Academic and Professional Skills for Employability

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Academic and Employability Skills
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................4
Task 1...........................................................................................................................................4
Task 2...........................................................................................................................................9
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................13
Reference List................................................................................................................................14
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Introduction
The academic and employability skills need to be assessed by the organisation to establish the
performance of the employees. The allotted jobs given to the workers by the management of the
organisations tend to be beneficial in achieving the targets and goals of the organisation.
Academic skills and expertise are required to be integrated within the execution of the operations
and services so that they are implemented successfully. The skills related to employing the
workers within the organisational sphere will enhance the productivity and maximise the profits
associated with the organisation. The report will highlight the operational procedures followed
by the organisations in a successful manner by sticking to the numerous policies and strategies
found throughout the world.
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Main Body
Task 1
Personal skills and academic traits prove to be beneficial that an individual worker needs to
possess to execute operational tasks allotted to them with comfort and ease. The skills related to
being employed within the organisation involve inculcating the features or skills that are utilised
by the employees to get their job done in a perfect manner. The skills related to establishing the
academics or study materials tend to provide a sound knowledge of the individuals working in
the organisations for the betterment and improvement of the organisation. The qualities being
utilised by the individuals prove to be important and essential to demonstrate the viability
associated with the individuals. The employees need to learn the varied ranges of skills and
features of communication such as interacting about any essential information related to
promoting any marketing activities or strategies to the numerous stakeholders of the Company.
The skills of developing a team aligning with the team building theories and concepts will help
the Company to record a quality business performance within the organisational sphere.
According to Smale and Fowlie (2015), different research has gone through in establishing the
numerous facets and aspects that help in guiding the operations and activities going on within the
organisational circuit. Thorough research has gone behind developing the actions that would help
in allotting the job roles and duties of the professionals working in the organisations. By
including relevant literature sources, the perfect analysis of the skills and features related to the
academics and the ability to be employed will be done.
According to Collet et al., (2015), the evaluation of the varied range and categories of skills of
the several workers working in the organisation would help the organisation to deliver a
successful performance within the business sphere. The managers and the leaders require
imbibing and inculcating the proper skills and features that are beneficial to carry out the actions
and tasks successfully and enhance the productivity of the organisations. Provision of the
specific skills of different categories of communication tends to help the employees to develop a
proper level of rapport and communication style within the organisation. The problems arising
within the operational tasks and work does not arise and the jobs allotted to the employees are
implemented in a successful manner by sticking to the policies laid down by the management of
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the organisations. If the workers working in the organisation tend to adopt the decision-making
tasks and skills properly, then the goals and targets of the organisation are achieved in a
systematic manner by sticking to the policies and strategies. The employees have to learn the
various trades and ways of operating the business and manufacturing actions and tasks in a
specific and systematic manner by sticking to the policies of the organisations.
According to Katzenbach and Smith (2015), the features, characteristics and qualities of the
different team building capabilities and skills tend to provide the much-needed support to the
organisation to execute the operational tasks in a specific manner. The different challenges and
obstacles have to be dealt with in a matured manner by sticking to the various norms and
regulations of the company. The targets and goals of the company are achieved in a perfect and
flawless manner. The efficacy with which they work and the tasks are carried out will help the
company to work sensibly being guided in a perfect way. The norms and rules are adhered to in
achieving the goals and aims of the organisation. The team members who get involved in
delivering high performance are treasured within the organisation to perform the specified tasks
without much hesitation and doubt. The skills to being employed within the organisation involve
managing the different components such as time, employees and the different activities and tasks
going on within the organisational sphere. The different attributes and features that are required
to develop the professional and personal actions and tasks ensuring proper implementation of the
different plans and ideas are included.
According to Gill (2018), the features and skills of the workers will provide the impetus to the
company in ensuring that the targets of the business entities are achieved successfully. The
employees need to plan in a proper manner about the growth activities and tasks that are relevant
for the organisation to reach the targets and goals with efficacy. The skills and traits associated
with the individuals must also be established in a proper and efficient manner at the university
level or at the level when the individual pursues academic careers. The university students and
professionals need to absorb the academic skills and strategies that would enhance the
productivity of the students and establish themselves in both a professional and personal manner.
