MG410 Career Action Plan and Self-Reflection Report, May 2020

This report details a student's career action plan and self-reflection, focusing on the hospitality industry. It begins with a personal analysis, identifying current skills such as communication, decision-making, and teamwork, while also acknowledging areas for improvement like technological skills and strategic thinking. The report then outlines a career action plan, specifying steps to enhance skills and achieve the goal of becoming an assistant manager. A CV is included, summarizing the student's qualifications and experience. The conclusion reflects on the module's impact, highlighting the development of self-awareness and the creation of a roadmap for professional growth, emphasizing the importance of continuous learning and skill enhancement to achieve career objectives. The report draws on secondary data regarding industry trends, self-reflection, and career planning.

Career Action
plan and self-
reflection

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
Personal analysis..........................................................................................................................1
Career Action plan.......................................................................................................................3
CV................................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
A Career Action Plan is an individualized plan students use to identify career goals and
describe the steps necessary to pursue those goals. Plans can be created so that an individual is
been able to achieve their personal as well as professional goals and objectives. Self-reflection
can be defined as basically analysing the strength and weakness of oneself and reflecting on the
part that needs to be developed. Present report will lay emphasis on the personal analysis, in this
review of current skills and knowledge will be done. Assignment will also lay emphasis on the
career development action plan. It will focus on the areas which need to be developed for
enhancing the career aspects. Report will also provide CV based on the knowledge skills and
expertise.
MAIN BODY
Personal analysis
The personal analysis will help in identifying the current skills that has been pursued by me. It
will also reflect on the areas where I lack and also it will provide details about my weak points
that I really need to overcome. In future I really want to work in hospitality industry as an
assistant manager, so various skills are been required by me so that I can grow professionally as
well as personally.
Current skills
Super verbal and written communication: I have analysed that my current skill is that I really
have good and effective communication skills and that too both verbal and written. As an
assistant manager in the hotel industry I can build up excellent business networks which are
really necessary for the growth of my company. This will also help me in creating better bond
with my team members (Deiorio and et.al., 2016). I will also be able to make my peer understand
about my thoughts. Effective communication can also help me as an assistant manager to reduce
down the conflict and chaos which generally exist in any hospitality organization. It will help me
in also solving the problem which is been faced by peers. Written communication can help me in
drafting out emails related to the information which must be known by the employees who are
working with me. This will help me in achieving my short term plan which is to become assistant
manager and also it will help me in opening my own hotel which is my long term plan.
Key decision maker: I have analysed that as an assistant manager I am also really good at
making better decisions. This has assisted me in taking decisions which has helped me in
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increasing the profitability and revenue aspects of my organizations. I was also been able to take
those decisions which have helped my hotel in increasing their business performance as well as
operational efficiency.
Team working: I am also a team player, I love to work in team and also I have analysed that
working in team has helped my hospitality organization in achieving their set target with less
amount of time. I have also analysed that the problems which has been faced by my team. I was
also involved in solving them so that the efficiency of the employees working under me also get
improves. I have also taken various initiatives in order to complete the task. I acted as a team
player who had high amount of integrity.
Self-motivation, creativity and commitment: I have also analysed that I am really good at
motivating my peer while working with them in the hotel organization. This has assisted me in
retaining employees and also they have been able to create employee loyalty which is really
necessary for the growth of firm. I have also analysed that as an assistant manager I was been
able to bring new and innovative ideas and services which has helped me in fulfilling the needs
and demands of my consumers. This has also helped me in growing personally as well as
professionally. I have also analysed that as an assistant manager I was really committed towards
my firm (Wehmeyer and Shogren, 2017). I really had the ability to think out of the box which
has helped my hotel in growing and achieving more profitability as well as the revenue. I was
self-motivated that I really want to grow and open my personal hotel in future and for this I was
really working day and night so that my goals and objectives can be achieved.
Ability to seek and locate new business leads and opportunities: I also had the ability
to seek and locate new opportunities which was really necessary for growth of hotel in which I
was working. This has helped me in bringing out new products and services which was really
necessary in order to satisfy the consumers (Paterson and Santy, 2018). It has also assisted me in
creating a base for my organization. It has assisted my firm in growing and achieving goals and
objectives.
Areas where I was weak or lacked: There are various areas on which I need to work upon.
It includes that I really need to lay emphasis on my technological skills. I have analysed that I
was really unaware about the latest trends and techniques that has been used up by competitors. I
also need to develop skills such as strategic thinking and forward planning. This will assist me in
overcoming from the problem that can be faced by firm in future. I also need to develop the skill
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related to being a mentor so that my employees can work at their full potential and also success
is been achieved by me. This is really necessary for my personal as well as professional goal.
Career Action plan
Areas to work upon How to improve
I have analysed during the completion of the
project I really need to work upon my
technological skills.
These skills can be improved by doing market
research about the latest trends which has been
followed by the other competitors. I will also
be involved in taking training related to the
latest information technology that can be used
by me so that my firm can gain success. This
will help me in achieving my short term plan
which is to become assistant manager and also
it will help me in opening my own hotel which
is my long term plan. It will also assist me in
developing professionally. I have also analysed
that I also need to be engaged in taking
coaching for enhancing my technological
skills.
Strategic thinking I also need to develop my strategic thinking
skills so that better decisions can be taken and
also it will help my hotel in increasing their
brand value and reputation. This can be
increased by communicating with diverse
range of people who can increase my
knowledge ability (Miller, 2017). This will
help me in thinking out of the box. It will also
help me in increasing the operational efficiency
of firm which is really necessary for growth. I
will be able to achieve my personal as well as
professional goals.
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CV
(APPENDIX)
CONCLUSION
From the above study it has been summarised that by completing the module I really felt
overwhelmed as I was been able to analyse my strength and weakness. I have also made use of
personal analysis and career action plan in order to achieve my personal as well as professional
goals and objectives. This action plan has assisted me in developing those skills in which I was
lacking. During the completion of module I have also learnt about various new things such as
how to work with team and how to be involved in solving their problems. This career action plan
has assisted me in increasing my efficiency related to the goal which I need to achieve. I have
also analysed through this module about my current strength. I am really good at communicating
and also both my oral as well as written communication is perfect. These sills have assisted me
in making better business network. I have also analysed that my current weakness was I literally
do not have technological knowledge. I was really unaware about the latest trends that has been
adopted by other competitors, so I need to develop the technological skills I also need to develop
strategic thinking skill so that my firm can achieve their goals and objectives and also
productivity is been enhanced.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Miller, C.L., 2017. CAREER ACTION PLAN: Applying Analytical Thinking Skills in an Online
Career Development Course. Career Planning & Adult Development Journal, 33(1).
Paterson, S. and Santy, A., 2018. Can early-and mid-career conservationists get better career
guidance?. Oryx, 52(4), pp.615-616.
Wehmeyer, M.L. and Shogren, K.A., 2017. Life design and career counseling. Counseling and
Coaching in Times of Crisis and Transition: From Research to Practice.
Deiorio, N.M. and et.al., 2016. Coaching: a new model for academic and career
achievement. Medical education online, 21(1), p.33480.
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APPENDIX
Name: XYZ
Email: [e-mail]
DOB; 15, July 1992
Oct 2011- 2014: Business management school
Skills:
 Team working
 Effective interpersonal skills
 Effective verbal and written communication
 Creativity, integration and self-motivation
Employment
November, 2014- Manager at Alpha hotel till 2016
April 2016- July 2018- Manager at Columbia hotel
July 2018- till now assistant manager at Hotel Marriott
Duties
Managed all human resources, financial and physical resources
Made effective use of resources
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