company are as follows :- Communication skills – This is the foremost skill required in a person applying fortourism manager. Cox and Kings mentioned that person must possess strong communication2
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