Personal SWOT Analysis and Career Opportunities in Business

This report provides a personal SWOT analysis of skills and attributes relevant to a career in business management, focusing on strengths like determination and commitment, and weaknesses such as overthinking and perfectionism. It explores career opportunities based on adaptability, critical thinking, teamwork, and leadership skills, highlighting the author's experience in managing a store and previous airport work. The report identifies career growth opportunities, with a goal to become a Marketing Manager, emphasizing the importance of social media marketing skills. The conclusion underscores the value of SWOT analysis in personal development and the significance of skills in securing a job in a reputable organization. Desklib provides access to this and other solved assignments for students.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
SWOT analysis ...........................................................................................................................1
Career opportunities based on my skills.....................................................................................3
Career growth..............................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Business management refers to the process of organising, planning and analysing the
activities that are related with the organisation. The effective management and smooth running of
business is ensured if the person is able to deal with all the challenges that are there in the
business report. Personal analysis is essential as it helps the person in realising the strengths and
weakness and the ways in which they can further develop their skills in order to get personal and
professional benefits in life. In this report, the SWOT analysis of my skills and attributes are
covered along with the opportunities that I have in the business management profile. Further the
growth in this career option is also discussed.
MAIN BODY
SWOT analysis
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
 One of my strengths include
determinate towards my work and
always focused about what I am doing.
I am very much committed. When I
was working at airport as a check-in
agent I used to comfort people so that
they do not feel stressed.
 I am also so much disciplined in my
personal and professional life. I always
tend to finish my work on given time
period and complete my commitments
at my workplace effectively (Herman,
2017). This strength of mine helps me
in making my good image in front of
mentors or supervisors as I always used
to follow their directions properly.
 I am also dedicated towards
 My weaknesses include that I am too
detailed person. I pay too much
attention and wants details of every
specific topic. This too much detailing
makes me delaying in my projects and
sometimes annoyed my subordinates or
mentors.
 I am also a over-thinker which makes
increases my stress and makes me an
irritated person. My overthinking
sometimes makes me so impatient that
it leads to decision fatigue.
 I also want perfection in my personal
and professional life which leads to
conflicts with my subordinates. My too
much detailing and perfection irritate
people around me which damage my
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accomplishing my targets and goals in
my life. I give my full attention on
specific task at one time so that it could
be finished perfectly. This strengths of
mine helps me in achieving my desired
goals effectively and smoothly.
 I am also an enthusiastic person who
always find interest in what I am doing.
I finish my projects by doing complete
research with taking full interest in
topics so that I could accomplish it with
perfection.
relationship with people around me.
 As I am over-thinker which also
generates self-criticism in my
personality that leads to negativity in
myself. When I am unable to meet my
expectation I feel guilty and start
criticising myself (Hertig and et. al.,
2020).
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
 As I am focused towards paying too
much detail to tasks, it helps in
enhancing my knowledge in business
management subject. This will assist
me in improving my skills and
understanding more towards this sector
which will generate more career
opportunities for me in future. I will be
able to reflect my knowledge at my
workplace in future which would assist
me in making positive image of myself
among colleagues. My dedication
towards learning new things about
business management will also assist
me in my growth of knowledge.
 I also need to improve my self-criticism
ability in positive manner which will
 My overthinking generates too much
stress which eventually leads to wrong
or delayed decisions. This could
develop a risk for me as I will not be
able to perform productively at my
workplace. This weaknesses of mine
will also make me feel guilty of not
performing effectively which will
develop a negative image of mine
among colleagues.
 The over-thinker personality in me will
harm my capability of critical thinking
where I would not be able develop new
ideas or thoughts for projects. I will not
be able to put my full dedication
towards given tasks and this could
harm productivity of specific projects.
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help me in enhancing my skills for
future development. I need to evaluate
myself while examining my strengths
rather than focusing on my weaknesses
which will help me in improving my
personality more. This will aid me in
developing more opportunities for me
as I will know in which area I am good
in and what personality traits I lack.
This over-thinking ability of mine will
also develop negative thoughts about
myself and my subordinate which will
impact my work efficiency.
