Contribution of Mini Project Workshops in Employability

This report discusses the contribution of mini project workshops in the development of employability skills. It explores the effectiveness of portfolio contents for self-development and provides insights into CV preparation, ideal job roles, job search methods, SWOT analysis, and employability skills.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
How and why have the mini project workshops contributed towards the development of your
employability?.............................................................................................................................1
Portfolio contents.........................................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
It is important for a person to prepare well in order to attain success. An individual needs to
develop different skills and potential in order to conduct task in more create and better manner.
there are various steps and other attributes that is includes in preparing for success as well as
accomplishing its (Sangroungrai, Sukchareonpong and Witchakul, 2018). A person needs to put
their maximum efforts for achievement of success. In this report contribution of mini project
workshop in employability is determined. This report include information about portfolio
contents and its effectiveness for self development. Apart from this several portfolio contents in
analysed in this report.
MAIN BODY
How and why have the mini project workshops contributed towards the development of your
employability?
Mini workshop is very impactful in increasing person capability and effectiveness to
perform well in organisation. In mini project workshop information about different employability
and development of employability skills are determined. This is very effective and creative
approaches that should be use by person in order to increase their capability and effectiveness to
attain set goals. Mini project will lead to contribute in development and growth of person
employability as well as help them in conducting business task in more effective manner. In this
mini workshop a person is able to gain information about different components such as CV, ideal
job role and its responsibility, working in a group of team, SWOT analysis and different other
aspects about employability (Saat, 2019). I have analysed that this mini project workshop was
very useful for me as I am able to increase my confidence by gaining understanding about
employability. This mini project workshop was very useful in developing information about CV
and its different attributes. Participation in mini workshop will assist me in identifying and
analysing how to create an effective CV which will includes information about person details in
more informative manner. This workshop will provide information about important of creating
good CV as well as its impact on gaining desired job role. Mini project workshop will provide in
depth detail about the idea job as well as help in knowing what is ideal job. Individual will be
able to understand the important for ideal job as well as its requirements. In mini workshop
different aspects about how to successfully achieve ideal job and along with this how to perform
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task in order to meet with the expectation of job role. Through this work shop it has been
identified that SWOT analyse that one of the effective tool which can be used in order to
determine personal strength and weakness. By evaluating person strength, different skill which
will support in making person more capable and employable will be determined where as
identification of weakness will assist in analyse all those area which need to be improve by
person in order to successfully increase capability (Shaikh and et.al., 2019). All of the
information that is gained through mini project workshop will be very useful in growth and
development of a person. This will lead to contribute in development of employability and
achievement of personal or professional goals.
Portfolio contents
1. Reflection of the contents of CV – CV is very useful in representing information and
detail about different aspects of a person. In my CV I have included various important
information and details which is necessary for providing complete data about my study
and experience. I have analysed that CV is one of the crucial element which increase that
chances of getting selected for a job role. CV is made up of different information and
data which is essential for recruiter to identify and analyse the capability of candidate. In
my CV I have classify my information is different parts such as personal detail,
Education and qualification, working experience, hobbies and skills. All of these are the
essential information that should be included in a good CV. By determining my personal
information recruiter will be able to contact with me for further recruitment process and
education qualification will assist in providing complete information about the data as
well as understand of different aspects about my study and knowledge. By carefully
determining all of the information that is provided in CV will assist recruiter to analyse
my capability and potential to perform organisational task in better manner.
2. Up-to-date CV – It is very important for a person to always keep CV up to date. This
refer as conducting changes and modification in CV as per the changes in career and
qualification improvement (Walters, 2016). I have develop a good CV which includes all
information about my skill which I have developed through my academic learning ,
personal learning and past working experience. By keeping CV up to data a person is
always ready to achieve different opportunity for growth and development. In my CV I
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have included different skills such as critical thinking skill, organisational skill,
management skills, decision making skill and many more.
3. What is your ideal job after graduation – I have analysed that a job can be consider as
ideal when it is a per the need and requirement of student. After completion of graduation
there are many students who want to apply for job and get their desired job in order to
achieve personal and professional goals. Ideal job after graduation is a dream of many
student and they are ready to put their maximum efforts in order to attain ideal job. For
me ideal job is to become a human resource manager at one of the top known company.
in order to achieve this desired job I have study human resource management as well as
its different aspects. It is crucial that a person have theoretical knowledge after graduation
to conduct business task of ideal job role (Fada, and et.al., 2016). As a human resource
manager my duties will be to manage employees of company as well as conduct different
task in order to improve their performance. Human resource manage is my ideal job role
which is according to my skills, capability as well as graduation knowledge. The major
responsibility of human resource manager is to meet with the need of employees and
organisation as well as make sure that all task of business in conducting in required
manner. My expectation for this job role in that senior person support me in conduct task
as well as provide guidance so that I can conduct task in more effective manner.
4. How will you search for jobs after graduation – There are various method and
approaches that can be used by a person to search for a job role. As a graduate student it
is very different to apply for a job. I have determined that there are number of ways
through which a person can apply for desired job role and accomplish set objectives. In
order to search for job after graduation I have evaluate different method such as online
portal and official website of organisation. It has been identified that both of these are
very effective and accurate methods which will provide support to candidate for
searching job. But these methods have some drawback. Online portal is easily to use and
effective in providing large number of job to candidate. The drawback of online portal for
candidate is that there are high chances of fraud cases. Where as official website of
organisation is very authentic and correct ways to apply for desired job role. The major
issues in this method of job search is that this is very time consuming way and many
companies does not reply for the application.
