Employability Skills Development: A Reflective Report (BMSW4001)

This reflective report analyzes the development of employability skills, focusing on communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and academic skills. The report utilizes the Gibbs reflective cycle to evaluate learning experiences and identify areas for improvement. The author reflects on class activities, feedback, and personal experiences to assess their current skill set. Key skills such as communication, active listening, teamwork, problem-solving, and research are examined. The report also highlights the importance of self-awareness, ethics, critical thinking, and planning. The author identifies strengths and weaknesses, proposes an action plan for future development, including attending seminars and workshops, and emphasizes the importance of continuous learning and practical application to enhance employability and career prospects. Reading and numeric skills are also identified as areas for development. The report concludes with a summary of the key learnings and the importance of continuous improvement.

REFLECTIVE REPORT
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Employability skills are the Traits as well as talent that makes attractive candidate
regarding job. By Improving employability skills by educations ,practical applications that
provides practical application that gives an edge regarding job market (Blyton and et.al., 2017).
Present report focuses on that how developing employability skills by the help of using feedback
as well as class activities.
Learning is all about needed to understand new things as well as picking then quickly. It
also includes being able to understand on new tasks as well as being able to adapt the change.
I have evaluated that I need to improve my academic skills which so that I can get excel in my
career. In order to grow various skills must be learned by me like for example Presentation. I
have also analysed that I must engaged in taking coaching for enhancing my presentation skills
so that I can achieve my long term study goals and objectives.
There are various types of models available that are used in writing reflection. These models
have its own elements. So, in order to reflect upon my learnings, I have used gibbs reflective
cycle model. There are five stages in it which is specified as below :-
Description
In this I learned many things in class activities. I did not know that how these are going to help
me so I did not react. Beside this, I evaluated learnings in segregated way and then understood
that how it will help me in my employability skills. In this way I understood that how all the
skills will be helpful for me. (Megarajan and et.al., 2018)
Feelings
Here, my feelings regarding the skills was that during learning I felt very exciting. This is
because I got to learn and gain new knowledge and skills. So, I got involved in learning those
skills and was curious about that what is going to happen next. I was also interested in gaining
more knowledge and to know about models and theories that is used. Whereas I realised that
other people though it very boring. They were not taking any interest in learning those skills.
Evaluation
By analysing the learning, I evaluated that there were many things that went well. In that I
learned new skills about employability. In that my teachers and friends contributed as well. The
positive was that I was learned a lot of things that will help me in my career growth. On contrary
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negative was that only limited information was given on each skill. Also, no practical method or
way of learning that skill was taught. (Brooks and et.al., 2015)
Analysis
In my view I think that learning can be provided in more effective way. This means that by
providing practical activities skills can be learned easily. It will also enable me to find out loop
holes in that.
Conclusion
I learned a lot of things from my learning and employability skills. In that first of all I learned
about different class activities such as role play, group presentation, etc. Moreover, I could have
attended seminar and work shops that would enable me to learn skills in less time and more
efficient way. (Langeberg and Scott, 2015)
Action plan
Now, in future I will make sure that I attend seminars and work shops. So, it will help me to
sharpen my skills and knowledge. Apart from it, I will analyse case studies and learn my self. So,
it will be helpful for me to identify my capability.
I realised that good communication skills is a pre-requisite for getting in every job. These
are the skills required to send and receive message accurately. There are two forms of
communication. First verbal communication, in this, words are used to communicate either in
writing or oral. Second is non-verbal communication, in this communication is done without
words, for example, through our body language, movements, pitch of voice etc. Proper
communication helps in resolving conflict, team members can rely on each other and creates
positive work environment (Buchanan and Huczynski, 2019). So, I got to know that what are
types of communication and how it is used. It enabled me to communicate and interact with
others properly. Another thing that I learned is that active listening is the important part of
communication. It concentrates on what is being said with our mind open in comparison to
hearing in which we passively hear the speaker. Along with it, I got to know that listening and
communication both go in hand to hand.
I also learned another skill that is teamwork, it refers to the one's ability to work together in
a group or a team. Teamwork skill is vital to every organization and it can only happen if people
cooperate and use their individual skill to achieve team goals. There are number of benefits of
working in a team at workplace such as it fosters creativity and learning as working in a group
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creates enthusiasm, easy sharing of ideas and opinions, it builds trust and strong relationship
among the team members which creates a feeling of safety, encourages employees for open
communication, working together towards achieving company goals makes employees feel
connected to the company. thus, I gained knowledge about working in team. I also learned my
roles and responsibilities to work in team. Therefore, in my point of view both skills are vital for
me to work in organization because proper communication helps in effective teamwork as in
team accurate and timely communication is required, in decision-making process, risk taking,
encourages critical thinking, building relationship and team oriented. Here I realised that these
skills can be learned and developed with practice but requires patience because it takes time. All
the activities conducted, helped me in knowing its importance and how to work on myself.
