Professional Identity and Practice

PROFESSIONAL
IDENTITY AND
PRACTICE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
Company overview......................................................................................................................3
Determine the benefits of on-going professional development...................................................4
Determine professional employer expectation of skills for specific job role..............................4
Evaluate personal skills, competencies and abilities for particular job role................................5
Define range of learning theories and approaches used for personal and professional
development.................................................................................................................................7
Create development plan for enhancement of skills and competencies......................................9
Design and undertake a job interview for selected service industry.........................................11
Evaluate strengths and weakness of applied interview process.................................................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Professional identity is an approach which helps in determining the professional self-
concept which involves different elements such as- motives, believes, attributes, experience and
values. The concept of professional identity also focuses on the opinions of an individual and
how an individual perceive themselves in their job (Barnhoorn and et.al, 2019). One of the most
crucial component of professional identity development are- mentoring, critical thinking,
experience, goal orientation, commitment towards profession, perception of a professional
environment and professional socialization. The professional identity is used as a degree which
supports an individual in determining their professional group (Barbara-i-Molinero and et.al,
2017). Lakeside international hotel was established by Bob Potter in 1988. It is a 3-star hotel in
Surrey, United Kingdom. This traditional hotel is along Wharfenden Lake and is mostly visited
by businessman and patron's for attending shows at Lakeside country club. The reports define
various benefits of ongoing professional development and identification of expected skills for a
specific job role. The report will quote range of learning theories and approaches that helps in
personal and professional development and will identify personal skills, abilities and
competencies for performing assigned job role in specific industry. The report also involves a
development plan which will be followed for personal and professional development and how
interview process is depicted and strength and weakness of applied interview process is also
quoted in the report below.
TASK
Company overview
Lakeside international hotel was established by Bob Potter in 1988 and is a 3-star hotel in
Surrey, United Kingdom. The hotel offers 98 ensuite rooms, gym area, free parking, pool, bar
and restaurant, organize corporate lunches and dinners, christmas parties, conferences,
exhibition, trade shows, meeting facilities and wide range of events which can be organized in
the hotel. Lakeside international hotel focuses on hiring expert staff which can ensure seamless
experience to the customers and meet all business needs, personal comfort and ensure that all
facilities such as- dry cleaning, hair dryer, room services, Wi-Fi, laundry services, newspaper,
lift, baggage storage, complimentary breakfast, television for entertainment, telephone and many
other services are provided to the customers.

Determine the benefits of on-going professional development
Professional development is a continuous never ending process of constant learning and
enhancing knowledge, skills and competencies that can support in tapping more career and
professional growth opportunities. It can be seen that personal and professional development can
lead to many advantages and some of the key benefits of ongoing professional development are
discussed below:
 Incline in employability- Professional development is a constant development process
which ensures enhancement of skills, competencies and qualities of an individual that can
offer more employment opportunities and better career growth (Best and Williams,
2018). Through professional development, an organisation can improve employee
performance which can result in greater employability and good career growth.
 Skilled workforce or labor- Professional development plan is the concept which ensures
an organisation have skilled labor for performing the assigned job roles. As by following
a professional development plan, an organisation can improve the skills, knowledge and
competencies of the employees that can help them in performing the job role effectively.
By giving regular training to employees, it can enhance their efficiency, improve their
knowledge and more skilled employees can participate in managerial activities that can
enhance overall productivity of organisation.
 Intrinsic motivation- Professional development plan acts as a medium that can boost
employee morale and interest in their job which directly influences the performance and
employees are more willing to perform effectively for achievement of organisational
objectives that can also help them in effective career growth opportunities.
Determine professional employer expectation of skills for specific job role
For this project report, the chosen hotel is Lakeside international hotel and the job role is
of Finance Manager (Best and Williams, 2019). As a finance manager, the skills and core
competencies which are required to perform roles and responsibilities are described below:
 Leadership- Finance manager is the supervisor of finance department who must focus on
regularly monitoring all financial transactions of the company that can support them in
managing the budgets, expenses and all financial resources of the hotel. With the help of