Preparing for Success: Knowledge and Creativity Portfolio - FY026 CW2

This portfolio assignment, titled "Preparing for Success: Knowledge and Creativity - FY026 CW2," includes a variety of appendices demonstrating the student's learning and development. These appendices cover topics such as new features of MS Word, a personal SWOT analysis, a personal development plan, paraphrasing logs, an evaluation of job hunting resources like LinkedIn, favorite Bucks Graduate Attributes, an evaluation of academic resources, examples of job descriptions, and a blog post on preparing for the future job market. The portfolio also features a reflective summary, highlighting the student's understanding and application of key concepts related to personal and professional growth. This comprehensive collection illustrates the student's engagement with the course material and their proactive approach to career preparation. Desklib provides similar solved assignments and resources for students.

PREPARING FOR SUCCESS: KNOWLEDGE AND CREATIVITY-FY026
CW2 - Portfolio
(2000 words)
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Table of Contents P
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Appendix 1 New Features of MS WORD (RM Unify version) – L01, LO3
Appendix 2 Personal SWOT Analysis – LO2
Appendix 3 Personal Development Plan – LO2, LO4
Appendix 4 Paraphrasing Log 1 – L01, LO3
Appendix 5 Paraphrasing Log 2– L01, LO3
Appendix 6 Evaluation of the Resources for Job Hunting (Linkedin.com) – L01, LO3
Appendix 7 My Favourite Bucks Graduate Attributes – L01, LO4
Appendix 8 Evaluation of the Academic Resources – 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
REFLECTIVE SUMMARY- LO2, LO4
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APPENDIX 1: New Features of MS WORD (RM Unify version)
Dictate Function MS WORD is considered one of the most powerful word processors for Window and MAC users. To define it better,
Microsoft is a program which gives to the computer users the opportunity to create, to sort and save documents.
Today I am going to discuss about the three new features of MS WORD, which are:
-Dictate
-Immersive Reader
-Editor
Dictate is the tool which allows the computer users to utilise speech to text MS WORD. Through this feature the
person can write using his own voice. He also can create a new paragraph and insert the correct punctuation by
simply saying loud “new line” , “punctuation”..
I believe it is a good feature for those who do not really like to write or are not confident in their language skills.
I have never used this feature, since I like to read and write my own.
Immersive Reader Immersive Reader in Microsoft Word is a tool which helps to read a document, a report using some tips that help to
improve the reading skills, fluency, pronunciation, focus regardless age and ability. I have never used this feature,
because I always prefer to read by myself. I believe that if I read by my own, I will remember better what I have read
and will understand the context better.
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Editor Editor feature is considered one of the best ones, since it helps a lot to bring out a document in a proper way. By
using Editor feature the student always can improve the content that they have written. It is helps the students to
identify the error by underlying the issue that is being found. There is option of accepting the change or just ignoring
it.
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APPENDIX 2: My Personal SWOT Analysis (as a student of BNU)
STRENGTHS
(strong points)
WEAKNESSES (weak
points)
1 Good in problem solving 1 Lack of managing my time properly
2 Good to work in team 2 Weak computer skills
3 Good writing skills 3 Weak in management skills
4 I can speak clearly and it
understandable to all the people
around.
4 Not able to take effective decisions.
5 Good investigating skill 5 Lack problem solving skills
OPPORTUNITI
ES (potential
gains)
THREATS (potential
losses)
1 To become an effective learner 1 COVID 19 impact on studies
2 Good support from my lecturers 2 There is huge competition present
3 To change my career 3 Lack of digital skills reduce the job opportunities
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APPENDIX 3: My Personal Development Plan (to become an employable graduate after 2024)
MY WEAKNESSES ACTIONS I WILL TAKE TO IMPROVE MY
WEAKNESSES
SUPPORT
AND/OR
RESOURCES I
NEED
TIMEFRAME ESTIMATED
DATE OF
COMPLETION /
ACHIEVEMENT
Lack of managing my time
properly
It is important to make a list with my prior
actions and to follow it. Step by step to get to
the point everything is scheduled. Following the
schedule will help me to manage time properly.
Notebook, laptop,
and support from
mentor
Three months 21st of march,
2022
Weak computer skills To develop computer skills, I need to practice
more and more on the computer, how to use it
more effectively and to become more confident
in using it. I will also undertake an online
course.
This way need
knowledge
researches and
support from my
lecturers.
Three months 21st of march,
2022
Weak in management skills To become a good manager in the future I
need to inform myself more and to do more
researches about it. I need to read and reflect
about how to improve my skills.
