Personal Career Development Report: Vision, Skills, and Plan

This report provides a detailed analysis of personal career development, encompassing both short-term and long-term visions, potential roles within the healthcare industry, and the suitability of these roles. It includes an assessment of the author's strengths and weaknesses using a SWOT analysis and a Belbin team roles test, offering insights into their behavioral tendencies within a team setting. The report also explores learning styles and research methods relevant to health and social care, emphasizing the importance of communication, problem-solving, and technological skills. Furthermore, it outlines the significance of team working and utilizing feedback for personal growth, culminating in a comprehensive personal development plan designed to enhance skills and facilitate effective career advancement.

Personal Career
Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCION .............................................................................................................................1
THE SHORT AND LONG TERM VISION ..................................................................................1
POTENTIAL ROLE AND THEIR SUITABILITY........................................................................2
BELBIN TEST.................................................................................................................................3
PARTICIPATING IN MEETING/ BEING AN EFFECTICVE TEAM CONTRIBUTIOR..........4
RESEARCH AND LEARNING STYLE .......................................................................................4
SWOT .............................................................................................................................................6
KEY SKILLS REQUIRED..............................................................................................................7
UTILISING FEEDBACK FOR MOVING FORWARD................................................................8
360 DEGREE REVIEW..................................................................................................................9
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN...........................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCION
Personal development is consider as activities or procedure that will help an individual in
improving their various factors such as skills, knowledge, capabilities and many more. By
enhancing these factors a person able to conduct their work in effective manner and gain
appropriate employment opportunities (Zepeda, 2013). On the other hand professional
development is consider as process in which skills and knowledge will increase by attaining
professional activities like conference, training sessions and many more. Both the factors is
essential for an individual as well as it will also provide effective employment opportunities
which improve their leaving standard and societal status. For this it is essential for individual to
identify their strength and weaknesses so that they can grab their opportunities and make their
life effective. Along with this it will also help them avoiding threat which a person can face
while conduct their work. For self analysis a person can adopt several methods or theories such
as SWOT analysis, Belbin theory and many more. Along with this topics included in this report
are key skills which are required by academic professional and skills required for readiness of
employment. This assignment will also explain about understanding of personal strength by
adopting SWOT analysis as well as Belbin theory. It will also include personal development
plan which help me in conducting development in effective manner so that I can establish
effective future in medical industry.
THE SHORT AND LONG TERM VISION
My long-term goals are excellent reasons and opportunities. They help me to see in the
future in a few years and to realize that my goal is in the future and now. The first which is very
important to me is the time spent with my family and my loved ones, I want to always not feel
my lack and know that I support them and I am almost in any situation, I want all of us to be
healthy and to have part of a quiet and happy life. The second big goal for me is to get back to
work after finishing maternity leave and to be with those who need a good word and not only.
Short-term goals are the ones you meet every day and which I consider to be a daily routine. To
follow my university course and to get my professional diploma, and even if I know it's a long-
term goal, I intend to go back to health and social care. I worked as a nurse, it was my passion,
but now, to some extent, I changed my plans and I want to do something else in the same sector,
but something else.
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POTENTIAL ROLE AND THEIR SUITABILITY
In the industry of healthcare, it is very important to have academic skills because through
it students will gain more confidence and will help them to develop their key skills which are
required for both academic and the practical in hospital. Leaders call these abilities in different
ways, but they are usually divided into eight categories, from which some major of them are
given below:
 Comunication - For working effectively at workplace proper communication skills is
very necessary becuase through it I can effectively understand other's view point as well
as it will also help me to convey my messages to other's imprevelly .
 Problem solving - It is one of the esential skill which is required by me while I am
working in medical industry because through it I can easily understand as well as solve
problems of my patients and staffs members.
 Learning – Through proper learning skill I can learn as well as acquire new things which
help help me in my future and conducting my work effectively.
 Self management - Through this skill I can effectively manage my work and accomplish
it in effective manner at peoper time duration which is given. By this skill I can also learn
as well as enhance my knowledge and ability.
