Planning Your Career: Personal Statement, CV, SWOT Analysis and Action Plan

This report covers personal statement, CV, SWOT analysis and action plan for planning your career. It includes a short overview of ASDA as a chosen organization. The report also covers the reasons for personal statement and CV, and how to write them. The SWOT analysis helps in identifying the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The action plan helps in setting goals and achieving them.

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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
SECTION A:...............................................................................................................................................3
Reasons for personal statement and CV..................................................................................................4
Short overview of chosen organization....................................................................................................5
SECTION B:...............................................................................................................................................5
Personal statement in support of application in organization context......................................................5
CV...........................................................................................................................................................6
SECTION C:...............................................................................................................................................8
SWOT Analysis:......................................................................................................................................8
Action plan:.............................................................................................................................................9
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................12
References.................................................................................................................................................13

Introduction
To grow in the career, there are several opportunities present in the market place. An
individual can easily grow by availing the available growth opportunities. Career growth is
helpful in ensuring success in future period of time. It also helps in ensuring enrichment of
individual in significant manner. For this purpose, the individuals need to put significant efforts
in order to develop necessary skill set and competencies. They also need to assess their own
performance in timely manner so that appropriate improvements can be done in future
(Godward, Dale and Smith, 2019). The present report is a portfolio development which is
classifies in three sections. First section will cover reasons for personal development statement
and CV. Further, ASDA has been selected as an organization for the present report. It is a
prestigious super market chain that offers varieties of general merchandise and groceries to the
customers. Section B will include personal statement in support of application for work
experience within organization along with a detailed and appropriate CV. Further, SWOT
analysis and a suitable action plan will be covered in the section three of the respective project
report.
SECTION A:
The portfolio contains personal information regarding an individual. It includes the
necessary information about experience, study, personal growth and enhancement of individual
person. This also provides a significant scope of improvement to the individual in order to take
suitable corrective actions in the future period of time (Proctor, 2018). In present context,
portfolio will include necessary information about my experience and expertise. While working,
I have gained ample of experiences that will help me to grow in career in future. I got
communication skills, presentation skills, technical knowledge and more while working within
the organization. These experiences will allow me to get a better job or get promotion in the
current job. Additionally, my experience will strengthen my overall profile so that I can enrich in
the future career. Further, my future goals will also include in the present portfolio. These goals
are useful in motivating me so that I put my maximum efforts to get success in longer run. Apart
from this, the future goals also play an imperative role in encouraging me to put significant
efforts to gain tremendous amount of success in career. Along with the future goals, this will also

include the necessary actions; I need to take to attain those pre-defined goals. Further, this will
guide me how I can accomplish the set goals. In addition, I will also measure my success based
on the pre-defined criteria’s so that I can accomplish set goals efficiently. Moreover, the
portfolio will also cover the time period within which the goals need to accomplish significantly.
Apart from this, the knowledge, skills, I have are also going to cover in current portfolio. Here,
the knowledge and skills will allow me to perform my duties appropriately. By having such
skills, I will be able to grow and succeed in future career in an efficient manner.
Reasons for personal statement and CV
Personal statement is used to describe achievement, progress and growth of self. This is
considered a crucial part of job application. While submitting job application, it is highly
imperative to write a person statement. This helps a person in understanding own capabilities,
knowledge, skills and abilities. In addition to this, personal statement is also helpful in terms of
assessing the challenges faced by the individuals so that suitable actions can be taken in future
(Salter and Rhodes, 2018). In present scenario, I am looking forward to work at an remarkable
position in one of the prestigious organizations. Here, I will get ample of experience while
working on the current profile. Also, I developed ample of skills during my job. Communication
skill is one of the most crucial skills which I got during the work. This skill is useful in terms of
maintaining proper interaction with others. In addition to this, I will also enhance my
presentation skills that will prove useful in terms of delivering effective presentations at
workplace. Apart from these skills, I will also get several other skills such as time management,
team work, decision-making and more. These all skills and competencies will help me to grow in
my future career. In addition to this, I will be also able to put a better impression on my seniors
by having such skills and knowledge.
It is analyzed that CV is also useful in terms of demonstrating the work experience, skills
and knowledge. Basically, CV is an important document to reflect the experience, growth and
competencies of a person. It is the first medium of communication between the applicant and
employer. By having an attractive CV, one can easily get a good job (Pan, 2017). The main
reason of CV is to get a good job to attain tremendous amount of success in career. In other
words, it reflects a summary of all academic, personal & professional achievements with an aim
to interest a hiring manager for recruitment. Additionally, CV is also useful in highlighting the

