Career Planning and Employability: Skills, Analysis, and Report

This report examines the critical aspects of career planning and employability. It begins with an introduction to employability, defining the skills and behaviors essential for success. The report delves into personal development plans, outlining strategies for skill enhancement and addressing gaps in capabilities. It includes a detailed analysis of strengths and weaknesses, utilizing tools like the 16 personalities framework and gap analysis to identify areas for improvement. The report also explores current developments in recruitment, emphasizing the skills and requirements for successful employment. It formulates SMART objectives and offers reflections on personal growth and development. The report concludes by synthesizing the key findings and providing recommendations for career advancement. The report covers a personal development plan with focus on critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork, ethics, communication, managing others, presentation skills, and ethical and social responsibilities. The report also includes a gap analysis that helps identify the strengths and weaknesses of employees.

Planning Careers and
Employ ability

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................3
Personal development plan.................................................................................................3
Critically evaluate the strengths and weakness of the skills...............................................9
Current developments in recruitment and the requirements for.......................................11
successful employ ability................................................................................................11
3 smart objectives.............................................................................................................12
Reflection.........................................................................................................................14
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................16
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................17

INTRODUCTION
Employability termed out as the set of the skills and behaviours that are crucial for
each job (Racine and Fischhoff, 2018). Therefore, skills are as soft skills, foundation skill that
aids to enhance the learning and proficiency of the individual. It is defined as ability to gain
initial employment, maintain and this also assist to obtain new employment as it required.
Therefore, employability is termed out as to having set of skills, knowledge and helps to
understanding the personal attributes of an individual.
On the other hand, career planning is termed out as process that encompasses the
stages that is inclusive of discovering the career path. It is termed out as the process that
involves of self assessment, experimentation, research, decision making and to accept the job
offer (Azmi, Hashim and Yusoff, 2018). Henceforth, this can be stated that career
management is defined as combination of structured planning and active choice of
management of the professional career.
The present report is based on topic as Planning career and and employability.
Furthermore, assignment will cover the personal development plan that demonstrate the future
course of actions that linked with gaps, theoretical and personal identified within the gap
analysis. Therefore, evaluation will be conducted on current development in recruitments and
about the requirements of successful employability. In addition to this, study also focused on
to formulate Personal development plan to strengthen the capabilities and also aids to
determine the lacking area that impact the working of individual.
Personal development plan
Personal development plan termed out as process that aids to create an action plan that
is based on the awareness, values, reflection and goal setting for personal development
(Suleman, 2018). It provides the proper framework that supports to investigate the areas of the
strength and weakness that helps to come up with the guide that optimize and capitalize on the
existing skills and capabilities. Henceforth, this is defined in the following manner as are-
What do I
want/need to
learn and why?
What will I do
to achieve this?
What resources or
support will I
need?
What will my
success criteria
be? how have I
implemented my
learning and what
impact has this had
Target dates for
review and
completion

(at work/outside of
work)?
Critical thinking
1. The first and
most significant
step for
developing
critical thinking
skills is to
becoming the
critic of the own
thoughts and
actions.
2. This is crucial
to analyse the
information and
develop the
foresight.
Use to do list,
Looking at the
various way to
develop critical
thinking skills,
After reading the
books that aids to
enhance my critical
thinking skills I will
test my knowledge
to carry out the
things in more
appropriate manner.
In order to identify
the success criteria,
the task will be
undertaken that can
aids to enhance the
competitive
advancement of an
individual.
I have implemented
this learning with
use proper action
plan that can aid to
enhance my critical
thinking approach
to carry out the
action in well and
appropriate mode.
1 week
Problem solving
1. In order to
develop the
problem solving
skill, this is
crucial to identify
the key issues
and needs to be
clear about the
problems.
2. The workplace
training mainly
designed to
Internet games,
Case study, by
undertaking the
observational study.
To take initiative in
terms to tackle
some problem
within the
enterprise.
The success in the
advancement of this
skill can be
identified with help
of using problem
solving approach
about the task, by
measuring out the
problem the all
other things can be
done In well and
advanced manner.
I have implemented
my learning with
2 week

develop problem
solving skill by
helping out the
employees to
work more
effectively and
efficiently.
use of undertaking
the strategies that
assist to carry out
the task in well
developed and
professional
manner.
Teamwork
1. In order to
enhance the
team working
skills there is
needs to enhance
the collaboration
together on the
project and task.
2. Team
managing
authority needs
to be clear about
the task and they
must
communicate
their team
members
effectively so
that better things
can be rendered.
3. To enhance the
team working
skills this is
crucial to getting
To work in team
manner so that
learning of the
individual can
be advanced.
By attending the
training that aids
to enhance the
team working
skill within an
individual.
By taking
participation in
the team work
so that
knowledge and
advancement of
an individual
can be
enhanced.
The success
relate to it can
be identified by
working with
the team and see
the contribution
towards to
accomplish
particular goal.
I have
implemented it
with use of
undertaking the
plan of action
that aids to
improve the
team working
participation. By
developing
team-working
participation the
individual can
able to perform
the task in more
3 week