Career opportunities based on my skills
The opportunities that I will get further in my career would be based on the knowledge
and skills that I have developed during my lifetime experience in different fields. Business
management is one of those area which has a lot of career opportunities and if has good abilities
and skills related to this career then the this will help the person in their future prospects
(Kirillov and et. al., 2017). I developed my interest in the business management profile as
currently I own a store in which I sell Romanian products. I manage all the operations of the
store which helped me in developing interest in this field, also before this I used to work at an
airport through which I learned a lot of skills. Further the ways in which my skills would help in
generating good career opportunities are discussed below: Adaptability- During the years when I worked at an airport, I developed this skills as I
used to work in different shifts and I was required to adapt to the new timings,
environment and working conditions. I learnt that adapting to the environment in which I
work is most essential in order to increase the productivity. Further at my next work in
which I managed all the operations of grocery store, I learnt that the environment is ever
changing and I am required to adapt to the environment in order to sustain for a longer
period of time. Hence this skills would help me in securing a good job as every recruiter
is looking for a person who can easily adapt to the environment and work accordingly in
the organisation in order to deliver the best results. Critical thinking- This refers to the analysis and evaluation of different issues and
information so that a solution and judgement can be formed. I have developed this skills
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while working at an airport and further while owning a grocery store. This skill is very
essential as it is used in the different managerial issues that the company faces while
operating. I will get good career opportunities as while giving written tests for different
jobs, the recruiter will analyse that I have good critical thinking as there are several case
studies based in the exam based on the real life management issues. If I am able to exhibit
such experienced skill to the recruiter then this will give a good impression and I will be
able to gain competitive edge over the other candidates. Team work- This is one of the major skill that is used in the management and business
related jobs. I have majorly developed this skills while working at the airport as I was
required to work in a team in order to deliver the day to day goals. Effectively managing
and working in a team is helpful at every job as it helps in managing the work efficiently.
Working in a team increases the overall productivity as it generates new set of ideas and
different perspectives (Gupta and Misra, 2017). A recruiter will look at my experience at
the airport, he will know that I have worked in a team in my day to day operations which
will generate a good impression that I a viable of working in a team and I can easily
adjust and cooperate with the other employees of the organisation.

Leadership- This skills helps the employees in motivation aspects and further the
employees develops a strong feeling of working (Aini, 2018). I developed this skills
while I am running my grocery store, as few employees worked under me I motivate
them in different ways so that they can become productive. Leadership is one of that
quality that helps the person in giving a good impression on other people. A manager
must have this quality as he is required to manage the employees and get the most
productivity and innovation out of them in the work. Motivation can be given to
employees in different ways but the manager must have the quality of influencing people.
I attained the goals of my store my using my leadership skills on the employees that are
working under me. This skill would reflect in my resume that I can attain the set goals
with the help of my skills so It will help my resume in gaining attention of the recruiter.
Career growth
I choose to pursue this course while working in grocery shop with Romanian products
from the past two years because I want to explore more opportunities in this career path.
Business management has various career growth opportunities such as Business analyst, project
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manager, Human Resource manager, Data analysts and many more. My goal is to become a
Marketing manager because as I was working in grocery store I learned to sell products which
increased my interest in marketing sector (Shields Jr, 2018). For entering in marketing industry I
need to focus on applying for entry level job which includes Project coordinator or social media
coordinate. As trend for using social media has been emerging day by day therefore, I will focus
on making myself more efficient in social media marketing. My aim is to work for big
companies as a Marketing manager such as Google, Facebook and others. I think marketing is a
good career path as it is all about developing and branding products or services offered by
companies. It is also a high demand career opportunity in today's world of digitalisation and will
also provide me job satisfaction. I will be able to enhance my personality more productive as
marketing job would provide me more challenges and opportunities in career path. This career
path will also provide me chances to enhance my knowledge about new and advanced
technologies which would keep me updated regularly with world. I will also be able to develop
new ideas for marketing certain products or services which would assist me improving my
critical thinking (Weng and Zhu, 2020). This sector in business industry will help me in finding
new career opportunities and employers would hire those candidates who are interested along
with provide full attention towards marketing their services or goods. This business management
course will help in enhancing my knowledge and understanding towards various field of
marketing and would assist me improving my personality.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that Personal SWOT analysis is helpful in
analysing the areas in which the person lacks and further this can be used in order to increase the
efficiency and productivity of the person. Further the personal skills and attributes are very
helpful for the person in the career prospects and these skills generate good career opportunities.
A good career growth is dependent on the skills that I use in my day to day operations and the
tasks that are being allotted to me. A career in business management is requires several skills
such as adaptability, critical thinking , problem solving and team working and the person who
exhibit these skills has a good chance of securing a good job in a reputed organisation.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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Gupta, J. and Misra, P., 2017. Perception of Team Skills: A Comparison of Self and Peer
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Hertig, C.A., and et. al., 2020. Career planning. In The Professional Protection Officer (pp. 499-
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Kirillov, A.V., and et. al., 2017. Career opportunities for the management's personnel
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Shields Jr, R., 2018. A Phenomenological Study of the Experiences of Voluntary Organization
Leaders with Business Management Skills (Doctoral dissertation, Northcentral
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