Reflective Essay on Professional Development and Skills

This reflective essay explores the importance of professional development and skills in personal and career growth. It discusses the use of Gibbs reflective model and highlights the skills and qualities required for a Human Resource Manager. The essay also includes a SWOT analysis and recommendations for improvement.

REFLECTIVE ESSAY
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Gibbs reflective ...........................................................................................................................3
RECOMMENDATION ..................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Professional development consider as the gaining of knowledge as well as skills which are
required for the personal development and advancement of carrier (Guraya. and Chen, 2017). It
involves various types of the possible outcomes such as learning opportunities and also informal
learning opportunities. Present report lay emphasis on the reflection of the skills that relates the
future ambitions. It highlights on the Gibbs module to evaluate the various types of skills as well
as qualities . Identification as well as justification of the job related to the Human resource
manager and also highlights the sector of working areas in terms of future references. It also
focuses on the appraisal of the skills ,career ambitions as well as identifying the gaps skills with
the help of the swot analysis and Audit skills. Furthermore, it highlights on the recommendation
of self evaluation as well as and conclusion as recommendation helps to achieve objectives of
getting the job as well as career of own choice.
MAIN BODY
Gibbs reflective
Description
During the final year of my Post graduation in human resource when I was working in a
multinational company .I was working under the supervision of my mentor ,caring forty year
old lady ,Mrs Robert who has issues on her salary increment status. She wants to change her
job and she needed of money I had been asked to check her salary status so that
Management could access her status (Allen. and et.al.,2019). I check her status and cleared
her queries and submitted the report to the higher management, and she gets her increment.
The smile on her face realizes me that how happy she because that increment helps her in
health problems of her husband. From that day I got to realize that I pursue my career in
Human resource.
Feeling
I need to pursue my carrier on Human resource faculty because my communication skills
are strong. Mrs Robert is a kind of shy lady who unable to discuss her queries with everyone
so listened her quietly. She was quiet confused about the job changing areas I motivate her
not to leave this job as salary can be increased as she is really a hard-working lady
(Rossiter. and Gardiner, 2019).
Evaluation
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The incident was quirt challenging for me as Mrs Robert was nit agreed to continue the job.
However, I motivate her and I learner from this incident that sometimes feels very
demotivating and because of their shyness they are unable to speak their problems (Yielder.
and Moir,2016) .
Analysis
The people working in MNC are quite demotivating sometimes they need some people who
is good in communication skills . So these things applies to my carrier in future references
(Yielder. and Moir,2016)..
Conclusion
Looking back the incident I came to realize that I must act like a sooner,also I should assure
that the staff members should be motivated time to time (Williams. And et.al., 2018).
Swot analysis
Based from the above incident i got to realized that i have some strengths as well as
weakens which is mention below
Strengths -My strengths are that i am good in communication skills ,Whether it is written
communication or verbal communication I am good in both . I am very punctual personality
I finished my work before deadline.
Weakness – I am good in problem solving skills but in some areas I need improvement in
some areas such as I am unable to break the problem into easier parts (Hildebrand,2018).
Opportunities - Due to the human resource manager's job I got opportunities from various
other countries of the European region .they provide me job offer as they go through my c.v,
and they find me quite appropriate for their companies.
Threats- Due to the high competition of the job or recession faced by various countries this
becomes a threat for me (Johnson. and Smith, 2018).
Audit skills Mention below
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Quality of work to improve Not confident 100% 100% confident
SELF AND TIME MANAGEMENT
I finish my work as I manage my work before the deadline by firm
While facing difficulties I know where to get help (Hildebrand,2018).
I know how to manage things on time as a lot of pending work is there
I maintain a diary to remind myself of seminars,lectures as well as meeting.
To finish my present tasks I able to make the future targets regarding my
qualifications as well as education (Williams. And et.al., 2018)..
PROBLEM SOLVING AND CRITICAL THINKING
I have the capacity to work with a team without any facing any disputes when
tasked is delegated to me.
There are various solutions as well as methods for each type of problems, I
select the best option from the given options (Williams. And et.al., 2018).
I always think differently regarding a particular problem hat how it can easily be
solved. I able to solve non-academic as well as academic problems from
various solutions of a problem.
