Developing Employability Skills: A Self-Evaluation

This report discusses the significance of employability skills and provides a self-evaluation of the author's skills. It explores the importance of technical skills, decision-making, creativity, and emotional intelligence in the workplace. The report also offers strategies for personal development, including setting SMART goals and accessing resources for skill enhancement.

TOPIC

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
Employability self Evaluation.....................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

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INTRODUCTION
Development is terms of employability allow individual to gain new skill and knowledge
through which they can reach towards new heights (Fasbender and Klehe, 2019). There are
number of roles as well as responsibilities that are by an individual to accomplish their
professional life goal, for this learning to new skills and techniques facilitate an individual to
assure their development and growth. Knowledge of new skills enhances capabilities of an
individual through which they can achieve their objectives and goals with great effectiveness.
Present report include reflection of interpersonal skills in which strength and weaknesses are
going to be evaluated. Along with this, report include Personal development planning.
MAIN BODY
In current marketplace, it is essential for an individual to have access of different types of
skills as it allow them to enhance their growth and development opportunity for employment. It
has been analysed by me that I have number of skills such as time management skill, team
working skill, innovative skill and negotiation skill through which I have opportunity to enhance
by career opportunities. However, I lack in some skills like technical as well as decision making
skill. Ineffectiveness of these skill have tendency to have negative impact on my future growth
and development. In order to overcome this, a personal development plan has been developed by
me. This plan will aid me to undertake significant activities with the use of efficient resources to
gain learning of these skills in desired framework of time.
Need to improve employment prospects
Economic conditions, higher expectations from employer, necessity and more career
growth are some of the aspects or elements that generates need to improve employment
prospects (Ferguson, 2018). It has been evaluated that there some certain skills like time
management, negotiation and team working that has been possessed by me. However, due to
inefficiency in some skills like technical, decision-making, creativity and emotional I lacks in
undertaking opportunity for more career growth. It also affects my ability to accomplish my set
goals and targets in effective manner.

