Personal and Professional Development Plan: HR Career Path Analysis

This report outlines a comprehensive personal and professional development plan tailored for a career in Human Resources. The document begins with an introduction defining personal and professional development plans, emphasizing their importance in career advancement. The main body is divided into three parts: Part 1 focuses on a career development plan, an action plan sheet, and a skills assessment worksheet, all geared towards an HR career. Part 2 includes a curriculum vitae and a cover letter, showcasing the candidate's qualifications and aspirations. Part 3 provides a reflection on the development plan, analyzing strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and providing references, offering a structured approach to career planning and professional growth in the HR field. The author aims to improve skills in conflict management, project management, employee relations, and performance management to achieve career goals. The report emphasizes the need for a bachelor's degree with specialization in human resource management, along with the development of key skills such as communication and team leadership. The author is seeking a position in HR, with the primary goal of contributing to the success of an organization.

Personal and professional
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
PART 1............................................................................................................................................1
Career development plan.............................................................................................................1
Action plan sheet:........................................................................................................................2
Skills assessment worksheet:......................................................................................................5
PART 2............................................................................................................................................6
Curriculum vitae..........................................................................................................................6
Cover letter..................................................................................................................................7
PART 3............................................................................................................................................8
Reflection....................................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Personal development plan is refer to the systematic procedure which has been
undertaken to create action plan based various factors such as awareness, values, reflection and
goal setting that have been associated with context to career, education and for self improvement
in order to accomplish future gaols. Moreover, professional development plan is define as the
roadmap which has been followed by individual in order to achieve professional goals and for
continuous improvement and career development with optimum utilisation of skills, strategy and
education (Hildebrand, J., 2018). In context to business, this has been created by manager
working with staff members in order determine that necessary skills and resources required to
provides support to employee's career and future goals along with business needs. This provides
framework to individual which help in to determine gaols, resources, activities and learning
opportunity to grow better in career. This report is based on the professional development plan in
field of HR, in which it will includes career development plan along with action plan worksheet,
analysis of relevant placements and job and related information in order to identified better
place to do job. Moreover, this also includes formation of CV which is related to the career
ambition.
MAIN BODY
PART 1
Career development plan
career development planning is refers to the procedure through which an individual
undergoes in order to evolve their occupational status. This has been associated with the self-
knowledge, exploration and decision making that provides support in to shape career. Its is the
systematic procedure of decision making that is for the long term learning which is undertaken to
align persona needs with career advancement opportunity. According to this my career plan is to
go with HR field, in which manager coordinate and manage all the activities which are related to
the workforce of the company(Albrecht, J.N., Moscardo, G. and Dwyer, T., 2021). As I have a
skills and ability to manage people and this is also involves guiding employees through hiring
process, handle benefits programme, training and handling conflicts among employees. For this I
need to a bachelor degree along with specialisation in human resource management from
recognize university so that a better opportunity can be obtained. In addition to this, there are
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various skills and attribute which are required for perusing this field in human resources, such as
a person should have friendly personality along with capability to handle people and pressure.
Other then this, a person have to consist of skills of great team leader and source of inspiration
and motivation to the employees. For this I need to take degree and have to develop this skills so
that I will be able to perform excellent in my career and make it successful.
Action plan sheet:
action plan is refers to the communication device that provides support in to represents an
extreme simplification of complex programmes. This has been associated with the strategic
objectives and desired results or outcomes which need to be achieved(Allen, and. et. al., 2019).
Moreover, this is also define as the checklist for the steps which is going to be taken in order to
accomplish future gaols. Action for my future is explained below as:
objectives Current
competency
Target
competency
Development
opportunity
Success
criteria
Time scale
Conflict
management
As per the
current time,
my problems
solving is at
average stage
as per the
proficiency
My target is to
reach at
excellence
level in terms
of managing
conflicts
practices
within the
organisation.
The best
development
opportunity
which I have
induced is
conflict
management
skills in which
I am seeking
for gaining
knowledge
from seniors
and expertise
through
observing
them.
The criteria in
this is getting
feedbacks
from my
superiors and
leaders for
success and
expertise in
this.