I able to find outcomes from any provided task.
I can break down problem into easier parts.
Regarding talking about a particular task, I know what a company is expecting
from me (Guraya. and Chen, 2017).
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LINGUAL COMMUNICATION
I always listen first to the team or the opinion of the people and provide a
positive attitude even if I do not agree with their opinion (Johnson. and Smith,
2018).
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During the group discussions within the office I will be coming out with a lot
of opinions as well as ideas that will make me the asset of the company.
I believe so that an immediate follow up or immediate feedback is required by
me when the work is finished (Yielder. and Moir,2016).
Providing a presentation there is a capacity within the people of confidence.
People are explained new things through the confidence power (Rossiter. and
Gardiner, 2019)..
PENNED COMMUNICATION
I able to make assignments within paragraphs with the usage of sign language
so that I can communicate to people about my ideas.
There is a capacity that I can make points from the meetings as well as
presentations.
I hardly make grammatical or spelling errors ,punctuation within my written
work (Williams. And et.al., 2018).
I able to make sure that whenever I am taking reference from the other
persons , I do not get plagiarism
My writing is within academic style.
My documents as well as letters content will be written in the correct format.
To make my firm think that I am well aware as well as informed about the
topic, so that I able to present my arguments through sources that look
convincing (Yielder. and Moir,2016).
INFORMATION LITERACY: READING
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I can information or collect data from any source such as internet,books etc.
I can understand the clients needs as well as help them by taking the right step
to solve them.
For an assignment I can make sure that note making when the information is
being shared (Johnson. and Smith, 2018).
It is very easy for me to find out main arguments within the books through
authors as well as differentiate them with the examples and references .
NUMERACY
I can evaluate a table as well as graph of any data that is presented.
I able to make the budget for each as well as every department so that they able
to have funds as accordingly (Guraya. and Chen, 2017).
RECOMMENDATION
It has been recommended that form the above professional skills I am weak in some areas of
problem solving skills such as I am unable to find the complex task into easier parts. Also, I am
unable to maintain a dairy for the maintaining records of lectures as well as meetings. For this I
need training from my peers and tutors. I also need help from the internet about the problems
regarding the critical thinking. There are the skills where I have to think differently that also
needs consideration as I am not sure about that thing. Training of problem solving
skills ,technical skills can be provided to me in order to achieve the best outcomes which are
beneficial for me in the future references.
CONCLUSION
Above report summarized that personal development is crucial for organizational development
of an individual. It provides the various alternate methods such as training and learning methods.
It provides Gibbs reflective on the condition related to the demotivating Mrs Robert and how
personal skills such as communication and problem solving skills helps her to again do work
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within same organization. It also reflects on the Swot analysis where communication was the
strengths as well as some areas of problem solving was its weakness ,also threats highlights the
competition within the market. Furthermore, it highlights on the audit skills of the human
resource manager.
REFERENCES
Books and journals.
Allen, L.M and et.al.,2019. Categorising the broad impacts of continuing professional
development: a scoping review. Medical Education.53(11).pp.1087-1099.
Guraya, S.Y. and Chen, S., 2017. The impact and effectiveness of faculty development program
in fostering the faculty’s knowledge, skills, and professional competence: a systematic review
and meta-analysis. Saudi journal of biological sciences.
Hildebrand, J., 2018. Bridging the gap: A training module in personal and professional
development. Routledge.
Johnson, C.S. and Smith, C.M., 2018. Preparing Nursing Professional Development Practitioners
in Their Leadership Role: Management and Leadership Skills. Journal for nurses in professional
development.34(2).pp.99-100.
Rossiter, I. and Gardiner, G., 2019, February. Skills development through an Alumni and student
mentoring programme: A collaborative approach. In ICAReAlumni Conference
Proceedings (No.1).
Williams, C.R. And et.al., 2018. Development of pharmacy resident leadership skills through
creation of a regional ambulatory care forum. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and
Learning. 10(12). pp.1641-1646.
Yielder, J. and Moir, F., 2016. Assessing the development of medical students’ personal and
professional skills by portfolio. Journal of medical education and curricular
development. 3. pp.JMECD-S30110.
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