Personal Pitch Report: Skills Audit, Goals, and Dev Plan Analysis

This report, a personal pitch by a student, provides a comprehensive analysis of their skills through a skills audit, including a SWOT analysis to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The report then outlines short-term, medium-term, and long-term career goals, detailing specific objectives such as improving communication and time management. Finally, it presents a professional development plan, emphasizing the importance of self-analysis and reflection to enhance skills and achieve career aspirations. The report aims to boost confidence for interviews, networking, and overall career progression, offering insights into the student's journey towards managerial roles and professional success. The report is available on Desklib, a platform providing AI-based study tools.

Personal Pitch

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................................2
TASK 1.......................................................................................................................................................2
Skills audit analysis.................................................................................................................................2
TASK 2.......................................................................................................................................................5
Short term, medium term and long term goals.........................................................................................5
TASK 3.......................................................................................................................................................6
Professional Development plan...............................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION........................................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES........................................................................................................................................11
Books and Journals:...............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
A personal pitch is usually a brief introduction to a person and his background. A
personal pitch can also be which can be understood as which provide a purpose of giving a crisp
overview of the experience of a person and his skills as a candidate (Asgharnia, A. and Et.al.,
2020). When a person frameworks a pitch provides a booster to his confidence for his interviews,
regarding job fairs or networking events. For a person it is very important to have a pitch ready
during the interview session because it provides an icebreaker to start any communication or
conversation whether it is face to face or virtual. It provides a great benefit to having a pitch is
that it can take a person to the top. The report aims to effectiveness of person’s skills on work,
personal development plan and opportunities and barriers he find in his path to grow his career.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Skills audit analysis.
Skills audit is systematic project which is related to a person’s skill and knowledge. With
reference to this, an audit must be considered with evidence which is related to existing and
developing competencies. Furthermore, it is related to need analysis which simplifies with the
meaning to identify requirements of growth of an individual. In other words, it can be understood
as a skill audit and need analysis which have to phases that is what a person is already have and
what they desire to be. Consequently, an initial audit as well as need analysis is a reflection
theory and it should be keep up to date on a timely basis.
Mr. A is a person who is 29 years old. He is graduate and working for well-known
company in the hospitality sector and he is in the second year into recruitment program. Mr. A
joined the company and on the other side at university following graduation and transfer it to his
present department. Onwards he is completing a year now and refreshed to enter management
development program and managerial leadership (Caldwell, M. T., Jiam, N. T. and Limb, C. J.,
2017). Furthermore, he returned as junior manager to his department. Skill audit of an individual
is required to conduct a SWOT analysis because this will help to ascertain strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and threats. With an addition to my own skills, SWOT analysis is to be performed
under below:-
Strengths  The skills in which I can see my
strength is administration where it can
help me to complete a job which is
related to managing and control
business in a productive way. It is
comprising with several skills such as
meeting with internal and external
stakeholders, filing paperwork,
presenting important information,
development of processes and much
more.

 My confidence is very high which will
help me to piloting several types of
activities in a very effective way (da
Silva, W. J. N. and Et.al., 2017). With
the help of my confidence at my work
I will be able to make a conversation
with anyone and able to convey
important information in a very
attractive way.
 I am also good to co-ordinate and
build teamwork which is very
essential for a manager and a
leadership role. With an addition to
this, it is one of the needed skills
which will assist in maintaining
teamwork which is productive for
organization as well.
Weaknesses  One of my weakness that I identified
in myself is that about time
management. I think I am not able to
manage things on time. For acquiring
career opportunities it is necessary for
me to handle things in an appropriate
way and complete them within a
specific time period.
 Another weakness in me is for
decision making. It is acknowledged
within me that I cannot take decisions
relevantly to a subject in an easy
manner (Feng, K. and Et.al., 2017).
That is why sometimes it will be
complicated for me and create various
problems regarding to make a
decision.
 It is also a weakness about verbal
communication because it may be a
hurdle in my career growth. In a
professionalism, communication is
very important with anyone whether it
is with junior or senior.
 Sometimes I left with planning which
can be relatable with anything.
Moreover, when planning is not
suitable it will result in difficulties and
problems in performing any task.
Opportunities  I am seeking opportunities while

boosting confidence in me which will
create better benefits as well in my
professionalism.
 Team building skills and coordination
skills will bring out several types of
opportunities for me that will help me
to work as a manager in an
organization and able to lead my team
members in a very appropriate manner
(Trullàs Malaret, E.). With, an
addition to this, team building helps in
achieving the desired objectives and
aims.
 Administrative skills will also be
helpful for me that will create several
benefits and opportunities and can
help me to conduct various kinds of
task and activities in a very attractive
manner.
Threats  As I am weak in managing time it will
be a threat for me as I cannot able to
complete my work and achieve
desired objectives and goals within a
particular time.
 Another threat for me communication
as it is one of my weakness which I
need to develop as it can create many
problems for me also if I cannot
enhance my communication skills it
will be danger for me in my
professionalism also.
 It will be a threat if I am not able to
plan something in an appropriate
manner (Hancock, A. B., 2017). It can
take several chances to grow and
develop my career.
Skills 1 2 3 4 5
Team building *
Decision making *
Administration skills *
Confidence *
Time management *