the team together
and to regularly
check the
process, ask
question and
needs to address
any key issue.
appropriate
manner.
Ethics and social
responsibility
1. To enhance the
ethics and social
responsibility
there is needs to
attract investor
and keeps the
company share
price high and
this protects the
business from
takeover.
2. With help of
integrating the
business ethics
and principle of
social
responsibilities .
3. The enterprise
needs to make
difference within
world and this
also helps to
enhance their
reputation.
By knowing the
ethical rules or the
business.
With help of
knowing about the
ethical practices
and impact on
business conditions.
By reading ethical
and social
responsibilities
books.
With help of the
internet tutorials.
I can identify the
success criteria
with use of
knowing taking the
feedback of seniors.
I have implemented
it by knowing the
ethical and social
responsibilities that
leads to tackle the
issues of the
enterprise.

Communication
skills
1. This skill can
be enhanced with
help of making
interaction with
team individuals.
By enhancing the
interaction the
communication
skill of an
individual can be
improved.
2. An individual
needs to take the
initiative to work
out loud to set the
tone for open
communication
and transparency.
3. Individual
needs to respect
the feedback and
new ideas so that
the working can
be done in better
and more efficient
manner.
By making the
proper
communication,
With help of
developing the
strategies in
proper and
adequate manner.
By undertaking
skills that aids to
advanced the
learning of an
individual.
The success
relate to can be
identified with
working with the
team and to
undertake
communication
with team
members and
feedback from
seniors can be
taken.
I have
implemented
with finding the
way that can aids
to improve my
communication
and assist me to
undertake the
task in more
appropriate and
effective manner.
3 week
Managing others 1. In order to
enhance this skill,
the workers needs
to take steps to
manage the
By working with
the others, by
managing the
more than one
task at a time.
The success
criteria can be
identified with
use of taking
feedback of other
4 week

activities of the
organisation in
well and
appropriate
manner.
2. An individual
needs to set the
deadlines to each
task and allocate
the task to team
members as per
their capabilities
of performing the
things
appropriately.
With help of
making the
proper interaction
with person.
authorities.
I have
implemented it
by making the
plan that aids to
manage the
others in
enterprise.
Presentation skill 1. To enhance the
presentation skill
an individual
needs to enhance
the practical
approach of
working activities.
This can be
effective in terms
to have
advancement
within the skills.
2. By enhancing
the creative
approach of an
individual, the all
By seeing
creative video,
internet tutorial.
With use of
conducting the
more presentation
so that things can
be done in
effective and
efficient manner.
By enhancing the
creative approach
of an individual
so that things can
be done
The success
criteria can be
identified with
use of feedback
strategy.
I have
implemented it
with help of
making the plan
that can improve
my presentation
skill and can
leads me to
conduct the task
in more
appropriate
2 week

things within the
enterprise can be
done
appropriately.
3. By handling
more presentation
task and try to
make them more
effective with use
of advanced skills.
effectively. manner.
Critically evaluate the strengths and weakness of the skills
These skills are evaluated by the way of the 16 personalities which are working in the
effective way. 16 personalities would know about the working Behaviour of the employees
which are working in the company. I would prefer that the manager must have personality of
the counselling or which would help the employees to work in the effective way. Counsellor is
creative and dedicated which would help him to work In the effective way. Counsellor must
the skills like the time management skills and the effective communication skills. Manager can
also have the personality of the counsellor which would guide the employees to work in the
correct way. Personal challenges would be faced and solved by the manger which working in
the effective way. The employee would improve themselves in the areas like the
communication, motivation, leadership, time management, computers skills and many more
(Andrewartha and Harvey 2017).
Gap analysis
Gap analysis is the analyses which would help the individual to analyse the gap of the
individuals. It would help the individual to identify weakness and strengths which would help
the individual to work in the effective manner. In order to identify the gaps which would affect
individual to perform their task in the effective way. Gap can be stated as where we are and
where we want to be. Gap analysis tools are used to identify the gaps which would be
identified as the swot analysis model and many more models would be used by the
individuals.

