CPD Portfolio: Enhancing Skills as HR Trainee at Harrods, London

This report presents a Continuous Professional Development (CPD) portfolio for an HR trainee at Harrods, a departmental store in London. The report outlines the aims and objectives of the portfolio, emphasizing the importance of continuous professional development in enhancing skills and achieving career aspirations. The main body details the trainee's learning experiences, highlighting the development of time management and communication skills. The report includes a CPD plan with activities, durations, and development approaches for skills such as time management and technical proficiency. It also reflects on the importance of these skills in fulfilling job responsibilities and addressing future challenges. The report concludes by summarizing the value of CPD in professional development and includes references to relevant literature.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
Aims and objectives of portfolio......................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
Books and Journals ....................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION
Employability skills are necessary for an individual in order to get success at workplace
and professional development of workforce helps in developing their skills so as to enable them
to perform their work in more effective manner (Derr and DeLong, 2018). The chosen
organisation for this report is Harrods which is a departmental store located in London, England.
The company is founded by Charles Henry Harrod in year 1849 and offers clothings, toys,
housewares, electronics etc. to customers. This report is based on an individual portfolio which
includes key learning experiences that i gain during my time at university and the significance of
learning in my development. Apart from this, a continuous professional development plan is
prepare which includes information about what i want to achieve the next. At last, a reflection
on continuous professional development portfolio is included in this project.
Aims and objectives of portfolio
Continuous Professional Development Portfolio is refers as a tool that supports an
individual to meet diverse requirements related to CPD (Nisula and Pekkola, 2018). Its main aim
is to improve current skills in order to get success in future. This plan helps in setting realistic
goals in order to bring closer to long term career aspirations. The main aim of developing
continuous development plan is to improve my current skills and knowledge base so that it will
provides me benefits in future and enables me to fulfill my career aspirations.
MAIN BODY
Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is characterized as the procedure of
tracking and documenting experience, knowledge and skills that an individual or a person
acquire both formally and informally as they work, beyond any training. It is important as it
ensures that an individual is continue to be competent in one's profession. CPD is a continuous
process that lasts throughout the career of a professional. This process helps in maintaining and
enhancing skills and knowledge of an individual that are require to deliver professional service.
It ensures updated knowledge as individuals who are undergoing continuous professional
development programme are more aware regarding directions and changing trends. As a human
resource trainee in Harrods, continuous professional development enables me in improving my
weak areas so that my productivity and performance at workplace can be enhanced. When I was
studied in university, my time management and communication skills are very weak. Due to
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these weak areas, I faced difficulties in finishing my work on time and interacting with others in
appropriate way. Due to weak communication skills, I faced difficulty in standing in front of
class and speak something. As I have done MBA, I was required to give presentations on
particular topics that are assigned to me by my teacher on frequent basis. But, due to my weak
communication skills, my confidence level was very low and I was unable to present myself
effectively in a front of others and gave presentation. But, as I entered into second semester, I my
confidence level was improved and I started to communicate effectively with others. My
learning was increased steadily that helps in may career development. I learned a lot of things
during my university time. I have learned how to communicate with others, how to manage and
finish work on time. All this helps in developing my skills and abilities as well. For developing
my skills and knowledge base, I prepare my own continuous professional development plan.
Continuing Professional Development ( CPD)
CPD is also known as Continuing Professional Development. It is mainly a process with
the help of which tracking and documenting of experience, skills and knowledge can be done
that an individual gain from informal and formal manner. In addition with this, it is mainly a
record that an individual experience, learn and apply. Thus, with the help of Continuing
Professional Development I can effectively able to manage by development as an HR trainee on
regular basis. Further it has been identified that CPD effectively allow me to record, review and
reflect the things which I learn from training. By effective undertaking of this activity allow me
to have proper overview of my professional development and further aid me to fill gaps and
further increase my skills and capabilities in well defined manner. Mentioned below there is
proper description of my CPD is being defined:
Key Skills
to be
developed
Activities
Required For
Development
Duratio
n
Development
Monitoring
Approach
Assessment of
Development
Detailed
Evaluation
Time
manageme
nt skills
Always conduct
activities as per
according to time
table and ensure
its
accomplishment
3
months
Time management
skills acts as one of
the most essential
skill with the help of
which individuals
within organisation
In this, it is
essential to
monitor and
review activities
as to ensure that
they are
Time
managemen
t skill is one
of the most
important
skill as with
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according to
time.
can effectively able
to operate their
activities within
perfect framework
of time while
ensuring effective
end outcomes.
Further it has been
determined that time
management skills
allow to gain best
effective end results.
This will
significantly aid to
fulfil
accomplishment of
work in well defined
and timely manner.
conducted as per
according to
given time frame.
In addition with
this, time table
also aid in
monitoring of
daily basis
operations.
the help of
this
individual
can
effectively
able to fulfil
their task
requirement
s according
to given
time frame.
In addition
with this,
time
managemen
t skills aid
in
conducting
all the
activities
related to
HR in best
effective
and time
effective
manner.
Individual
appraisal
Technical
Skills
Proper
Knowledge of
Technical
resources
5
months
There are different
types of approaches
that significantly aid
individual to
Regular classes
and technical
learning seminars
effectively aid in
Regular
technical
training
seminars
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effectively make
enhancement in
their technical skills
as to further gain
knowledge related
to current prevailing
trend within
marketplace.
Technical skills
significantly benefit
individual to
increase their
professional skill
and further gain
more career
advancements. As
an HR trainee
technical skills
benefit to secure and
save important and
relevant data and
information of
employees in order
to later ensure
effective
accomplishment of
activities.
increase technical
skills. With the
help of this
timely
accomplishment
of target can be
ensured while
undertaking
security and
safety concern.
and
programs
effectively
benefit
individual
to increase
this skill
with the
help of
which
effectively
accomplish
ment of
activities
within
organisation
can be
effectively
ensured.
As per according to the CPD plan, it has been determined that there are different types of
skills with the help of which I can effectively able to develop myself in a professional manner.
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There are some of the skill such as time management and Individual appraisal Technical Skills
that are required by me to be effectively developed as to fulfil my job responsibilities as HR in
organisational structure of Harrods. In addition with this, with the help of all these skill I can not
only able to develop myself professionally but also can fulfil my job responsibilities in best
effective manner.
CONCLUSION
As per the above mentioned report it has been concluded that continuous professional
development is very important for an individual as this helps in fulfilling their career aspirations.
This helps in developing an individual at professional level, enables them to perform their roles
and responsibilities effectively and prepare them to handle future challenges in more efficient
manner.
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