Professional Career Development

This document provides an overview of professional career development, including the importance of career planning, reflection models, employers' perspectives, self-motivation, and career opportunities in finance management. It also includes a personal action plan and discusses the skills required for a career in finance management.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER
DEVELOPMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAINBODY...................................................................................................................................3
Reflection Model.........................................................................................................................3
Career plan...................................................................................................................................6
Employers perspectives...............................................................................................................7
Self-motivation............................................................................................................................7
Learning styles.............................................................................................................................8
Personal Development.................................................................................................................9
Employment goals.....................................................................................................................11
Action plan.................................................................................................................................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Career development is referred to set of programmes that design to fulfil individual
needs, abilities and career goals along with current and future opportunities. Generally, it is
lifelong process that helps to encourage employee motivation and productivity. The career
development support6s to attract top staff and retains highly valued employee within workplace.
Professional and career development is the procedure of career planning and development. The
process includes self-assessment, career survey, planning and employment tactics. It is not only
helping individuals to get success over the period but also supports to improve their personality.
It contains two major components career planning and career management. Whereas career
planning guides individual to work in right direction while career management enables person to
achieve their goal by providing understanding about occupational behaviour. The brief study
provides understanding about theoretical study and practice study which are quite different from
each other while taking in practices. The report includes personal reflection by applying
reflective model to elaborate personal experience. The brief study helps to understand
significance of career planning for the future. Self-motivation, learning styles and personal
development models and theories will contain in the report.
MAINBODY
Reflection Model
Gibb’s Reflective model is popular framework for personal reflection and apply in
different situation and supports to evaluate. The model was proposed by American psychologist
and sociologist Grahams Gibbs (Al-Jubouri and Al-Jubouri, 2019). I used the model for sharing
my feeling while learning that has supported me to develop employability skills. The model
assists me to think systematically regarding the experiences that has experienced by them while
dealing with number of task or situation. In addition, I have examined all my strengths,
weaknesses, driving factors etc. supports me to manage my career plan. The model contains
various stages which are described as follows:
Description

It is the initial stage of the reflection model in which describe about events on which
reflection is given in detail. I am graduating in economic management from the collage. While
studying in collage allocates different tasks to students from the teacher. The reason behind is
that to analyse ability of individual student to deal with future issues. The collage teacher has
allotted one project to me that was needed to complete on time for gaining high scores in
graduation. There was number of students who were working effectively on the project because
it supports to influence career opportunity. I was required to give informative information on the
topic along with given time deadline and must use formal language so that establish positive
image in the analyser mine for me. I gathered qualitative information about the project within
given deadline. Even I have developed plan to enlist number of activities related to my projects
which guided me to carry out all task in systematic manner. Thus, I completed my project within
prescribed time deadline (Cherkis and Rosciano, 2018). Even I took guidance from my senior
authorities as well while working on the project. The reason behind was that I wanted to make
sure that work that is completed by me must creative and quite different from other students.
Feelings
It is second stage in which expresses actual felling’s before and after the event or task.
While working on the project has various emotions in me such as it was my first project so I was
bit anxious to listen time deadline. The project related to my accountant field and most of the
things I have experienced while taking lecture class in collage so I was more excited. While
working on the project I experienced various new things which I never faced. For example,
critically analysis of available data, observe patterns and portray logical conclusion etc. it was
quite difficult for me because it was consuming more time for completing report. When I have
analysed all the facts related to my topic then it supported me to improve my knowledge about
different new facts and I wrote logical conclusion of the project. When my project was fully
completed, I felt too much relax. It was great feeling for me that I completed my task in given
deadline.
Evaluation
It is third stage that helps to analyse all things like which went wrong or right that is
required to access that the event was properly accomplished or not. There were numerous things