For this I need
a time around
4-6 months.
Project In the As I am Project In this will do I will take
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management measurement
of current
situation, my
project
management
skill are
average too
learner and
seeker, I want
to develop my
capabilities in
project
management
at excellent
level
management is
not simple
task to
perform as it is
having full
responsibility
to induce
effective
results, for this
I required
huge
experience and
knowledge.
The
opportunity
that I have is
to develop
such skills for
enhancing
working
potentials and
take initiatives
for seeking
opportunity
for sowing my
ideas and
abilities.
self
judgements
through
measuring
standards with
actual
performance
ask seniors for
criticism for
taking notes
and then I will
work as per
their
instructions
and guidance.
approximately
8 months.
Employee
relations
Employee
relation is one
of the major
aspect in job
This is the key
concern of HR
team and for
overall
In order to
develop better
understanding
and
The best
sources for the
judgements in
terms of
For this I want
at least I want
7 months.
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role HR field
in which I am
currently
having hold
average
employee
relation skills
and there is
need for
improvement
company as
this plays
crucial role for
success of
organisation.
Therefore, I
need to gain
excellent skills
set for
employee
relation and
development
of practices.
knowledge in
relation with
employees
through
reading
employment
laws and
regulation of
my company
and then make
an appropriate
strategies for
maintaining
better
relations.
employee
relation is my
team mates
and other
subordinates
to whom I
manage within
company.
Performance
management
My
performance
management
skills are
really bad as I
have no
experience in
this field along
with this can
be reason for
the low
competency
but being a
professional I
need to
develop and
My current
competency is
really bad and
I am looking
towards
developing
this, through
making it god
first and then
at excellent
level so that
my future
performance
will better and
effective then
For this skill
set I need huge
attention as I
am really bad
and have no
experience.
Therefore, I
will seeking
in-depth
knowledge
from journals
and experts
and then will
make
strategies and
effective
For this I will
take feedbacks
and
judgements
from my
superiors and
experts in this
specific field.
Time scale for
this skills is
more then 1
year.
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make chances
for this skills.
now. techniques for
performance
management
in a systematic
manner
Skills assessment worksheet:
Skills assessment worksheet is the process which has been undertaken in order to
recognise strengths, and weaknesses along with this, it also determine the areas for improvement.
My skills assessment worksheet has been explained below:
Skills Bad Average Good Excellent
Conflict
management
_
Project
management
_
Employee
relation
_
Training and
development
_
Performance
management
_
HRM knowledge
and expertise.
_
I need to do progress in conflict management, project management and employees
relation along with performance management through getting experience and enhancing my
relevant skills with the proper guidance and directions of my seniors(Jansen, and. et. al., 2021).
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Career options: A careers is refers to the job or profession that someone has work to achieve for
longer period of time. In this I have two option for career, one is HR recruiter which is essential
job role in company as they have been ensures that company has employees and necessary
resources that are required for accomplishment of goals and objectives(Jansen, and. et. al., 2021).
They have been consist of great communication skills which I need to develop in more effective
manner, detailed oriented interviewer as they have tries to develop a clear, specific sense of what
kind of candidate is best suitable for the company moreover this specific job also have strong
decision making skills as they did good judgement and ability to choose the right candidate. In
addition to this, second career option for which I can go in future is architecture which is define
as the art and science of designing building and other other physical structures. This has been
associated with the total built environment from the macro level of town planning, urban design
and landscape to he macro level of construction(von Suchodoletz, and. et. al., 2018). They have
been lead and develop projects at early stage through design development, they are creative and
resolve complex problem with innovative and practical solution.
For human resource recruiter, I need to go for specialisation in human resource
management from recognize university so that a better opportunity can be obtained for the career
growth and for architecture there is special degree for this that is bachelor of architect , there re
various universities and colleges which have been provides this degree along with practical
knowledge through which an individual get better learning.
I was looking forward to get job in XYZ Pvt. Ltd at the post of HR in which my
responsibility will be recruiting suitable candidates, making appropriate hiring policies and along
with effective techniques for maintaining human resource within the company through which
company will be able to accomplish desirable goals and objectives(Makovec, D., 2018). In
addition to this, for pursuing architecture as career I am seeking to get placed in ABC solution
architect Ltd. Company in which my job will be solving complex problem related to
constructions with innovative solutions with support of designing.
