LSST BNU FY026 Portfolio: Knowledge, Creativity, and Employability

This portfolio, prepared for the FY026 course at LSST BNU, showcases a student's journey towards enhancing employability. It includes a reflective summary explaining how various artifacts, such as a personal SWOT analysis, a personal development plan, reading logs, resources for job hunting, and examples of job descriptions, have contributed to skill development. The portfolio also features photos of work, academic resources, and blog posts related to career planning and the future job market. The student analyzes their strengths and weaknesses, outlines objectives for personal development, and explores various job-seeking websites. The portfolio demonstrates a commitment to self-assessment, skill enhancement, and preparation for the professional world, with an emphasis on knowledge and creativity as key components of employability.

PREPARING FOR SUCCESS: KNOWLEDGE AND CREATIVITY-FY026
CW2 - Portfolio
(2000 words)
Student’s Name:
LSST ID Number:
BNU ID Number:
Lecturer’s Name:
Submission Date:
OneDrive link of the
portfolio
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Table of Contents Page No.
1 REFLECTIVE SUMMARY TO EXPLAIN HOW AND WHY 10 ENCLOSED ARTEFACTSHAVE SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF MY
EMPLOYABILITY. - LO2, LO4
2 10 Appendices
Appendix 1 Photos or Samples of Work Produced in the PSKC Class (During Lessons, Webinars, Self-Study
Sessions or Workshops atLSST) -LO1, LO2, LO3
Appendix 2 Personal SWOT Analysis – LO2
Appendix 3 Personal Development Plan – LO2, LO4
Appendix 4 Reading Log 1 – L01, LO3
Appendix 5 Reading Log 2– L01, LO3
Appendix 6 Resources for Job Hunting 1 – L01, LO3
Appendix 7 Resources for Job Hunting 2 – L01, LO3
Appendix 8 Academic Resources 1 – BNU E-Library – L01, LO3
Appendix 9 Examples of Job Description and Personal Specification (screenshots) – L01, LO3
Appendix 10 Blog – How to Prepare for The Future Job Market? – L01, LO4
Appendix no Poster - New Features of MS WORD (RM Unify version) – L01, LO3
Appendix no Step by Step Guide - Work Together on PowerPoint Presentations– L01, LO3
Appendix no Reading Log 3– L01, LO3
Appendix no Reading Log 4– L01, LO3
Appendix no My Favourite Bucks Graduate Attributes – L01, LO4
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HOW AND WHY 10 ENCLOSED ARTEFACTS HAVE SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF MY EMPLOYABILITY?(500 words)
Employability is described as the skills possessed by individuals to make themselves employable for the different jobs. The organisations along with the
effective subject knowledge and the technical understanding they require specific job specifications to be fulfilled by the employees. It is very important for
the candidates to develop their skills and knowledge for making themselves fit for the different businesses requirements. The world is continuously changing
and the industries are also upgrading themselves to meet the requirements. This requires the candidates to improve and enhance their skills and knowledge to
become eligible for the business. I have learned from the artefacts that it personal development is very important and it has provided the ways through which
it could be done. It has provided that the practical exposure and learning sessions are essential as they help in understanding the concepts and standards with
deeper knowledge. To become specialised in the field learning and practical experience play a vital role in success of candidates. The personal SWOT
analysis has also helped in analysing my strengths on which further work could be performed and weaknesses to be improved by the business. It has provided
me to assess the different opportunities that will arise in the future. There are also some threats for which prior preparation could be made. Self assessment is
very essential for taking further steps for improvements. On this basis, the future actions are required to be performed for working on these strengths and
weaknesses. The self development plan has also helped me to plan the actions that I will take for self development. The blogs about the career planning and
learning skills has helped me to learn the ways and method of improving the skills. The effective utilisation of the time is very essential as done during the
lockdown with the help of internet. I have researched about various career options of which I was not aware previously. It helped to assess by doing some
extra session how I could become eligible for other options also. Study skills and learning materials show that the student is required to use quality resources
for studying and prepare strategies that help in studying. There is large number of sources that could be used to get access over large number of information
such as e-library. It has eased the learning process to a considerable level. Also the assessment of different job seeking sites helped me in knowing what are
the advantages and disadvantages of various sites that may help in getting good job. There are millions of vacancies posted over sites and it could be
processed in the most efficient manner for deriving better advantages. I have also gained knowledge and understanding from the job descriptions and person
specifications to identify what basic requirements are needed in every job and how to make myself suitable for desired jobs. Also the blog writing has helped
me to carry out research for the future job opportunities and what they will require from the candidates. These artefacts have developed my knowledge in
broad way and making myself employable.
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APPENDIX 1: Photos or Samples of Work Produced in PSKC Class
Caption: Caption:
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APPENDIX 2: My Personal SWOT Analysis(as a student of BNU)
STRENGTHS (strong points) WEAKNESSES (weak points)
1 I am having good academic record throughout the
schooling and graduation.
1 I face issues in communicating with new people
2 I am good at sports and other co-curriculum
activities
2 I am bad at concentrating the focus over productive things.
3 I am good at time management for doing various
tasks
3 I have less economic and general knowledge
4 I have good friend circle and connections 4 I am addictive to using social sites for entertainment
5 I always look for learning new things 5
OPPORTUNITIES (potential gains) THREATS (potential losses)
1 The industrial revolution will create number of job
opportunities
1 New challenges in the university as student
2 The new learning methods will ease the studying 2 Negative interactions with new people
3 New advancement will be learned in the
graduation through practical exposure
3 I may face issues in understanding things from new tutors
4 To meet new people and grow communication
skills
4 Adjusting to new environment could be difficult for me
5 Increase the knowledge in the core subject areas 5 Access over limited resources for study
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APPENDIX 3: My Personal Development Plan (to become an employable graduate after 2024)
OBJECTIVES FOR MY
PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
ACTIONS REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE MY
OBJECTIVES
SUPPORT
AND/OR
RESOURCES I
NEED
TIMEFRAME ESTIMATED
DATE OF
COMPLETION /
ACHIEVEMENT
Improving technical
knowledge
Focusing over study course
Attending all the practical sessions
Practicing new things for perfection
University
course/ Internet/
software
2 years 31/12/2022
Improving Research
knowledge
Accessing new sources
Analysing different journals and artciles
Getting assistance from tutors for
research
Articles/
Research data/
Ineternet/Journa
ls
2 years 31/12/2022
Improving communication
skills
Taking online communication courses
Communicating with new people
Internet /
learning
materials
6 months 31/06/2021
Self development Taking online courses
Practicing the things for personal
development both at mental and physical
level
Internet /
learningmaterial
s
1 year 31/12/2021
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APPENDIX 4: Reading Log 1
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TITLE AND
WEBLINK
How you can continue to focus on Career Planning during the Covid-19 Lockdown
https://portal.lsst.ac/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=2214
SUMMARY AND
YOUR COMMENTS
OF THE BLOG IN
YOUR OWN
WORDS
This blog has been written on the current pandemic situation about how the time could be used positively. The blog has provided
different methods and ways about how this time of lockdown could be used for researching over the different sources that provide
the options for career development. The blog has provided good knowledge to a considerable extent about what could be done and
how it could be done like using the internet and telephones for communicating with counsellors and researching. It has tried to make
the students understand that this time is not to be wasted but to be utilised effectively for personal growth and development. On
researching different options that are available to them they could choose their interest areas and could excel in them. The blog was
good but has not provided specific examples of sites that may be used by them using the internet for research. There are number of
resources available and identifying accurate and reliable information is difficult task. It should have provided certain examples to
help the students more. The overall blog was good at making students aware time utilisations. Also to drag the attention and to retain
the interest of readers it must contain something which people face in real.
IN-TEXT CITATION ( Chawinga, 2017)
FULL REFERENCE Chawinga, W.D., 2017. Taking social media to a university classroom: teaching and learning using Twitter and blogs. International Journal of Educational
Technology in Higher Education. 14(1). p.3.

