MG410 Career Viewpoint: Career Action Plan for Retail HR Manager

This report outlines a career action plan for attaining a Human Resources Manager position in the retail industry, specifically targeting Sainsbury's. It begins with a personal analysis, evaluating existing strengths like recruitment skills and technology proficiency, alongside areas needing improvement such as communication, teamwork, and cultural awareness. The action plan details how to develop these skills through methods like seeking feedback, participating in group activities, and studying cultural materials. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of personal analysis and action planning for career development, highlighting the need to align skills with the requirements of the desired role and industry.

Career action plan

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
PERONAL ANALYSIS..............................................................................................................1
CAREER ACTION PLAN.........................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
References:.......................................................................................................................................6
Appendices.......................................................................................................................................7
Appendix 1: Job advertisement...................................................................................................7
Appendix 2: Industry or Role Specific CV.................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Career development is defined as the procedure of self knowledge, decision making and
exploration which give the correct shape to the career of an individual. The development of
career needs the correctly navigating the occupational options for selection and getting the
training related to jobs which are found as best as per the personality, skills and interest of
individual. An individual can easily get to know about their strength and weaker points while
paying the attention towards their career. Learning about the several roles and industries i9n
order to evaluate the abilities which also bring several opportunities for the individual. In order
to develop the career of an individual, it has been found as essential to develop the career plan as
the individual get to know about their knowledge and skills which are crucial in the process of
selecting the career in the specific field. Through the evaluation of CW 1, it has been analysed
that the chosen field for the development of carer is HR manager in retail industry. This field for
the development of career has been chosen on the basis of interest and skills of individual. This
report deals with the internal analysis of individual as per the vacancy of HR manager in the
Sainsbury company which is the second largest chain of supermarkets in United Kingdom
having headquarter in London, England, United Kingdom. This report also include the career
action plan along with the CV. CV is defined as an document which involve the description of
skills, knowledge and experience of an individual. The individual is required to develop career
action plan to develop the skills which is crucial for their career development.
MAIN BODY
PERONAL ANALYSIS
According to the given CW 1, the Sainsbury is a company which is performing its
business operations in the retail industry of United Kingdom. The management of Sainsbury is
planning to hire HR manager in order to manage the people working in the organisation because
the management of people also leads to bringing effectiveness and efficiency in the performance
of business organisation. HR manager also perform the function of managing the performance of
employees along with motivating them which is essential for the organisation to attain the
desired goals and objectives of business organisation. The analysis of CW 1 state that there are
several skills which are found as essential to have in an individual for attaining the position of
HR in the retail industry. I have already worked in the retail industry as an HR manager which is
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consider as the huge advantage for me to get the position of HR in Sainsbury company. It is
necessary for me to do the effective planning for my career as it aids me in following my passion
and dream of attaining the position of HR in the organisation of retail industry. Through the
evaluation of CW 1, I evaluated several skills which are essential to have within me for attaining
the position of HR. Some of these skills are effective communication skills, organisation skills,
teamwork and collaboration skills, performance management skills, recruitment and selection
skills, command of technology along with the culture awareness.
All the above mentioned skills help the individual in in performing the operations and
functions of HR manager in an effective and efficient manner. I also realised that I have several
skills which match the requirement of skills for the HR manager but also I do not have several
skills among them. The respective business organisation is looking for the experienced and
talented HR manager and I have already worked in the retail industry and I already worked as
HR in the retail industry. I have the skills of recruitment and selection which is found as the
crucial requirement in any HR manager as I have to hire the employees for the organisation.
Through the use of recruitment and selection skills, I can hire the right candidates with the right
skills for the right job position as it bring the effectiveness in the working performance of
business organisation. I am overall good in adopting the use of technology in the work. I know
how to use several software and technology which will help me in maintaining the employee
data,payrolls, performance evaluation and many more. I also have the experience of performance
management of employees through which I can analyse the need of training sessions for the
employees working in the business organisation which help in the enhancement of skills and
