Consultancy in Practice: A Reflective Skills Audit and Development

This report provides a reflective statement on the skills developed through consultancy practice, including academic, interpersonal, professional, and communication skills. It details a skills audit, assessing proficiency in communication, research, and professional skills. The report also includes a curriculum vitae and job description examples, highlighting key skills, experiences, and responsibilities relevant to human resource management. It concludes that both academic and professional skills are crucial for career success, emphasizing the importance of continuous development and self-assessment. Desklib offers similar solved assignments and past papers for students.

Consultancy in
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK-1 ...........................................................................................................................................3
Task-2 .............................................................................................................................................4
Task-3 .............................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
One of the major advantage for the completion of any report or task is the development of
different skills in the personality of a person such as academic skills and professional skills.
These skills plays an important role in the career of candidates because it enables them to get the
desired job in future. These skills helps them to working in the organisation. This report states
reflective statement of which skills are developed in my personality and and the audit of these
skills.
TASK-1
There are different types skills are developed in my personality while working on this
particular project such as academic skills, interpersonal skills., professional skills and
communication skills. While I was doing this project I have to find different book and lectures
which creates special feeling in me to develop academic knowledge. As I am deep research for
this project I have to interact with different types of people which increases my communication
skills.
One of the major skills which helps me in my career is the professional skills because it
develops professional integrity discipline and pressure handling capacity in me. The pressure
handling capacity helps me to clear difficult interview and make possible the presence of me in
desired organisation. In today's scenario the discipline in employee behaviour plays an important
role for the success of employee in the organisation and makes sure the growth of me in
organisation.
Communication skill plays major role for me in the organisation because it helps me to
interact with different types of people present in the organisation and also helps me to develops
coordination in the organisation. The professional integrity helps me to get the considerable
respect and recognition in the organisation. It also attracts the management of the organisation
towards me which is good signal of the growth of my rank in the organisation. It is very
important for the employee as well as student that they have considerable level of discipline
present in their personality because it helps to develops the habit of punctuality in student and
employee.
There are many things which I don't know at the time when I started this project and now
I know such as the meaning of academic integrity and the importance of communication skills.

Now it is clear for me that academic integrity not only benefits in academic career but also helps
to perform the duty in professional career. Academic integrity restricts to use other's work for
project in negative manner so it develops habit in me for self work which helps me to depend on
my own work in job career.
At the time when I was not started this project, my confidence level was very low. I think
I am not able to complete this project but my mentor believes in me and suggest that I can do this
projectile and the words my mentor becomes real and I completed this project. Now the level of
confidence are very high and I believe that I can do any type of project if I belief.
There are different learning which used in my future is the communication skills and
professional skills.
Task-2
Skills audit
Skills Description Proficiency
test
Proficiency
test
Proficiency
test
1 2 3
Communication
skills
It is related to those skills which
helps the individual to transmit the
information from one person to
another person. It is one of the most
important skills which should be
present in the employees because it
help the person to interact with each
other.
- ✓ -
Research skills It is related to the ability of a person
which they use to gather the
information related to any specific
topic. It helps the individual to
complete their project effectively.
There are different books and study
material are present in the market
✓ - -

which helps the individual to get the
information and also found useful
material.
Professional skills It is related to those skills which
helps the employees in their
professional career and it also helps
the employee to perform all their
business functions effectively and
efficiently.
- - ✓
Task-3
Curriculum vitae: Curriculum vitae can be described as document which present complete
history for academic credentials order to make length of a document more variable. It consist
information related to different fellowship, grants, research position, post doctoral positions in a
institution for purpose of higher position in a industry. CV is one of important documents for an
individual as it consist their personal details and also contain information related to their personal
profile. It also consist description of key skills, employment history, educational and educational
history of a person. Description of Curriculum vitae of a person in mentioned below:
Curriculum Vitae
Joseph Morgan
121, Orchard Grove
London, UK
[e-mail]
Experience
Current organisation (From December 2020)
 Monitoring a human resource team which is of 8 members.
 Effective coordinate and maintain good relationship among senior management as well
as employees of company in order to improve employee relationship
 recruit, staffed, training new employees for organisation in order to maintain availability
of employees in company.
 Preparing employee salary sheet in order to ensure smooth payroll to employees.

 Developing new policies in order to maintaining performance of employees and also
improving their productivity.
 Ensuring retention of existing employees for purpose of growth of organisation.
Connect Catering (January 2018-20)
 Ensuring compliance of organisation with regulatory concern as well as other health
related protocols.
 Administration of payroll
 Providing company benefit packages, team building meeting and corporate events.
 Hiring new employees n order to meet demands of employees of company.
 Developing new policies in order to improve engagement of employees.
Education
 Masters in business administration in HRM (2017)
 Bachelors in business administration in HRM (2014)
Achievements
 Having an award for best performed employees of the year from senior management of
company.
 Getting certificate on wining debate competition organised at academic life of a person.
Key Skills
 Excellent communication skills
 Knowledge of different employment laws
 Development of different training programs
 Confidence
 Team working skills
Job Description: Job description can be described as a written document which describe general
task, different duties as well as responsibility related to a specific position. It consist different
functions related to a reporting position as well as specification related to a skills, qualification of
a job related to a job, working condition, salary range, physical demands, work aids and other
things. It is an important documents for purpose of listing of jobs. It provide detailed description
of jobs and related information to a person. It helps a person to ensure whether a job is relevant
for them or not. It helps a candidate to be prepare for the job interview. It is also require by

companies for purpose of identifying different skills required by them for a candidate. There are
different components to be included in this like skills required, educational qualification, roles
and duties, salary range, organisational goals. Job description related to a job is mentioned
below:
Job Description
Company Name Unilever Plc
Industry Type Retail
Job profile Human resource assistant
Location London, UK
Experience 1-2 years
Job Summary Unilever Plc is one of largest retail organisation which is looking
for a personnel who has knowledge for human resource
management and can be suitable for a post Human Resource
Assistant. Candidate should have effective communication skills
and also build good relation with human resource which is
important for improving retention rate of employees.
Skills Required  Excellent communication skills in both oral as well as
written communication.
 Deeper knowledge of human resource management and
different practices of human resource.
 Creative ability in order to develop vital solution and also
taking different decision related to business.
 Certification and degree in management of human
resources
 Ability of build and maintain positive relationship with
employees.
 Knowledge of different conflict resolution of techniques
Roles and Responsibility  Recruit and select excellent people for organisation with

diverse skills.
 Providing training, coaching as well as counselling to
employees.
 Resolving different situation of conflicts in company
through adoption of positive as well as professional
approaches.
 Reviewing performance of employees and also reviewing
their wages.
 Ensuring engagement of employees with work and also
providing timely motivation to them.
 Develop effective policies for company in order to improve
their performance and productivity and also ensure
effective implementation of these policies in company.
 Maintaining privacy of employees and their personal
information.
CONCLUSION
It is concluded from this report that both academic and professional skills are required for
the success of candidate in their life. This report concludes reflective statement of which skills
are developed in my personality and and the audit of these skills.

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