Skills Development Plan: SWOT Analysis and Employability Skills

This homework assignment presents a skills development plan, incorporating a SWOT analysis, an employability skills matrix, and a detailed development plan. The student identifies strengths such as being goal-oriented and weaknesses in written communication, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills. Opportunities for improvement include online resources and practice. The plan prioritizes enhancing written communication, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills through practice, online resources, and support from teachers. The student sets specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely (SMART) objectives, outlining actions to improve skills within a 20-day timeframe, and references relevant academic sources. This assignment is designed to help the student develop a structured approach to skill enhancement for future academic and professional success.

PERFORMANCE
ACHIEVEMENTS
PLANNING
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Worksheet 1: Academic Study Skills SWOT Analysis...........................................................3
Worksheet 2: Employability Skills Cluster Matrix................................................................3
Worksheet 3: Development Plan..............................................................................................4
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Worksheet 1: Academic Study Skills SWOT Analysis
Strength
I am very goal oriented person and I know
about myself that what I want to achieve and
look out for the possibilities. I have good
communication skills and interpersonal skills,
analytical skills and critical skills and I am
very conscious regarding my work.
Weaknesses
I face difficulties to express myself in written
communication because of the English
language and I am weak in problem solving
which are most important in academic
developments skills.
Threats
I should believe more in my future career
development but I am not able to focus on my
career developments and I give insufficient
time to my study for skills developments
(Benzaghta, 2021).
Opportunities
I have great opportunities to develop my
academic skills through the online, watching
videos and practice with others to develop and
learn more things regarding the future career
developments.
Worksheet 2: Employability Skills Cluster Matrix
Top 3 skill development priorities
Skills 1: I want to improve my written communication skills which are most important for my
future and academic developments. Written communication in English language that most
significant in the academic developments to achieve the specific goals in future. I will improve
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my written communication skills through practice by writing and I will get helps from the
journals, books and teachers.
Skill 2: problem solving skills are my first priorities because I face problems I solving the
questions and any critical situations (Börner, 2018). It is essential to improve because I will help
in solve the critical situations which I can face in my academic life as well as it helps in my
developments skills. I will improve my problem solving skills through watching videos and get
helps from my teachers and professors.
Skill 3: Interpersonal skills are also my priorities because it helps in developments my academic
careers and leads in achieve the goals in future. The interpersonal skills can be developing
through books, journals, online and friends. The developments of interpersonal skills will take
some times to effectively develop because there are various interpersonal skills such as learning
something new, teamwork, creativity, etc.
Worksheet 3: Development Plan
Aim: I wants to develop my problem solving skills, interpersonal skills and written
communication skills for the future academic development that are most important to achieve the
specific goals in academic life.
Objectives Actions
Specific I have to improve my interpersonal and
written communication skills and my goal
is to focus on develop my academic
skills.
I will better focus on the especially
during the class times and I will get
the extra class through online for
improve the skills.
Measurable I will measure my developments by
feedback from teachers and I ask to
I will practice more if I get negative
and low feedback and prepare more
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provide subjective comments on my
practice.
practice for developments.
Attainable I must use much more resources which
help in improve my skills in much more
ways.
There are library where I use much
more resources for improve my much
more skills and reading journals
(Swann, 2022).
Relevant
If I will improve my skills than I will get
much better grades across all my classes
into future.
I will also get helps from my class
teachers and my colleagues.
Timely My goal will be completed within the 20
days.
I will prefer more videos to improve
my skills effectively and efficient
within the 20 days.
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
Benzaghta, M.A., and et.al., 2021. SWOT analysis applications: An integrative literature
review. Journal of Global Business Insights.6(1). pp.55-73.
Börner, K., and et.al., 2018. Skill discrepancies between research, education, and jobs reveal the
critical need to supply soft skills for the data economy. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences. 115(50). pp.12630-12637.
Swann, C., and et.al., 2022. The (over) use of SMART goals for physical activity promotion: A
narrative review and critique. Health Psychology Review, pp.1-16.
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