Planning Careers and Employability

This report discusses career planning and employability skills, including personal development plans and evaluation. It covers topics such as communication skills, decision making, time management, training and development, and recruitment process improvements. The report emphasizes the importance of successful employability in achieving organizational success and growth.

Planning Careers and
Employability

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
1.Personal development plan of myself as an HR Manager:.......................................................3
2. Evaluation of the personal development plan:.........................................................................5
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Career planning refers to the long-term process of life which includes lots of decision that
is considered at the specific time bound. The person selects the path of the career according to
their field of study and prepare for them for the employment. Making decisions to achieve the
goals of the future as per their field of study is career planning. This report explains the personal
development plan which is used for the effective and efficient learning of the person as per their
goals of the future. This development plan helps to identify the skills and ability of the person at
the different stages of the selection and recruitment in the organization. This report also includes
the evaluation of the requirements of current developments in the process of recruitment. Success
and growth of the employability is also necessary for the person in organization.
MAIN BODY
1.Personal development plan of myself as an HR Manager:
Developmen
t objectives
Prior
ity
Activities to be
undertaken
Resources Start
date of
target
End
date of
target
Success
criteria
Communica
tion Skills
Low I will learn to
maintain good
and effective
relation with
their employees,
engage in
problem solving
sessions,
communicate
with employees
on each and
every topic of the
business
operations which
will help me in
I will observe
m seniors while
they are
communicating
in a group and I
will learn to
practices hand
gestures and
use eye contact
while
communicating.
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20
I will take
regular
feedbacks from
the audiences
so that I can
ascertain how
effective were
my
communication
skills.

recognising
different
communication
patterns and
behaving
accordingly.
Time
managemen
t skills
High I will
continuously
monitor the time
I am taking in
the completion
of different
activities and I
will try to
segregate my
time in a realistic
manner where I
can actually
complete the
work within the
time limit that I
have been
allotted.
I will develop a
time evaluation
sheet where I
will try to allot
realistic time
period to
different tasks
that were
required to be
completed.
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I will review
by checking
the results of
the task and
project which
is done on time
or not.
Decision
Making
Skills
High Since I get very
confused
regarding the
different
decisions I have
to take, I will
work on trusting
I will try to
analyse and
gather
information on
all the relevant
aspects
concerning
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I will analyse
the decisions
that I took and
the outcome of
such decision
either in a
positive or

myself to take
risks
consequently and
also work on
engaging in
frequent decision
making and goal
setting activities.
which I have to
take decisions.
This helps me
in better
understanding
the decisions
that I am about
to take.
negative
context.
Training
and
developmen
t skills
Low I will work on
understanding
the objectives of
the projects,
measuring their
results, attending
the other
presentations and
practising in the
business
operations.
I will use books
written by the
authors who
have talked
about
development of
these skills.
Also,
experience of
the seniors and
by using the
innovation in
the process of
training and
development of
the employees,
I can improve
such skills.
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I will regularly
engage in
training to
improve the
knowledge and
understanding.
2. Evaluation of the personal development plan:
I have several actions which is related to my future growth and success and there have
lots gaps in this which I have to overcome to achieve the success. I want to improve the skills the
communication that I cannot easily interact with all the employees of the company as a manager

