Career Development and Lifelong Learning Strategies Report

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Table of Contents
Question 1- Career Development and Lifelong Learning...............................................................3
a)......................................................................................................................................................3
b)......................................................................................................................................................4
References........................................................................................................................................7
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Question 1- Career Development and Lifelong Learning
a)
Introduction
The presented report is a personal development plan for the development of my career as
required. It depicts my personal skill analysis and reflection and also provides for my personal
SWOT analysis. It further provides a personal development plan with the desired goals for the
next 12 months and the actions which I shall take to achieve my goals. It also provides for the
required resources and the outcomes I expect from my oriented actions.
Personal analysis
As a student, there are certain skills which I possess as an important factor in pursuing my
career. But there are some skills which requires more training and qualification from my side in
order to get efficient in those skills and areas.
Through the personal skill audit process, I have done a sincere identification of my skills,
strength and weaknesses and the areas of development.
The following table is the analysis of my possessed skills and development required in certain
areas:
Skills Analysis Priority for this skill
1. Computer
application
 I possess this skill very
well.
 Along with the basic
knowledge, I am well
qualified in other
technical requirements.
Highly important
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2. Information
seeking skill
 I possess this skill well
but sometimes I tend to
collect irrelevant
information.
 I require training for
possessing efficiency in
this skill.
Important
3. Communication
skills (verbal and
written)
 I possess verbal skills
very well.
 I am also efficient in
writing skills.
Highly important
4. Numerical and
analytical skills
 I am not efficient in
doing this.
 I need training in
numerical skills and also
in analysing and
applying them.
Important
5. Stress management
skills
 I am not able to manage
stress during
examination.
 I need training regarding
stress relief programs
specially during
examinations.
Highly important
6. Decision making
skill
 I am not able to make
the right decision due to
Highly important
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panic and stress.
 I need training for this
skill so that I can make
the right decision even in
stressful situations.
Personal SWOT analysis
Before making any future plan for my career development, I have made an analysis of my
strengths and weakness and also the available opportunities and the threats underlying the
opportunities.
My personal SWOT analysis is as follows:
Strengths
 My learning ability in my institution
and basic communication skills are
good.
 My detailed knowledge is sound as
per the level of my learning.
 I have been appreciated during my
practical tests as I have good
computer and technical knowledge
required in my subject.
 I can also accomplish task with
efficiency as team work.
Weakness
 I have failed difficulty in managing
studies under pressure.
 I am also unable to maintain
physical fitness during
examinations.
 I face difficulty in solving numerical
related to my subject.
 I take more time in decision making
during stress.
 I need more training for stress
management and leadership.
Opportunities Threats
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 I stand with an opportunity of taking
guidance from my educators and
teachers in developing and
advancing my learning skills.
 I also stand at an opportunity of
developing my skills through taking
part in training programs.
 Balance studies along with
health.
 Time management.
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Setting goals
The following is the goals set up for my future career planning:
Goal Required
action
Needed
resources
Time-scale Outcome expected
Detailed analysis
of my targeted
career
 I shall do
research
regarding
the required
qualification
and degree
for
achieving
the goal
(Patton and
McMahon,
2014).
 I shall
approach
universities
and colleges
which shall
offer
academic
courses for
my desired
career.
 Internet
 Career
development
training
programs
12 months  Information of
the institutions
offering such
courses.
 Admission in
the best
institution to
pursue the
course.
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Widen my
learning
 I shall take
part in extra
activities
like
academic
competitions
in colleges.
 I shall also
read
academic
and scholar
articles and
materials to
gain
knowledge.
Guidance from
my educators
and teachers
12 months  Gain experience
and knowledge
in academic
field and
different
subjects
(Savickas,2012)
.
Improve my
health and
fitness
 I shall take
part in sports
and fitness
programs.
 I shall opt
healthy
eating habits
and regular
exercise.
Guidance from
health
instructors
6 months  Improved health
and fitness
Achieve more
learning skills
 I shall take
part in
personality
development
Useful training
opportunities
12 months  Improve skills
in which I lack
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programs.
 I shall
improve my
skills
through
effective
communicati
ons with
experts.
Improve
decision making
and stress
management
skills
 I shall make
daily routine
plans for
stress
management
at peak
time(Vondra
cek, et al.
2019).
Guidance from
teachers and
family members
12 months  Ability to
manage stress
during
examinations
(Lens, et. al.,
2012).
 Take the right
decisions and
avoid panic
Conclusion
Thus, to conclude, the report is my personal analysis of skills and my areas of development for
my future career planning. Through this report I shall focus on the required skills for my career
development and manage time for acquiring each skill and make the optimum use of available
resources for my career planning.
