Deakin MWL101 Assessment 1: My Opportunities - T1 2019

This report presents a comprehensive self-assessment, analyzing personal capabilities, industry requirements, and identifying gaps for career development. The student conducted personality tests, evaluated strengths and weaknesses, and analyzed industry trends within the food and beverage sector, including emerging job roles and key companies. A gap analysis table was created to highlight areas needing improvement, such as technical skills. The report concludes with recommendations for personal development, including pursuing relevant courses and practicing communication skills. It also addresses the importance of time management and consistent evaluation to enhance performance and career prospects. The student aims to align personal skills with industry demands, focusing on areas like technical proficiency and adaptability to thrive in the chosen field.

MWL101 PERSONAL INSIGHT
ASSESSMENT 1 – MY OPPORTUNITIES
T1 2019
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Executive Summary
Self management is the key towards personal development. For this, individuals need to
communicate with peers, supervisors and others. The communication style used reflects their
thought processes. Discussing the plans with others is assistance in terms of enhancing the skills,
knowledge and expertise. The more the individuals indulge in research, the more they get to know
about the avenues, which they can avail for enhancing their career. Analysing the personal strengths
and weakness helps in assessing the extent to which they are prepared for adjusting within the
preferred business environment. Gap analysis is an effective tool for enhancing the awareness about
the areas, which needs modification. Consistency in evaluating the gaps upgrades the standards and
quality of performance.

Contents
Executive Summary...........................................................................................................................2
1. Introduction...............................................................................................................................4
2. My Capabilities..........................................................................................................................4
2a. My Professional Dashboard.....................................................................................................4
2b. My Capabilities - Analysis........................................................................................................4
3. My Industry Requirements and Trends.....................................................................................4
3a. My Industry Dashboard...........................................................................................................4
3b. My Industry Requirements and Trends - Analysis....................................................................4
4. My Gap Analysis.........................................................................................................................4
4a. My Gap Analysis Table.............................................................................................................4
4b. My Gap Analysis......................................................................................................................4
5. Conclusion.................................................................................................................................4
References List...................................................................................................................................5
Appendix 1:........................................................................................................................................6
Appendix 2:........................................................................................................................................7
Appendix 3:........................................................................................................................................8
Appendix 4:........................................................................................................................................9

1. Introduction
Owing to the constant change and evolutions in the business environment, the interns,
fresher and graduates need to upgrade their skills, abilities and competencies. This is in terms of
maintaining the pace with the contemporary brands in the competitive ambience of the market.
Conducting journey mapping, attended coaching classes and spoken English classes are the
productive in terms of assessing the feasibility of the current skills in terms of the identified and the
specified benchmark levels and standards (Cottrell 2015). Within this, the main focus is on examining
the personal capabilities and analysing their impact on career aspirations. Consideration of the
industry trends in this examination is fruitful in terms of aligning them with the expectations.
Consideration of real world examples in the assessment is fruitful in terms of gaining an
insight into the requirements needed for enhancing the careers. These examples are crucial in terms
of standardizing the performance of the individuals. Typical example of this is setting routines and
time limits, which upgrades the approach towards dealing the allocated tasks and responsibilities.
Revising the targets according to the requirements is beneficial for reducing the discrepancies at the
time of actual performance (Cottrell 2017).
This assignment attempts to develop a report on self-abilities, capabilities and
competencies.
2. My Capabilities
2a. My Professional Dashboard
 16 personality tests - ISTJ-T personality type (refer to appendix 1)
 Personal performance style- (Refer to Appendix 2)
 SHAPES- (refer to appendix 3)
 Academic review (refer to Appendix 4)
2b. My Capabilities - Analysis
 Agreement with the test results

