Comprehensive Analysis of Managing People and Careers: A Guide

This assignment delves into the critical aspects of managing people and careers, offering a comprehensive guide to the job application process. It begins with an introduction to individual career management and its importance in making informed decisions about one's professional life. The main body of the assignment covers essential components such as cover letters, emphasizing their role in introducing a candidate and attracting employers. It then examines the structure and content of a Curriculum Vitae (CV), highlighting its significance in showcasing skills, experience, and educational qualifications. The assignment includes a sample CV designed for an Account Executive position, illustrating how to present relevant information effectively. Further, it discusses the application form, addressing the types of questions typically asked by hiring managers, and providing sample responses to demonstrate how to articulate skills, experiences, and motivations. The assignment concludes with a reflection on the entire process, reinforcing key takeaways for career development.

Managing People and
Careers
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ...........................................................................................................................................3
COVER LETTER..................................................................................................................................3
CV (Curriculum vitae)........................................................................................................................5
APPLICATION FORM .........................................................................................................................9
ASSESSMENT CENTRE PRACTICE ....................................................................................................13
CONCLUSION.......................................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES.........................................................................................................................................14
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INTRODUCTION
Individual career management is the procedure through which particular person can
make reasoned, proper decisions about their working life as well as the relation within work
or non-work domains (Taylor, Doherty and McGraw, 2015). Career can be developed
through studies, learning several skills and knowledge of particular field. This assignment is
going to explain several things which will help individual in grabbing better job opportunities
in present as well as future. Topic will be cover are cover letter, Curriculum vitae, application
for as well as individual reflection related to entire process.
MAIN BODY
COVER LETTER
Cover letter is the single page document which is written by individual for
organisation. This include information related to particular person in relation to the vacant job
position. Most important is that cover letter must be attractive which introduce person and
then encourage the reader to read resume also. CV is different from cover letter because in it
writer should be kept in mind that, while sharing skills as well as experience. Along with this,
it must be relating to the vacant position an individual is applying (Siebert and Martin,2016).
There are several point which must be covered by individual in cover letter :-
 Personal detail of individual such as name, address, phone number and so on.
 Name of hiring manager
 From where vacancy is founded
 Why an individual is suitable for the job
 What an applying candidate can do for the organisation
 Closing statements which must involve thanking the recruiter for giving their time on
reading letter.
Cover letter is important because it help individual in standing out of the crowd in
different manner. It is the mode through which particular person can attract hiring manager of
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company through way of presenting own skills, personality and what candidate really want
from the job.
ABCD
[phone]
[e-mail]
December 1,2018
Dear Hiring Manager,
It is my pleasure that I am applying for the designation of Accountant Executive in your
company. I have experience in same sector as an Account Executive with required
qualification, I am self-confident that my abilities will help me in performing my role in
Marcus Evans LTD – THG Sports.
At the time of my prevision job role at EFGH company, It was my responsibility to meet
with clients for finding out their advertisement requirement, presentations related to new
ideas as well as cost to customers, I work with creative group on advertising and also with
account planners for forming campaigns. Apart from this, I manage account of company's
client as well as invoicing. My priority is towards customer's satisfaction and solving
conflicts rise in the organisation. I take pride in my work and strive to maintain a friendly as
well as professional working environment every time.
My education MBA in finance and marketing served me as the foundation of my ability.
During my studies I learn more about communication, media, financial data management,
statistics and so on. I believe that acquiring all these skills help me in my career as an
Account Executive.
Thank you for your time and thinking me as a Account Executive designation in your
company. I look forward to hearing more about the vacant job role. I am confident that my
education as well as level of experience will help me in becoming successful Accountant
Executive.
Sincerely,
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ABCD
CV (Curriculum vitae)
A CV is the written overview of a person which include its skills, education, work
experience, career objective, family details and so on. Curriculum Vitae is used for numerous
purpose and most common one is to send CV to prospective employers or organisation when
an individual is looking for a new job (Hurst, Leberman and Edwards, 2016). It helps
employers to judge the applicant on basis of personal specification and company needs and
through it they evaluate and analysis a person that they get fir in an organization in good way.
