Work Based Learning: Key Competencies, Career Prospects, and Progression Opportunities

WORK BASED LEARNING

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Key competencies.......................................................................................................................1
Career prospects .........................................................................................................................3
Progression opportunities............................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Personal analysis is the key term used to define the person self analysis in the form of
strengths and weaknesses of skills, knowledge, behaviour, competencies (Donald, Ashleigh and
Baruch, 2018). Every person carries different set of expertise and weak spots that requires
improvement for which personal analysis is the key tool. This technique is useful to person in to
identify the traits of the personality that are highly excellent and are counted in terms of strengths
of the individual. The technique is mostly used by the individual working in the jibs to identify
their weak areas that can be further improved through progression opportunities. This reflective
piece highlights the personal key competencies through skill audit and SWOT analysis. The
report also includes the career prospects in terms of short, medium and long term goals of an
individual. In the end the report is all about the progression opportunities and barriers that
individual has in future terms.
MAIN BODY
Key competencies
SWOT analysis
The strong and most common self analysis tool for the person to analyse the self potential
and capabilities in terms of different types of skills. The Swot analysis also help in identification
of weaknesses in the skills. This tool also helped me to analyse my weaknesses of the skills that
I will be improving in future (López-Aguirre, 2018). I have also analysed some key opportunities
in my path of learning new skills and serious threats that I must mitigate to stay in path of growth
and progress. The wot analysis is highlighted below:
Strengths Weaknesses
 My communication skills are my major
strengths that helps me in effectively
blending with my surrounding. This
skill also help me to make good
relationship with employees in the
organisations which is also useful for
me in gaining peer to peer learning.
 The lack of critical thinking and
creative thinking skills are my major
weakness. Due to this weakness I was
lack in thinking out of box or to
provide the firm with new innovative
ideas that could comply with
organisational strategy and lead the
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