By absorbing the specific skills set and traits of developing the operational activities and tasks
properly, I would execute the actions and tasks properly within the organisational setup by
imbibing the lessons provided to me during the period of my career. I would learn the several
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soft skills that have a positive impact in shaping up my career activities and provide the much-
needed support to establish the activities that have their relevance within the social sphere.
According to Matsouka and Mihail (2016), the skills adopted by the employees to develop the
procedures to interact with the other employees would help in establishing the trust and faith
between the employees to work for the betterment of the organisation. The employees also need
to be provided with the relevant training methods and recruitment ways so that they can develop
the operational activities that are relevant for them to implement the operational work properly
and systematically. The skills set or the activities that are imparted to the employees would help
them to carry out the duties and tasks in a responsible manner to enhance the brand image of the
organisation and ensure their success in future. The skills related to developing academics and
being employed within the organisations is necessary and beneficial for executing the operational
activities in a procedural manner by sticking to the laws and policies. Learning specific soft skills
helps the employees to enhance the level and quality of performance while performing the varied
ranges of tasks and services within the organisations.
According to Messum et al., (2016), the skills of employability need to be provided to the
promising employees by implementing the specific processes that are successful in their
execution within the organisations. The organisations can profit and enhance productivity by
adopting the perfect soft skills. Curriculum development is required in order to ensure that the
employees can work in a better and quality way by adhering to the specific procedures and
efficiency. The job advertisements that are framed within the organisations have to be analysed
and assessed to identify their efficacy. The HR department has to be extra responsible in
handling the systematic tasks that have a positive impact on developing the numerous operations
and processes going on within the society. The content of the different job advertisements and
the matter of the Curriculum vitae of the candidates would be reflected upon to gain a proper
understanding about the academic and employability skills required by the Company to achieve
the goals and aims. The different levels of curriculum development are highlighted and the
appropriate steps and measures required to build up the skills of the professional employees
working within the organisations are assessed.
According to Hanna et al., (2015), critical appraisal of the activities being done and the services
being provided to the customers would help the employees to acquire proper knowledge and
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reflect upon their own performance. The skills of employability were integrated with the specific
features that had their relevance within the society to help the employees perform in such a
manner so that the organisation benefits in future. The ability of the individual workers to help in
the successful implementation of the operations and actions would help the individuals to
achieve the targets laid down by the management of the company in a proper manner. According
to Bordean and Sonea (2018), the employability skills would also help the employees to execute
the operational activities and services in a professional manner without any hesitations or doubts
arising within the organisational sphere.
According to Hanna et al., (2015), learning the specific skills related to academics and
employability would help the workers to enhance the productivity of the organisation in a
specified manner. The skills that pertain to conducting the skilful and talented jobs within the
organisational sphere would help the individuals to attain the confidence in implementing the
tasks and services properly within the company. A certain level of professionalism is developed
for the individuals so that they can execute and manage the operations in a planned manner by
sticking to the legal norms and procedures of the company.
According to Nisha and Rajasekaran (2018), employability skills tend to comprise of the skills of
being able to manage the skills of developing the teams in a specific manner by adhering to the
strategies and policies of the organisation. The skills required to manage the time, take the
interviews and develop the interpersonal skills help in establishing the efficacy behind
developing the employees to operate professionally within the organisational setup. The
employability framework and the strategies devised to accomplish the relevant tasks also fall
under the purview of the skills of employability being provided to the workers working within
the organisational structure and imbibing the skills required to perform the tasks in a proper
manner.
According to Trought (2017), the skills associated with developing the ability to handle the
technological processes perfectly would help the organisation to perform well within their limits.
The employees would help in contributing to the quality work occurring within the organisation
in a systematic manner by adhering to the policies and strategies associated with the
organisation. The negotiation skills and the skills to share beneficial information and facts with
the different employees would help in appropriate decision making about a variety of actions and
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tasks taking place within the organisational circuit. The general ability of the employees would
be to perform the specific tasks and actions in a preferable manner as designed by the
management of the organisations. The activities and the tasks will be accomplished in a
systematic way by following the relevant processes and methods laid down by the organisation.
