Study Skills: Personal Development, Skills and Job Hunting Strategies

This presentation focuses on personal development by emphasizing the importance of key skills such as leadership, interpersonal skills, and job hunting techniques. It provides a descriptive analysis of an individual's current status, outlining areas for improvement and strategies for skill development. The presentation covers leadership qualities like communication, creativity, and strategic thinking, along with techniques for active listening and team management. It further explores job hunting skills, including building confidence for interviews and crafting effective resumes. Interpersonal skills, including empathy, presentation skills, and relationship management, are also discussed, along with strategies for conflict management, network building, and tolerance capacity. The presentation concludes by highlighting the necessity of these skills for excelling in various life situations and achieving personal objectives, supported by references to relevant academic sources.

STUDY SKILLS
JOURNEY

INTRODUCTION
 The presentation is all about personal development by developing the key skills in your
personality.
 It highlights the importance of various skills that one should possess like the leadership skill,
interpersonal skills and apt job hunting skills which shall be most required as there are going
to be good opportunities for job in the coming future.
 The study shall be showing a descriptive analysis of the current status of the individual,
what all is to be achieved and how

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
 Development of skills is the process wherein one
finds the skill gaps and then work on honing and
developing it. Such skills are the ability which works
in the execution of the set plans and goals.
 Certain skills which are required to shape the
personality of an individual are:-
 Leadership Skills:- Good leadership skills are very
important as they help in grooming overall
personality of an individual.

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 Current Position: Where you are
Key leadership qualities that are possessed are:-
 Good communication skills
 Creativity and innovation
 Power to think strategically and solving problems intelligently
 Effective planning and execution of work
Skills Gap: Where you want to be
 Build active listening
 Team management

Strategies to build the Leadership skills:-
1) Build active listening-
 Pay undivided attention to the speaker and try to convey that you are listening.
The listening must be informative.
 Do not interrupt the speaker before completion and avoid unnecessary judgements
while listening
 Be responsive to the speaker by giving appropriate feedbacks.
2) Team management
 Build team of competent people and get out of their way
 Maintain positive attitude
 Smooth flow of information avoiding communication gaps

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Job Hunting Skills
Current Analysis:-
 Positive Attitude
 Workplace Ethics
 Flexibility and Adaptability
Gap Analysis
 Building confidence to give interview
 Proper technique to search jobs
 Strong Vision

Strategies:-
1) Building confidence to give interview-
 Prepare with questions in advance
 talk less and listen more
 update yourself with information of the company
2) Proper technique to search jobs-
 Knowledge about your goals
 companies that fascinate you
 Build an attractive resume

Interpersonal Skills
 These are the skills used in the day to day interaction with others which include
the speaking, listening, questioning, understanding and relationship building.
 Current level in terms of interpersonal skills
 Empathy for colleagues
 Presentation Skills
 Public Speaking
 Humorous
 Relationship Management

Strategies to achieve the learnings
1) Conflict Management-
 It can be achieved by avoiding, accommodating compromising, collaborating and
competing effectively.
2) Network Building-
 Follow up and build connections
 Keep your goals clear
 Consider as an investment
3) Tolerance Capacity
 meditation
 Own the feelings you have
 Practice Patience

CONCLUSION
 From the above project it can be concluded that there are certain skills which are
very necessary for an individual to excel in various situations in life.
 Some crucial skills like leadership qualities, relationship building and job search
skills are described in the report.
 Its various importance and following which strategies it can be achieved is
inferred from the information provided. It has also highlighted how skills are
further groomed and used to achieve objectives in life.

REFERNCES
 Books and Journals
 Kassenboehmer, S. C., Leung, F. and Schurer, S., 2018. University education and non-
cognitive skill development. Oxford Economic Papers. 70(2). pp.538-562.
 Holmberg, R., Larsson, M. and Bäckström, M., 2016. Developing leadership skills and
resilience in turbulent times. Journal of Management Development.
 Tan, L. M. and Laswad, F., 2018. Professional skills required of accountants: what do job
advertisements tell us?. Accounting Education. 27(4). pp.403-432.
 Mallon, M., 2018. Mallon, M., 2018. Job Hunting. Public Services Quarterly. 14(1). pp.36-
46.