Reflective Journal on Developing Employability Skills

Reflective Journal

Contents
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Leadership plays an important role within an organization and can be defined as the
ability of an individual to influence others. There are different employability skills that an
individual is required to possess in order to attain the desired job (Afsar, Cheema and Javed,
2018). These skills can include communication skills- both written as well as verbal, research
skills, time and self-management, team work, problem solving skills etc. This report is a
reflective journal that discusses how the completion of task 1 has contributed to the achievement
of employability skills.
MAIN BODY
The completion of first task helped me in achieving various employability as well as
study skills. I developed effective communication skills, verbal as well as written which are
among the most important employability skills. This is because they ensure that a particular
message is communicated effectively to a large audience. Since the task was a written
assignment, it helped me in enhancing my writing skills also. Written communication skills are
one of the primary basis on which a person’s overall learning is judged by the people (Bolman
and Deal, 2017). Also, many leading organizations expect their employees or the new candidates
to have effective communication skills. I got an opportunity to learn that effective writing skills
help colleagues, managers or team leaders to understand the message clearly. It also eliminates
any kind of confusion or misunderstanding at the workplace. Different employability skills
contribute to the overall development of an individual and enhance their confidence. The task
involved a lot of research to be done on the topic so that it could be completed efficiently.
This helped me in developing research skills which include collecting relevant data,
critically analyzing it, planning, scheduling etc. Research skills can be defined as the ability to
search for, organize, evaluate and present information that is accurate and relevant to a particular
topic (Reading and Research Skills, 2020). I was able to develop research skills because the task
involved collection of data regarding leadership style of Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon. Once
the information was collected, we had to evaluate and analyze the information regarding if it was
relevant to the topic or not. ICTs stand for Information Communication Technology Services. It
has become an important part of modern lives because the use of information and