Professional Identity & Practice: Thomas Cook

Professional Identity and
Practice

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
P1 Examining the key benefit of ongoing professional development for different stakeholders
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P2 Describe some professional employer expectation of skills and competencies.....................2
P3 Describing own skills, abilities and competences for HR Manager......................................3
P4 Review a range of learning theory and approaches used for personal and professional
development process...................................................................................................................5
P5 Describe a development plan to enhance skills.....................................................................7
P6 Undertake a job interview for General Manager...................................................................8
P7 Review the key strength and weaknesses for an applied interview process..........................9
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Professional identity refers to those individuals who used to describe how they
comprehend themselves in the context of professional, while professional development is the
learning that helps to maintain the professional credential such as academic degree. In the same
way, chosen firm for this report is Thomas Cook, which is global travel company that provides
accommodation service to their customers and it also operates at international level such that it
provides best travel services to their customers at least rates.
The report will describe key benefits of ongoing professional development for different
stakeholders and describe some professional employer expectation of skills. Further, study will
describe professional development process by suing some theory and approaches and to enhance
those skills, report will describe professional development plan. Further, sit describe some
strength and weaknesses of interview process as well.
P1 Examining the key benefit of ongoing professional development for different stakeholders
Professional development is that learning which an individual learned through continued
training and education with regard to their career (Zepeda, 2019). Therefore, its main aim is to
keep up to date regarding current trends and which further help to develop new skills for the
purpose of advancement in their own field. The key benefits of professional development for
different stakeholders are as mention below:
For Employer:
 Through professional development plan, employer can easily recruit the skilled
workforce that helps to maintain the positive comfortable zone. Such that through skilled
workforce, the company's aims and objectives are easily attained.
 If Thomas Cook provide continuous professional development session to their employer
then it will help to gain high competitive edge which will help to sustain the company's
brand image at international level (Benefits of Professional skills, 2019).
 Professional development programs also help to break monotony of everyday work and
also reenergize the employer's creativity. Such that through, it, employer can gain new
skills and perspectives which further, assist to attain the defined aims and objectives in
prescribe time.
For Employee:
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