Positive Psychology and HR: A Career Development Report on Success

This report outlines a career development plan focused on securing a Human Resources Manager position, primarily within the hospitality industry. It incorporates positive psychology principles, self-awareness through skills mapping and psychometric profiling, and emphasizes results-oriented achievements in the LinkedIn profile and CV. The plan includes extra self-development activities and SMART goals spanning short, medium, and long-term objectives. It articulates reasons for choosing the candidate based on relevant skills, experience, conflict management behavior, and adaptability. The report concludes with a reference list and appendices, presenting a comprehensive strategy for career advancement.

Positive Psychology
for Success

Position applied
for with
justification and
research findings
on the industry
 Position applied is for the human resource manager.
 Roles and responsibilities are recruitment, selection, on
boarding, training and development, performance appraisal,
compensation and benefits, termination and employee
retention.
 Industry chosen is the hospitality industry.
 It includes the food and beverage services, accommodations
and transport facilities, entertainment and events management
as well.
 This is because human resource manager is highly required in
the activities like employee motivation and turnover (Schreiner,
2018).

Reflection about
self-awareness in
the skills
mapping and
psychometrics
 Self awareness in the skills mapping are the work experiences
in the form of internships and practical knowledge about the
profile. College opportunities and volunteering are also
included in the same.
 Self awareness in the psychometrics includes that I have the
skills and abilities of human resources manager to fit in the
profile. Such as good communication skills, team management,
problem solving, leadership, adaptability and knowledge of
employee management (Seligman, 2019).

How the
LinkedIn profile
and CV is
developed to
reflect the
necessary
requirements
for the
job/industry
 Emphasizing results rather than responsibilities
 Highlighting changes and growth
 Showing industry insight
 Using power words
 Fill out the profile thoroughly
 Making a custom profile URL
 Picking up the right profile photo
 Getting headline right
 Creating a summary that stands out
 Optimizing experience section
 Showing off the work (Green and Palmer, 2019).

Extra self-
development
activities
undertaken
 Attending meetings of professional organizations
 Attending conferences and lecture series
 Attending workshops and training sessions
 Serving on committees
 Service learning
 Working on skills enhancement areas
 Learning about time management
 Gaining the cognitive and analytical skills
 Gaining practical experience of abilities (Lopez, Pedrotti and
Snyder, 2018).

Development
plan and
identifying
challenges to the
career aspirations
 SMART goals - short term goal (end of L4)
 Earning a new certificate or degree
 Improving the performance numbers
 Improving the networking and communication skills
 SMART goals - medium term goal (end of university)
 Finishing a bachelor's or master's degree
 Earning a professional certificate or diploma
 Changing company for growth
 SMART goals - long term goal (first promotion)
 Continue learning a new skill, tool and language
 Improving networking skills
 Increasing productivity

Pitch - final
reasons as to
why we should
choose you
Reasons to choose me is such that I posses all the qualities and
skills which the organization need in its human resource manager.
I also have the relevant experience in managing the people and
good conflicts management behaviour. I can work under pressure
in changing environment also while handling the entire team. So
these are the reasons I can fit in the role of human resource
manager (Bachik, 2021).

Reference
list
 Bachik, K., 2021. VIA character strengths among US college students and their associations with happiness,
well-being, resiliency, academic success and psychopathology. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 16(4),
pp.512-525.
 Boniwell, I. and Tunariu, A.D., 2019. EBOOK: Positive Psychology: Theory, Research and Applications.
McGraw-Hill Education (UK).
 Green, S. and Palmer, S. eds., 2019. Positive psychology coaching in practice. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
 Lopez, S.J., Pedrotti, J.T. and Snyder, C.R., 2018. Positive psychology: The scientific and practical
explorations of human strengths. Sage publications.
 Robertson, P.J., 2018. Positive psychology and career development. British journal of guidance &
counselling, 46(2), pp.241-254.
 Schreiner, L.A., 2018. Applying principles of positive psychology to student success and well-being:
Enabling all students to thrive.
 Seligman, M.E., 2019. Positive psychology: A personal history. Annual review of clinical psychology, 15,
pp.1-23.
 Snyder, C.R., Lopez, S.J., Edwards, L.M. and Marques, S.C. eds., 2020. The Oxford handbook of positive
psychology. Oxford university press.

Any
questions?

Appendices