Swot analysis is the done for analyzing the strengths and weakness and opportunities
in the effective way. These would provide the detail regarding the skills of the employers
which are working in the company. The employees have the certain skills and which would be
strengths and for the employees and certain skills would be weakness for the employees
(Choate, and et.al., 2016).
Strengths
Employees are working as the hotel managers and hotel manager must have the skills
which would have effect the employees. If the manager is self-motivated he would work in the
effective way and these would not have the impact on the employees which are working,. He
would be able to work in the effective manner, and he would be motivating the the employees
as well. Proper communication skills would change the image of the manager in front of the
junior employees. Effective communication skills would make the work successful and it
would also show that the manager is working in the effective way.
Weakness
Employees in hotel must have the polite Behavior and the employees are working in
the effective way. Hotel would consist of the many employees which are working in the hotel,
but if manager is not polite he would not able to communicate in the effective way and these
would affect the communication skills. Employees are not provided training and these would
affect the performance of employees because he has to been trained to work. Employees have
the computer skills but if not it would be then major weakness of the employees because
employees would not be able to do the work on the computers (Dickinson and Griffiths 2015).
Opportunities
Employees would get the opportunity of working by the way of the time management
skills and the team leader skills. Once the employees has learned how to manage the
employees and the time on the same time he would be working in the effective way. The work
of the employees would complete it on time and these would have the effect on the employee
performance. Employees must be the team leader skill which would help him to manage the
team and complete the team project on time.
Threats
In these employees would have to face the threat of not being trained by not using the
technology while working. Some employees are not trained and these employees would not

have the knowledge of using the technology and these would affect their performance. So
employees would work in the effective way and problems solving skills. Employees need to
be problems solving because if the employees would not have the problem solving skills
would not have the ability to work in the effective way (Hooley Dodd. and Shepherd 2016).
Current developments in recruitment and the requirements for
successful employ ability
There are various development trends in the recruitment process. People are tempering
the technology and people are using the tools which would help them to work in the effective
way. It would help to manage the work and complete the work in the accurate way. People are
learning new technologies and working efficiently. As the time is passing by technology is
increasing rapidly and people need to educate themselves for working in the big companies. In
that recruitment process company want the individual at work in the effective way. Company
is searching for the talent in all the employees which are coming to give the interviews. In
order to search the talent test is taken by the company to analyses then talent among the
candidates. Test includes the practicing test for the candidates whether they are fit for the job
role or not (Lewin 2015).
Modern technology is increasing and tit is used by the candidate in the effective way.
So the people are using the algorithm for working in the effective way. Algorithm would
include the data which is analyses and the facts and figures are analyses by the process of
algorithm. Skills and abilities of individual are tested in the process of the algorithm.
Algorithms is not concentrating on the emotion but it is concentrating on the final decision
which must be taken. Company would use the block chain methods in which the data is
protected. Block chain is commonly used by the companies for saving the data of the
candidates and the employees which are in the company. These details are used by the
company to verify the details and use the credential as well (Waheed and Zaim 2015).
The employees would which are applying in the company would require the essential
skills like the hotel manager would need the skills like the communication skills. These skills
would help the manager to work and communicate with the other members in the hotel. These
communication skills would show the ability of manager of handling the employee in the
effective way. Team work of the manager is so identified and the managers would work in the
proper way or not. Employees must be problems solving skills and these employees would be

able to solve the problems and complete the task on the given time. As the time is passing by
employees must be having the knowledge of the latest technology. The Latest technology is
used by the company to satisfy the customers and employees are given training to use the
technology and complete their work on the give time (Mitchell, and et.al., 2015).
Employees must be provided with the training skills which would help them to work in
the effective way and learning skills would provide the knowledge to the employees which are
working in the company. Planning and organizing is done on the basis of the work done and
the task which is it be completed in the given time. Proper planning and organize is done by
the manager for working in the correct way and form managing the employees which are
working under the manager.
The recruitment process would also include the video interview and the interviews are
conducted on the Skype video call and them the interviews are conducted and candidates are
selected on the basis of the skills which are tested on the video calls. Time to time feed backs
are given to the employees which are working to provide calls and the interviews as well.
Interviews and are also conducted on the telephone calls which would include the completion
of the work in the effective way. In some case candidate are also giving the interviews in then
other countries and form the other countries. So these type of the interviews are conducted on
the video call and when the candidates are selected they are called to the country (Noe
Hollenbeck Gerhart and Wright 2017).
These requirements of the employees are evaluated by the way of the recruitment
process. Recruitment process is including the test for the candidates which would contain the
test for the candidates which are working in company. These would help the manger to
manage the team and work in the proper way it would also help the manager to mange the
services and control the employees which are working under them. Skills of the employees
would be analysed by the way of the employability skills. These skills are tested and analysed
in the recruitment process (Tomy and Pardede 2019).
3 smart objectives
SMART OBJECTIVE 1: To manage people in team projects
How will I measure that I have achieved the objective 1: By taking feedback and reviews from

