Career Viewpoint Report: Analysis, Action Plan, and CV Details

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of a student's career viewpoint, focusing on the retail and marketing sectors. It begins with a personal analysis of the student's skills, including language proficiency, communication, and organizational abilities, as well as areas for development such as problem-solving and strategic thinking. A detailed career action plan is then presented, outlining specific goals, strategies, and timelines for skill development through case study analysis, seminar attendance, and internships. The report also includes a sample CV and a LinkedIn profile, highlighting the student's qualifications and experience, with a focus on marketing-related skills and industry knowledge. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of self-assessment and proactive career planning, with references to relevant academic sources.

Career Viewpoint

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
PERSONAL ANALYSIS................................................................................................................3
CAREER ACTION PLAN..............................................................................................................4
CV....................................................................................................................................................5
LinkedIn Profile...............................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Career viewpoint enables an individual to take various actions throughout their lifetime with
the aim of being successful in their career. A career consists of the job possessed by a person,
title they have earned, work that they accomplish in a certain period (Godward, Dale and Smith,
2019). On the basis of research conducted in CW1 it was identified that retail sector is growing
tremendously and if offers a lot of opportunity in the marketing field for the graduates on
different levels. With the help of this retailers can better understand the customer buying
behaviour and in this graduated students having well versed knowledge if technology can
facilitate them in the same. For executing the role of marketing person various skills that will be
required includes problem solving ability, commercial awareness, writing and creative skills.
Along with this significant knowledge of formulating various marketing strategy is also required.
In this report various skills and knowledge of an individual along with their strengths and
weaknesses will be discussed. Also career action plan will be formulated that can help in
efficiently achieving the job goals and objectives.
PERSONAL ANALYSIS
For performing various roles it is important that an individual have various skills and
knowledge as with the help of this they can efficiently perform their role. The skills reflect the
strengths of a person with the help of which they can perform their role. As the opportunity in
the retail sector are high and it reflects that marketing field will offers various job opportunity as
with this the customer buying behaviour can be managed (Duboust and Knight, 2018). For
undertaking that role it is important for me to analyse the skills, knowledge and abilities that I
have and which I have to develop. The language known to me includes English, Italian and
Spanish with the help of which the need of local people can easily be understood interaction can
be made. Along with this I possesses better communication skills which I gained by participating
in various activities such as extracurricular activities organised at university level and while
working in the team in different environment such as in undertaking research where interaction

with the customers need to be done. Along with this my organisational skills will enable me to
perform better which I developed as a team leader in my last job profile and also I was able to
develop enthusiastic team worker that contribute a lot. In addition to this I have an understanding
of the concept of food allergy and its impact as I had to consider all such factors of the
inventoried food, ingredients while preparing the vendor orders and maintaining the stock level.
Apart from all this I have significant knowledge of the requirement of the hospitality industry as
they use to procure stock from the organisation I used to work with. But for meeting the
requirement of the emerging retail industry I have to develop various skills which are required to
perform the marketing role efficiently. Such skills includes problem solving skills, strong
attention is required on the details, commercial awareness is must along with ability to formulate
various strategies such as promotional strategy, pricing strategy etc. With the help of this
analysis I could make an analysis that I have ability to efficiently interact with the customers and
to manage the teams but for dealing with various issues I need to gather various skills. For
developing such skills I need to focus upon personal development plan so that such skills can be
developed and the opportunity in the retail industry for marketing profile can easily be availed
(Autin, 2018).
CAREER ACTION PLAN
For developing various skills the career development plan will be formulated which will
facilitate in
CAREER ACTION PLAN
GOAL: To develop various skills such as problem solving skills, strong attention, commercial
awareness, formation of various strategies etc. with the help of which role in the marketing field
can be executed properly such as it will enable in determining the needs of the customers,
identifying the opportunities that are present in the market, understanding the buying behaviour
of the customers and dealing with various problems with better understanding of the strategies
and customer behaviour. To enhance the other employability skills that can enhance the overall
performance.
POSSIBLE STRATEGIES: For achieving this goal various tasks and actions must be
undertaken such as attending various sessions, case studies and problem identification for the
companies etc. Various such actions are given below:
TASK\ACTIONS RESOURCES TIMELINE

