Career Action Plan and Self-Reflection for HR Manager Role, Analysis

This report presents a comprehensive career action plan and self-reflection exercise tailored for aspiring HR managers. It begins with a personal analysis, including a SWOT analysis to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The main body of the report focuses on a detailed career action plan, outlining specific skills needed for an HR manager, the importance of each skill, and actionable steps for improvement. This includes enhancing communication, time management, reporting, writing, problem-solving, and IT skills. The plan specifies timelines and methods for skill development. Furthermore, the report includes a curriculum vitae (CV) example, highlighting relevant experience and qualifications. The conclusion summarizes the key findings, emphasizing the importance of self-assessment and strategic career planning. References to books and journals are provided to support the analysis and recommendations.

CW2- Career Action
plan and
self reflection

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Personal Analysis...................................................................................................................3
CAREER ACTION PLAN.....................................................................................................4
Curriculum vitae.....................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
Books and Journals.................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
It is important for an individual to decide the careerand then work in the same direction. It is
seen that the competition is increasing day by day. It is vital for a person to anise the trends and
select the best and most appropriate career option(Motlogelwa, 2018). The decision needs to be
effective as the whole life will go in the same direction. The career that is been selected is of HR
manager. It is important analyse the skills that are required in the field. So in this report there is
discussion related to the skills that are required to become an effective HR manager. An action
plan that supports an individual to become effective HR manager. In the end of the report CV is
also formulated.
MAIN BODY
Personal Analysis
It is vital for a person to know about own strengths and weakness. As self evaluation is
vital to form good career and grab opportunities. It is seen that it is prominent to know the
strengths and work more on them. It is equally important to identify the weakness and the
develop them so as to gain advantage over the competitors. SWOT analysis will be helpful for
personal analysis is done below:
Strengths
 I am good at communication skills. It is
required for an HR to interact in an
effective way(Morton and Gil, 2019).
 I am also a proactive person. This
shows that I understand the problems
that are faced by the individuals. Along
with that I take actions to solve those
problems.
 I have analysed that I am good at
reporting. As I have learnt various ways
that help in reporting such as data
collection and data mining through
software.
Weakness
 I am not good at advising. I am bad at
advising. I am unable to give orders to
other and give them advice.
 One more problem that I am facing is
related to that I am unable to manage
time. I face problems with completing
the work as per the deadlines.
 I am not good at writing skills. This is
also one of the weaknesses that I am
facing.

Opportunity
 As I am good at communication skills it
shows that there are good opportunities
that are available for me as HR
manager.
 I am able to give solution to the
problems that are faced by others. This
shows I will become good HR manager
and solve the problems that are faced
by the employees.
Threats
 Competition is increasing day by day
(Bradfield, Conwell and Koch, 2018).
That is causing threat as I am facing
various challenges in competing with
my colleagues.
 Another threat is related to lack of
experience. I have never done any job
before so this may also cause problem
in future.
These are the skills that I am good at. It is important to work on these skills as well. As a HR
manager is expected to be good and fluent in communication. I will work on my writing skills as
that will also be required to write emails and communicate with writing. I will also work on my
time management skills. As it is of vital importance to manage the work and make efforts to
make other work on time(Winter, 2020). I will enhance my skills in such a manner that I do not
face the threat of competition. I will make my self job ready. I have chosen the career path after
proper research of the market trends. There are opportunities available for the post and I also feel
that I am a good match for the same. IU will work on the weakness and try to change them in my
strengths so that I am able to find effective job and work in a proper manner.
CAREER ACTION PLAN
An action plan states the skills that are required by an individual to work effectively. It
shows the importance of the skill as well as actions that can be taken(Solberg, Zhang and Martin,
2020). It is important to formulate the action plan as it helps in development of skills. An action
plan is a document that is formulated to write about the skills that are required by an individual
to perform a job effectively. Here is an action plan for HR manager:
Skills Need/ importance of the
skill
How to improve (Actions
Taken)
Time
Communication Skills To interact with the
employees and to
understand the
To enhance my
communication skills I
will read books as well as I
2 to 3 months