Their are various type of Curriculum Vitae such as creative CV, technical CV, Teaching CV,
Academic CV, skills based CV and so on. Length of CV must be short and sweet because
approx 90% of recruiters preferred CV of two to three pages. CV of an individuals must be
clear, concise, succinct and easy to read. Few essential things which must be covered in
Curriculum Vitae are personal statement, work experience, educational and qualification,
hobbies and interest, awards, references. ABCD design a Curriculum Vitae for applying for
the position of account executive at Marcus Evans Ltd. Below CV of ABCD is given:-
CURRICULU0M VITAE
Name: ABCD
Address: 15, Tottenham Court Road
Near holliu mall
London, U K
Mobile no.: + 447375698438
Email ID: [e-mail]
Applying for: Account Executive
PERSONAL DATA
Gender: Male
Marital Status: No
Language Known: English, Welsh, Scottish
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Date of Birth: 1st January 1983
Place of Birth: 15, Tottenham Court Road
Near holliu mall
London, U K
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATION
2010 - 2013: Spiru Haret University
Bachelor in Economic Science (Finance and Banking)
2005 - 2010: Unirea College
Degree in Informathics (Mathematics)
2004: Class- 12th
American School in London
1 Waverley Pl, London NW8 0NP, UK
2002: Class- 10th
American School in London
1 Waverley Pl, London NW8 0NP, UK
CERTIFICATION
Certification course of Wine ( 2010-2012).
Certification of following Finance & Banking (2009-2010).
1. Basic Customer services
2. Basic Table service
EXTRACURRICULAM EXPERIENCE
 President of study association.
 Snowboard instruction in London.
 Active member in various activities in school and college.
SKILLS
 Hospitality Background
 Five star hotel experience
 Food and beverage service experience
 Efficient
 Team building Skill
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 Service oriented
 Quick Learner
WORKING EXPERIENCES
 May 2018 – Till Now – EFGH, London
Account Executive
 August 2017- April 2018 - Privaz Brentwood, London
Bar Tender
 May 2016 – July 2017 – Moonfleet Manor, Weymouth
Bar Tender
 July 2015 – May 2016 – Innonthesquare, keswick
Bar Tender
 February 2015 – June 2015 – White Horse Inn, Keswick
Bar Tender
 May 2014 – December 2014 – Paradise Mare Resort & Spa, Rhodes
Bar Tender
 May 2013 – April 2014 - Aquis Sandy Beach Resort & Spa, Kerkyra
Bar Tender
 April 2012 – May 2013 – Loka Lounge, Bucuresti
Bar Tender
 March 2010 – April 2012 – Bound, Bucuresti
Bar Tender
HOBBIES
 Ready Novels
 Playing Volleyball
 Travelling
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the information mentioned above is correct up to the my knowledge and
the responsibility for correctness of the mentioned particulars information.
Place: London Signature
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Date: 2018 ABCD
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APPLICATION FORM
Application form is paper document given by the Human Resource manager to the
candidate playing for job. It include several question which an hiring manager want to ask
from the individual for judging that he/she is capable of performing job role within company
or not. After scanning application form individual transfer to the next level which is personal
interview.
Why do you want to work for us?
I want to work with your company because it is an reputed organisation of sport
sector in United Kingdom. As well as account executive is the best opportunity as my past
experience, education, skills, future career aims and so on. Main reason behind applying for
this job is matching with my skills, knowledge and experience.