which went well while working in the project. For example, I was able to communicate with
number of people effectively to gather information for my assignment. Whatever content was
recorded by me in the project that was liked by external team. When overall task was done by me
then needed to be displayed in front of senior authorities (Lecturers) and students. I have scored
high markets on the basis of delivering speech. The topic was selected by me for the project that
was more interesting and liked by senior authorities of collage at the time of presentation. There
was most interesting thing that is related to my experience was time utilization. I used proper
time to understand resources effectively and kept proper body language while interacting with
people, improved my knowledge related to my topic (Cho, 2019). There were various things
which went wrong such as lack of critical thinking skills that caused I unable to write logical
conclusion. Lack of eye contact, enthusiasm and writing skills etc. caused I scored average and
received passing marks only. Due to low enthusiasm I was unable to deliver clear purpose of the
report while presenting my project in front of teachers and students. Due to these reason,
conclusion of the report was weak and I received low marks in the whole presentation.
Analysis
It is another stage of model that related to the evaluation of learning which acquired by
individuals while working on the activities for specified events. I learned various skills while
working on the project such as effective communication that supported me to take proper
direction from the class teacher who have allotted different tasks among the whole students. The
project assisted me to understand significance of effective communication because it resolved
numerous critical issues which could act as obstacle in the project. I have developed the skill for
the purpose of building employability skills (Hussein, 2018). As I know it is crucial to work
effectively in collage time and it can support me to deal with critical situation that can face while
working in a company or workplace. Apart from this I have experienced negative things as well.
For example, lack of enthusiasm I scored low in the presentation. By the weakness I have learned
that all the issue could be resolved effectively by being energetic while performing number of
tasks that supports to develop ability to perform effectively. I learned many things from my
mistake which I did in the project and I have decided that I will portray logical conclusion along
with specific purpose for these type presentations.
Conclusion

The stage is related to looking back at overall the situations that faced while working on
the project effectively. When I analysed my project and the steps which could be taken
effectively to accomplish expected results. When I evaluated my project then I found there were
various which was done effectively by me. The major weaknesses were lack of enthusiasm and
lack of critical thinking skills. These weaknesses caused I unable to give proper conclusion and
purpose of the project in the presentation. Due to this I scored low marks that lower my
confidence because I was expecting to achieve high scores. But I have decided to develop my
weak area while taking classes and follows guidance of my senior authorities.
Action plan
It is last stage of Gibb’s reflective cycle in which overall action could be taken in the
future for dealing with similar situation. I enlisted my weaknesses because it will help me to
improve my personality and employability skills as well. I have decided I will be enthusiastic
nest time while giving project presentation in front of senior authorities as result, I will score
high marks in the project (Savickas, 2018). I have decided that if I get similar opportunity in the
future, I will analyse all the facts critically so that I can write logical conclusion of all the
contents which will be recorded in report. I have decided I will use logical example while giving
my speech so that I can fulfil teacher’s expectation. I knew this time the presentation was not
much informative but nest time I will take care of these issues. Thus, I will improve my skills for
the future.
Career plan
It a set of goals for individual’s career in which includes action plan that determines steps
towards defined goals. The career plan is used by employer or individuals to determine career
opportunities which matches requirement, capabilities and preferences as well. The career plan is
used by student to set it’s goals for the future so that can achieve over the time. There are
number of career opportunity for the finance management student. The finance management
course deals with number of subjects i.e. financial planning, accounting and strategic plan for
potential growth of company. The main aim of the coursed to develop financial skills in
individuals. I am graduating in the finance management. My career plan is to do job as finance
manager in the MNC. As I know finance management has wide scope in the organization as well
as banks. If I passed with high scored in the accountant then I have opportunity to start as

accountant in the bank. There are various corporate and private banks requires highly skilled
accountant so I can apply for the job in the future. There are various multinational companies
where requires budget analyst and financial analyst so I can apply in the future and can meet my
objectives (Sekarwinahyu, Rustaman and Widodo, 2019). I can become personal financial
advisor as well because most of the companies needs personal financial advisor who can help to
resolve financial crisis. This post requires good employability skills i.e. effective
communication skills, math skills, critical thinking skills and analytical skills. I can develop
critical thinking skills which supports me to give creative advice to resolve problem on the spot.
I have good communication skills and math skills so it will support me to communicate with
people effectively. Thus, it is another career opportunity for the future where I can apply. There
are lots of banks that needs loan officers and it has vital scope in the future as well. So, I can go
for this post as well if I improve financial skills effectively.
Employers perspectives
The main goal of the organization is to recruit those employees for the finance
management post who have financial skills and ca lead high profitability within company.
Employers requires number of skills such as effective communication skills, critical thinking
skills, analytical skills in a candidate if they apply for the finance management post (Cho, 2019).
Apart from this, there are numerous roles of finance management which they perform within
organization such as produce financial report, direct investment activities and develops strategies
and plan to achieve long-term goals of the business. So, employers have lots of expectation and
requirement before recruiting finance management team. In addition, employer wants individual
member of finance management have creative skills so that they can give quick solution
regrading problems. Whatever requirements are proposed by employers can fulfil by me because
I have effective communication skills that can help to communicate different type of employee
effectively. I have developed analytical skills in me which will meet employer’s expectation. I
made creative action plan for enlisting number of task for the project so that guided me to work
in right direction. so, I can say that I can develop effective strategies which will support
employer to achieve long-term financial benefits within business.

