Skills for Higher Education

This document discusses the importance of developing skills for higher education and career growth. It explores career goals, current reality, options for progression, and the way forward in the HR field. It also provides insights from a SWOT analysis and suggests an action plan for professional growth.

SKILLS FOR HIGHER
EDUCATION

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Part 1: Career Goal.................................................................................................................3
Part 2: Current Reality............................................................................................................4
Part 3: Option for Progression................................................................................................5
Part 4: Way Forward..............................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Higher education is important aspect in maintaining the skills for becoming efficient
learner. Higher education is become the competitive industry for the students. Students who are
perusing higher education is must be interested in their field or ready to break the field (Faber
and et.al., 2021). One of the education theory said that it is not important to have in class but the
important thing is how you build your team and support them.
Part 1: Career Goal
Career goal is what an individual is seeking to pursue in his/her career. Career goal must
be clear and well defined so that while searching job it is easy to finding out the job which suits
you. Career is a line which affect your goals, family, income, standard of living and many more
aspects of your life (Assiter, 2017). So before choosing a career this is important for the student
to find out the perfection area of yours, in which they are good and happy to do that work. I am
identifying three career opportunities i.e. Sales Executive, Human Resource Executive,
Marketing Manager. From the above three opportunities, Sales executive and marketing
manager is not suitable for me as they both task are related to field work. And in both the works
time management is essential. And here I lapsed as I am very bad in time management.
Human Resource Executive is the profile which I am choosing for my career goal. As
there task is too organised and managed all the work related to human resources. Main work is to
overseeing the hiring, training and monitoring the work of other employees.
Main motive for me to choosing this profession as my career is team work, and
negotiation skills. The opportunities available in human resource executive as if you started with
executive post only, you can easily get the growth in this line by Arbitrators, Office Manager,
Human Resource Manager and Training manager. The remuneration and opportunities for
personal development and benefits are like salary, commission, perks, allowances etc.
Person specifications
HR Executive
We are looking for the HR Executive who have desired specification:
Qualification:
 Holding degree of MBA, or equivalent
 Post-graduation in any stream

 Having computer knowledge.
 Good MS office knowledge
Experience:
 Fresher’s are welcome
 Having more than one 1 year experience in HR Profile.
Skills
 Good communication skill
 Good team leader
 Important skills related to marketing knowledge.
Role
 Recruiting the new staff
 Calling
 Handling the details of the employees
 making marketing decisions
 Work in the field.
Geographical location
 London
Part 2: Current Reality
SWOT analysis done by the 5 person in the organisation is defined that what are the basic
areas about my key strength, weaknesses, and opportunities and threat (Billing, 2007).
STRENGTHS:
 Strong communication and
interpersonal skills.
 Ability in managing or addressing the
team.
 High negotiations skills.
 Ability to work in a team and manage
relatable growth in society.
WEAKNESSES:
 Short tempered.
 Issues in managing the time.
 Need a perfectionist work, which
provide ineffective support of team.
OPPORTUNITIES:
 Diversifying to inclusive employees.
THREATS:
 Maintaining the culture in organisation.

 Making visible salary structure.
 Planning and execution of projects,
which improve my basic strength and
opportunities.
 Managing time guards.
 Event planning, this is one of the
important weaknesses which are related
to applicable in management.
On the basis of above analysis I analysed that, my potential strengths are:
 Communication skill: I analysed that my communication skills are better than other as I
can easily communicate with others and solve issues and problem easily.
 Team Management: I am good in team management, as when I was in higher school, I
always used to become a leader and lead a team better than anyone else (Drummond,
Nixon and Wiltshire, 1998).
 Negotiation skills: My negotiation skills are high, as I can convenience others, for any
topic. I can easily convenience the others who are actually not interested in that field.
My major weaknesses are on which I have to work are:
 Short tempered: From my office colleagues, I got to know that I am short tempered in
nature.
 Time management: I am very bad in time management. Time management is a task in
which I am very unrealistic and unmanageable.
 Perfectionist: I need a perfect work, either you do in time or take more time. So it is also
my weakness that I can't see imperfection in any of my work.
These strength and weaknesses of mine are defined that I can pursue my career in HR
Executive field and work effectively there.
Part 3: Option for Progression
For reaching the desired position in HR career I need to work on my weaknesses and tap
current opportunities available in the market. I have founded an apprenticeship programme to get
trained as HR manager in the Harvard University starting from January (Fallows, Fallows and
Steven, 2000). Following are the solutions I have come across for reaching my desired position-
In a HR role one is require to have diversified skills such as
 Communication and Interpersonal skills
 Cultural and behaviour development