value of a person. This is one of the best ways to present own skills, capabilities, competencies to
the hiring managers (Kutor, Raileanu and Simandan, 2021). In present context, I have been
prepared a CV to represent my skills, knowledge, attributes and more. This CV will cover the
experience I have been gathered so far along with relevant skills and knowledge so that I can get
a good job in future period of time.
Short overview of chosen organization
In present scenario, chosen organization is ASDA. It is a well-known organization of retail
industry. ASDA is supermarket chain of British which is headquartered at England. The
respective entity was founded in the year of 1949 by Noel Stockdale and J.W. Hindell. They
maintains a range of formats such as supermarkets, superstores, smaller convenience store and
more. In this regard, ASDA living store is dedicated to George and non-food products that offers
a range of George home, fashion as well as general merchandise to the customers. Basically, the
company is working in diversify fields that is important from the prospective of future growth.
The organization maintains dedicated staff to serve the customers profoundly. In addition, they
also have online stored in order to ensure the convenience for the buyers. ASDA grow over the
period of time and presently it has presence in different nations globally. The main rational to
select ASDA is its growth and achievements. The respective entity is working in diversify fields.
It has ample of opportunities of growth in future. Associating with such a growing company will
also help me to grow in my career in longer run.
SECTION B:
Personal statement in support of application in organization context
To grow in career, personal development and growth is highly important. Here, personal
statement is used to describe achievements, knowledge, skills and competencies of an individual.
The main aim of writing a personal statement is to grow in future career. In addition to this,
personal statement makes a person enable to analyze own performance with an aim to make
necessary improvements in future period of time. Additionally, personal statement is used to
describe achievement, progress and growth of self. This is considered a crucial part of job
application. While submitting job application, it is highly imperative to write a person statement.
This helps a person in understanding own capabilities, knowledge, skills and abilities (Li and et.

al., 2019). In present context, I am looking forward to join the position of marketing manager in
ASDA. The respective company is a highly prestigious and renowned organization. Working
with such a big brand will add remarkable experience in my portfolio. This will also make me
enable to grow in my future career in significant manner. Additionally, I have necessary skills
such as communication, interpersonal, negotiation skills and more. I am able to communicate
with other people effectively. My communication skills allow me to maintain proper interaction
with internal and external people. This skill also help me in dealing with my hesitation while
interacting with strange people. Further, effective communication skills will help me in
maintaining proper flow of information within the organization so that suitable decisions can be
taken. Additionally, my interpersonal skills are also up to the mark which makes me enable me
to understand the needs and requirements of clients and provide them product accordingly. Due
to the respective skill, I am able to maintain significant interaction with different stakeholders.
Apart from this, I am also good at negotiation which is the most imperative skill for a marketing
manager. I can easily negotiate with people in order to get them agree on purchasing the products
as per terms & conditions of the organization. These all skills make me capable enough to make
an enriching and successful career within the selected company.
CV
CV is a document that includes summarized information of academic records, skills,
knowledge of a person to interest the hiring manager. The main purpose of creating a CV is to
attract the recruitment managers in order to get a good job in an efficient manner. In other words,
CV is likely to represent the best qualities of a person. Curriculum Vitae is short document that
describes personal and academic summary of a candidate. Typically, it covers necessary
information like work experience, academic credentials, awards, achievements and more. It is an
important document while applying for a job as it servers as primary medium of communication
between the applicant and employer. When writing a CV, one needs to cover academic history,
professional experience, qualification & skills, awards and more. These all details are really
important to get the attention of recruiters (Pretorius and Cutri, 2019). In present situation, I am
looking forward to make an enriching career by joining a prestigious firm. For this purpose, I
need to prepare a CV including all of my experiences, skills, academic details, knowledge and
more. In this regard, the CV is given below:

XYZ HENSLEY
Human Resources Manager
Contact Details
Brooklyn, Ny 1222
(123)456-852145
[e-mail]
CAREER OBJECTIVE
To gain success in career by using my skills and capabilities in favor of the company to
prove myself as an asset for the organization.
Work Experience
 Work with team members in small groups in order to Conduct necessary marketing
and promotional campaigns.
 Promoting the products using different online and offline mediums
 6 months experience with a prestigious company in formulating appropriate
marketing strategies and plans.
Qualifications:
 Bachelor degree in management
 Masters in marketing management .
Skills:
 Good communication skills,
 Interpersonal skills
 Negotiation Skills
 Calm and much patience
 Innovative and productive thinking

SECTION C:
SWOT Analysis:
Self assessment is really important to assess own skills and capabilities. Through self
assessment, a person is able to understand own skills, competencies and strengths which can be
used in future to get favorable outcomes. On other side, self assessment is also useful in terms of
analyzing own weak points so that necessary improvements can be done to in weak areas. In this
regard, people often carried out self assessment so that they can easily get to know their strong
and weak areas to take suitable decisions in future period of time (Duck and Miell, 2021). It also
helps in identifying skill gaps so that the individual can take necessary corrective actions for
future betterment. The major tool of identifying skills gap is SWOT analysis. This tool is useful
in assessing the strong areas which makes a person different from others. Also, the respective
tool also plays an important role in terms of identifying the areas which need improvements. By
identifying the weak areas, one can easily take suitable steps to make further improvements
(Evplova, 2019). In my case, I have been undertaken a SWOT analysis which is mentioned
below:
Strengths Weaknesses
 My communication skills are up to the
mark which makes me enable to
communicate with different individuals
in an efficient manner. Further, this
also makes me enable to deal with my
fear of public speaking by boosting my
confidence level significantly.
 I got effective interpersonal skills so
that I am able to resolve the doubts of
clients in an efficient manner. This skill
helps me in maintaining positive
relations with stakeholders in
significant manner.
 I am calm and patient individual which
 I am not good at problem solving that
also affects my performance at
workplace. In business, one has to deal
with ample of issues regularly.
However, I got worried when I have to
deal with any problematic situation.
 My team working abilities are also not
up to the mark that makes it difficult
for me to work within a team of
different individuals.
 I am also lacking at technical expertise.
Due to this, I face issues in terms of
using latest and updated technology.
This hampers my ability to attract more