For the personality test, I agree with the results. According to the results, I am 57% introvert,
which perfectly matches with my personality. Typical evidence of this is the hesitation to mix with
people I meet. In contrast to this, I am 43% extravert, which accommodates the security, which I
achieve in interacting with the people, who I personally know and am assured about the security.
63% score for observant relates with the observational learning, which I exercise while learning new
things. 37% for the intuition relates with my approach towards dealing with the allocated duties and
responsibilities. In case of the personality review, I agree with the results that I am a prioritizer and a
planner. Typical evidence of this lies in setting time limits for the allocated tasks, duties and
responsibilities.
 Strengths and weakness
Exposure to new subjects unleashes my imagination and creativity. This is indicative of gaining
new experiences. Along with this, it also helps me to develop new ideas and thoughts. I think this is
one of my greatest strengths. Apart from this, I also think that I possess flexibility in the
communication skills. This is assistance in terms of communicating with different kinds of people. I
am worried about the resilience towards change. This hampers my personal development. Affirming
with the arguments of Barnett (2018), I think that in order to expose appropriate approach in this
direction, I need to make career oriented plans. Typical example can be indulging in personality
development courses. Along with this, setting time limits to the allocated tasks would be productive
in terms of upgrading the standards and quality of approaching the tasks. Indulging in group
discussions and open forums would convey my ideas to the others. This transmission would attach
positive direction to my personal development.
 Impact of the results on the career aspirations
Introvert nature would not be fruitful in terms of interacting with the people. This would nullify my
flexible command over the language. Observant learning would be helpful in terms of maintaining
the pace with others. Infusion of cognitive learning style would seem to be a beneficial option for
learning the concepts step by step. On the other hand, Brundiers and Wiek (2017) argue that thinking
skills would be crucial in terms of enhancing the creativity, imagination and judgmental capabilities.
In this, emphasis on the feelings would obstruct the personal development. According to me,
judgmental capability is of prime importance in terms of selecting the sources, which would help me
to enhance my current skills, competencies and experience.
Focusing on the traditional values amidst new experiences and environment enhances my
personal skills, abilities and competencies. As a matter of specification, this traditionalism adds to my

personality, indicating of large scale support in terms of reaching out to the avenues for personal
development. Evaluation would act as an effective option for assessing the feasibility, effectiveness
and appropriateness of the current skills, competencies and abilities. Affirming to the revelations of
Bbc.com (2019), I think that maintaining consistency in the evaluation would standardize my
performance according to the identified and specified benchmark levels and standards. Taking
support and guidance from the experts and supervisors would act assistance in averting the mistakes
in the execution of the tasks.
3. My Industry Requirements and Trends
3a. My Industry Dashboard
Indust
ry
name
Industry growth
areas
Industry
challenges
Emerging job roles My top 5
organizations
Graduate
criteria
Employ
ment
challeng
es
Food
and
bever
age
 Changi
ng
consum
er
prefere
nces
 Food
Safety
and
quality
 Innova
tive
food
process
ors
 Merger
s and
acquisi
tions
 No
adde
d
prese
rvativ
es
 Scarci
ty in
healt
hy
and
organ
ic
produ
cts
 Lesse
r time
frame
s for
acqui
 Quality
Controller
 First Aid and
Service
Excellence
 Apprentice
 Journeyman
 Soups Chefs
 Chefs
 Food and
Beverage
Manager
 Owner\
Operator
 Nestl
e
 Geor
ge
West
ern
Food
s
 Ingha
m
Enter
prises
 Bidve
st
 Teys
Technical
skills-
sound
proficiency
in
operating
the food
processors
installed
with
modern
features
Transferra
ble skills-
customer
service,
good
communic
ation skills,
formal
Inadequ
ate
cooking
skills,
imprope
r
experien
ce in
preparin
g the
foods,
high
prices of
the raw
material
s, tax
obligatio
ns

ring
new
produ
cts
 Anim
al
safety
training,
maintenan
ce and
cleaning
services
Table 1- Industry dashboard
(Source- Smh.com.au 2019)
3b. My Industry Requirements and Trends - Analysis
My preferred area is marketing, out of which have selected Food and Beverage Industry. This
industry is a prospective one, as new jobs are emerging. Typical example of this is Quality Controller,
First Aid and Service Excellence, Apprentice, Journeyman, Soups chefs, Food and beverage manager
among others. As I have experience working in café, this industry would be a prospective one in
terms of enhancing the personal capabilities, skills and competencies. However, challenges in animal
safety, legislations, instability towards the demands of healthy and organic foods, obstruct my
journey towards venturing in this field. Lack of developing proper timeframes is one of the other
challenges, which compels the industry to lag behind others in terms of the new products and
technologies (Smh.com.au 2019).
Inadequate cooking skills, improper experience in the previous organizations, high prices of
the raw materials and tax obligations creates potential challenges in the recruitment and selection
for the industry. For this, training programs are organized for the employees. Within this, the skills
can be segmented into technical and transferrable skills. Technical skills include flexibility in
operating the latest food processors. Transferrable skills comprise of customer service,
communication skills and cleaning skills (Smh.com.au 2019). I conducted research regarding the
growth areas of this industry and found the following points-
 Changing consumer preferences
 Food safety and quality
 Innovative technologies
 Mergers and acquisitions