APPENDIX 5: Reading Log 2
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TITLE AND
WEBLINK
Study skills and learning materials
https://portal.lsst.ac/mod/resource/view.php?id=2264
SUMMARY AND
YOUR COMMENTS
OF THE BLOG IN
YOUR OWN
WORDS
The current blog is related to the digital age of communication and this makes is focused over generating and treating the student in more effective and efficient
manner. The major reason for this is that if the communication will be taking place in the education line. Further in the education centre there is a major impact
over the learning and studies of the student as with help of the use of latest technology the working and learning of the student has increased to a great extent.
Further with the help of the use of latest technology this will also increase the efficiency of the employees and this will assist the learner in learning in more
effective and efficient manner.
IN-TEXT CITATION ( Torres and Statti, 2019)
FULL REFERENCE Torres, K.M. and Statti, A., 2019. A global perspective of classroom technology integration and use. In Educational Technology and the New World of
Persistent Learning (pp. 93-113). IGI Global.

APPENDIX 6: Resources for Job Hunting 1
Monster. Com
Description: Monster.com is global employment site for website. The site is owned by Monster
worldwide. The site was started in 1999 when two sites merged Online Career Center and Monster
Board. The holding company is Randstad which is international HR consulting firm formed in Dutch.
Headquarters of company are situated at Weston, Massachusetts. This attracts students from all over
the world and known for its premium plans that display their adverts at desktop of different
oeganisations in search of good candidates
Image
IN-TEXT CITATION: (Leibbrandt and List, 2018) IN-TEXT CITATION
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
The website has global presence that helps in knowing vacancies
around the world
It has millions of resumes looking over job globally
Website is simple and easy to operate by new individuals also The site has faced serious criticism for stock option scandal
The site display the job over multiple number of sites and social media
also drawing more active attention
The website is not free and benefits only high paid members
The plans helps in reducing competition between the candidates Risk of data privacy and other issues is high
Conclusion (Will I use it?/ How to use it effectively?)
The website will not be used as it has increased level of competition and there is high risk of data theft. It is not useful for getting active and
quick response.
References
Leibbrandt, A. and List, J.A., 2018. Do equal employment opportunity statements backfire? Evidence from a natural field experiment on job-entry decisions (No. w25035). National Bureau
of Economic Research.
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