 Technology - In today's time it is necessary to have technological skills because now all
things are conducted through online and computer. So by having respective skill I can use
computer effectively and conduct work impressively.
 Planing and organising - It is essential to have effective planning and organising skills
becuase by this I can handle my patients effectivly and plan things accordingly. Through
respective skill I can also effectively handle each and every situation by developing
strategies respectively.
 Initiative and enterprise - It is essential to have respective skills while working in an
organization becuase through this skill i can impress my senior which leads to promotion
and benefits (Bridges and Macklin, 2018). Thorugh this I can also encourage others to
conduct work in effective manner for attaining goal.
 Team working - It is essential for me to have team working skills if I want to work in
medical industry becuase at respective sector there are various situation will occur where
I have to work with other members at that time my team working skills will used.
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Above mentioned all skills are essential to work at workplace in effective manner. This is so
because through it an individual can conduct their work in effective manner.
BELBIN TEST
Belbin's theory is about the team and the need for each team to have access to each of
the nine components that make up a strong crew. Belbin's Theory Teams can achieve the highest
performances (St‐Jean, 2012). Belbin is about behaviour at workplace, and it can be change or
improved, the nine subdivisions are:
 PLANT – It is define as a creative person with a good imagination and good in problem
solving
 SPECIALIST – These are those who are an extraordinary capacity and offer great ideas
 MONITOR EVALUATOR- he analyses in detail and sees absolutely all the details,
good characteristic.
 IMPLEMENTER- These are those person, slower in carrying out tasks, not too
flexible, he is disciplined.
 SHAPER – Peoples having respective factor are always open to the new challenges
 COMPLETER FINISHER- These peoples are more focused on the discovery of
mistakes and omissions (Reeves, 2012).
 TEAMWORKER- These are those persons who are generally Co-operative, calm,
discreet and polite, observe, builds, averts friction.
 COORDINATOR- These individuals are adult, positive, a good administrator, he has
the power of decision making, he delegates role.
 RESOURCE INVESTIGATOR- It define as those individuals who are exhibitionist,
passionate, conversational, explores favourable circumstances.
In order to analysis my skills in proper manner I conduct personal Belbin test whose
respect or outcome is given below:-
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PARTICIPATING IN MEETING/ BEING AN EFFECTICVE TEAM CONTRIBUTIOR
Team it is a structure which generally when all her members have same goals and they
have synergy. In the field of health, the best way is to work in a team, and it is a process that is
viewed as a dynamic one and includes more professionals and with different and complementary
abilities but having common goals when it comes to health, and physical effort, and focuses on
planning, accessing, and evaluating patients. Team activity can also be called as a component
that facilitates action between different team members. When working in the team, they are
analysed from a behavioural perspective and are a way to produce effective team actions with
binary goals and common goals. Although we have different definitions for teamwork all have
only major issues around them and is based on the existence of a team and helps successfully
accomplish a given task and with the main reason to work in team.
RESEARCH AND LEARNING STYLE
The researcher has several methods for collecting empirical materials, ranging from the
interview to direct observation, to the analysis of artefacts, documents, and cultural records, to
the use of visual materials or personal experience. Health and social care research can help us to
identify people at risk of getting ill and help to prevent illness and to provide the best advice and
treatments for them.
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Quantitative methods: It give priority to objective analysis, statistical or scientific
research of evidence collected through surveys, questionnaires and surveys, or the control of
previous analytical data using calculation techniques. Its main characteristics are:
 The data is usually gathered using structured research instruments.
 The results are based on larger sample sizes that are representative of the population.
 The research study can usually be replicated or repeated, given its high reliability.
Qualitative methods: Qualitative research is mainly based on feelings, emotions are
based on speech, melody and other aspects that cannot be measured and counted. Qualitative
data is depending on numbers or figures and can be measured or quantified. Level of
measurement can be:
 Normal
 Ordinal
From where we can get data?
 We get data from primary sources (when we ask people, or we observe things,)
 From secondary sources (when we used data already collected by somebody else for
another purpose like magazines, journals, websites.)