Along with this, I also researched about the top 5 companies in which I can present my
candidature. In this, I got the following names-
 Nestle
 George Western Foods
 Ingham Enterprise
 Bidvest
 Teys
Revising the IT policies would be beneficial for the industry in terms of maintaining the pace with
the contemporary brands. Meetings with the management team would be helpful in terms of
enhancing the awareness about the latest version of the legislative requirements. Along with this, it
would also help the personnel to gain insight into the latest version of the tax obligations. Adopting
the means of survey and feedback would seem to be an effective option in terms of collecting data
regarding the approaches towards the levied strategies and plans (Smh.com.au 2019). Mergers and
acquisitions would be efficient in terms of the expanding the scope and arena of the business. Joint
venture and strategic alliances would be beneficial in terms of reducing the financial instabilities like
inflation, high exchange rates and high prices of the raw materials.
Revising the employment policies would be beneficial in updating on the criteria for the
graduates and interns to venture into the services of the industry. Incorporating the legislations into
these policies would be crucial for standardizing the recruitment and selection of the staffs. Taking
interviews and practical tests of the candidates would reduce the instances of hiring unskilled
labours. Consideration of the benchmark level of performance is effective in terms of the upgrading
the standards and quality of the performance. Revising the targets on the basis of the performance
scores would be productive in terms of maintaining the balance in the business operations
(Smh.com.au 2019).
4. My Gap Analysis
4a. My Gap Analysis Table
Skills required by food and beverage industry Personal skills and capabilities
Proficiency in operating the food processors  Good communication skills

infused with latest technologies  Good customer service
 Time management
Table 2- Gap analysis table
(Source- Created by the author)
4b. My Gap Analysis
The gaps, which I identified relate to the lack of technical skills. This might affect my
performance in the workplace. Lack of technological skills is an obstacle in terms of maintaining the
pace in working with others. However, good communication skills would help me to gain the
essential skills from the supervisors and other team members. Viewing it from the other perspective,
these skills would reduce the concerns and worries related to the operations of the technologies. I
think time management is one of an effective option for organizing the tasks according to their
priorities.
I need to participate in diploma and certificate courses in Information Technology. This is in
terms of gaining an insight into the latest trends in the food and service industry business. Along
with this, indulging in Spoken English classes would polish my communication skills. Practising by
giving presentations would enhance the flexibility in speech. Aligning with the revelations of
Bbc.com (2019), this step would be beneficial in terms of making my voices heard. Rationality in the
speech is needed in terms of enhancing the personality, indicative of ethical approach in
performance. Moreover, this step would act as an agent in terms of gaining perfection in operating
the technologies. Regular practice would reduce the errors in performing the tasks, indicative of
upgradation in the standards and quality of performance.
5. Conclusion
In order to maintain the pace with the ever changing trends of business, I need to upgrade my
skills, abilities and competencies. In this, 16 Personality Test is an important tool for assessing the
effectiveness of my skills. Review of the personal profile would be important in terms of gaining an
insight into the areas in which I need modification. Besides, I also need to update my knowledge
regarding the criteria posed by the companies. This would drive me towards my personal and

professional development. Within this, conducting gap analysis would be a beneficial step for me in
terms of identifying the drawbacks. Indulging in peer discussions would help me to assess the
effectiveness of the experience gathered. Evaluating the suggestions before considering them would
help me to undertake appropriate decision.
Organizing the tasks according to the priorities would be a wise step in terms of upgrading
the standards and quality of my performance. Repeating the test at regular intervals would act as an
agent in terms of gaining an insight into the extent to which I have improved. Action plans are crucial
for exposing proper approach towards the allocated tasks.

References List
Barnett, L., 2018. Learning Development. In
Exploring Pedagogic Frailty and Resilience (pp. 186-
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Bbc.com 2019. The secrets of high potential personality. Available at:
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[Accessed on 26th March 2019]
Brundiers, K. and Wiek, A., 2017. Beyond interpersonal competence: Teaching and learning
professional skills in sustainability.
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Cottrell, S., 2015.
Skills for success: Personal development and employability. Macmillan International
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Cottrell, S., 2017.
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Smh.com.au 2019. Health groups push for food ratings to be mandatory. Available at:
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Appendix 1:
Fig 1- Results of the 16 personality types
(Source- Created by the author)