abilities of employees. Along with this, I am very well in coordinating with the employees which
state that I have skills of organising the tasks with employees. On the other hand, it has been
analyses that I do not have some skills which are also essential to have in the HR manager of
retail industry. Some of my weaker section of skills and abilities include communication,
teamwork and collaboration and cultural awareness. In order to perform the function of HR
manager, it is found as essential to have the above mentioned skills within me as these are also
important skills for gaining the position of HR manager in the retail industry.
CAREER ACTION PLAN
Career action plan refers to dynamic planning document which is being owned and
managed by the individual intended for reflecting the increased career development learning. In
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simple words, it can be described as the document which perform the function of evaluation of
skills which an individual can improve in order to develop the career in the selected field. For the
purpose of working on my skills, I have to prepare or develop an action plan which help in
attaining and developing the essential skills within me which I can use to attain the position of
HR manager in Sainsbury organisation. Below mentioned is my action plan which include the
evaluation and development of some skills within me:
SKILLS SIGNIFICANCE HOW IT CAN BE
DEVELOPED
JUDGING
CRITERIA
TIME
DURATION
Communica
tion skills
Effective
communication skills
are essential for the
HR manager as the
Human Resource
manager is
responsible to manage
all the staff member
who are working in
the business
organisation. Through
the use of effective
communication skills,
the HR manager can
motivate their
employees towards
the work which may
result in the
improvement of
working performance
of employees.
I can develop the
communication
skills within me
through taking the
initiative of
interacting with the
seniors and other
members working
in the same
departments. Along
with this, I can also
develop these skills
through delivering
several speeches
and getting
involved in the
group discussions.
The judgement
criteria of the
development of
communication
skills is getting
feedback from my
seniors and other
members who are
working with me. I
can evaluate my
communication
skills on the basis of
feedback which I get
from my seniors.
5 months
(October,
2022)
Teamwork In order to bringing I can develop the Result of the group 4 months
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and
collaboratio
n skills
the effectiveness and
efficiency in the
working performance
of HR, it is necessary
to work as a team
because teamwork
always bring several
new ideas and
thoughts which can
enhance the
effectiveness.
teamwork and
collaboration skills
with in me by
taking participate
in the group
activities as a team
member. Through
taking participate
in the group
activities, I can
develop these skills
in an effective and
efficient manner.
activities in which I
have take participate
in order to develop
the teamwork and
collaboration skills
help me in judging
the development.
The result of those
activities help me in
doing the evaluation
of my teamwork
skills.
(September
2022)
Cultural
awareness
skills
There are several
people working in the
organisation and all
the people are from
different culture. As
HR manager, I have
to deal with all the
people in the effective
and efficient manner.
For the same purpose
I have to understand
their culture to
enhance their level of
motivation.
Through reading
the books and
journal of different
cultures, I can
develop the skills
of culture
awareness.
By developing the
strategies in the
organisation which
follow all the culture
of people, I can
evaluate my skills of
culture awareness.
6 months
(November
2022)
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CONCLUSION
From the above report, it has been concluded that the career viewpoint is crucial concept
for each and every individual. There are two concepts which comes under the career viewpoint
of n individual, which include personal analysis and action plan. Personal analysis help the
individual in evaluation the strengths and weakness of individual. Through the use of career
action plan, an individual can bring improvement in their poor skills which are found as essential
for grabbing the position of HR manager in the retail industry.
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Appendices
Appendix 1: Job advertisement
We’re HIRING!!
HR manager
Here is the good opportunity fro highly skilled and talented people who want to
make their career as an HR manager in the Sainsbury in the retail sector. This
opportunity is available for only full-time employee.
Individual have to work five days in a week and over time work will be
rewarded. After joining the firm, candidate will be providing with appropriate
training and development. The application deadline is 30 June 2022.
Pay and
Benefits
 Salary: - £20,000 plus
incentive
 26 Days of Yearly Leaves
 Contract: - 1 year
Contact
us today
It may be part of our family in cooperation
with Sainsbury, with a qualified person.
Availability is for full time staff. The work
will be 5 days a week and additional work
will be rewarded. Appropriate education
and skills are provided to post-employment
candidates. The last date of the application
is June 30, 2022. Salary £20,000 plus
allowance
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26-day annual leaves
Contact us today
The interested candidates can drop there
CV on mail: - [e-mail]
Appendix 2: Industry or Role Specific CV
Curriculum Vitae
ABC
Address: XYZ Street, London, United Kingdom
Contact Details: XX-XXXX-XXX
Email: [e-mail]
Objective:
To develop my career in the field of HR through working as a HR manager and using my
knowledge and skills in the best possible manner which result in the benefits of both
organization as well as my career.
Qualification
 Diploma in HR field (2016-2017)
 Master Degree in Human Resource (2017-2019)
Skills
 Good knowledge of Information Technology
 Recruitment and selection skills
 Performance management
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