of the HR. So to overcome the gap of ineffective communication I have to maintain the good
relation with all the workers by communication each and every situation of the business. To
increase the skills of the communication firstly I have to become the good and effective listener
in the organisation (Jackson, and Wilton, 2017). I can learned the skills of the listening from the
senior manager of the HR so that the employees also make the effective concentration while
communicating with them. Communication will be effective only when I can solve the problem
of the workers in the working environment of the organisation. More and more interaction with
the workers will maintain the good level of communication between us. To communicate the
success and growth of the organisation with the employees make the good working condition in
the workplace. Body language and gesture of mine is also essential to cover the gap of low level
of interaction between the employees of the company and me.
At the time of decision making I am confused in some of the situation and I have to
become the good decision maker so I have to eliminate this kind of gap in the organisation. By
involving the workers in the decision making process it will gives the effective and efficient
ideas and suggestion to me related to the project and solve the confusion. I take the best decision
which leads to the success and growth of the business in the future and present situation of the
organisation. I will take the decision to achieve the goals and objectives of the project and helps
to bridge the gap to become the good decision maker (Mukiibi, 2016). I gathered all the data and
information related to the project properly which helps. When the decision as per the situation it
will helps me to achieve the targets easily and quickly. I will take suggestion from my senior on
how to take the decision and apply in my process of decision making will leads to the successful
working conditions of mine.
I have to manage the time of my working but at some point I cannot manage my time
properly so I have face lots of problems in achieving the future goals and objectives. To
increases the skills of time management I will monitor and analysis my different activities in the
business so it will helps to manage the time. By making the schedule of the task and project I
will work as I mentioned the deadline of time. I organise the days and weeks in advance to
complete the task which improve my time management skills (Ferreira, 2018). For the
management of time I could remove all the process and plan which is not essential to achieve the
goals on time. Proper planning is also needed which helps me organise myself as per time limits
proper completion of the task on time. I will take the help from the senior authority of HR so that

they will provides good ideas of how to manage the time effectively. I also take the helps from
the employees of the organisation so that they contribute in the most appropriate way to
accomplish the goals on time by using the proper resources. When I complete my target on time
this will cover the gap and achieve the success and growth of the business.
Process of training and development is very essential for the HR manager and my skills
to train the people is ineffective because my leadership skills are low so there is need to take the
proper action to overcome the gap. I take the actions by planning, conducting and administer
programmes which train the employees effective and improve my skills of training and
development. I acquire the knowledge of new and advanced technology will increases the
understanding of how to train and develop the employees by using the latest technology.
According to the objectives of the business I can identify the requirement of the employees on
the specific topic to give training and development. I will update the different programmes of
training as per the current situation of the business and give directions to all the employees and
achieve the success and growth (Buecker, Poutsma and Monster, 2016). By taking the
knowledge from the experts and specialist I can understand about how to organise the effective
training and development programmes so this improve my skills of training and development. I
can measure all the things which is required for the learning and development of the employees
and provide the training so this will helps them to easily understand the work of the company.
I will brings various development in the process of recruitment which helps to select the
skilled and talented employees at the right place of the organisation. As a manager of HR I will
uses the new ways to recruit the candidate in the organisation. With the use of social media I
posted on the specific websites about the vacant job role so this will attract the no. of desired
candidates towards the company. I could save the cost of the company by using the social media
for recruiting the candidates. This methods will gives us large variety of people and we can
select the most appropriate person for the desired role. This new method will also improve my
skills of recruitment and I can choose the skilled and knowledgeable person to achieve the target
of the company. I can say that by the use of the new software of the recruitment like applicant
tracking system in the business helps to provide advantages to the business by fulfilling the
recruitment of the talented people in the business activities. This new software will gives all the
information and data about the candidates in one system. By developing the process of
recruitment it is easier for me to bring the talented employees in the organisation in low cost and

in short period of time (Duarte, da Silva and Paixão, 2017). I should try to tie up with the
consultancies of the recruitment for recruiting the employees because they also provides the
efficient candidates in operating the business activities. Asking the existing employees so that
they will suggest their friends and family members to join the organisation. I will uses the
process of advertisement also on the newspaper, TV etc. which will improves my style of
recruitment and organisation is full of knowledgeable and good workers as per their role. I
understand that by developing the new techniques of recruitment and selection in the
organisation it will makes the working easier and faster and also reduces the cost of the
company.
Employability refers to skills and attitudes of the person which helps to maintain and
achieve the employment. It consist of skills, knowledge, personal attributes and understanding of
the people through which they get the job and employment services. I evaluated that there is
need of the successful employability in the organisation which gives the better results and takes
the company towards the future success and growth (Lo Presti and et.al., 2019). Before hiring the
people in the company I will make sure that my communication skills will effective so that the
new people easily understand the terms and policies of the organisation works accordingly. The
employability skills will take the company to the success in the different global markets. I
improve my skills and strength which helps me to select the employees which have the strength
of problem solving and which leads to the goal achievement. I always focuses to select the
people who have the ability and capabilities to learn and understand easily. I uses the new
techniques and ideas which is required for the successful employability in the business. The
growth and the success of the business is depend on accurate selection of the people on the
different role as per their education. I will develop the strategic and long term vision in my
working activities and it will helps us to to maintain the successful employability of the business
(Yifei, 2018). I invest lots of my and efforts in the learning the new skills so that I can select the
employees as per my level of perception and skills. As a manager I also contributed to the
achievement of the target in the business and make the employees ready. Improvement in my
ability to delegate the responsibility is very essential for the manager because work and
responsibility is allocated as per the strength and skills is necessary for the completion of target
on time. I will train the employees so that they will easily adjust in the working environment.