According to Graham (2017), the academic skills combined with the skills to employ the
workers would help them to work for the provision of smooth services to the numerous
customers availing their products and services. The skills associated with employability were
soft in nature and feature and would lead to developing the behaviour and attitude to perfectly
complete the assignments allotted to them. The placements in the offices and in specific
organisations were done with the help of adhering to the soft skills and strategies that had their
relevance within the organisational circuit of various companies. The skills were provided to the
students in such a way that helped them to develop as hardworking professionals who were
effective in fulfilling their work. The appropriate behavioural aspects had to be followed by the
individual workers to ensure that the organisational objectives and targets were met by adhering
to the laws and policies properly. The employability and the skills of academics prove to be
beneficial for the employees to follow and imbibe to establish the benefits properly.
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Task 2
Reflective Account
The reflective analysis basically, helps in critically analysing the experience in order to connect
the ultimate objective. In this report, I will lay the light on the reflective account of my
experience in academic and employability skills. I am going to discuss and explain the learning,
which will help me in the future. From the above research on the topic, I found that there are
multiple skills, which play a major role in employability skills. These skills include teamwork,
solving of the problems, motivation, communication and time management (Abas and Imam,
2016). These skills are desired by employers in order to enhance their performance in the
workplace. I think that these are the skills, which help an individual to grow in their workplace
significantly in order to achieve success rapidly. In order to analyse my own skills, which I have
learnt from the above task, I am presenting this reflective account. I used various learning
models to understand the concept of employability skills; these models include the Gibbs model
and the Kolb’s model. Both these models are essential in reflecting my learning. The eminent
psychologist Graham Gibbs invented the Gibbs model in 1988, whereas David Kolb has invented
the Kolb’s model. Both these inventors of these models believed that learning is just a procedure
and it is developed with the experiences and transformation (Messum et al., 2016). In the Kolb’s
model, the creator has laid the light on four phases such as the concrete experience, actual
conceptualization, and reflective observation of the experience and the reflective observation.
I spent a lot of time in learning and analyzing the Kolb’s model. This helped in developing my
internal cognitive process. I leant that there are various theories and models, which can be
helpful for aiding me in my future professional courses. I have gained a lot of knowledge from
the four phases of Kolb’s model (Burns and Danyluk, 2016). With the help of this model, I will
get the idea of taking the responsibility of the knowledge, which I am acquiring. This model is
helping me to reflect the knowledge and the experiences, which I am gaining in the learning
session about employability skills. The knowledge, which I have gained, helped me a lot for
becoming confident. Confidence is essential in the workplace because ultimately confidence
helps the individual to enhance their performance in the workplace, as the individual believes
that they have enough knowledge to conduct the work. In order to become more efficient in the
future, I will have to ensure of getting enough knowledge and my education qualification
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because, with the knowledge and qualification, I will be able to achieve the efficiency in the
workplace. I gained the knowledge about the different skills from the analysis, which is done
above, that there are few core skills, which the employers need in order to enhance their
performance. I leant that communication skills are very important to succeed in the workplace, as
it does half of the work. Teamwork, leadership can help the employers to improve the working
environment for the employees whereas managing time at the workplace shows significant
evidence of the efficient employees (Baker and Robinson, 2016).
Along with Kolb’s model, I also learnt about the Gibbs learning model and this helped a lot in
order to transform my knowledge into the workplace. Graham Gibbs invented this model in the
year 1988 (Langen, et al., 2015). The eminent inventor of the model invented this model for
learning as well as for experience. This model consists of six phases, which I have learnt while
analyzing the employability skills (Suleman, 2016). There are the chronological phases in the
Gibbs model, which include the first phase – describing the experiences, the second phase –
stipulating both the thoughts and the feelings of the experience, the third phase- evaluating the
right or the wrong about the experience, the fourth phase – analyzing the experience. The fifth
phase follows the exploration of the other aspects of this experience and the sixth phase as
concluding the experience. Both these model are similar in kind and are termed as the best
models. For me, both these models helped me in reflecting my learning so far. These models are
helpful in boosting the confidence in an individual regarding the self- reflection.
I also gained knowledge about the employability skills that helps the employers to perform better
in the workplace by enhancing their performance. Every organisation needs these skills in their
potential employers in order to get the success of the organisation (Collet et al., 2015). These
skills as discussed above are the communication skills, time management skills, group work,
motivational skills and leadership skills, etc. I while in my learning process found that these
skills are important for the conduction of any work in the workplace. For instance, I found that
communication skills are very important for the employees to survive in their workplace.