Books,
newspaper,
Laptop.
Management
course
Thirty six months 31st may,
2024
Problem solving skills I will work on analysing the problem in effective
manner and analyse the root cause before
taking decision. By solving case study I will be
Case study, help
of colleagues
Three months 21st of march,
2022
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able to enhance my problem solving skills
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APPENDIX 4: Paraphrasing 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
The blog is trying to help people find a career that suits them once their course finishes.
After reading it, I understood that personality questionnaires are a great way of knowing yourself
better. This way we can more easily help ourselves enjoy good things in life, while also helping us with
situations that we may find challenging in our professional and personal life. The personality test
provided by the blog is based on the famous Myers Briggs 'personality types', which is very accurate.
The blog also helped me to understand that communication is a very important part of having success
in business, as well as in the real world. The podcast offered by the blog is a great one in helping
people develop their communication skills, as well as helping them deal with situations that make
them anxious, and situations where they have to speak spontaneously with great confidence, without
mumbling.
I also analysed that in CVs, you should highlight your ability more than your past experiences,
especially if it is your first job in a certain domain, or even your first job in general. This is because we,
as humans, change a lot. You may not enjoy any more what you found interesting 5 or 10 years ago
in university or college. This way, we rarely hold jobs that line up with what we have studied or our
past experiences. The blog gives the example of TED Resident Jason Shen, who studied biology, but
later in his career became a product manager at a tech company. Overall it helps to work on the skills
that will help to get job in future. It is necessary to utilise the fee time in proper manner and develop
the skills that will make the students employment ready.
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IN-TEXT CITATION portal.lsst.ac,2020
FULL REFERENCE How you can continue to focus on Career Planning during the Covid-19 Lockdown, 2020. [Online]
Available at: <https://portal.lsst.ac/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=2214>
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APPENDIX 5: Paraphrasing Log 2
TITLE AND WEBLINK
When the LSST student becomes the lecturer
https://www.lsst.ac/news/when-the-lsst-student-becomes-the-lecturer
SUMMARY AND YOUR COMMENTS OF THE
BLOG IN YOUR OWN WORDS
There is discussion related to the incident when the LSST student becomes a lecturer. The
discussion is upon Mr Levy Kiazayila Ndongala who was student in business and is now Trainee
Business Lecturer via LSST’s Graduate Trainee Lecturer Scheme. It is important to note that the
student said that he want to give something back to LSST. He started working there and provided
good knowledge to the students so that they are able to grab more opportunities. He said that
whenever he teaches, he is able to remind his own time of lectures.
IN-TEXT CITATION www.lsst.ac
FULL REFERENCE
When the LSST student becomes the lecturer, 2021. [Online] Available at: <https://www.lsst.ac/news/when-the-lsst-
student-becomes-the-lecturer>
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APPENDIX 6: Resources for Job Hunting (Linkedin.com)
Linkedin.com
LinkedIn is considered one of the largest social media platform, with about 800 million members in
more then 200 countries across the world.
This company has been officially launched in 2003 by Reid Hoffman.
Nowadays, besides of providing other services as marketing, selling and learning, LinkedIn is
recognised as one of the best sources of job hunting resources which can lay out the opportunity list of
a certain company that you are looking for and also helps the job seekers by offering an easy
perspective in applying for a job.
What should i do on a first place is to create a LinkedIn profile. To create a good one I need to write a
good summary about my career the way to get noticed. To write a couple of sentences about who I am
and what I do. After that a few sentences about my experience and my top skills and my passions. To
end up the summary in the best way, it is good to mention about my future goals and how the others
members of the site can engage with me.
IN-TEXT CITATION: LinkedIn, 2021 IN-TEXT CITATION
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
-Easy applying for a job -Not all employers post jobs on the site
-The chance to create a positive impression -It can be hard to be noticed, unless you have the best profile
-The easy way to be found on the site -Time consuming
-Opportunities for the best job -Monthly fee
-You can always build your brand -Expensive cost of advertising
-Easy companies research -It is important to keep it updated
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In Conclusion I would like to say that to have a LinkedIn profile is a good opportunity to find a good job and to be always up to date of what is
new in social and professional life of people like yourself. But the most important think we should keep it in mind is the fact that a lots of people
believe that LinkedIn is another social media platform, as Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, which does not help too much in finding dream jobs,
is just for advertising. The main thing we should focus on is to complete the profile as professional as possible and to mention all the details
regarding our experiences, abilities, passions and aspirations.
References
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