Leadership qualities is essential to manage the workers in one common direction of the
organisation.
There is also the evaluation of how the company uses the feedback from the different
sources of the recruitment and selection activities. Those activities which is take the feedback to
improve the process of interview are telephone, video call, one to one interviews and activities of
pitch competition that are described below:
Telephone: In the telephonic interview it will gives me the response according to their talking
way. When I take the the interview on the telephone the voice of candidates about their character
and it helps to determine that how they fits in the working environment of the business. For
example if their voice are aggressive then they will create lots of conflicts in the workplace and
they are not good for the company. So this interview will show the talking way of the person
bout how they react in the particular situation of the business. Telephonic interviews are
effective because it clear on the time of interview that the candidate is good for the company or
not. I need to invest less amount and less efforts in this interview it also saves the time of the
company in organising the process recruitment and selection (Jackson and Tomlinson, 2020).
But sometimes it does not show the real picture of the people because voice of the some people
are very heavy and they will judge wrongly by the interviewer. When I use this type of interview
I loses the skilled and talented employees for the company.
Video calls: It includes the interview which is taken from the long distance the candidate is on
the video call so it gives me clear picture of the person at the time of interview about how they
react when I am asking the different types of questions. It will show the confidence of the person
when I am taking the interview. It will also increases the opportunities of employment for the
variety of people. Video call interview show facial expression of the person and from this I
decide whether the candidate is accurate to achieve the goals of the business at the given point of
time. This type of interview gives benefits to the people who the ability and capabilities by
saving the time of travelling (Kapadia, 2018). As a manger of HR this method of interview saves
my time and efforts because it gives answer at the spot of interview that the person is essential
for the business operation or not. This type of interview will helps me to collect the lots
information and data of the candidate which is necessary for the organisation activities. I can
select the skilled and talented workers which increases the profits of the company by applying
the video call interviews.

One to one interview: In the organisation as a manager I also plan and organise the one to one
interview which is most appropriate way to select the people ion the company because it will
helps to analyse that how the person are confident and knowledgeable n their field. For example
when the employees is giving the interview and he and she does not receive the final answer
from the company then they gives the feedback about they did not receive any mail and call
about their selection. By getting this feedback from the people I will change my policy by
sending the mail on both the situation when the employees are selected or not. In this type of
interview I easily understand and identify the strength of the candidates by analysing the body
language and facial expression (Hanc, 2019). The candidates will provides the feedback and
response if they don't like the process of interview. I will use the best and effective process
which does not hesitate the person and select them as per their knowledge and understanding.
For example when I am using this method of interview I have to trained myself first then I take
the interview of the other people because only expert will select the talented candidate in the
business.
Pitch competition: I also uses the activity of pitch competition which gives the opportunities to
the people to give the ideas and suggestions about the to the group of people. In some of the
competition of the pitch which gives the one minute of time to convey the message to the
candidates. Pitch competition gives the ideas and suggestion to me after the research. It helps to
identify the visibility of the persons in the organisation.
CONCLUSION
From the above study it can be concluded that plan of personal development helps to
achieve the target and goals of the life by proper planning in the business. Planning of the career
states that to make the effective decision for the future as per the study and education level. For
the success and growth of the organisation there is need to improve the skills of the HR manager
which helps them. Communication must be effective and efficient which helps in the interaction
of the manager and employee’s in the workplace and solve the conflicts in the workplace. The
manager also determines and evaluate the current development in the methods of recruitment.
There are various techniques which is used by the manager to maintain the success of the
employability in the business activities of the organisation. New methods of the recruitment
which helps in choosing the best employees for the company at the right place.

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