Case Studies Analysis I will gather various case study manuals
from my library and will identify that
case which can help in developing
various such skills problem solving,
understanding of the reactions of the
customers and many more.
For studying a significant
number of different cases
and analysing them with
consultation of the
professors will take 6
months (Tshube, Malete
and Feltz, 2018).
Attending various
sessions and seminars
Various sessions and seminars are
organised for teachers and students by
different organisation by attending those
seminars the trends prevailing in the
industry can be analysed. Along with
this online sessions will be taken for
analysing the strategies and formulating
various strategies (Vondracek, Lerner
and Schulenberg, 2019).
In the remaining six
months of the graduation
course as many as such
sessions and seminars I
can attend. Also various
online sessions will be
taken meanwhile.
Internship with any retail
company operating on a
large scale
In the last semester, internship program
is must for at least a month and it can be
done in any retail company as with this
significant experience regarding the
requirement of different skills can be
identified.
Within a period of one
month.
CV
Curriculum Vitae is considered to be a job advertisement with the help of which the candidate let
the employers know about their skills, abilities and knowledge that they have, along with the
experience, their professional qualification, personal information (Whitehall, 2018). The CV
including all the skills and information are given below:
LAVINIA ANGELA ANDRUSEAC

Location: Petersfield Rise, 13 Purbrook House, London.
Telephone: [phone]
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
An organised and qualified professional who has recently completed academic studies and
looking for a job in the area of marketing as dedicated for providing highest level of customer
services with an outgoing ability and efficient capability to multi-task.
CORE SKILLS
 Various languages known such as English, Italian and Spanish
 Problem solving skills
 Strong focus and attention to the details
 Better commercial awareness
 Better communication skills developed through team management and by participating in
various extracurricular activities
 Understanding of the concept of food allergy
 Knowledge of hospitality industry
 Various organisational and managerial skills such as a better team leader with ability to
develop enthusiastic team mates
CAREER SUMMARY
As an Chef De Partie, Ch&Co - London, UK.
Key responsibilities:
 Management of the shelf in the store
 Management of the inventory with the help of store manager
 Preparation of the purchase order with the help of the inventory managers on the basis of
the demand of the customer
 To assist the customers upon their visiting
 Taking feedbacks from the customers regarding their experience along with suggestions
Store assistant in a local retailer in London, UK
Key responsibilities:
 To assist the customer in selecting the products, making them understand its benefits etc.
 Billing process
 Maintenance of the cash register for processing the transactions
 Management of the inventory in terms of the daily counts

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION
 Business management in 2019 from Buckinghamshire New University – London.
 Industrial High School in 1999 from Romania
LinkedIn Profile
LAVINIA ANGELA ANDRUSEAC
Location: Petersfield Rise, 13 Purbrook House, London.
Summary: I am currently working a store assistant with local retailer in London offering wide
variety of goods and services to the customers. I ensure that my LinkedIn profile is up-to-date
and complete so that I can find out a better opportunity. With the help of this profile I can
highlight my abilities and expertise that can facilitate me in getting better opportunity.
Education: Business management in 2019 from Buckinghamshire New University – London;
Industrial High School in 1999 from Romania
Skills: The skills that I possess include, I can speak English, Italian and Spanish with the help of
which I can easily communicate with the people. I have better problem solving skills along with
strong focus on the details and information, have better understanding of the commercial aspects.
Along with this I have better understanding of the hospitality industry as we use to provide them
supplied.
Groups:
 Social Media Marketing
 Stepping into the spotlight
Companies:
 Tesco Plc.
 Sainsburry’s
 Associated British Foods
CONCLUSION
On the basis of the above report it is concluded that for an individual it is important to
analyse various skills so that they can determine their strengths and weaknesses. With the help of

such analysis it was identified that which skills must be developed that can enable an individual
to grab the opportunity. The career action plan will facilitate in developing such skills step by
step within the given time frame. In addition to this the formation of documents such as CV and
the LinkedIn profile will enable in getting the right job as with the help of this the employers can
identify the skills and abilities of the candidate.

REFERENCES
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