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5. SWOT analysis – Identification of my strength, weakness as well as opportunity and
threat are mention below.
Strengths
My strengths are time management
skills as well as critical thinking
capability. Both of these skills are
crucial for conducting human
resource manager job role in effective
manner.
Weaknesses
There are several weakness which
affect my performance and
capability. My written
communication is weak due to this I
delay in communication information
through written methods.
Opportunities
By working on my weakness I will be
able to increase my competence to
conduct business task in more
innovative manner.
Threats
Changes in technology as well as
increase in completion for desired
job role is the major weakness which
will affect my performance.
6. Article on employability – According to this article which is written by Maciej
Duszynski, it have been analysed that there are various skills which is included in
employability. It is very crucial for a person to identify and determine different skills so
that they can prepare themselves for employability (SOLTANZADEH, GHIYASI, and
DAMAVANDI, 2019). The term employability can be describe as the set of skills which
is desirable for employee for employer. The skills which in included in employability will
lead to have significant impact over turning a person into more attractive for a recruiter as
well as they consider them for the most suitable for the job position in organisation. In
this article different employability skills such as problem solving, communication oral
and written, organisational skills, collaboration, technological skills, data analysis skills
and so on. All of these are very important skills which is crucial for a person to attain
desired job role as well as work for ideal job role. It is crucial for a person to work on
these skill in order to develop their employability capabilities and performing
organisational task in more effective and efficient manner.
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7. What is employability – Employability is one of the crucial elements of a person which
increase the chance of getting selected for desired job role as well as performing well in
organisation. This can be desired as the team which is used to represent different types of
skill set which needs to be within a person. I have understand that employability includes
skills such as communication skills, critical thinking, coordination, adaption, time
management and so on. Employability of increase the chances of a person to a person to
gain desired job role as well as become most suitable for getting paid for the work.
Employability skill enhance the possibility of an individual that they can get selected by
for the job role as well as able to perform business task in more innovate and accurate
manner so that set goals could be timely accomplish by business. Employability is
considered to be beneficial for personal and professional growth of an individual.
8. What skills do you need for employability - There are various skill that is need for
employability such as –
 Communication skill
 Problem solving skill
 Decision making skill
 Adaptability
 Time management
 Organisation skill
9. Picture of teamwork – Team work can be describe as the capability and potential of
team to perform business task in more effective and correct manner (Fada, and et.al.,
2016). It is very important for a person to have team work skill as this assist achieving
common goals of a team. An organisation will be able to perform business task in more
effective way when its team member are working collectively.
10. Picture of yourself – In order to prepare for interview I have taken care of several
aspects such as my dress, appearance, documents and other aspects. It is crucial to dress
well and appropriate for interview round. Pleasant dress will help in giving effective
impression as well as increase the changes of selection. It is crucial to have all documents
which is related to past experience and education qualification.
11. Note taking in class – It is very important for a person to take notes in a class as this is
very supportive in achieving good grade in academic study (Zhang and et.al., 2017). In
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class teacher will explain about different important elements which should be note by
student.
12. Reading log – This is include detail about the book which consist of date, title, page
number and time duration.
Date Book/ journal
Title
Pages read Duration of
reading
19 March 2020 Critical thinking 22 3 day duration
Summary explanation of choices of the Portfolio contents.
As per the analysis for all of the all documents it have been determined that portfolio
included different documents which can be used in future. There are different documents consist
in a portfolio which is helpful in meeting providing information to learner as well as
development of skills. In order to prepare for success I need to develop different skills and
capabilities which is very effective in attaining desired goals. Self development and
responsibility is a crucial for conducting business task in effective manner. By analysing and
identifying different contents which is included in portfolio I have have analyse that each and
every content is very useful. Through these content I will be able to increase my employability
skills as well as able to enhance the chance of getting selected for desired job role. After
graduation I need to create a good CV and up data my current CV (Aste, and et.al., 2019). I have
learned about how to create a good CV as well as what all information should be included in CV
for making good impression at recruiter. Information about idea job role will assist in determine
what is idea job for me as well as its requirement that need to be full filled for gaining growth.
Details about different source for applying for job is very useful in understanding advantage and
disadvantages of job search method. The most effective tool which can be used for a person
growth and development is SWOT analysis. Through this model I will be able to determine my
strength or power which is supportive in conducting business task in correct manner.
Identification of weakness is very important as this increase the scope of developing different
areas in which a person is weak and not able to conduct task in required manner. SWOT analysis
model assist in identifying all those opportunity and threat which is related to my personal and
professional development. I chose SWOT analysis as the most effective portfolio content as it
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increase the chance of development and growth of a person. Correct use of this model will assist
in determine all those areas in which a person is weak and different opportunity that can be
gained by improving those area.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that employability consist of all those skills
which are included in employability enhance the chance of a person to perform business task in
creative manner as well a meet with the expectation of organisation. In a portfolio a person will
be able to record different documents which can be used by future.
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