Communication skills help the employees to communicate with other people in the workplace
for interactive purposes. Without communication, the workplace cannot conduct their job, it is
very necessary to have communication in the organisation and communication gap can lead to
future losses of the organisation. Communication includes both the oral as well as the writing.
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By learning the communication skills in my learning process, I am able to communicate with my
colleagues easily without any interruptions. With the help of these skills, I am getting more
confidence, which is helping me in enhancing my performance in the workplace. In that case, I
did research and I found that communication skills are the most preferred skills in the
employability skills. In order to achieve the desired position, I need to take the communication
skills seriously for recuperating my performance (Pianpeng and Koraneekij, 2016). I found the
effective measures for improving my communication skills, these measures include various
strategies such as listening, avoiding the distractions, taking the online classes to improve
communication, etc.
After the efficient learning of communication, I found that time management is also included as
one of the important employability skills. This skill is basically, utilizing the time in the best way
possible (Boissy et al., 2016). I found that after the conduction of the research time management
is about conducting the project within a particular deadline for prioritizing the skills efficiently.
The organisation looking for these skills as these skills is highly valued in the workplace. These
skills are unique and make a person stand out from the crowd. I realized that I am good in
managing time as I have helped my friends to conduct and finish their projects on time, in that
case, I need to refurbish my time management skills in order to improve my performance. This
skill is important as it helps an individual by reducing the wastage of time and leading towards to
focus on the productivity of the time. If I can get the ability to managing my time, I will devote
my time in managing my work and reduce the wastage of time. This will eventually help me to
be a productive person and more focused on my future goals. If I will reduce the time for
anything else and focus on the work, I will be determined on achieving the accomplishments and
this will create a positive impression about me in front of the organisation. After finding the
valuable recompense, I am clear in my mind to work on my time management skills and polish
the skills for the best results in the organisation. By implementing these changes in my routine, I
can really improve myself and make me efficient for my future growth prospects.
Another skill, which I learned is leadership. Leadership skills are again very important skills both
in the professional as well as personal life. These skills help the individual to develop the skills
for influencing and guiding other people who have one common goal (Roche et al., 2015). In
order to be in the higher position of the organisation, I have to learn this skill more precisely as
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this is the most valued skill among the higher authorities of the organisation. This skill
contributes a lot in making the business lead towards success. While in my learning process, I
learnt that leadership qualities help the individual to be suitable for the higher positions of the
organisation. For my future growth prospects, I need to give importance to leadership skills, as
these skills will help me to grow in my workplace. I need to make the necessary changes because
being a leader is a responsibility and the juniors will follow me. I have to make necessary
changes in my habit such as being more disciplined, determined towards the goal, etc will
eventually aid me in improving my core leadership qualities. I have to be enthusiastic so that the
team members can get motivated because of me, I have to be good in problem solving in order to
solve the problems of my juniors for becoming their role model. All these qualities will
eventually help me to be a better leader and ultimately grab a higher position in the workplace.
After this leadership skill, I learnt about teamwork. Teamwork is one of the most essential skills
for working in the organisation for maintaining professionalism. After the conduction of the
research, I found that teamwork; possess an important part in the employability skills. The
organisation mostly values the people who can work in the group, as they need to maintain the
working environment. It has become a need for organisations to have the employees who can
work together in a team. Most essential qualities of teamwork are the cooperation, patience,
coordination and respect for each other (Lacerenza et al., 2018)). I will ensure that I have these
qualities for improving my performance and become a team player. I have analyzed that with the
help of self-assessment I can achieve my desired goals. I want to conclude that team
management skills are versed and it is effective in the organisation. I just need to polish these
skills for a better assessment in my future workplace.
Concluding all these skills, I want to say that after evaluation and after conducting the proper
analysis on all the employability skills, I found that all these skills are equally helpful in gaining
the desired goal of the organisation. All of these skills are helpful in guiding the company for
better performance and future growth prospects (Noe et al., 2017). I found that from the above-
given literature review and assessing the topic of employability skills, these skills are helpful in
enhancing the measure and activities, which are effective and suitable for the organisation. The
selected ascribe provided above are the reason that the organisation conduct their operations
smoothly. I will try to adapt all these skills in order to expect a bright future.
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