Human Resource Management: Writing and Reflection

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Human Resource Management: Writing and Reflection
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Contents
Journal 1: Professional Informational Interview..........................................................3
Reflective Journal Summaries..................................................................................... 3
Journal 2: Elevator Pitch.......................................................................................... 3
Journal 3: Teamwork............................................................................................... 5
Journal 4: Critical Overview and Strategy Summary...................................................6
Teamwork............................................................................................................... 6
Experts.................................................................................................................... 7
Academic Literature................................................................................................ 8
Bibliography............................................................................................................. 10

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Journal 1: Professional Informational Interview
This year’s units have majorly based on improving our employability skills in the highly
competitive career market. In most of these lessons, the professor repeatedly stressed on the
importance of financial reporting and analytical ability in our prospective future careers.
According to our professor, financial reporting and analytical ability were the most fundamental
skills to any finance officer. Being a mere accounting student, I looked forward to improving
these two essential skills. According to Breznik and Lahovnik (2016, pp. 168), the dynamic
capabilities of human capital are very vital for the firms’ efficiency and success. While financial
reporting mainly involves how to describe and present the financial estimates and projections of
a firm, analytical skills are very helpful in ascertaining that the financial data is accurate. The
two skills function simultaneously and interdependently. In one lecture, I recall, our professor
disclosed that his excellence at financial reporting and analysis are the skills that can be
attributed to his rising ranks, both in the corporate field and in the academic field. In our
professor’s wisdom, financial reporting and analytical ability are the most enviable items in our
professional toolkits. In my entire career, therefore, I developed an obligation to improve these
two skills throughout my career to increase my value as well as my employability index.
Reflective Journal Summaries
Journal 2: Elevator Pitch
Last month, our professor demanded that we needed to learn how to write a good and
persuasive elevator pitch. In the course of my writing, I learned that for the last two years, I had
learned new experiences, developed new hobbies and interests as well as improving on several
skills. Courtesy of this year's informative units, for instance, my passion for the finance field has

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greatly been boosted. Moreover, during the writing, I came to realize that there were various
subtle skills that I had not identified myself previously. For example, the many financial
documents, journals, and ledgers I had come across had significantly aided in the development of
my keenness to detail. I had become more keen and diligent. I had come to appreciate the value
of accuracy on financial documents. Most of my classmates usually present their documents to
me so that I can crosscheck and pinpoint any irregularities if present. Moreover, as I was writing,
I saw it was prudent to capture my persevering character. Throughout the year, I had tolerated
long hours while analyzing financial data both in-class time and in my free time. My general
level of determination towards excelling in my career could not miss in my elevator pitch.
The writing of my elevator pitch instigated in me a strong sense of admiration about
myself. I can attest that I was elated by the discoveries about myself. If it was not for my
boosted passion and enthusiasm for finance, my grades would not be very promising. It is
unlikely that I would be as focused as I am of now. This would have impacted relatively lower
grades and thus, lower employability index. My combination of hard work, diligence, and
perseverance has also contributed to my improving academic performance. By students having
me check for bugs in their documents, my self-esteem was also boosted.
I liked the fact that eventually, I had come to love and understand finance. I had become
more enthusiastic about my finance course, which would certainly lead to a successful career. I
learned that the skills would be my future drivers to a successful investment banker, and later, to
a vice president of one major investment banks.
As I was preparing myself for the job market, I had to combine all those skills in my
elevator pitch and postulate them during my workplace experience. This would ensure that I