Personal and Professional Development Report - Career Analysis

This report delves into the realm of personal and professional development (PPD), focusing on a career path analysis within the human resource field. The report begins with an introduction outlining the significance of a personal development plan in achieving career goals and fostering overall personality development. The main body of the report identifies the student's professional field of interest, emphasizing the ability to handle critical situations and resolve conflicts, key skills for a human resource manager. It discusses the chosen career path, emphasizing the skills necessary for advancement and the importance of employee feedback and retention. Furthermore, the report highlights the student's strengths, such as communication, decision-making, and problem-solving skills, and acknowledges weaknesses like project deadline management and strategic planning. It also addresses potential challenges in the human resource field, like compensation and benefits, and offers solutions to overcome these challenges. The report concludes with a summary of the key findings and a list of references including books and journals used in the analysis.

Personal and
Professional
Development (PPD)

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Professional field of your interest...............................................................................................3
Discuss and analyse your career paths........................................................................................4
Identification of strengths and weaknesses which are linked to career path ..............................4
Identify possible challenges and discuss how you can overcome them with your strengths......5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES:...............................................................................................................................8
Books and Journals.....................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
With the assistance of personal development plan, one can work on their weaknesses so that
they can accomplish their actual targets. It provides better learning opportunities which develop
the overall personality of an individual. This report will discuss about a particular professional
field and analysis of career path. The will also include the strengths and weaknesses which are
associated with the particular discussed career path. The challenges are discussed and
alternatives are provided how to overcome them with the help of strengths.
MAIN BODY
Professional field of your interest.
I can effectively handle the critical situations in an organisation as I know how to utilise
my critical thinking skills. Organisations hire number of diversified workforce who possess
different mindset and behaviour tend to indulge in conflicts due to miss understanding (Cao,
2022). My problem solving skills can help them in resolving the issues and conflicts at work
place in better manner. Conflict management is one of the main positive factor which will help in
becoming good human resource manager in future. I am highly familiar with the software like
Microsoft office and excel which results in accuracy of operations. My communication skills will
help me in conveying of important information and news among employees. I can better interact
with employees regarding their day to day problems so that I can provide them alternatives and
solutions for improving them. Relationship management becomes the positive factor for me as it
further helps me maintaining peace and harmony at work place. I can easily retain employees by
formulating policies which provides them benefits. The career in human resource profession
requires individual who are confident enough to promote the teamwork and group works so that
every individual can interact with each other. I can provide trainings and development sessions
to employees according to the demand of business environment. This will assist organisation in
maintaining skilled and knowledgeable workforce. In this manner they can accomplish their
targets and goals in effective manner.
Discuss and analyse your career paths
The highest position in the human resource department leads to achievement of
professional goals. The career path can be followed by inheriting the skills which further assist in
getting higher position. I can effectively address the feedbacks of employees so that they feel

satisfied at work place. The staff retention can be easily increased by providing benefits to the
employees. I can analyse the work environment so that policies can be developed properly which
are positive for employees. The experiences can be easily gained by working in the department
of human resource. All the roles and responsibilities are taken in serious manner so that they can
get promotion in effective manner. Showcasing skills which are essential for the growth of an
individual as a human resource manager.
Identification of strengths and weaknesses which are linked to career path
I have various strengths such as communication skills, decision making skills and
problem solving skills. All these skills collectively assist me in becoming responsible human
resource manager. In order to accomplish the goals related to human resource it is necessary to
interact with the employees on regular basis. I can effectively interact which eliminates
challenges and issues at work place. In this manner I can improve the productivity and
performance of overall workforce (Khoury, 2020). The strengths which I possess are essential
for managing the employees so that organisation can achieve their goals and targets. Developed
personality according to requirements add positive value in the selected career path.
Sometimes I face challenges in accomplishing the deadlines of projects and tasks. This
weakness becomes negative factor which may hamper the growth on professional basis. I am
also unable in making strategic plans which results in creating disturbances during operations.
Weaknesses should be improved in proper manner so that it does not affect the overall
personality.
Identify possible challenges and discuss how you can overcome them with your strengths
Every career path includes some of the difficulties and challenges which need to be focus
by respective person. Challenges which are faced by human resource department on regular basis
are mentioned below:
Compensation and benefits: Providing appropriate salaries according to the demands
and requirements of customers is highly difficult task for human resource department.
Organisation have to analyse the capabilities and performance of each and every employee so
that they can provide appropriate compensation to them. Satisfying the needs of employees
employees related to benefits is challenge as different employees require different type of
appreciation including monetary and non monetary benefits.

Dealing with conflicts: Organisations involve number of employers who have different
thoughts and processes for carrying out operations (Nepal, 2019). Managing peace and harmony
at workplace is priority of human resource department which sometimes become issue for them.
It is important to listen to all the employees so that their behaviour can be understand in order to
resolve problems. Due to lack of communication people face miss understandings during
operations.
Alternatives which help in overcoming challenges with assistance of strengths
 Effective writing skills can help in developing job description in appropriate manner. It
can help overall organisation in getting opportunity to hire best candidate so that they can
accomplish goals and targets. The hiring process become more efficient and effective
with the help of appropriate job description.
 Both the skills assist in providing sessions to employees which make them capable in
handling the critical operations. Better decisions related to the strategy formulation
results in designing best strategy which can accomplish the purpose.
 Offering competitive compensation to employees assist them in satisfying the demands of
employees. They have to analyse the preferences of employees and provide benefits
according to them.
 This helps them in understanding the reasons which results in conflicts. Better
communication skills assist organisation in resolving the conflicts in best possible
manner. Regular interaction maintains appropriate decorum at the work place which is
essential for achievement of goals.

CONCLUSION
This report discussed about the profession field which is selected by an individual for
their career. The analysis of selected career path is mentioned along with their strengths and
weaknesses. Possible challenges related to particular profession are mentioned along with their
solution for overcoming them.

REFERENCES:
Books and Journals
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Province. Ascendens Asia Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Abstracts, 3(2M).
Khoury, H., 2020. The Trump Plan: Personal Views from Palestine and Israel. Palestine-Israel
Journal of Politics, Economics, and Culture, 25(1/2), pp.84-86.
Mampane, J.N., 2019. Community Participation in the National Development Plan Through
Primary Health Care: The Case of LGBT Organizations in South Africa. In Human
Rights, Public Values, and Leadership in Healthcare Policy (pp. 160-178). IGI Global.
Nepal, A., 2019. Nepal-Youth Employment Transformation Initiative Project: Indigenous
Peoples Plan: Vulnerable Community Development Plan.
Sharma, C.A., 2019. Comprehensive village development plan for Kottaiyur Village Panchayat,
Krishnagiri District, Tamilnadu. International Journal of Research in Social
Sciences, 9(8), pp.407-426.
Wiczorek, E., 2018. Plan B: Self-Analysis; A Reflection of my Personal Experiences.