the team members
Planned activities for objective 1Date Resources required to carry out activity
Activity 1: learn leadership
styles
Approxim
ate up to
10
Employees would use the various leadership styles
for improving the leadership skills. These would
help the individual to work in the effective way.
Activity 2: time management 10 days Time management skills would help the individual
to work and complete the work given on the time.
Activity 3: communicate
effectively
3 days Effective communication would help the manager to
work in the effective and strength the relation with
the employees which are working under them. These
would build the strong team for completing the
project on the time (Stow and Crawford 2018).
SMART OBJECTIVE 2: To improve the computer skills
How will I measure that I have achieved the objective 2: By consulting the other team members
Planned activities for objective 2Date Resources required to carry out activity
Activity 1: apply theories for
improving the skills
Approxim
ate up to
10
Employees must learn the computers language and
try to work on the computers. Hotel would provide
the knowledge to the people which are working.
Proper attention in the training would provide them
the proper knowledge of the working of the
employees.
Activity 2: communicate with
the team members
10 days Effective communication with the team members
would help the manager to work in the effective
way, and they would also gain the knowledge
regarding the computer from the other colleagues
which have the knowledge about the effective
working of the employees (Rothwell 2015).
Activity 3: work on the3 days Weakness of the employee is the lack of the

weakness knowledge in the computers, so he would wrong on
the weakness and gain the knowledge regarding the
computers. These would help the employee st gain
the knowledge and complete the work on the given
time.
SMART OBJECTIVE 3: To identify the strengths
How will I measure that I have achieved the objective 1: By taking the feed back and reviews
Planned activities for objective 3Date Resources required to carry out activity
Activity 1: by identifying the
skills.
Approxim
ate up to
10
Strengths and weakness would be identified by the
way of the analyzing the work. Every individual
would, not have the knowledge regarding their skills
and that skills would be identified by the way of the
examining the work. These would also affect the
employee which are working in the company
(Rahman Rahman Ali and Khan 2016).
Activity 2: by working on the
strengths and weakness
10 days Once the skills are identified the strengths must be
improved more and these would create the weakness
would be improved as well. After identifying the
strengths these skills would be improved by the way
of the applying the theories for improving the skills
and people are also gaining the knowledge regarding
the gaining the education from the employees.
Activity 3: improve the
strengths
3 days After applying the theories and working on the
theories in the skills would be improved in the
correct way. These would also improve the
education of the employees and employees would
again more and effective knowledge and
performance of the employee would be improved

(Owens 2017)
Reflection
The employees are working in the hotel as the hotel manager and it would also
entertain the customers. Employees would need skills and abilities for working in the effective
way. Employees must have the certain skills for working at the hotel manager in the hotel. In
my opinion it would be said that the employees are working in the effective way and for that
employees must have certain skills and abilities. Effective communication skills would build
the confidence of the employees which are working and employees would also use the tastes
strategies and theories for completing the work on the given time. Effective competition would
lead the employees, and they would gain the confidence while communicating with the other
employees which are working in the company.
Employees would need proper time management skills for managing the work and the
time which is provided to complete the project. Effective time management would help the
employees to work in the correct way. In some case employees are working in the correct way
but after some time employees would not complete the work on the given time and these
would affect the sale of the hotel. These time management skills would result in the effective
working and employees would be encouraged to work on the given time. Time management
skills would make the employee punctual and employees would be completing the work on the
time.
Companies are making the effective measures for hiring the candidates and for hiring
the talented candidates. Talent need to be identified because it cannot be seen by the individual
person. People would use the latest strategies for improving their skills and these would help
the employees to work in the effective way. These would help the manager to work in the
effective way and the employees are working in the effective way.
Nowadays companies are using the latest technology in the recruitment process and the
latest technology would include the use of the video calling while interviewing the candidates.
In certain case candidate is not able to visit the place at where the interview is conducted then
the interviews are conducted on the basis of the video calling and these would have the effect
on the employee performance. Interviews are conducted on the basis of the skills and the

employees would be able to work in the effective manner. The skills of the candidate are
tested and identified and used as well. These skills would be identified by the person which is
conducting the interview on the video calling.
The report would also include the personal development plan which would help the
individual to improve the skills and work in the effective way. It would also help the employee
to improve the performance and gain the knowledge in correct way. Smart objectives would
help the employee to work in the effective way.
CONCLUSION
Hereby, it can be concluded that career plan is termed out as practical plan of action
that allows to determine the skills and interest, also set the career goals and this also put action
in the place that assist to reach the things effectively. In addition to this, career planning
process is termed out as to encompasses the stages that helps to discover the career path. The
present report is based on the topic as to Planning career and employability.
Furthermore, report has covered the personal development plan that present the future
course of actions and this is linked with gaps, theoretical and personal identified to undertake
the proper course of action. In addition to this, report has focused on to undertake the
evaluation that shows the current development in recruitments and also about the requirements
of successful employability.

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