Positive Psychology for Success: Skills, Goals, and Career Path

This report outlines a plan for career success using principles of positive psychology. It includes an application for a front office manager position, research on the hospitality industry, and a reflection on self-awareness, highlighting strengths like communication and decision-making skills, and weaknesses such as time management and anger issues. A skills audit assesses current abilities, and a personal development plan focuses on improving time management, teamwork, and stress management. The report also presents a CV, outlines self-development activities, identifies career challenges, and defines specific goals. The reasons for choosing the candidate emphasize quick learning ability and strong communication skills, concluding that success is a motivator for developing necessary skills and learning new things. The document is available on Desklib, a platform offering study tools and resources for students.

Positive Psychology for
Success

Table of content
• Introduction
• Outline of job position
• An outline of your research on the industry
• Reflection and discussion of self-awareness
• Skill audit
• Personal development plan
• CV
• An outline of extra self-development activities
• Challenges for career aspiration
• Goals
• The reason to choose me
• Conclusion

Introduction
• Success is important in life of a person as a person plans for
everything to get success in life. In order to get success,
individual needs to develop different types of skills, knowledge
and capabilities.
• It is essential for them in order to make them self-capable
enough and also to improve their performance.

Outline of the position
• I am applying for the job position of front office
manager as I have the necessary skills required for this
job position.
• There is also increasing demand for this job profile in
the market that provides the opportunity to get a
higher level of job position in a large organisation.

An outline of your research on the industry
• The front office manager job is related to the hospitality industry
which is a growing industry. There is increasing interest of people in
the tour and travel activities that give rise to this industry.
• There are around 178000 job positions vacant in this industry. Job
vacancies in this industry have increased in comparison to the
previous year which is an impact of a pandemic.

Reflection and discussion of self awareness
Strength Weakness
 I have good communication skills as I can communicate with any person without
getting nervous. I do not get hesitated to communicate with different people which
allows me to communicate in an effective manner.
 I have the capability to make a quick decision which is essential for me. It allows me
to complete work in less time and also helps me to overcome problems quickly.
 I have team working skills that allow me to work in a team. It is one of the important
skills which does not allow a person for purpose of working in a team.
 I have poor time management skills which creates a problem for me to meet the deadline
of the project. It is not a good situation for a person as it creates a bad impression about
me in others minds.
 I also have anger issues as I lost control when I get stressed. It will create problems for me
as I am short-tempered.
Opportunity Threat
 I have the opportunity to get higher education in the field of hotel management
courses.
 There is an increasing job opportunity in the hospitality industry which provides me
the opportunity to get a good job.
 Increasing competition in the market creates a threat for me to find out good opportunity
as there are a number of candidates who are finding jobs.

Skill audit
Skills Rate by me Rate by other Difference
Team working 7 8 1
Communication 8 8 -
Time
management
5 5 -
Stress
management
6 7 1
Decision making 8 8 -

Personal development plan
Skills Action Assessment Time frame
Time
managemen
t
In order to develop time management skills, it is essential for me to understand how to prioritise the work. It
assists me to understand which work is more important to complete first and which is not. I also need to avoid
multitasking as it creates a negative impact on the capability of a person to complete the work. I also need to
learn to say no to some work.
In order to assess this skill, I will ensure that I am
able to complete the work on a timely basis.
1 Month
Team
working
For purpose of developing a skill, a person needs to understand their goals. It is also important for them in order
to understand their role. In order to work in a team, it is important for me to clarify the roles of different people
and also for managing time in an efficient manner. These people also need to develop team rules and other
things for purpose of completing the work in a group in an effective manner.
For purpose of assessment of this skill, I need to
ensure that by working in a team, I will be able to
attain the goals and objectives.
2 Months
Stress
managemen
t
For purpose of developing this skill, a person needs to do regular exercise. I will exercise regularly which will
allow me to control my stress. I also need to relax my muscles which is important for me. I will also take break
from work and also find some time for my hobbies.
Assessment of this skill require whether I lost my
control for management of stress.
3 Months

CV
Front office manager
Thomas Salvatore
123 Park street
England, United Kingdom
Career objectives
Skilled and capable front office manager with a fresh ideas looking for a diverse job to learn new things, knowledge and experience.
Work experience: Fresher
Qualification
 Bachelors in business management
 Diploma in hotel management
Skills
 Good communication skills
 Team working skills
 Leadership as well as motivation skills
 Problem solving skills
 Decision making skills
 Time management skills

An outline of extra self-development
activities
• There are different types of self-development activities to be organised during my academic life
which provide me the opportunity to learn new things and also develop new skills. It is important
for me in order to interact with new people and also to grab new things from them.
• I have participated in a job fair where there are different companies recruiting different candidates.
There are also different types of candidates who want to get job opportunities. I have learned
different things there as how to make myself more professional and which things will increase my
chances of employment.

Challenges for the career aspirations
• Poor time management skills are creating challenges for me to attain my goals as it does not allow
me to complete work on time. It is one of the serious situations for an individual as it does not
allow them to create a good image in minds of others.
• Another challenge for me is increasing competition in corporates. There are a number of skilled
and talented employees there who are finding out good career opportunities It creates problems for
me to find out a suitable job for me.

Goals
 Development of time management skills to complete work on time.
 Developing network with people for purpose of finding out good career opportunity
 Finding out the right job that is according to my skills and interest.