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b)
Self-management play vital role in managing the company as well as its employees for
increasing the satisfaction level among getting employees because the expectations level of the
businesses wants to fulfill the requirements and in relation to the management and leadership
practices to raise the high degree of awareness. For growth and development of career, the role
of the career development strategies plays a significant role in all over the success of the
company as well as the employees of the company (North and Kumta, 2018). Such strategies
help the employees to remain focused and prepared better to face any challenges with changing
in time. In this context, it is important that proper strategies are adopted so as to remain focused
and adopt the right and appropriate strategies. Career strategy assists in developing a culture of
the organisation, capabilities, and resources and assist in building the capacity making the
workforce to adopt the changes. This also supports in preparing the workforce for preparing as
per the changes takes place at the place of occupation. Effective career strategies assist in
improving the resources of the company by retaining talent and enable the flexible working
environment. For increasing the motivation among the employees, it is important to grow
capability by providing learning and training opportunities while performing a job (Ghosal, et.
al., 2015). For developing and inspiring the employees, skills of the employees are essential for
the development of the people. For successfully develops the career, it is important to adopt the
three main strategies that help in developing the career of any individual or any employees at the
place of occupations are as follows:
Ask for the appropriate feedback
To convert the goals, in reality, it is important to get the proper feedback from the right people
that help out in making value addition in the development plan and achieving the desired goals.
Feedback from the right people helps in taking the right action to improve the career and taking
such steps that help in the development of the career (Savickas, 2018). Feedbacks supports the
individual or the employees to select the right thing and take steps that help out to do better in a
particular field for bringing improvement.
Set and communicate goals
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For developing the career, it is important to understand the clear path and discuss the goals with
others that guide the responsibility that needs to be taken while perfuming the particular task and
required a solution for resolved the particular problems. Further, by communicating the goal to
the related parties, it helps in taking suggestion and advice of the people that assist in exploring
the scooped of the career development and various opportunities gives growth to the career of
the individual or the employees. Organise meetings is always beneficial for taking effective
decisions in relation to the work plans or career of the employees by realizing that things can be
changed.
Networking
Networking is also an essential part of the development of career which requires valuable and
helpful advice for bringing new possibilities to give the new growth to the career and
acknowledge about the new opportunities prevailing in the surrounding environment. Increase
networking with related parties and friends, assist in exploring a new field for developing the
career of employees or the individual.
Conduct of appropriate training session and seminars
It is important that the organisation conduct appropriate training sessions and seminar’s to
increase the space for communicating the goals of the employees as well as the organizations.
This helps in the development of the organisation by fulfilling the needs of the employees and
expectation of the employees from the organisations (Lee and Raschke, 2016). Further, by
communicating the goals of the employees, this supports the organization to take initiatives for
taking such steps that enhance the career of the employees.
New challenges
For bringing advancement in career, it is important to identify the profitable projects that assist in
raising the new opportunity that fits in the overall career development plan and brings a strong
vision of an individual. New challenges bring new experiences among the individual or
employees that help in developing the career by gaining knowledge in different situations.
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As per the above mentioned, strategies the senior authorities of the company, it is important that
the senior management of the company take appropriate steps for accomplishment and
implementing such strategies in a successful manner.
Further, integrated personal development planning support, facilitating and upbringing the career
and focus on the improvement of the individual goals. It helps the employees to know the skills
area that ensures in developing the learning process and skills for gaining the objectives of the
personal as well as of the business (Safiullah, 2015). For improvement in the personality of the
employees, motivation is the best strategy for employee’s retention in the organization. To meet
the personal development goals and objectives bring the employer commitments that
guaranteeing success. Employee’s skills play a vital role in the development of a career in the
right direction.
With the help of the personal development planning by integrating with the development of the
employee’s career assist in upbringing the employees in achieving the personal as well as the
business goals. It is important that the organisation proper training programs that trained the
employees about the working of the organisation as well as make the employees familiar with
the working environment of the business. Such planning not only done in the hand of the
organisation, but it is also important that the employees are also actively participating in the
training programs so that the business receives new ideas and feedback from the employees for
further improvement in the business. Further, by participating in the training programs, this assist
in increasing the motivation of the employees’. Employee’s motivation is important for the
successful running of the operations of the business. Motivated employees always working as an
asset of the company, that always contributing to the business growth and development and also
helps in the business expansions (Cloutier, et. al., 2015). This increases the retention rate of the
employees in the organization, to motivate employees always consider an effective plan and
strategy in the organizations by helped them in their growth of career and development and
provides them opportunities and ideas that help in their development of the career. Further, the
retention of the employees enhances the goodwill of the company. With increasing in the
employee’s retention, this gives the assurance to the organization to not employed new
employees for the company and also reduces the additional cost of training on the new
employees is reduced. Self motivation and retention of the employees resolve many business
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