Report: Career Development, Employability, and Assessment Reflection

This report provides an overview of career development and employability, focusing on the skills and strategies needed for success in higher education. It delves into the importance of curriculum vitae (CV) development, offering strategies for creating a compelling CV to impress potential employers. The report also examines aptitude testing, explaining its role in assessing candidates' skills and potential, along with strategies for preparing for such tests. Furthermore, it includes a reflection on a personal assessment, summarizing the results and discussing how the insights gained can be applied to career development in the workplace. The report concludes by emphasizing the significance of career development for managing work and personal life, highlighting the value of career evaluation programs and the importance of early career planning.

Orientation for success
in higher education
Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..............................................................................................................................................3
Career development and employability...................................................................................................3
Assessment reflection..............................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Career development is a procedure for managing their life and work over a lifespan of
time and it is helpful to choosing a career, improving skills and advancing their career path
(Hughes and Gibbons, 2018). It is process of self knowledge and decision making power which
brings to colder in ideal job and improves their lifestyle systems. It is important for current
information about firm and future trends which help employees to create more realistic. Some
career developments are lead towards some orientation success for higher education which
reflects some skills and experiences. In this report, topics have to be covered which are named as
career development and employability such as curriculum vitae and aptitude testing and
assessment reflection include choose and assessment, summarize and how will use for career
development ay workplace.
MAIN BODY
Career development and employability
It should be defined that individual features that workers have adapt their work and
various career environment. Some employability skills which describe and facilitates
identification of job and career opportunities within an organizations. Two topics are covered in
this such as curriculum vitae and aptitude testing is as follows:
Curriculum vitae: It is a procedure which provides a summary of experiences, academic
background, teaching experience and research and awards (Ismail and Rishani, 2018). It is
important for career development because it is very valuable tool for job interview stage and
more effort put into tailored in CV. It makes a good impression in today competitive market and
will be first contact with first employer which include professional and care how they can come
across, just done write about job description, different jobs require different strengths and many
more. It may be vary depending on length and breadth of career which is some essential parts
include personal summary, career history, qualifications, area of expertise and references.

Strategies for developing CV:
Use concise sentences: It is good for no wasted words are include in CV because hiring
manager does not require mush unnecessary words are to be read.
Lead with best information: CV should be writing a summary form which will rely on
ending to be very effective purpose (Rosemond and Owens, 2018). It should be continue with
best qualifications that they want to put very best accomplishments to get attention for each and
every hiring manager in enterprise.
Aptitude testing: It is a way to assess candidate’s knowledge and skills are should be
identified through variety of different testing formats. It is check their ability of candidates where
they should perform their task properly or not and react all situations in work. It is important for
career development because each and every candidate are recognize in terms of knowledge,
skills and their capabilities are used to identified. This test is an accurate way of form to predict
their potential contribution and accomplish success in firm.
Strategies to develop aptitude test:
Practice of online tests: It is best to online test under exam conditions and don’t need to
be learning some particular knowledge and prepare question perfect format style and getting
used by restrictions of time.
Know format of test beforehand: It will prevent surprises in format of test beforehand
and questions are presented in form of different ways which is depending upon their behavior
and aptitude so know about what they expect is critical (Yates, 2020).
Focus on weakest part area: It is where they can focus or highlights to time and
attention where most of people are find one areas for challenging than others so it will be fcus on
area for testing.
Find specific practice tests: Aptitude tests are publisher and industry that workers will
often use modified tests based on some skills and candidates perform well for this test and needs
to be succeed in that role.

Assessment reflection
While studying higher education field there is a test which I have given through some
websites where I should go for link and log into id and password by career team and give test.
The assessments I should choose is banking ad equity services where I have knowledge about
banking services so I will get easily pass this test (Zacher, 2019). To summarize this result very
carefully if I will go any bank for a particular job so this results which will be helpful for me to
join this bank and it will be helpful for any workplace of I have graduate in baking and equity
services part. I have learned something new this test like many financial services are included in
banking which will helpful to decrease to savings and borrowing opportunities. This result helps
me in workplace it can give me clarity towards their work and focus in what I have control and
plan for rest part. To think about my career path in long run as well as short run path and
immediate results on clarity what goals should be accomplished or not. Any results are back
which gives clarity but some parts of workplace and it is helpful to decide which work is good or
not.
CONCLUSION
From the above information, it has been concluded that career development is process for
manage their work life ad person life through their career part for their learning and work. It has
to be implemented that career evaluating programs are presented in national development
strategy. Each and every child want that they do adults and start about their work through many
ideas during their childhood process. This report consist of career development and
employability which include curriculum vitae and aptitude testing with their importance and
reflection about test which shows assessment they choose, summarize results and how will use
for career development at workplace.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Hughes, A. N. and Gibbons, M. M., 2018. Understanding the career development of
underprepared college students. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory
& Practice. 19(4). pp.452-469.
Ismail, H. N. and Rishani, M., 2018. The relationships among performance appraisal satisfaction,
career development and creative behavior. The Journal of Developing Areas. 52(3).
pp.109-124.
Rosemond, M. M. and Owens, D., 2018. Exploring career development in emerging adult
collegians. Education. 138(4). pp.337-352.
Yates, J., 2020. 9 Career Development Theory: An Integrated Analysis.
Zacher, H., 2019. Career development of refugees. In International handbook of career
guidance (pp. 359-384). Springer, Cham.