Self-motivation
Self-motivation is too necessary for developing professional career. That’s why I always
try to make myself too much motivated in any time at any place. There is self-motivation can
highly contribute in my all over growth (Mityaevan and et.al., 2017). Currently I have ability of
self-motivation. I am able to make myself highly motivate to achieve my different targets and
objectives on time. In this dynamic and modern world, there is self-motivation is the only thing
which can support us to always be motivated to gain high success in life. According to many
personality development experts, every person should try to be self-motivated to develop its
professional career. Otherwise, that person never develop its professional career. Basically, self-
motivation motivates a person makes some productive future plans to gain various objectives
which has based on personal career. Currently many people are doing different activities in their
personal life to always be self-motivated. In this situation, I also always tries to he be self-
motivated, because I also want to achieve my different objectives on time which has based
professional career. Currently there are huge competition in the market in any field. That’s why a
person should be motivated to make some predictive techniques and strategies for systematically
dealing competition.
Currently there are lots of factors existing in my persona life which can motivate me for
developing my professional careers. For example; I always like take appreciation and rewards
from anyone for increasing levels of my dignity. That’s why this factor motivates me for always
completing such task which can provides appreciation and rewards. On the other side, I have
different needs which are highly motivated in my personal life, like; physiological needs, safety
and security needs etc. These are some major factors which always highly motivates me (Rowe,
2017). Many times I read some motivational novels as well, in which such novels also motivate
me to achieve something big in my life. I have somewhere learnt that, if any person not achieve
in its life, then its life is completely useless. In this situation, I don’t want to become a useless in
my personal life, so my mind-set and mentality always motivates me for achieving something
great in personal life. Nowadays, I completely understand that, self-motivation is too necessary
for developing my professional career. In this situation, I need to conduct such activities within
my personal life for always be self-motivated.

Learning styles
There are different learning styles also plays very great role in professional career
development. In this situation, I always try to use these all learning styles to develop my existing
personality and professionalism. For example; there are VAK are some major learning styles
which can support me for different new thing in my life (Weiner and Schultz, 2016). There is
VAK (Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic) styles are basically a learning model which give opportunity
to a person to learn lots of new thing and gaining huge knowledge. VAK learning model is
developed by Walter Burke Barbe and Neil Fleming. Basically this model divides different
people into three major categories of learner. For example; first is visual learner who learn
information by sights, then second one is Auditory learner who absorb information through
listening sounds. At the end, third one is Kinaesthetic learner who gain information by moving
one place to another. This is the basic concept of VAK learning model. Currently I am
completely knowing actual advantages of this learning model, so I will definably implement this
model in my personal life for gaining or absorbing huge knowledge and formation to develop my
professional career.
On the other side, these learning styles will give me opportunity for improving my
different skills and abilities as well. There are lots of skills and abilities I still need to be
improved for property developing my professional career. For example; communication skills,
decision making skills, time management abilities, people management competencies etc. In this
situation, I can definitely improve or develop my these all skills, abilities and competencies
through these learning styles. Basically, there are lots of people also has taken different
innovative steps towards improving their skills and abilities. Many of people uses these learning
styles also for absorbing huge knowledge and information. There are huge knowledge and
information about anything has highly required to properly improving or developing professional
career (Greenan, 2016). In this situation, I also highly need to gain or absorb knowledge of
different things which can positively affect my professional career. Through these learning styles
I will be able to improve my different skills and abilities as well. Currently there are many
people has already succeeded in improving their knowledge, skills and abilities through these
learning styles. So, I believe that, I can also improve or develop my different skills or abilities by
using these different learning styles like; VAK model. My these all step will contribute in
development of my professional career.

Personal Development
Currently there are various innovative models and theories available which can support to
anyone in personal development. In this situation, I am also able to take huge advantages from
this models and theories for developing my personality. There is personal development is too
necessary task to me, because without improving my personality I will never develop my
professional career. This is the main reason that, I should highly consider personal development
factor for proper boost my professional career. Currently I am too serious for developing
professional career (Zavatskyi and Toba, 2017). In this situation, I am ready to cover any task or
activity which can positively affect my professional career. For example, I am ready to use or
implement different theories for personal development. There are some major theories and
models has been discussed below which can contribute in my personality development task.
Behavioural theory: This is one of major theories of personal development. According to this
theory I should develop my existing behaviour for developing my personality. For example;
currently there are various weaknesses existing in my personal behaviour. In this situation, firstly
is need to identify these behaviour weaknesses, then I am responsible to choose some appropriate
ways or methods for developing my behaviour. When I will be succeeded in developing my
behaviour, then I can easily improve my professional career as well.
Biologicals theory: This is another productive theory of personality development. Currently I am
able to take huge advantages from this theory as well. According to biological theory, in should
take productive steps towards developing body language and other regular habits for properly
developing my personality. In the development process, I will responsible to remove my such all
habits which can negatively affect my personality. At the end, with the support of these my steps,
I will be able to complete my personal development task.
Humanist theory: Humanist theory of personal development also plays very great role for
developing personality of any person. According to this theory, a person should increase its
levels of humanity, because a person who has well-developed personality can easily understand
emotions of any other human (Earley, 2020). That’s why I highly need to consider this theory of
personal development for improving my existing personality.

