Personal Reflections on Employment, Skills, and Career Development

This report presents a personal reflection on employment, focusing on the individual's journey toward a career as a financial analyst. The reflection utilizes Gibbs' reflective cycle to analyze the individual's understanding of organizational culture, personal strengths and weaknesses, and career goals. The report details the individual's feelings, evaluations, and analysis of their skills, emphasizing their analytical abilities and the importance of teamwork and adaptability. It concludes with an action plan to improve presentation and communication skills, including strategies for self-improvement through peer review and online resources. The report also references key concepts such as Tuckman's team development model and Belbin's team role model to highlight team dynamics and effective leadership within a financial institution.

Personal Reflections on Employment
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
REFLECTION.................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
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INTRODUCTION
When looking for a professional organisation to serve it is necessary for an individual to
focus on their personal skill and traits that will help them to effectively serve a business entity.
The following reflection consists of a journey of choosing organisation and the field which one
wishes to serve based upon its culture and people (Markkanen and et. al., 2020). The reflection is
described through the help of Gibbs's reflective cycle.
REFLECTION
While understanding people and organisation I realised that I would be fit or a job of a
financial analyst at a big organisation providing financial facilities to its consumers. The journey
is explained with the help of Gibb's reflective cycle which consists of 6 different stages as
described further:
Description: Learning about people and organisation was a great understanding that
helped me to effectively set my priorities for the type of organisation I wish to work in and the
organisational culture I would prefer. Working as a financial analyst in a goof financial
institution will help me to develop my qualities further. My analytical skills are good enough that
will allow me to do good in my job. The task culture explained in Handy's model will help me to
effectively continue and develop in my field. I am not an extrovert which makes it difficult for
me to work in marketing or human resource fields.
Feelings: I came to understand about my strengths and weaknesses that was a feeling of
self-realisation. It was an effective way for me to understand various benefits that different
sectors can provide me. Working as an autocratic leader in finance sector is essential that will
allow the leaders to have control over the employees (Caillier, 2020). I felt the need to develop
this kind of leadership style if I wish to successfully work as a financial analyst.
Evaluation:There were a number of evaluation done by me on myself as I went through
the people and organisations theory. It was essential to understand what are the required qualities
I would need in order to work in finance field. It is necessary for me to be a team worker and
understand my role in the team. Also one of my major strength is analytical skills which will
successfully help me as I work in a financial institution. The fluctuations taking place in financial
market are also huge which ensure that I need to be open to changes and enhance my adaptability
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skills. Presentation skills are also an important skill set that is required to successfully work as a
financial analyst.
Analysis: Self analysis is an important factor needed to realise one's own self worth. It
helps in assessing all the weaknesses and strengths that are present in an individual. I am a team
worker and need to analyses my role in team. I need to work on my presentation skill in order to
successfully work in the financial sector. Along with it leadership skills, communication skills
etc. are some basic skill set that are required by every individual who is working in a team. Also
it is necessary to understand various steps included in negotiation which will help me to establish
good relation with everyone in the team and ignore any conflicts or grievances arising. In this
way the analysis will help in reaching to a conclusion and working on various ways through
which I can successfully work as a professional in financial sector.
Conclusion: I came to a conclusion that my analytical skills are good enough that will
help me to effectively fulfil the requirement of an analyst. I also came to realisation that an
effective team is required to be developed in a financial institution. In order to do so Tuckman's
team development model can be used that provides with various stages of team development that
an effective team have to go through. Another model is Belbin's team role model which have 9
differentiated roles (Horst and Murschetz, 2019). All these roles could be divided between
different members in a team which will help in avoiding conflicts and communicating roles as
well as responsibility of each team member successfully.
Action Plan: In order to work as a financial analyst it is required by me to work on
certain skills. These skills include my presentation skills. In order to work on my presentation
skills I am taking help from my peers who will be reviewing me on certain presentations I made.
I am also going through some good presentations and online classes that will provide me with
professional help. It will take approximately 4 months to develop this skill. Along with this I also
need to work on my formal communication specially in written format. In order to do so I am
going through certain formats of emails, notice, letters and so on. It will guide me with ways to
use formal communication for future purpose. The amount of time required to attain this skill
will approximately be of 6 months.
CONCLUSION
The above reflection helps in concluding that it is necessary for one to learn and
understand about people & organisation which will help them to understand their future goals.
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One can also come to a realisation about their various strengths and weaknesses. An
understanding of different theories related to motivation, leadership, team development, culture
etc. helps in understanding the field of job that individual will prefer based upon these learnings.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Markkanen, P. and et. al., 2020. A reflective cycle: Understanding challenging situations in a
school setting. Educational Research, 62(1), pp.46-62.
Caillier, J.G., 2020. Testing the Influence of Autocratic Leadership, Democratic Leadership, and
Public Service Motivation on Citizen Ratings of An Agency Head’s
Performance. Public Performance & Management Review, pp.1-24.
Horst, S.O. and Murschetz, P.C., 2019. Strategic media entrepreneurship: Theory development
and problematization. Journal of Media Management and Entrepreneurship
(JMME), 1(1), pp.1-26.
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