Personal Development Plan
Skills Activities which needs to
be undertake
Resources Time-
frame
Desired
improvements
Technical
Skill
Taking online sessions,
Asssitance for seniours
and peers, by seeking
regular feedbacks,
undertake special project
and regular monioring for
own performance will
help me in enhancing my
effeciency of technical
skills.
Online coaching class
proves to be one of the
most important
measure through
which I can learn
technical aspects in a
well defined and
effective manner.
1.5
month
s
After proper
utilization of
resources and
regular practices
and sessions
desired
improvements
can be assured.
With the
expansion in
technology it is
one of the most
important skill
that employers
mainly seek.
Thus, all the
given resources
assits me to
emhance by
technical ability.
Decision
making
This skills can be
undertaken with the use of
activities like, condition
based scenario, effective
simulation and long term
role practices. All these
Coaching class proves
to be one of the most
effective measure or
resource through
which decision making
skill can be learned.
1
month
s
With the
assistance of
strategic
decision-making
I can effectively
able to maximise
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activities assist in
esnuring decision making
power. Social learning
style of logics provide
significant use that further
allow me to undertake
practices as well as
effective decision making
ability. Sical learning style
include formulation of
logical thinking that also
raise collective decision
power.
Along with this,
decision based novels
ir books, practice
sessions are some of
the valuable form of
resources through
which best suitable
results can be assured.
my personal
development
effeciency. With
the help of this I
can duly assire
my future growth
in a well defined
and effective
manner.
Creativity
skill
Increase in work preasure
decrease individual
creativity to accomplish
tasks in effective manner.
For this, time
management, taking
advantage of effective
online creativity tools and
by enhacing self personal
participation this skill can
be effectively developed.
With the assistance of
time management
creativity skill can be
effectively undertaken
7 days Proper time table
and time
management
assist me to learn
creativity skill,
through I can
effectively allow
myself to give
excellent results
in stress based
situation.
Emotional
Skill
Instability of emotions
enhance anger and outrage
in behaviour which is
By undertaking use of
daily yoga classes, I
can effectively able to
1 or 2
month
s
With the help of
daily meditation
and yoga classes
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having tendency towards
negative performance. In
order to learn strong
emotional skills
meditation is one of the
best effective mesure
through which I can have
effective control on my
emotions.
have control on my
emotions, it helps me
in undertaking
decsions under
pressurised working
conditions in effective
manner.
I can have access
of strong
emtional skill.
This skill will aid
to to undertake
decisions in
effective manner
even in complex
situation.
S.M.A.R.T goals setting
It mainly include aspects like specific, measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time bound. With
the help of all the factors accomplishment of desired goal can be ensured by an individual (Rose,
2018). SMART goals help me to analyse five situations through which I ca effectively able to
learn desired skills in well defined and effective manner.
Superiors or mentors:
Learning can be accomplished with the help of experienced coaches, superiors and mentors.
Along with this learning can also be developed with the help of observing individuals in
organisation workplace structure.
Meetings and seminars:
Seminars and meeting play key essential role in learning and developing of skills. Further
it has been identified that meetings and seminars also helps in enhancing my communication
skill.
Access to internet:
It is one of the most important medium through with learning of new skills can be
developed in long process. Technology provide easy access to me through which with the
assistance of internet new skills can be effective developed by me.
Personal vision and mission setting:
Setting of personal vision and mission helps in accomplishing need of desired learning of
new skills in time effective manner. With the help of this I can able to evaluate my learning time
period cycle of new skills in regular manner.
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Employability self Evaluation
It is basically defined as assessment of employability skills that is required in order to
perform a particular task or grab the best opportunity in an effective manner. The self evaluation
of me on the basis of required employability skills is given below:
Basis 1= Below standard/
Expectations
2= Meets standard/
Expectations
3= Exceeds standard/
Expectation
Technical skills It is analysed by me
that I am not able to
use advanced and
innovative technology
in a proper manner due
to which faced a lot of
issues that has
negative influence on
my performance also.
Sometimes, I easily
solved technical issues
and easily get to know
about the usage of
technology that help
me to complete task in
a proper and timely
manner.
The expectations can
be meet by taking
online classes and
focuses on learning
new techniques in an
appropriate manner. It
will help top gain
better opportunity that
leads to growth and
development of career.
Decision-making Sometimes taking
decision of situations
is not easy for me and
due to which many
issues and difficulties
is faced that leads to
non accomplishment
of activities on time.
In various scenario,
taking decisions is
easy that help me to
gain proper and
reliable results.
In order to exceed with
the expectations,
attending coaching
classes will help me to
improve such skills
and to gain better
employment
opportunity in future.
Creativity Has difficulty in
carrying out creative
Developing of plans
and implement them in
It can be exceed by
having proper time
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and innovative plans. a proper manner. Take
initiatives and did not
wait for others.
management skills. In
addition to this, self
motivation sets high
expectations can bring
innovation and new
ideal in an effective
manner.
Emotional Does not have any
control on emotional
reactions. Difficulties
to keep sharing
personal issues from
others.
It is analysed by me
that in most of the
times, I am able to
control emotional
reactions and keep
personal matters with
me.
The expectations is
exceeds when I can
suppress own reaction
& decisions as well.
IN addition to this, it
exceeds when personal
things is stay away
from all the people.
Technical skills: It is analysed by me that I have lack of technical knowledge and to improve
such skills, It will important for me to take online coaching classes and attend seminars in a
proper manner. Nowadays, it is important for a person to have effective technical skills as many
organizations are moving to using modern technology in order to improve their processes and
provide better service in market. In order to gain better opportunity, it is essential for me to have
effective technical skills. It will help me to properly utilise all the resources of my coming
working organisation and gain appreciation in an effective manner. Moreover, it will also help
me for my personal and professional development as well. In order to achieve such skills, it
require time that might be an issue to achieve technical skills.
Decision-making: It is important for an individual to have decision-making skills in order to
deal with situations and issues occur at workplace. It is determine by me that I have good
decision making skills but to work in the organisation of choice, it require improvement. In order
to make such improvements, coaching classes is consider as an important tool that help in
making improvements and grab better opportunity in future as well. In order to acquire such
skills, one of the difficulty that will occur is lack of time and to overcome with this, it is decided
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by me to develop a plan and work though it that leads to improvement of decision-making skills.
Having such skills is important for employees so that they can take sudden decisions of the
issues that take place at any particular point of time. Moreover, it is analysed by me that having
such skills help in personal development and aid it attaining desired goals in a timely and proper
manner as well.
Creativity: It is analysed by me that in organisations employees who are creative and bring new
and different ideas is appreciated and also plays important role as well. In addition to this,
creativity skills is needed to improve by me in order to show develop plans in a different manner
in front of managers that will leads to development of positive impression in mid of higher
authorities in which organisation I am going to work. This skill is consider as one of the most
important employability skills as it will help in gaining rewards, appreciation, benefits and many
more. Improvement of such skills require proper time and a good plans as well. Development of
all such skills help me to acquire creativity skills and attain better job opportunity in coming
future.
Emotional: Emotional skills plays vital role in order to gain better understanding about others
perception and to maintain good relationship with other people as well. It is analysed by me that
I have the capability to understand other emotions and maintain good relationship with them. In
addition to this, having such skill will help me to develop good relation with people of my
coming organisation and to develop positive mind set of them towards me. In context to
employability prospects, such skills plays vital role in professional development that leads to
attainment of better opportunity and career growth and development as well.
CONCLUSION
From the above study, it has been concluded that employability skills plays vital role in
attaining better opportunity in an effective manner. In addition to this, self-assessment will help
in gaining new skills and knowledge that has positive influence on both personal as well as
professional development. Moreover, it is important for an individual to have skills such as
technical, creativity, decision-making, time management, emotional, conflict management and so
on. All such skills aid a person to remain effective in this competitive environment.
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