EMPL4007: Employability Report on Career Advancement Strategies

This report delves into the crucial aspects of employability skills and career advancement strategies. It begins with an introduction to the significance of these skills in securing desired employment. The report covers key areas such as staff recruitment, job evaluation, and person specifications, offering insights into effective hiring processes. It also examines effective communication methods, interpersonal relationships, and the importance of health and safety in the workplace. Furthermore, the report addresses strategies for career advancement, including mentoring, appraisal, and retention issues. It highlights the role of an HR manager in fostering a positive work environment, emphasizing the need for strong communication skills and the ability to interact effectively with employees. The report also touches upon relevant legislation and good practices in the workplace, providing a comprehensive overview of employability and career development.

Employability

Introduction
Employability skills plays an important role in providing the desired job
to the person. These are the skills which are tests by the manager of the
company to hire appropriate candidate. In this report, the main tasks are
strategies for career development. Further, staff recruitment, job
evaluation, person specification aspects are discussed. Effective means of
communication methods, interpersonal relationships are assessed.
Moreover, the report has included the CV and appraisal, mentoring and
appraisal issues. Present report focuses mainly on the employability skills
and career advancement strategies.

Roles and responsibility or skill develop effective communication and
partner ship in the workplace
In order to become effective HR manager it is very necessary for the
person to focus on its communication skills. These skills help the person
to become more effective leader and influence the people. Further,
fluency in speaking helps the manager to explain its views and
perception. The main role of HR manager is to recruit and select the
candidates for their organisation. So, it is very necessary for the manager
to interact properly with their new applicants and identify their area of
weakness. Further, the manager has to develop effective environment in
the company which can be possible only if it can interact more with the
employees and discuss their problems and take their suggestions

Health and safety at workplace
Step 1: Health and safety legislation:
Step 2: Basic paperwork for health and safety:
Step 3: Risk Assessment-
Step 4: Workplace Inspection-
Step 5: Consultation with employees:
Step 6: Policy creation and implementation-

Strategies for career advancement
Staff recruitment: Process of attracting, selecting as well as appointing
appropriate candidate for the job within the firm is known as staff
recruitment. It is highly supportive strategy in order to develop career of
an employee because right candidate hired for the specific designation.
Job evaluation: A systematic method which supports to the HR manager
for reviewing performance level of an employee within workplace is
considered as job evaluation. With the help of this, manager determine
that whether worker requires training or not (Heathfield, 2016).
Job specifications: The summary in which responsibilities, duties,
requirements, educations, skills, qualifications etc. for a particular job
profile mentioned is identified as job specifications. Through this, an
interested candidate for applying job able to know that which are qualities
and education level needed.

Cont...
Retention issues: It is one of the big offence in the workplace through
which staff turnover and total cost of the firm enhances. When an
enterprise resolve issues due to which employees not sustain in a
company for long term able to develop their career. As management
makes solution of the problem faced by an employee then it is one kind of
development opportunity to stay in the firm for long-term.
Mentoring: Another tactic through which career of the worker can be
improved is mentoring or guiding him. Within workplace when better
mentoring is provided up to the workforce then he or she will be able to
perform well. Therefore, efficiency for work completion will be enhanced
and influence on career advancement in positive direction.

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