Primary data collection methods:
 Direct information
 Personal interviews
Learning styles, we know seven types of learning and we are going to list them:
 Visual (spatial) when you prefer to take photos, to have images.
 Aural (sounds, noise) when you prefer voice and tone (Olsen, 2015).
 Verbal (linguistic) when you prefer to talk or to write
 Physical (kinesthetics) when you [prefer to feel, to touch
 Logical (numbers) when you prefer to count
 Social (relational) when you prefer to be a part of a team and you feel for example you
learn better with them than alone
 Solitary (singular) you feel more comfortable to work alone.
Each person it is individual and find his own way to choose his own learning style and I
found myself since I am a child to have visual learning style, I need to see to remember easy, one
of the best benefits to be visual learner is having an excellent memory skills and observation.
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Visual learner might have seen things and remember them, needs to pay attention to non-verbal
communication, find hard to remember names if do not see the people often.
SWOT
The description of strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats is the
broadest accepted form and generally identified to participate in an important marketing
analysis (Floyd, 2012). The article is set out the action of the management marketing plan
in a variety of association to propose a five-point access to make the SWOT analysis work
properly.
STRENGHTS WEAKNESSES
 Adaptability
 Friendly and caring
 Creative
 Communication skill
 Impatient
 Less problem solving skills
 Lack of practical knowledge
 Less technological knowledge
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
 Learn new things
 Enhance knowledge and skills
 Enhance networking in respective area
 Utilize skills and capabilities
 Increase competition
 Negative trends in Medical field
By conducting SWOT analysis I am able to know my skills, weaknesses, opportunities
and threat. This will help me in developing decision through which I can overcome my weakness
and grab opportunities by avoiding threat.
 Strengths- According to me I am can very adaptable person which help me in adopting
each and every situation in effective manner. Along with this I am friendly and caring
person which help me in treating patients in effective manner as well as I am also creative
person. By which I am always come up with new ideas and strategies along with this I
also have effective communication skills through which I can properly interact with
patients and other staffs.
 Weaknesses- By conducting analysis I get to know that I have several weakness such as I
am impatient, I am also not able to solve problems of others effectively, I am also lacking
in practical knowledge and I also have less technological knowledge. Now I need to
develop strategies and plans in order to develop respective skills in effective manner so
that I can conduct work properly and attain my target.
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 Opportunities- Through my strength and by improving my weakness I can get several
opportunities such as I can learn new things as well as I will able to enhance my skills
and knowledge. Along with this, by enhancing my weaknesses I can also increase my
professional network as well as through it I can able to utilize my skills an capabilities in
effective as well as impressive manner.
 Threats- There are several threat that I get to know when I was conducting SWOT
analysis. Threat which I can face due to my weaknesses are like in respective field there
are huge number of competition and due to my imperfection I may get fail in competition
or face decline situation. Along with this another threat for me is in medical industry
there are negative trends will arise so if I didn't have effective skills I will not able to
understand respective situation that will leads to huge loss.
KEY SKILLS REQUIRED
There are various skills which are required by an individual in order to being prepar for
employment at a particular place or organization. From which some major them are given
below:-
 Potential roles and suitability- It is define as factors which will describe that an
individual requried effective skills and capabilities for conducting a particular role in
effective manner (Zuber-Skerritt, 2013). Always like to work with people, be raised by
grandchildren, and here comes my special love to help the elderly and the needy, we
always treat others how the mother wants to be treated, she wants to study here as a
health visitor. Along with this it is also necessary to conduct those work is accoridng to
cappablities as well as suitability of a person. This is so because it will help as well as
encourage them to conduct that particular work in effective manner that leads to
attainment of goal properlty (Bridges and Macklin, 2018).
 Participating in meetings/being an effective team contributor- It is a structure which
generally when all her members have same goals and they have synergy. In the field of
health, the best way is to work in a team, and it is a process that is viewed as a dynamic
one and includes more professionals and with different and complementary abilities but
having common goals when it comes to health, and physical effort, and focuses on
planning, accessing, and evaluating patients (Fechter, 2012). Team activity can also be
called as a component that facilitates action between different team members. When
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working in the team, they are analysed from a behavioural perspective and are a way to
produce effective team actions with binary goals and common goals. Moreover during
conducting work in team an individual learn various things as well as it will also help the
in enhancing their quality as well as skills (Trede, Macklin and Bridges, 2012).
