A Report on Employability Skills for Career Development

This report provides a comprehensive overview of employability skills, focusing on the crucial aspects needed for career success, particularly in the travel and tourism industry. It begins by emphasizing the importance of networking events, detailing specific events attended and highlighting the significance of building strong professional connections. The report then addresses the challenges and opportunities within the travel and tourism sector, such as the impact of an aging population and changing travel patterns. It underscores the necessity of developing adaptability and analytical skills. Furthermore, the report identifies key competency skills essential for securing employment, including interpersonal, communication, critical thinking, presentation, leadership, and digital skills. The conclusion reinforces the importance of these employability skills in making a positive impression during interviews and securing desired job positions. The report also includes references to relevant academic sources.

Employability Skills

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Networking Events & Key aspects of Networking......................................................................3
Key Challenges & Opportunity...................................................................................................3
Key Competency Skills...............................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Present report has been undertaken to put emphasis on skills and abilities that one has to
possess in order to be an employee in the organization. The present report discusses the
networking events which are helpful to generate employment for a candidate and what
competency skills he/she should have to grab the opportunity and challenges faced by him/her.
MAIN BODY
Networking Events & Key aspects of Networking
Networking for any candidate who wants to have a job opportunity comes his/her way is
vital. By having a good set of network on his own a person can be able to crack the process of
screening which turns into Employability(Ramadi, Ramadi and Nasr, 2016). During the course
of the term I have been into various networking events which have made me to gain some
insights on how to create a good network and what set of skills i should have to build a strong
network. During the course of the term the networking events which were attended by me are:
Clerkenwell BNI Breakfast Meeting, King cross, liverpool street and victoria & Westminister
WIBN. To be able to make career in Travel and tourism the skills for building a network i have
good communication skills, positive attitude towards people but on the other hand after attending
the various networking programs i have figured out that only these attributes will not do for me
to get the desired platform i am looking for. Thus, the aspects which i need to take care of to
support my career aspirations and develop a skill set are: Making networking a regular activity,
Cultivating my power contracts, Burn useless Bridges(Laguador and Ramos, 2014).
Key Challenges & Opportunity
Since i have chosen Travel and tourism as my career, there are different challenges and
opportunities that may be faced by me because of lack of skills which i need to develop and
some issues may arise due to natural factors. The key challenges which i may face are: Aging
population- which refers to the perceptions of people with the age changes and being small kids
are becoming more mature and self-reluctant than they were before so their behavior and mindset
may change(Pandey and Pandey, 2015). Changing travel patterns is also a challenge being in the
industry, i need to have a deep understanding of what & how consumer thinks and behaves to a
particular situation. Opportunities it may provide me with, brings me more closer to the society

and build my understanding and analytical skills so that i can easily understand the behavior of
people after some time which will help me grow as human and as a professional. Since i am
looking for travel and tourism industry, so throughout my studies i will be making sure to
inculcate the skills which needs to be possessed by a candidate in travel sector. By having a
proper set of knowledge regarding the travel sector and looking at my academics i am sure that i
will not face any difficulty in pursuing the career(Gbadamosi and et.al, 2015). Employability
skills i think i should be developing during the term of the course which will further help men to
crack the required position which i desire for.
Key Competency Skills
To be in any of the sector a candidate needs to have a competent skills which makes him
unique from others and on this statement i need to possess different set of skills which will help
me to get the job in travel and tourism industry. The key skills which needs to be developed in
order to be more proficient and intellectual in interview process are:
Interpersonal Skills: Through these skills i will be able to interact with different people in a
good manner and these skills will allow me to effectively participate in a member of team,
satisfy customers and clients expectations, negotiate, make decisions and work effectively with
other employees(Natarajan and Kumar, 2014).
Communication Skills: By having a good set of Communication skills employers will be
attracted towards me and helps in making people understand the relevant scenarios of the work.
Critical Thinking Skills: The ability to find the solution of the problems and make decisions can
be a huge benefit for the employer to have a candidate possessing these qualities.
Presentation Skills: A candidate who looks for grabbing a job opportunity needs to develop
skills in which he can present himself in the most appropriate manner.
Leadership: Leadership traits needs to be developed by a candidate in order to make the
interviewers have a positive frame of mind towards the candidate and it is mostly needed in the
tourism sector(Chambel and et.al, 2015).
Digital Skills: A candidate should possess digital skills in order to match its abilities with time
and this skill is mostly needed by any candidate who wants to be in the tourism sector in the
present context.

CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that Employability skills are necessary to
have a impact on the interviewer at the time of interview and to undertake a specific job.

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