allows me to deal with any difficult
situation effectively. Due to my calm
nature, I can easily handle the
complexities profoundly.
number of audiences by using recent
and advanced techniques.
Opportunities Threats
 I can easily grow by learning technical
skills which will allow me to
implement recent and updated
techniques in business in an efficient
manner. By having such knowledge, I
can easily grow in my field in an
efficient manner.
 There are opportunities to improve my
performance by learning new skills and
qualities. Here, I have opportunity to
join online classes and sessions so that I
can grasp the latest concepts efficiently.
 By improving my knowledge, I can
grow in the field of business and
management. Here, I can easily attain
the growth opportunities by learning
new skills & competencies.
 In current period of time, increasing use
of technology has become a major
threat for me as it might hamper my
current performance at workplace.
 The other threat is related to increasing
competition in the job market.
Presently, there are ample of people
present in the market place having
advance and updated knowledge.
Presence of such efficient people might
affect my position at workplace.
 There are threats of uncertain events
like COVID-19 and Brexit. These
events are likely to create uncertainty
that directly affects the job position
within organization.
Action plan:
From the above-information, it is found that I am lacking in ample of areas. To ensure
success in future, I need to improve my overall performance by overcoming my weaknesses. For
this purpose, there is requirement to create an action plan. This action plan will cover targets
along with the necessary strategies to attain those set targets. Further, time period will also

include in the respective action plan to attain the pre-defined goals in timely manner. In this
regard, the action plan is mentioned below:
Goal 1- Problem solving
S-Specific I intend to develop problem solving skills to
resolve the issues effectively.
M-Measurable Here, I will assess my ability to resolve the
issues promptly.
A-Attainable To develop the respective skills, I will join
online sessions and workshops. Also, I will
take guidance from experienced people.
R-Relevant Developing problem solving skills will help
me to resolve the organizational issues in
timely manner.
T-Time Bound 3 Months
Goal 2- Leadership skills
S-Specific I intend to learn leadership skills to lead and
guide team members.
M-Measurable In this regard, I will judge my own abilities to
guide individuals. Further, I will also take
reviews and feedbacks of my subordinates so
that I can make possible improvements in my
leadership qualities in future period of time.
A-Attainable In order to develop necessary leadership skills,
I will read the articles written by experienced
and well-known leaders.
R-Relevant By developing leadership skills, I will be able
to handle the team of different individuals
profoundly. Also, I can easily provide the

guidance to the team members.
T-Time Bound 5 months
Goal 3-Team work
S-Specific I am looking forward to learn team work to
attain organizational goals.
M-Measurable For developing team work skills, I will join
workshops, seminars and online sessions. In
addition to this, I will also go through from the
articles written by well-known personalities.
A-Attainable Here, I will assess my competencies to work in
a team. Further, I will also take reviews from
my colleagues, teammates regarding my team
work abilities. This will help me in terms of
enhancing my team work skills in future period
of time.
R-Relevant Team work is a essential skill to work in a
team of diversify individuals. By having team
work skills, I can easily complete the team
tasks profoundly to ensure the success of the
organization in future period of time.
T-Time Bound 7 Months
Goal 4- Technical expertise
S-Specific I intend to learn technical expertise to
contribute in organizational tasks successfully.
M-Measurable To measure my performance, I will evaluate
my abilities to use recent, updated and
advanced softwares. Additionally, I will also
assess my own performance profoundly so that

necessary improvements can be done in future
A-Attainable For developing technical expertise, I will join
necessary sessions, workshops, seminars and
more. In addition, I will also take guidance of
my seniors to make necessary improvements.
R-Relevant Presently, technical expertise is highly
important to perform the duties systematically.
Also, technical expertise will help me in using
updated and advance tools profoundly so that I
can successfully complete my roles and
responsibilities.
T-Time Bound 9 Months

Conclusion
From the above-mentioned information, it is analyzed personal development is highly
important to get success in the current competitive environment. In the present scenario, I am
looking forward to make an enriching career in the field of business and management. For this
purpose, I have been decided to work within a prestigious organization names as ASDA. I am
also looking forward to develop necessary experience to ensure career growth in longer period of
time. Through SWOT analysis, it is found that I am lacking in ample of areas. Further, a suitable
action plan has been prepared to accomplish target goals within stipulated period of time.

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