PART 2
Curriculum vitae
Curriculum Vitae
General information:
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Name: ABC
Father's Name: XYZ
Mother's Name: PQR
Email ID: [e-mail]
Career Objectives:
I am want to work in a organisation where I can utilise my all skills and knowledge to
contribute in the success of an organization and seeking for environment in which I can gain
more skills, learnings, expertise and life long experience.
Qualification:
Bachelor's in human resources management
Masters in human resources management
Experience:
1 year experience in XYZ Ltd in retail organisation as HR manager in which my role is to
recruit right candidates and creation of techniques for managing people. November 2018 to
November 2019
6 months experience as employee relation manager in retail industry of NMC Ltd. January
2020 to June 2020
Achievements:
1st price in state level basketball game
Volunteered in NGO (fgh)
attended conference on entrepreneurial skills
Skills:
Good communication skill
Team working skill
MS word
Punctual
Cover letter
Cover letter
dear Mr./Ms LMN
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I am writing this to apply for your human resources manager at JKL consultancy pvt ltd. I have
spent past years in working exclusively in the retail industry and bring with the extensive work
experience as human resources and employee relation manager along with the organized and
detail oriented work ethic to the position. As an HR recruiter I have formulated various hiring
strategies and effective decision making which help in to the better recruitment process of talent
candidates. I have taken various interviews and handle various issues related to the workforce
of company.
I am also an experienced as employee relations manager, and I am proud of my capabilities to
handle all the aspects related to the workforce. In this I have maintained a good and healthy
environment in which all employees work together as team through developing and maintaining
healthy relationship. I am having good communication and interpersonal skills that provides me
support in to develop a relationship with employees and with clients as well. I am creative to
my approach of solving problems and being cool under pressure and also having great ability to
deliver quality results in both time and cost. I am very much confident into my crises
management skills and my ability to anticipate list of satisfied clients, employees and
companies.
I have enclosed my resume, thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
ABC
PART 3
Reflection
According to the above discussion of personal and professional development I have
analysed that I have various strengths and weaknesses, in which, with help of career
development plan I have chooses HR field to pursue it for career in which it require qualification
of specialisation in human resources management through recognised university(Fedotova, and.
et. al., 2018). Moreover, I have evaluate through action plan worksheet that I need to develop
various area which is required in my HR field. Such as performance management and project
management etc. in which I need improvement to gain better opportunity for career. In addition
this, I have gain a experience in HR recruiter in XYZ Pvt Ltd. company after completion of
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degree through that I have enhanced my various areas such as formulation of strategies and
techniques for effective recruiting along with communication skills and decision making ability.
Moreover I also have experience in employee relation, I have placed in this position because of
my good communication and inter-personnel skills. Along with this, with help of this position I
have encouraged my ability to handle conflicts and various issues through creative solution and I
have also learned to be being cool even under pressure which is necessary for retaining in a
organisation and to grab better opportunity. Moreover, I have develop a CV and cover letter for
applying at new job in JKL consultancy Pvt Ltd. for senior human resources executive and have
attached cover letter in which I have tell about various experiences and capabilities that I have
and with that I contribute to the success of company(Atamanova, and. et. al., 2019). I will move
forwards in my career development through gaining knowledge and learning in different areas
such as digital marketing as I am very interest in doing innovative and creative things through
which I can enhance my creativeness and will get opportunity to interact with more new people.
Along with this, I want to enhance my technical and analytical skills for the better development
of my career. I want to become a person that has a ability to work effectively and efficiently in
any field of management.
CONCLUSION
As per the above discussion it has been concluded that, professional development is the
roadmap which has been individual follow in order to achieve professional goals and for
continuous improvement and career development with optimum utilisation of skills, strategy and
education. Along with this, personal developments is the process for action plan while including
self awareness, values and refection. For this action plan worksheet has been developed for the
recognising the areas of learning for reaching at desirable status in future, moreover skills
assessment worksheet id developed to know about impoverishment areas.
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