BMSW4001 CertHE - Academic and Employability Skills Portfolio

This portfolio provides an overview of academic and employability skills crucial for career development. It highlights the importance of academic skills like communication, time management, and technology skills, alongside employability skills such as design thinking, personal branding, and general awareness. It also emphasizes understanding the world of work through critical problem-solving, tech-savviness, leadership, emotional intelligence, and behavioral skills. A SWOT analysis is included, assessing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats related to the student's skill set. The portfolio concludes that developing professionalism in the academic field is essential for career growth and emphasizes the importance of creating a systematic career plan by analyzing weaknesses and threats. The document includes a list of references to support the ideas and concepts discussed.

Academic and
employability skills

Table of Content
 Introduction
 Academic skills
 Types of academic skills
 Employability skills
 Types of employability skills
 Understanding world of work
 SWOT analysis
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
 The academic and employability skills are very
much crucial for the student in order to gain
competitive advantage in career related life.
 It is important for a learner in academic life to
develop professional skills in order to grow at
faster pace in the marketplace.

Academic skills and its importance
 The academic skills are important for an individual to develop growth and
learning in academic life in order to develop effective parameters.
 Companies in the international and national marketplace also focus on
developing learning skills of the individuals in order to increase their
performance in long run.
 The business organisations focus on learning skills in an effective manner
to develop effective coordination and communication.

Types of academic skill
In the University, there are several types of skills which are required by a
student to develop competitive edge. The major skills for human resource
management as an intended career are mentioned below:
 Communication skills
 Time management skills
 Technology skills

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 Communication skills- The communication skills are most important for a person
who is choosing human resource management as an intended career. In the
universities, it is the moral duty of management to develop communication skills
for long term success of the individual.
 Time management skills- These are the most important skills that are important
for an individual in order to increase professionalism. The time management skills
helps an individual to complete different given tasks on time.

Employability skills
 The employability skills are major type of qualities that are essential
for an individual to develop working skills in the company. Most of
the successful companies in international and national marketplace
focus on developing employability skills in order to perform
functions and tasks of the company.
 Employability skills also play a major role in developing job
opportunities for an individual in the current market scenario.

Types of employability skills
In the corporate world there are many types of employability skills which are needed by
individuals to develop professionalism in career. The major type of employability skills are
mentioned below:
 Design thinking
 Personal branding and corporate communications
 General awareness
 Soft skills
 Personality development

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 Design thinking- The design thinking skills are important for a person in order to
develop desired logical skills. The design thinking skills are important for a
person in order to take major decisions of the company.
 Personal branding and corporate communications- The corporate skills are
also helpful for an individual in order to developing effective coordination.
Companies should develop personal approach while developing personal branding
skills in employees for desired success in a set period of time.

Understanding of world of work
The major skills which are required in world of work are mentioned below:
 Critical problem solving skills-
 Tech Savvy-
 Leadership skills
 Emotional intelligence
 Behavioural and attitude skills

SWOT analysis
Strengths:
 The creative thinking skills of mine are good
which will help me in brining creativity in
different operations of the company.
 My presentation and public speaking skills are
very good, which makes me a good speaker.
Weaknesses:
 I have less practical knowledge related to my
intended career.
 I have less practical application knowledge about
the subject matter which will create a problem for
me to perform professional decision's
implementation.

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Opportunities:
 I have a great opportunity to work for famous
multinational companies as my HR skills are very
good.
 Developing precise knowledge related to the
subject matter with the help of seniors and
teachers.
Threats:
 In the marketplace, there is a risk associated with
major decisions of the company and that can be a
major threat.
 One of the major threat for me is development of
professionalism in a short span of time for career
growth.

Conclusion
 From the above discussion it can be concluded that developing
professionalism in academic field is the major motive of a student which
helps in career growth.
 This project also concludes that in order to gain effective and designated
position in the corporate world it is important for an individual to develop
a systematic career plan by analysing major weaknesses and threats.

References
 Cotronei-Baird, V.S., 2020. Academic hindrances in the integration of employability skills
development in teaching and assessment practice. Higher Education, 79(2), pp.203-223.
 Bhagra, A. and Sharma, D.K., 2018. Changing paradigm of employability skills in the
global business world: A review. IUP Journal of Soft Skills, 12(2), pp.7-24.
 Wolff, R. and Booth, M., 2017. Bridging the gap: Creating a new approach for assuring
21st century employability skills. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 49(6),
pp.51-54.