Personal and Professional Development

This report discusses the importance of personal and professional development in achieving career goals. It explores the process of identifying and evaluating skill sets and career ambitions. The report also provides recommendations for enhancing skills and pursuing a career as a manager in a big company.

Personal and
Professional
Development
Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF SKILL SETS AND CAREER AMBITION ........5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development exists as a process by which individual who are
engages in organisation to achieve their objectives learns various outcomes which can helps
them to overcome from various challenges and goals. The main motive of professional
development is to develop the needs of individuals and teams (Avidov-Ungar, 2016). According
to the present era, most of the organisation are performing their work at global level, as to meet
up their challenges, it is essential for individual to become more professional by learning and
implementing various skills and management techniques, such as time and stress management,
coordination and communication etc. The component of this skill aid the person to make capable
for fit in each type of roles and jobs. Further, in this report I will analyse and evaluate my
qualities, learning and skills by utilising various models and theories. As it helps me to decide
the core area in which it is my skills are totally utilised. Along, with this it also helps me to
analyse the skills suitability that match with career ambition. I will also identifies different
sectors and fields such as skills required by the manager of big company in order to overcome
from the gaps between those position and my work. This findings helps me to develop new skills
that can make my skills more competent to work in my preferred sector.
IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF SKILL SETS AND CAREER
AMBITION
In the competitive market it is important for an individual to enhance their skills and
knowledge continuously so that personal and professional development can be achieved so that
the person can be successful in their career. Personal skills of employees play an important role
in the success of an organisation as they can perform their roles efficiently and can face
challenges in an effective manner (Gamrat and et. al., 2014). Some skills are inbuilt i.e. present
from birth whereas others has to be acquired so that an understanding can be developed in the
area where the person want to excel in their careers i.e. becoming a manager in a big company.
Before applying for the job of a manager in a big company I'll conduct SWOT analysis for
myself so that I can identify my strengths and weaknesses and the possible threats and
opportunities that will help me to succeed in my career.
Strengths are the factors that helps an individual in achieving their personal goals and
objectives and giving the individual self satisfaction. These strengths can help the person to

perform their tasks better and the learning process can be more quick (Hicks and et. al., 2014). I
have analysed that I am a fast learner and my communication skills are strong. I am also good at
taking quick decisions by analysing the complete scenario and studying both the positive and
negative impact of my decision in that situation. This strength can help me in taking good
decisions that will be profitable for complete organisation. I'm also good at dealing with people
and coming up with better solutions for any issues faced by them.
Weaknesses are the areas where the individual lacks confidence and knowledge to
perform their task efficiently (Murdoch-Eaton and Sandars, 2014). I have realised that some of
my weaknesses are that I am very sympathetic and emotional which makes my will power weak
at certain situations. Also I have high temper which is not good for my profession over the time
and affects my performance.
Opportunities are the chances that can be taken by an individual to grow and develop
both personally and professionally. My qualifications and past experiences in finance and HR
field can give me an opportunity to choose any organisation where I want to apply. Also I am
good at effective communication, I haver patience and I'm polite along with many other skills
that are generally required by any profession.,
Threats are the factors that might cause problems or obstacles in the careers of the
individual and also affects their performance (Patton, Parker and Tannehill, 2015). I have
realised that my technical skills are weak this is a threat for me and can reduce my chances of
selection. Also the number of job applicants are increasing at a fast rate which also causes a
threat.
Kolb's learning cycle theory is concerned with the ability of a each individual to learn.
It states that there are four stage cycle of learning and also four different learning styles which
are : Concrete learning which states that individuals learn from their own experiences, reflective
observation of the new experience which suggests that individual obserbve and analyse
situations before taking any decisions, abstract conceptualisation states that individuals think
logically and appropriately before reacting towards a given situation and the last style is active
experimentation which suggests that people can influence others so that they can be made to do
the work from the perceptions of the individual (Prosek and Hurt, 2014). I follow abstract
conceptualisation which is related to thinking logically in every situation which makes my
decision-making good and effective.

Along with skill identification it is important for me to identify the career that I want to
pursue. This can be done by analysing the jobs that can suite my level of interest and my
qualifications so that I can perform my job efficiently. The type of job I want to take is to
become a manager in a big company as I've specialised in the field of management and HR
which can help me in dealing with business situations and the employees of the company. I
possess understanding of both the fields and also my knowledge in applying various theories,
models processes so that the efficiency of employees can be improved and they can be motivated
to achieve targets can help me in effectively performing my job as a manager. My decision-
making skills which are influenced by the abstract conceptualisation that I apply in all the
situations so that profitable decisions can be made for the company. I can deal with the staff
members and can solve their conflicts efficiently and can also deal with their issues so that their
efficiency to perform can be enhanced and they can remain motivated to achieve organisational
goals and targets on time and within budget.
My career ambition to be a successful manager so that the activities of a big company can
be well coordinated and managed so that the goals can be achieved I need to enhance my
strengths and work on my weaknesses so that I can excel in my career.
CONCLUSION
In the last, from the above report it is concluded that there are various areas are present in
the market that provides job opportunities to an individual, but with the analyses of own skills it
is easy for a person to select specific areas in which it is easy for him to perform with more
capabilities as compare to other areas. Along with this there are skills are learned by the
individuals but with the evaluation of this skill. It is simple for an individual to improve those
skills which are matched with the career ambition and skills. Moreover, abilities are also related
with two different sectors that is technical and non-technical. So the person need to be focused
on those that is related with their background. On the basis of SWOT analysis it is effortless for
the individuals to overcome from those loopholes which impacts on the capabilities and ambition
of a person. In order to improve this strength are used as a tool that can help to influence others
that my skills are competent for the particular job.

RECOMMENDATIONS
According to the above analyses and evaluation of my skills, there are some aspects
which identified are stated, that I have competency to undertake my career ambition effective but
due to global competition and changes in technology. I have to keep monitor on my regular skills
in order to match them with the required job. Like it is mandatory for the manager of large
organisation to learn analytical skills. Therefore, I applied for those course that improves my
skills and enrol in those which are best suitable and helps to improves skills in short intervals.
Moreover, there are various sectors are also identified in which my skills match with the job.
Like the FMCG and banks are performing their business at global level. It governs that there are
various opportunities are provide by this sector, so I need to become a constant learner which
helps me to work with more experience. This governs that factors related with the large
organisation needs to consider as one of the most important aspects due to which better results
will be outcomes in my performance and work. Further, the main recommendation is to learn and
adopts the thins from experiences because the repeated mistake directly impacts on the work
performance as well as behavioural aspects. So it helps to improve the abilities as well as to
overcome from one of the major barrier of my career by helping to those skills that can helps to
face the challenges in accurate manner. In the last, a list is also prepared in which all mistakes
will be recorded because it helps to identify that which factor is impacting on the skills and
capabilities at a major level. So all those should resolve first in order to boost the morale and
work performance.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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Hicks, P.J and et. al., 2014. Domain of competence: personal and professional
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Murdoch-Eaton, D. and Sandars, J., 2014. Reflection: moving from a mandatory ritual to
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283.
Patton, K., Parker, M. and Tannehill, D., 2015. Helping teachers help themselves: Professional
development that makes a difference. NASSP bulletin, 99(1).pp.26-42.
Prosek, E.A. and Hurt, K.M., 2014. Measuring professional identity development among
counselor trainees. Counselor Education and Supervision, 53(4). pp.284-293.
van Aalderen‐Smeets and et. al., 2015. Improving primary teachers’ attitudes toward science by
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