 Training and Development
 Evaluation and Interpretation skills
 Analytical and Reasoning skills
 Planning and Strategic development skills
 Decision making Negotiation skills
 Leadership skills
From the above requirements for a HR manager role and skills I currently possess as
personal strengths I can fill this gap by enrolling in the Harvard course and by working on my
weaknesses. I will be more self-aware for reducing my weaknesses which are short tempered,
stress management, time management etc. It can be done by being proactive than reactive while
encountering such situations (Hernández-March, Del Peso and League, 2009). Also, by being
more educated for overcoming my weaknesses from online platforms. Thus, it helps in
progressing professionally and becoming more competent in HR sector.
In the Employment scheme for a HR position, I have completed my masters in Human
Resource from renowned Cambridge University. This will help me in getting the desired position
of HR manager. Also, it has created an opportunity to get considered for the desired role in a
company. This will help me to get selected in various desired companies and choosing the most
rewarding and growing company. All of the above mentioned skills are used and mentioned in
order to provide relevant support for the successive nature and applicability of the company.
Career Zone and Digital Library online platforms are helpful in assessing required skills
for HR as well as various opportunities available to explore and finding the best workplace to
work for. It has helped in increasing my knowledge for the specific skills set require to achieve a
HR manager position in a company. Thus, spreading desired awareness for the role and
educational resources available on digital library for developing skills and mind-sets.
In modern and dynamic organisation various opportunities and threats are available in
HR sector.
Opportunities-

 It is required to develop more transparency in the payment reports of employees to satisfy
them.
 A major shift has occurred in diversified employees to more inclusive employees
 In providing better personal experience for the well-being and work life balance to
employees with the help of effective work culture.
Threats-
 In the current scenario it is difficult to find high quality talent desired by companies in the
market.
 Sector is facing a big threat of generating leaders for the future require to achieve overall
goals of an organisation.
 It is require to find the right resources needed for developing work culture in a company.
From the above threats and opportunities available in the sector I can address them by
developing specific skills and responsibilities require to tap them and grow eventually. This can
be done with the help of personality development courses to enhance my soft skills. Furthermore
developing the required skills such as effective communication, leading and motivating skills,
and other essential skills require to become HR manager in the current markets of the sector.
Also, by enrolling in the Harvard programme I can grow in my profession with the development
of essential skills and current market insights to play the role efficiently. All of these above
information are related to the given time frame which are related to the growth and achievement
of my own self and development profile. All of these platform are relatable and manageable for
my own future growth and success.
Part 4: Way Forward
For growing professionally I have planned three actions which will help me in achieving
my desired position in the career (Drummond, Nixon and Wiltshire, 1998). These action plans
will help in leading my career growth within specified time duration. Also in developing require
skills and gaining experience in the field. These are as following-
1. For getting enrolled in the Harvard programme the deadline to apply is 08/01/2021 so by
that date I need to have in place require documents and one month experience in HR
field.

2. In order to apply for the programme and online professional courses I need to have my
degree in place with experience certificate and other resources.
3. I will refine my profile with desired skills sets and create a LinkedIn profile with the aim
of achieving my desired position by 20/02/2021 to 31/03/2021 in a reputed company.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that HR sector has transformed due to
dynamic changes in an environment. One needs to develop essential skills to satisfy the current
needs in an organisation. For developing right talents one needs to go through analysis of the
market and relating it with personal strengths and weaknesses. Thus, to grow in a career in any
sector one needs to analyse and develop plan of actions to achieve desired position in their
career.

REFERENCES
Books & Journals
Assister, A. ed., 2017. Transferable skills in higher education. Rout ledge.
Billing, D., 2007. Teaching for transfer of core/key skills in higher education: Cognitive skills.
Higher education. 53(4).pp,483-516.
Drummond, I., Nixon, I. and Wiltshire, J., 1998. Personal transferable skills in higher education:
The problems of implementing good practice. Quality assurance in education.
Fallows, S.J., Fallows, S. and Steven, C. eds., 2000. Integrating key skills in higher education:
Employability, transferable skills, and learning for life. Psychology Press.
Hernández-March, J., Del Peso, M.M. and Leguey, S., 2009. Graduates’ skills and higher
education: The employers’ perspective. Tertiary education and management. 15(1). pp.1-
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Faber, H.C.L., Grote, M. and Seland, E.H., 2021, June. Transferable skills?. In Septentrio
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APPENDIX
SWOT analysis
Strength Weaknesses
 Communication skill
 Team working skill
 Negotiations skills
 Short tempered
 Time management
 Perfectionism
Opportunities Threat
 Diversifying in work
 Salary structuring
 Planning
 Maintaining the culture
 Managing time
 Event planning
QUESTIONNAIRE
Que1: What are the major strength of mine?
 Communication
 Leadership Quality
 Perfectionist
 negotiable
Que2: What are the major weaknesses of mine as a HR Executive?
 Short tempered
 Time management
 Leadership
 Friendly nature
Que3: What are the Opportunities as a HR Executive?
 Diversifying nature
 Analyses nature
 Salary transparency
 Planning and execution
Que4: What are the threats of mine as a HR Executive?
 Culture maintenance

 Time guards
 Planning Procedure
 Lack of trust
Que5: Is I am good in Managing team or not?
 Yes
 No
Outcomes from the above questionnaire it is concluded that:
 In 5 people, 3 are selected that my key strengths are: communication, leadership and
negotiation skills.
 From the total 4 are chosen that my weakness are short tempered, weak in time
management, and less friendly nature.
 5 people are selected that my opportunities and threats are diversifying nature, analysis
comparable, salary transparency and maintaining culture of organisation, lacking time
guard, and planning procedure respectively.
 Four out of five are said that I am able to become a HR executive in the respected
organisation.