communication skills are
required.
will communicate with my
seniors to improve these
skills
Time management Skills It is vital to manage time
and complete the work in
the given time
(Branan and Wheeler,
2018). To become an
effective HR manager time
management skills are
very much important. As
all the work that is
assigned should be
completed in time.
To enhance my time
management skills I will
work on them. I will
formulate schedule and
work as per it. I will try to
manage my work and
complete it within the
timeline. It will help me to
enhance my time
management skills.
5 months
Reporting Skills The HR of an organisation
has to form reports and
create record of the
employees.
I will learn about them by
taking training related to
online courses that are
available.
6 Months
Writing Skills As there is requirement of
formulating reports as well
as writing emails. I need to
have good and effective
writing skills.
Through regular practice
and working I can improve
my writing skills. Also I
will make it a habit to
write daily this will also
help me
5 months
Problem Solving Skills It helps to overcome the
issuesand problems which
are facing by me
(Cahyaningsih, Awalya
and Sugiyo, 2018).
By taking risk and rising
the thinking capabilities
will help me to improve
my skills.
5 months
IT skills To become more
innovative and also help
me to learn about new
technologies.
By adopting new
technologies, Practice and
their ways help me to
improve my IT skill
(Kotthaus,Piontek and
Weitzel, 2021)
.
6 Months

With the help of this action plan I am able to analyse rge importance of these skills and I
have also formulated plans and goals that would help me achieve all the goals and objectives. Its
not easy to become HR manager there is need of various skills and working on my weaknesses
will help me to become effective HR manager.
Curriculum vitae
XYZ HENSLEY
Human Resources Manager
Contact Details
Brooklyn, Ny 1222
(123)456-852145
[e-mail]
CAREER OBJECTIVE
To become well certified human resources professional and well versed in innovating ,
recruiting , on boarding compensations plans in order to develop skills and become well
rounded HR manager
Work Experience
 Work with team members in small groups in order to develop the performance and
confidence.
 carry out workers on boarding and support organizing training and development
initiatives.
 Take trainings about the procedure of recruitment and selection in order to hire much
talented employees for the company.
 3 years experience in human resources supervisory position.
 Work as an Human resources Coordinator
 Schedule applicants interviews for the 20 roles
 Caters proper guidance on the connections of workers in order to overcome the

conflicts.
Qualifications:
 Bachelor degree in human resources.
 Masters in Human Resources department.
 Ability to enhance the workers morale
 Abilities to improve the personal opportunities
 Capability to grow personal opportunities
skills:
 Good communication skills, as an HR consultant
 Amended decision Making Skills
 Organizational Skills
 Problem solving skills
 Leadership Skills
 Calm and much patience
 Innovative and productive thinking
 Able to Adapt the changes which are rising in the culture
CONCLUSION
From the above mentioned report it has been concluded that it is much required for the
person to be their career in order to to make their future so bright and get more opportunity.
Analysis is very important for the person because it helps the individual to find their strength
weakness of opportunities and threats in order to overcome the problems in get more
opportunity. This report explain about the personal analysis and about the career Action Plan

which help the person to see their future and make them much Bright in order to get more
opportunity. This report also develops a career Action Plan which are required by the
individual in order to work efficiently and effectively. This will help the individual to to
analyse their skills as well as their action that can be acquired by them in order to to make a
future plan and get more success in their future. So with the assistance of the action plan the
individual become able to analyse the importance of their skills and also then they can
formulate their plans and goals accordingly that will support them to accomplish their goals
and objectives in a particular time period.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Bradfield, G., Conwell, K. and Koch, L., 2018. Preparing for College & Career.
Branan, J., Li, X. and Wheeler, R., 2018. Building a career planning course for STEM PhDs.
Nature biotechnology, 36(12), pp.1217-1219.
Cahyaningsih, S.C.D., Awalya, A. and Sugiyo, S., 2018. The Effectiveness of Interactive
Multimedia to Improve the Career Planning Ability of Junior High School
Students.JurnalBimbinganKonseling, 7(2), pp.182-189.
Kotthaus, J., Krampe, K., Piontek, A. and Weitzel, G., 2021. How to Make the Cut in Academia:
Managing the Uncertainty of Time as a Necessity to Have a Research Career. In
Researchers at Risk (pp. 131-146). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Morton, B.C. and Gil, E., 2019. Not a solo ride: co-constructed peer mentoring for early-career
educational leadership faculty. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in
Education.
Motlogelwa, I.P., 2018. Developing an implementation plan for a career development program in
small manufacturing businesses in Bloemfontein (Doctoral dissertation, North-West
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Solberg, V.S.H., Lillis, J., Zhang, W. and Martin, J.L., 2020.Career Development Policy
Strategies for Supporting Transition of Students with Special Educational Needs and
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Winter, S.J., 2020. SBM Mid-Career Leadership Institute: replacing “fake it till you make it”
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