These are some major and popular theories and models of personal development.
Currently I should properly consider these all theories or models for developing my existing
personality. I believe, these theories of personal development will defiantly support me for
improving standard of my personality. On the other side, there is a SWOT analysis also used
below specially for analysing my existing strengths and weaknesses.
SWOT analysis
SWOT analysis is one of the major analytical tools which mainly uses by different
companies or businesses for analysing their various internal factors. Basically SWOT term refers
four major factors, like; strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. In this situation, these
four factor has been discussed below which can support me for analysing my different internal
factors.
Strengths: Currently I have various well-developed skills and abilities which always supports me
in performing excellent within any place. There are well-developed communication skills, time
management skills, knowledge of finance and economics etc. some major strengths.
Weaknesses: I have some weaknesses too. For example; my decision making abilities, problem
solving skills and people management skills are too weak. Recently I have taken different actions
towards improving these skills or abilities. I hope I will definitely develop these un-developed
skills and abilities.
Opportunities: Currently I have great opportunity to develop my existing personality by using
different innovative personal development theories or models. On the other side, there are
various useful learning styles also available to me for absorbing knowledge and information
(Rimmer, 2018). By absorbing various knowledge and information, I will be able to develop my
professional career.
Threats: Many times I takes too much time for taking any decision, because my existing
decisions making skills are not much effective. So, because of poor decision making skills, many
times I need to drop those opportunities which can affect my professional career. In this is
situation, impact of poor decision making skills I the biggest threat to me.

Employment goals
I already made my future plans for making my career in that field where I really wants to
be enter. I want to make my career in finance and economics. In this situation, I have mentioned
those all steps in my different plans which will need to conduct in the future. In my opinion,
everyone should make different future plans for achieving all decided objectives and goals on
time. There are many factors I have considered while making these plans, because I want to run
my all actions according to my existing future plans to achieve my final goal (Marshall and
Taylor, 2016). On the basis of my future plans, recently I have taken some productive steps
towards learning about finance and economics, because I really want to make my career only in
this field. In these steps, I using various learning styles for properly absorbing knowledge and
information about finance and economics. In my future plans, I have mentioned some major
resources also which can contribute in developing my professional career. At the end, I will be
able to achieve my employment goals.
Action plan
There is a productive action plan has been mentioned below which will definitely support
me to overcome my weaknesses. This action plan can help me for achieving my final goals as
well.
Skills and
Abilities
Activities Resources Time Period Evaluation
Decision making
abilities
I will read
different books
and journals,
articles, etc.
which has based
on decision-
making abilities
(Phillips-Jones
and et.al., 2017).
There are books
& journals,
articles etc. are
major resources
to me.
3 Months Time period of 3
months is
enough time to
me for
developing my
decision
abilities.
Problem solving
skills
Problems
solving skills
There are
internet,
6 Months There are six
months enough

also I highly
need to be
improved. For
improving these
skills, I will
watch different
informative
videos on
internet.
personal
computer,
laptop, smart
phone etc. some
major resources
which can
contribute in
improving my
problem solving
skills.
to me for
developing these
skills. I will put
my huge effort
to develop
problem solving
skills.
People
management
skills
For improving
my people
management
skills, I will take
specific training
sessions and
read some
people
management
books and
magazines.
I have required
to use different
resources like;
human resource
(trainer), books
and journals,
magazines etc.
9 Months I have highly
required time
period of nine
months for
developing my
people
management
skills (Turpin
and Shier, 2017).
I will properly
use different
resources to
develop these
skills.
CONCLUSION
It can be concluded that there are developing professional career is not a small task to
anyone, because each person has highly required to conduct different activities or steps for
developing its professional career. Currently there are various innovate ways and methods
available to a person which can contribute in developing its professionalism and personality. For

example; VAK learning model, SWOT analysis model, etc. are some major tool to a person
which helps in developing personality and professionalism. On the other side, there is self-
motivation is too necessary for gaining effective results in personal life. A self-motivated person
is always able achieve high success in its personal life. At the end, a person should create a
productive action plan also for developing own personality and professionalism

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