MN3040QA: Report on Career Development and Assessment Results

This report, prepared by Vesela Krasimirova Yaramova, explores the critical elements of career development and employability, focusing on networking and curriculum vitae (CV) writing. The introduction highlights the importance of communication, active listening, and public speaking skills in today's business environment. The report systematically examines the significance of networking in building long-term professional relationships, gaining valuable information, and fostering confidence. It also delves into the creation of effective CVs, emphasizing the need to tailor them to specific job requirements and highlight relevant skills. The reflection section discusses the author's assessment results on management skills, revealing insights into their understanding of management roles and their ability to apply these skills in a workplace setting. The conclusion summarizes the importance of networking and CVs in career advancement, emphasizing the value of continuous skill development and the role of these tools in achieving professional success. The report includes a detailed bibliography of cited sources.

MN3040QA
Orientation for Success in Higher Education
Assignment 2: Report & Reflection
Student name Vesela Krasimirova Yaramova
Student ID no. 10160933
Lecturer Rachel Barker
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Contents page
Introduction ………………………………………………………___3__
Career development & employability
Insert topic 1. Networking …….…………………………… ___3__
Insert topic 2. Curriculum Vitae ( CV )…………………… __ 4___
Reflection …………………………………………….…………. __ 4___
Conclusion …….………………………………….…………….…__5___
Reference List ……………………………………….…………….__6___
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Illustrate your gained knowledge on career development and reflect on how your
assessment results could be applied to the workplace.
Introduction
Nowadays, an interview for a job could be held while you are on presentation, teambuilding or just a
family barbeque. The business today is looking for people who can communicate with others in an
excellent manner and at the same time to be an active listener and have public speaking skills. Working to
obtain our networking skills we will be capable of growing in our workplace or expanding our own
business. Moreover, we could create a strategy, which brings us positives results in future. Once, having
reliable networking we could use it to gain ideas from others and to create a perfect curriculum vitae
(CV), because this CV will be as a business card for us in future, ensuring the delighted job and allowing
us to grow in a career plan. In this essay, I am going to write very systematically why networking and CV
are important for the business and what benefits could bring.
Career development and employability
Networking
The world has changed and with it, networking has changed as well. If you put on one side for a moment
the old meaning of networking, we could see that networking these days is about building relationships
with people that would be valuable in a long term or for a lifetime. Ward (2021) does think that
networking is a good asset to the business because it could ensure professional counsellors or with
personal details which will help you to resolve a problem. In addition, you could get a piece of
information for new technology or to expand your knowledge, getting other`s experience. Beyond that,
you will build confidence and crucial relationships. Klawitter (2021) believes that we have to create our
networking with people who can be found interesting. He recommends going to every event and be
curious because this curiosity would reduce the stress. Besides this, we have to be patient and generous.
That does not mean that we have to offer everyone our help; we have to be perfect listeners because not
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everyone wants our help. I consider that asking the right questions, looking smart and well prepared could
be a good trampoline for developing networking.
Curriculum vitae (CV)
The delighted job is everywhere around us however, the hardest job is to get this job. Even if you are
smart, wearing the proper clothes you are not selected in the shortlist due to badly written Curriculum
vitae (CV). According to Bateman (2018), we have to think like employees and to know that we have a
short time to grab a person`s attention reading our CV because managers do not believe that we want to
work for his company. The perfect CV has been written when you put the right skills for the job,
however, give the reader an explanation of how these skills would work for the company and have a good
profit. Bright (2015) believe that the CV has to be written for the job you are applying for. He also
suggests the CV has to be 5 pages. On the other hand, Bateman (2018) explained in the Linked in course
that it would be different from the other CV if you put a link about you. To my opinion, it is not a good
idea to put skills that you do have not to possess, because you will take a big risk to be asked for them.
Assessment Reflection
Every person is a manager, at home, at work or even the children at school, but to be a business manager
you need to possessive the skills that required this. As a student, I would like to know whether I have the
abilities to be a manager, therefore I took the test “Management skills”. I was extremely surprised by the
results of the test. I have the right thoughts about how to be a manager and looking my team using their
skill at the workplace. I am also feeling comfortable tackling with my team`s problems. Looking in the
same direction I see all the benefits of developing others and their high standard of achieving in the
workplace. I have understood the I could be a management model is an organisation and realising that the
role of management is essential for the companies moreover, manager`s achievements are based on work
and skill on others in the company. Having done this test, I have built the right thoughts how the
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management role looks like. I will keep developing this strategy and I will enhance them because to be an
excellent manager required a huge motivation to improve these skills.
Conclusion
Summarising my essay, which having a great curriculum vitae and this CV had a background with one of
the most important tools as networking could bring you many positives in your career life. Thinking
about networking I would like to express my point of view as an idea that to build networking is
extremely hard work, and the effort which has been done is worth it. Even though I could say that
networking is not only a good tool for the business but also it is a good instrument to evolve as a person
in a community. Talking about the CV I could say that I have seen tips that I have not seen till now and I
would use them in my CV in future. I have realised that not putting every information for you would
bring you to the shortlisted. Therefore, keeping my CV clear and has a good style can show the manager
that I am the right person for the job. Walking hand in hand those two elements are an inevitable part of
our business community.
Word count: __929____
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Bibliography
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accessed: (21 September 2021)
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careers blog, 20 August 2019. Available at: The Most Important Skills for Networking
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Ward, S (2021) What is business networking, the balance small business blog, Available at:
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/what-is-business-networking-and-what-are-the-benefits-2947183
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Klawitter, A. (2021) The importance of Networking & 5 networking tips, Meratas blog. Available at:
https://www.meratas.com/blog/importance-networking-career-success Accessed ( 22 September 2021)
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