Professional Employ Ability Plan Australia Analysis 2022

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYABILITY PLAN

Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction.............................................................................................................3
2.0 Recruitment practices within the Engineering industry within Australia.................3
3.0 Role of Networking within the Engineering industry within Australia.....................5
4.0 Self-reflection on Career motivations and Goals....................................................5
4.1 Short-term Goals.................................................................................................6
4.2 Medium-term Goals.............................................................................................6
4.3 Long-term Goals..................................................................................................6
5.0 Skills Requirement for Short-term Goals................................................................7
6.0 Self-reflection on Strengths and Development Needs...........................................8
7.0 SMART Goal Setting Process................................................................................9
8.0 Conclusion............................................................................................................10
References.................................................................................................................11

1.0 Introduction
Personal employability plan is an important aspect in the study of human resource
management as the plan encompasses the analysis of personal strength and
weakness in the context of the chosen industry which the person intends to work in
the future (Mullen, Bridges, Eccles & Dippold, 2019). The plan is a self-reflection of
the person and the intended paper is self-reflection of the researcher prepared in the
context of the engineering industry in Australia.
2.0 Recruitment practices within the Engineering industry within Australia
In last few years, the Engineering sector in the country has witnessed a downturn
and the report has shown that there has been a nationwide contraction in job
vacancies during 2019 ("Trends in engineering job vacancies show the profession
can survive a downturn - Create", 2020). As a result, Reserve Bank of Australia
(RBA) has applied several monetary policies in the form of lowering interest rates,
cutting tax burden on business and individuals etc. Hence, the job market has
witnessed a slight increase at the beginning of 2020 ("Trends in engineering job
vacancies show the profession can survive a downturn - Create", 2020). As per
Engineers Australia Report, the engineering vacancy generally consists of 2.4 % of
all Australian vacancy for the year 2019 and it has been observed that on an
average 4092 engineering jobs were advertised in various job portals nationally in
each month in the last year ("Engineering Vacancy Report", 2020).
Some of the key practices in the engineering segment in the country with respect to
job vacancy may be noted herein. First of all, the figure below shows that vacancy in
engineering job in the country has been consistently declining in last year and the
same is in line with a nationwide decline in the job market.

Figure 1: 2019 Australian internet vacancy trends: (January - December 2019)
(Source: "Engineering Vacancy Report", 2020)
It may also be observed that civil engineering professionals’ jobs and related
vacancies occupy most of the engineering job markets in the country as compared to
other engineering qualifications such as electrical, mining and testing related etc.
The fact may be corroborated from the figure below.
Figure 2: Australian engineering vacancies by occupation: January - December 2019
(Source: "Engineering Vacancy Report", 2020)
In terms of the state of the country, it has been observed that the NSW (New South
Wales) has been the primary location where most of the engineering jobs are being
advertised and posted followed by Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia.