Professional Identity and Practice

Professional Identity
and Practice

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Importance of on-going professional development.....................................................................3
Importance of projecting the brand image..................................................................................5
Common skills expected in the workplace:................................................................................5
Self-assessment approaches and technique.................................................................................6
Learning and development approaches.......................................................................................8
Effective CV Writing................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14
Books and Journals...................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
. A personal & professional improvement plan is a method of creating an action plan to help an
individual to accomplish personal objectives. In order to facilitate the planning process, it is
important for an individual to consider his or her own abilities, , significance, weakness and
awareness. The HOTEL that was chosen under this assignment is Savoy. It was established in
the year 1889. It has around two hundred and sixty seven guest room. It is mos luxurious hotel
located in central London. The topic on which discussion are made are PDP ( professional
development plan), In the report we discussed about the soft and hard skills that should be
present in a person who engaged in hospitality industry. SWOT analysis is done in the project.
Also preparation of job interview is done and to get, the job curriculum vitae is prepare. Plan is
to design and explain in brief. And various topic are also explain (Tyler, 2021)
MAIN BODY
Importance of on-going professional development
Personal & professional plan is continuous process. In this owner or manager of the
organisation must be aware regarding skills and talent that are present in their workforce so that
it became easy for them to acheive the targets and objectives effectively as well as efficiently
The advantages are briefly explain in below headings -
Benefit to employer
Skilled workforce: It tends to be observe that with the help of continuous professional
development plan managers gets skilled workforce who finish all their work within time which
was allotted to them (Stephens and et.al., 2019). As skilled employees support organisation to
operate their functions smoothly which is beneficial for employer of Savoy Hotels because
skilled workers reduce their wastage and utilising the resource at optimum level(French, 2020)
Up-to-date knowledge: As on regular basis training & development are provided by
Savoy hotel to their important human resource because they are those people in whose hands the
success of business depends. Therefore by making arrangement of training session by experts
company can increase the efficiency level of employees that is beneficial for both for employer
as well as to employee.

Organizational brand image: company who on regular basis monitors staff
performance is only capable to operate business functions properly in profitable manner able .
Also with the help of this business entity develop good image in audience mind , which helps to
convert the local people to customers or clients and it is possible with healthy brand image
(Swinton, 2019)
Benefit to employee
Intrinsic motivation: If workers, continuously analyse their skills and make
improvement in it and take some initiatives to eliminate their weakness than it provide
satisfaction to employees and also improves their motivation .(Ellis and Hogard eds., 2020) As
satisfied and motivated workforce perform the activity or their task with great dedication which
leads to give productivity.. It is necessary to business to have sufficient motivated employees in
their company so that staff members work with great zeal and easily achieve the business goal.
Personal satisfaction: As the employees have skills than it tends to provide satisfaction
to them from inside. It make increment in their performance. Talented human resource is known
as assets of the company. By working in their professional and personal skills an individual is
became satisfied. As these skills force them to complete their task in effective manner.
Increased employability: The employees work on their skills and develop them. This in turns
help them to get more opportunity of job and get more money. If the person has skills,
knowledge and talent than he can easily get the job as well as survive in the competitive
environment. Their skills is their strength which make the person differ from others. That’s why
individual try to improve their skills so that they become successful in their life (Tanjung, 2021)
Professional standards and expectations
Staff are required to follow professional practises to run successfully and efficiently at Park
Plaza Hotel, it is critical to follow all criteria. It is also important that the employee adheres to all
ethical and technological standards (Bridges, 2018). It's is necessary for organisation to work by
following ethical code. The staff must be always ready on time and in proper neat & clean
uniform always. These are considered as standards of Savoy Hotel which their staff expects from
their staff (Iserson, 2019)