(Campbell, 2018)
This will also support me in exploring new opportunities. I have also identified that my
reading skills are not so good and not so bad, so I can include this skill in my medium term plan,
this will support me in growing and also I can choose my career in reading comprehension.
Reading skills will also help me in making good impression in front of my tutors and my seniors,
so this will also support me in enhancing my grades. If my impression is good than my tutors
will give me better marks, so I need to lay more focus on my comprehensive skills. This will also
support me in achieving my career goals and objectives. I have also analysed that I am also weak
in numbers, in order to improve my ability to solve numeric equation, I need to involved in
taking tuitions or coaching, in order to increase my control over numbers.
As a student I must also get engaged in note-taking as this will help me in remembering
and grasping things better. By this I will also not able to miss out any point which is left, so note
taking can be beneficial for me to outshine my career. This will help me in growing and also I
will be able to choose better path in my future. I will also be able to understand what issues or
difficulties I am facing in my studies.
I learn that Problem solving skills required to work effectively so that I can resolve
conflicts within a positive way. With the help of the problem solving skills I can identify ,define
as well as solve the problems that involves the decision-making regarding the course of action.
For that there is a need regarding problem identification. This stages also includes careful
inspection,fact finding as well as developing a clear picture regarding a problem. I gathered the
information within first two phases. (Cárdenas‐Posada and et.al., 2018). There are some
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solutions that cannot be possible as because of constraints or budgets. It is vital within at this
stage to consider that what might happen if I am unable to solve the problem. Sometimes it can
try to solve the problem that may leads regarding various problems at very creative thinking as
well as innovative ideas. Finally, after that a decision on which there is a need of creative
thinking as well as innovative ideas.
I can solve the problems systematically, To make the quick decision as well as solve the
problem, there is a common sense or also I can say that experiences to solve the problems needs
more logical approach and framework so there is a need of the creative thinking.
Facts and figures can be used by the Reasoning to make the decision-making.
Research skills- Solving and defining problems needed to do some research as it is considered
as a simple google search for me. By the help of learning I got to learn about the various research
skills that can be used in personal and professional life.
Emotional intelligence is also considered the influences that a problem or its solutions on the
other people. It is the ability to recognizes the emotions of others and myself ,it will helps to
guide me for an appropriate solution.
There are mention below skills about the personal skills within the emotional intelligence such as
self awareness (Choo, van Dun and Wilderom, 2018)
I learn the self awareness skills that are being aware as well as provides understanding to my
emotions as they occur,as they evolve.
Ethics
I learn Ethics that can be considered as a broad category that can refers to the principles of the
employees. Firms wants their employees who are able to understand as well as flow the rules of
the firm. They are also trustworthy and honest,responsible and act professionally.
Critical thinking is also one's ability to understand ,interpret as well as analyses the
information and at the same time draw the conclusions. For any problem solving there is a need
to assess situations and solve problems. Staff needs to think logically as well as make the
judgements that are sensible .
Planning as well as organizing is a skill that also I learn as it means working out what I
need . Planning as well as organizing skills involves like developing project timelines and also
meeting deadlines. It involves.
 Developing the time table and strictly sticking to it.
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 Organizing a community event.
 Assisting to organize a community event.
 Travelling by myself interstate.
 I also learn initiative as well as enterprises that can be done without asking. It also
includes thinking creativity.
I also learn the Interpersonal skills or social skills that I can use to communicate with the other
persons. They also allows us to communicate suitably as well as build stronger, more meaningful
relationship. (Gibb and Burns, 2018)
Empathy is known as an awareness of the required needs as well as feelings of other groups and
individually and also capable of seeing things From the other's point of view. It helps me to
develop a stronger understanding regarding the situation of the other people. It also involves
developing, understanding as well as in involves the political awareness. As everyone knows
empathy can be difficult to accomplish.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it had been concluded that Employability skills analysed that I am
also weak in numbers learn that Problem solving skills can identify ,define as well solve the
problems that involves the decision-making includes careful inspection. Research skills is
known as problems needed to do some research. Also, focuses on the Reading skills making
good impression will also support me in enhancing my grades also analysed that need to
involved in taking tuitions or coaching, in order to increase my control over numbers.
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