Tell us about a time you worked in a group to achieve an objective
When I was working with EFGH company as an accounts manager I handled various
situations the foremost is at the time of auditing. When auditors come for audit in respective
company I made all the employees contribute to their full and helped company to increase
their revenue . When audit sheet has to be prepared it needs the full concentration of all the
employees to particular articulate with the balance sheet and make necessary adjustments
accordingly. Being the accounts manager I had assigned authority to some of the employees
to function accordingly and achieve accuracy in auditing as well as I also conducted training
programmes for providing of Tally and SAP program to make the employees aware of the
software and can properly link up with software and perform accordingly. This also made the
employees efficient and I can develop changes in the organisation when work level is high
compared to employees capability. I have done it through properly motivating them for their
increased work and makes them dedicated to work for the respective organisation. Through
all these ways I have made the employees perform efficiently as well as helps organisation in
achieving their goals and objectives.
Tell us about a time when you identified a new approach to solve a problem.
Problem identified in EFGH company was inaccuracy of data in accounts data. This
led me to the adoption of new systems such as tally software and provided with enough
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training to the employees and makes them adapted to such knowledge which helps in
maintaining accuracy in data and avoid any misinterpretation of the data. Records of the data
are checked weekly to identify any repetition in income statement and recheck of ledgers to
prevent any loss of data. With the help of tally systems there accounts are properly
measurable which allows respective company in decision making process effectively. With
the help of these software if the employees are thinking of making the profit personally this
will avoid them and maintains records of each rupee in business. This way I had solved the
problem in previous company and will make sure to solve problem here also and helps
respective organisation to attain business goals. This also makes the employee learn new
methods and accounting software which will help them in future. It also reduces the time of
employees to work on this software rather than doing manually. In addition to this it also
reduces the chance of fraud and business data remains in organisation itself.
Tell us about a time when you had to manage a number of different priorities and complete
a number of tasks in a short amount of time
I am applying for account executive while performing my work several situation may
arise such as year end audit. At this time I have to perform several responsibilities like
checking accounts of company at my hand, matching balance with their opening as well as
closing balance. All these things must be done in the short term so that work related to audit
can be performed in better manner without any financial issue. Along with this, in same
period some conflicts may arise within employees which also become my priority because
such issues may result in decreasing productivity as well as employees turnover. Thus, such
problem must have to be solved on time by making these priority. In this manner I work on
several things by making some of them my priorities.
Tell us about a project you worked on that required you to persuade others to your point of
view
Business environment is dynamic in nature, when I am working in the company
several situation may rise which must be handle by me in proper manner because employees
who are working in my team will learn things from me. There are several situations when
people learnt things from me such as -
 In organisation several problem rise which must be solve on time so it will not
become big issue for other. This thing is learnt by other from me because I solve
issues in smart manner whether It can be in between employees or overall enterprise
related.
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 In the manner I conduct audit program by managing several things on particular time
period. This shows time as well as work managing skills of my.
INTERVIEW PRACTICE
Interviewer practices are the thing which an individual have to be kept in mind while
going for giving interview. While addressing the interview I need to focus some of the
important aspects which are as follows-
 Preparation- It is the essential step in the whole interview process. I should properly
prepare about the background and history of the company. Along with this I need to
address the post for which interview is conducted to know speciality and the work
which needs to be done.
 Review and anticipate questions- I need to prepare certain questions and make a
proper list of all of them, formulate answer accordingly which will provide great help
in facing interview.
 Dress for success- Dressing sense should be formal not party wear. Corporate
dressing attracts the interviewer and makes me comfortable too. Because first
impression is the last which is given by dressing sense only.
 Observe punctuality- I should need to observe punctuality as it creates good
impression in the minds of interviewer. It is necessary because of an individual is not
coming on time for interview then how he/she will manage things in future related to
their job role.
 Make good impression- I should be able to make good impression in the minds of
interviewer by proper knowledge. This can be only possible through level of
confidence which directly reflect on voice tone and face.
 Ask insightful questions- During interview I should be able to ask proper meaning
full questions to the interview like the salary structure, organisational structure to gain
knowledge.
 Thank the interview- when about to leave the room of interview I should say thanks
to the interview to show respect against him. Because he/she had given me their
precious time and listen things about me.
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