Preparing for Success: Reflection on Job Experiences

PREPARING FOR
SUCCESS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PART A...........................................................................................................................................1
Overview.....................................................................................................................................1
What............................................................................................................................................1
So What.......................................................................................................................................1
Now What...................................................................................................................................3
PART B............................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Success refers to the compatibility and effectiveness in achieving personal and
professional experiences. Moreover, reflecting upon past experiences expands the horizon related
towards future growth and success (John, Daun-Barnett and Moronski-Chapman, 2018). The
essay below reflects upon the job experiences and how the same helped in ensuring
improvisation in performance, along with behaviour and personal experience. For this purpose,
Driscoll's Model of Reflection is being utilised which is applied effectively to reflect on the
activity appropriately.
PART A
Overview
Developed in 1994, this reflective model is applied effectively to sequentially reflect on
past experiences and how best they have contributed in shaping the future decisions effectively.
Hence, the essay below is based on the job role of Coordinator Despatch, where this model is
effectively applied.
What
I am very well placed under an organisation as a coordinator dispatch, which requires to
me to interact with a number of individuals on a daily basis, along with performing activities like
loading and unloading, packing, handling forklift and scanning the despatch materials. The
experience has been quite enriching one as due to diverse activities, the job role requires
continuous improvement in existing and potential skill set in order to enhance the success factors
for future career prospects. Moreover, since being a coordinator requires me to constantly
acquire and share information with everyone, communication has been an active part of my job
role. In addition to this, the key aspects associated with this job role was related towards
multitasking, analytical decision making, complex problem solving, along with continuous
improvement in relation to enhancing the scope of improvement where communication is
concerned (Black, 2015).
So What
When I first joined this job role, initially I was very nervous as a coordinator has several
responsibilities towards human and technical resources associated with the same. Moreover,
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