 Utilising feedback- It is essential for a person to accept feedback because it will help
them in moving forward. We use the term "feedback" to describe the information or
criticisms of a person and actions, behaviours, or even a group of people who can use this
information and can improve behaviour as well as current and future actions. There is
feedback when the environment acts on action or behaviour. We can examine, for
example, the patient's response to the staff who deal with them and the relationship
between them is analysed by the manager or the customers who shop and monitors the
performance of the staff reported to the superiors.
 Short- and long-term goals- It is essential for a person have skills and capabilities to set
long term goal and short term goal. This is so because through it they able to conduct
their work in effective manner as well as with proper quality in effective time duration
(Trede, Macklin and Bridges, 2012)). My long-term goals are excellent reasons and
opportunities. They help me to see in the future in a few years and to realize that my goal
is in the future and now.
UTILISING FEEDBACK FOR MOVING FORWARD
Utilising feedback for moving forward. We use the term "feedback" to describe the
information or criticisms of a person and actions, behaviours, or even a group of people who can
use this information and can improve behaviour as well as current and future actions. There is
feedback when the environment acts on action or behaviour. For example when you work with
elderly and the family gives you support and all find time to encourage your own work and the
way you treat their relatives, of course it is the appropriate way for the person, you give the
confidence and you respect them you will feel appreciate and work with no stress, resulting the
right way for the person and it is about your knowledge and skills also, the ability to take
responsibilities, and you will find yourself a caring person and on future going to improve more
and more.
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360 DEGREE REVIEW
It is define as a procedure which is adopted by a company in order to provide feedback.
In this process there are various peoples are involved in review such as subordinates, supervisor
or manager, colleagues, self employee and many other. Moreover it is a procedure in which a
person or staff get unidentified as well as confidential feedback from other members of a
company where he/ she is working. In this generally eight to sixteen staffs fill online or offline
feedback form which is based on huge range of workplace competencies. Moreover in this an
individual also fill their feedback question form. This is beneficial for company in several ways
such as through this management able to develop as well as improve teamwork effectiveness. It
will also develop accountability of a person as well as it also open up career development area
for employees according to their skills or feedback.
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Personal Development Plan is the personal development plan means focusing on your
future for a shorter period this could be six months or twelve months. It is normally advisable to
have some set goals to follow, and the plans and actions that need to be followed in order to
reach these goals. By adopting personal development plan an individual effectively able to
enhance their strength which help in conducting work in impressively. Along with this it will
also help in overcoming weaknesses so that an individual can grab opportunities as well as avoid
threat in effective manner (Mwalongo, 2012).
Personal development plan :-
Learning
Goal
Current
Competence
Target
Competence
Development
practices
Development
opportunities
Time
Period
Impatient 7 10 In order to
improve this skills
and ability I can
join classes as well
as I will also attain
conferences so that
I can learn by
observing other
By developing this
skill I will able to
handle my patients
in effective manner
as well as I also
understand and
treat them
effectively. This
30
Days
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that how patiently
other handle
situation in
effective manner.
will also satisfy
them through my
effective services.
Problem
solving skills
6 10 In order to
improve my
problem solving
skills I can attain
conferences related
to respective topic.
Along with this I
can also take
training under
professional who
help them in
enhancing my
problem solving
skills effectively.
By improving this
skill I will able to
understand
problems of my
patients in effective
manner which help
me in treating them
properly. In
addition to this by
proper problem
solving skills I will
also able to
understand as well
as resolve problems
of other peoples at
my workplace.
20
Days
Practical
knowledge
4 10 In order to
improve my
practical
knowledge I will
attain training
sessions as well as
I will also enrol
myself in coaching
centre where I can
learn new things
By adopting
sessions and
improving my
respective skills I
will able to conduct
my work
effectively. As well
as this will also
help me in
implementing my
40
Days
10