FY026: Preparing for Success Portfolio - Employability Development

This portfolio, a component of the FY026 module "Preparing for Success", presents a comprehensive collection of artifacts and reflections demonstrating the development of employability skills. The portfolio includes a reflective summary analyzing how ten enclosed artifacts, such as photos of class work, a personal SWOT analysis, a personal development plan, reading logs, job hunting resources, academic resources, examples of job descriptions and personal specifications, a blog post on preparing for the future job market, a poster on MS Word features, and a step-by-step guide on PowerPoint presentations, support the student's employability. The portfolio also contains a personal SWOT analysis identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, a personal development plan outlining objectives, required actions, and timelines, reading logs summarizing and commenting on articles related to career planning and study skills, resources for job hunting, and examples of academic resources and job descriptions. The student reflects on the importance of Bucks Graduate Attributes, further illustrating their preparation for the job market.

PREPARING FOR SUCCESS: KNOWLEDGE AND CREATIVITY-FY026
CW2 - Portfolio
(2000 words)
Submission Date:
OneDrive link of the
portfolio
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Table of Contents Page No.
1 REFLECTIVE SUMMARY TO EXPLAIN HOW AND WHY 10 ENCLOSED
ARTEFACTS HAVE SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF MY
EMPLOYABILITY. - LO2, LO4
2 10 Appendices
Appendix 1 Photos or Samples of Work Produced in the PSKC Class (During Lessons,
Webinars, Self-Study Sessions or Workshops at LSST) -LO1, LO2, LO3
Appendix 2 Personal SWOT Analysis – LO2
Appendix 3 Personal Development Plan – LO2, LO4
Appendix 4 Reading Log 1 – L01, LO3
Appendix 5 Reading Log 2– L01, LO3
Appendix 6 Resources for Job Hunting 1 – L01, LO3
Appendix 7 Resources for Job Hunting 2 – L01, LO3
Appendix 8 Academic Resources 1 – BNU E-Library – L01, LO3
Appendix 9 Examples of Job Description and Personal Specification (screenshots) –
L01, LO3
Appendix 10 Blog – How to Prepare for The Future Job Market? – L01, LO4
Appendix Poster - New Features of MS WORD (RM Unify version) – L01, LO3
Appendix Step by Step Guide - Work Together on PowerPoint Presentations– L01,
LO3
Appendix Reading Log 3– L01, LO3
Appendix Reading Log 4– L01, LO3
Appendix My Favourite Bucks Graduate Attributes – L01, LO4
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HOW AND WHY 10 ENCLOSED ARTEFACTS HAVE SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF MY EMPLOYABILITY? (500 words)
Reflective process (Kolb.1984) a four-stage cycle of learning and four separate learning styles:1. concrete experience .2 reflective observation of
the new experience .3 active experimentation .4 abstract conceptualization.
Digital literacy is the skills you need to live, learn and work in a society where communication and access to information is increasingly achieved
through digital technologies such as internet platforms, social networks and devices. phones. really important now, while you are a university
student. It will also be important in the future when you enter the professional world. In your workplace you will be required to interact with people
in digital environments, use information in appropriate ways, and create new ideas and products collaboratively.
Power point is a program through which I can present my assignment in the class. When presenting a PowerPoint presentation, the presenter
may choose to have the slides change at present intervals or may decide to control the flow manually. This can be done using
the mouse, keyboard, or a remote control
Accuracy check facts and sources of information. things like academic writing end scientific writing
Driscoll’s Model of reflection is one of the simplest models you will ever come across. It was developed by Driscoll in 1994, 2004 and 2007.
Basically, Driscoll studied the three stem questions which were initially asked by Terry Boston in 1970, they were: What? ’So What?’ ‘Now
What?’
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APPENDIX 1: Photos or Samples of Work Produced in PSKC Class
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APPENDIX 2: My Personal SWOT Analysis (as a student of BNU)
STRENGTHS (strong
points)
WEAKNESSES (weak
points)
1
Reading and writing
academic skill
1 Change in language
2 Demonstrate assignment
through presentation
2 Ineffective time-management
3 Communication skill 3 To understand academic perspective
4 4
5 5
OPPORTUNITIES
(potential gains)
THREATS (potential
losses)
1 To learn management of
business operations
1 Managing time period.
2 Effective communication
skill
2 Work with sleep.
3 Team leading skill 3 Complexity to explain academic writing.
4 4
5 5
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APPENDIX 3: My Personal Development Plan (to become an employable graduate after 2024)
OBJECTIVES FOR MY
PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
ACTIONS REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE MY
OBJECTIVES
SUPPORT
AND/OR
RESOURCES I
NEED
TIMEFRAME ESTIMATED
DATE OF
COMPLETION /
ACHIEVEMENT
Year of graduation Engagement from constant hours Slide from
professor
One and half year 16/08/21
To work as an effective
manager
Improve communication skills Moderate support Three years 2023
Develop of leadership skills Communication with person Guidance from
professional
4 years 2024
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APPENDIX 4: Reading Log 1
TITLE AND
WEBLINK
How you can continue to focus on Career Planning during the Covid-19 Lockdown
https://portal.lsst.ac/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=2214
SUMMARY AND
YOUR
COMMENTS OF
THE BLOG IN
YOUR OWN
WORDS
With analysis of pandemic situation in which individuals perform their work engage and develop skills and capabilities
that are required by manager for completion of all task with more important factors ( Gualano and et. al., 2020). So with
understand of market individual protect themselves by learning from online course.
IN-TEXT
CITATION
FULL
REFERENCE
Farré, L., Fawaz, Y., González, L. and Graves, J., 2020. How the covid-19 lockdown affected gender inequality in paid and unpaid
work in spain.
Gualano, M.R and et. al., 2020. Effects of Covid-19 lockdown on mental health and sleep disturbances in Italy. International journal
of environmental research and public health. 17(13). p.4779.
Akseer, N and et. al., 2020. COVID-19 pandemic and mitigation strategies: implications for maternal and child health and
nutrition. The American journal of clinical nutrition. 112(2). pp.251-256.
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APPENDIX 5: Reading Log 2
TITLE AND
WEBLINK
Study skills and learning materials
https://portal.lsst.ac/mod/resource/view.php?id=2264
SUMMARY AND
YOUR
COMMENTS OF
THE BLOG IN
YOUR OWN
WORDS
This is understand by me there are different functions and operations are engaged in organisation for accomplishing
organisational objectives (Richards and Pilcher, 2020). With this this is interpret that by developing effective skills and
capabilities. It is easy to understand those perspective through which business goals and objectives are determined to
manage work according to current situations (Maneewong and Suwunniponth, 2020).
IN-TEXT
CITATION
FULL
REFERENCE
Richards, K. and Pilcher, N., 2020. Study Skills: neoliberalism’s perfect Tinkerbell. Teaching in Higher Education, pp.1-17.
Wilmore, E.L., 2020. High Impact Study Skills for Diverse PreK-12 Subgroups. Educational Leadership and Administration:
Teaching and Program Development. 32. pp.24-36.
Maneewong, S. and Suwunniponth, W., 2020. THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEARNING MEDIA USING VIRTUAL
TECHNOLOGY TO INCREASE LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT: A CASE OF ENGLISH FOR CONGRATULATION AND
STUDY SKILLS. Actual Economy: local solutions for global challenges, pp.42-50.
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APPENDIX 6: Resources for Job Hunting 1
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