Planning *
Communication *
From the mentioned skill audit, it has been concluded that there are several skills which I
have to enhance and grow for my better career opportunities. Consequently, my weakness such
as decision making, poor planning, time management, communication, improving this skills in a
very appropriate manner I will be able to create future growth and get opportunities in a several
ways. In simple words, it can be understood that by developing skills and weaknesses I will get
many professional opportunities to conduct in a better way and gain competitive benefits as well.
TASK 2
Short term, medium term and long term goals.
The concept of professional development plan and is also known as career development
plan. This plan is used by an individual to acknowledge his aims and objectives regarding career
and select best strategies which will help to accomplish their objectives and support him to get
more success in his personal and professional life. It will also serve him a great platform for
opportunities to make his future secure and bright. There are chief areas where a personal
development plan exists such as emotional, mental, physical and social. The professional
development plan involves three term plans which is short term goals, medium term goals and
long term goals.
Short term goals:
Short term goals are very significant for a person to get start towards his career goals.
This is a plan where an individual is concentrated towards one thing at a particular time so that
this will not only support towards motivation but also help to increase his productivity level and
move towards long term goals (Ro, A., 2018). It is very essential for an individual to look out on
things to accomplish short term objective and intention to achieve long-term goals sooner in their
life and become more successful in his professional life. It helps to get stronger and also helps
them to increase their confidence level so that they can face any challenges and problems.
Through this they will search for opportunities that will make them enough capable and get more
progress. These are such goals which can be completed in 3 to 5 months duration. My short term
career goals are to achieve something very soon that is to finish my early manager course so that
I can be eligible for the position and able to complete project for a business. For examples:-
 I have to improve my communication skills.
 Focused on enhancing interpersonal skills as well as soft spoken skills.
 Boosting verbalization in communication section.
Medium term goals:
The medium term goals can be those goals which take time to complete 3 to 5 years.
When short term goals are collected and join together with an intention to get completed a
medium term objectives can be understood as a medium term goals. Short and medium term

goals supports a person to get his long-term objectives in a very creative and suitable manner that
means they get a career path to achieve their long-term objectives. Medium term objectives helps
organization as well as a person to overcome any kind of barrier in everyday practicing and also
drawn out the site that a person can see for the organization (Razavieh, A., Zeitzoff, P. and
Nowak, E. J., 2019). These are such type of goals which last more than a year for the existing
business or the new business but however it will be under 5 years. This type of goals are very
supportive because they are long enough to make essential and appropriate progress while
having minimum time that assist a person to get his success in his personal and professional life.
With a research it has been recognized that most of the learners acquire these types of objectives
but they are not paying enough attention to get this objectives done. Moreover, it is plays a very
significant and important role towards the success and career growth of an individual. My
medium term goal is to be responsible about my duty for leading my team and guide them in an
appropriate manner also support then to face challenges in a productive manner (Zheng, Z. and
Et.al., 2017). I also want to get engagement in business functions which supports a team
significantly. For examples:-
 Mature enough to do multi-tasking.
 Formulate active attitude.
 Take part into several online classes or E-courses for developing personal and
professional skills.
Long term goals:
Long term goals are very essential for the personal and professional development of an
individual. Long term goals supports an individual to become stronger and confident enough that
can help to make their future bright. Self-improvisation of a person is very important and
mandatory as they offer enough things in order to make them focused towards their goals and
objectives. They also helps them to show a career path and form a direction in their career
development as well. Long term goals of a person can be a promotion to the middle management
along with this to get a support from their teammates or from the high level authority. Long term
goals is also answerable for managing and controlling large number of team and employees that
is why it takes longer time to complete in comparison with medium term goals. The goals and
objectives which are definite by an individual in order to complete in a specific duration for the
long term goals, it is very essential for an individual to recall things about their knowledge and
education or skills, about the jobs or whatever they want to become in the future. For examples:-
 Burgeoning skills of managing stuffs in the organization.
 To get my degree in my masters and PHD.
 Build up the skills for executing and implementing stuffs.
TASK 3
Professional Development plan.
Professional development plan is an authentication of a process of self-analysis, honest
appraisal, and personal reflection of a person's strengths and weaknesses. In other words, it can
be understood as PDP is a process of developing action plan for an individual which is based on

objectives, reflection, awareness, planning and value which can be relatable to personal and
professional development with a reference to career, self-improvement, education and much
more. With an addition to this, it is very necessary to execute personal development plan because
it will offer a person to work on his weak areas and achieving career objectives in a more
effective and efficient manner (Moretti, E. and Wilson, D. J., 2017). As considering my
weaknesses such as poor communication, poor planning, time management or decision making
so that it is very significant for me to develop it because they are help me in looking for better
opportunities and also support me in conducting my task in an appropriate way. Personal and
professional development plan of me are as follows:-
What do I want
to learn?
What do I have
to do?
What support
and resources
will I need?
How will I
measure
success?
Target date for
review?
Time
management
For improving
time
management
skills there are
several options
available such as
setting the
limits, for what I
will say yes,
start task early,
prioritizing
activities, giving
break to myself,
deadlines,
scheduling task,
use technologies
which help in
completing
responsibilities,
learning patterns
of productivity,
reinforcing good
habits, complete
one task at a one
time and much
(Zhao, H. and
Et.al., 2017).
The organization
where I working
my mentor will
suggest me to
manage task and
activities by
apportioning
time and offer
feedback as per
the activities
conducting in a
specific time
period.
I need to
measure my
success by
completing goals
and achieving
objectives of
allotted task on
time.
Performance
appraisal for
formal and
informal
activities.
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Decision-
making
I can be able to
take right
decisions by
analyzing each
and every aspect
of task and
My teammates
will help me to
take right
decision and also
correct me in my
mishandlings.
By taking
feedback from
higher
management
authority will
make sure me
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activity in a very
appropriate
manner which
will support me
to develop my
decision making
skills.
Although in the
current project in
which I am
working, project
manager will
also support me
on the same.
that the decision
is right or not.
Communication By having a
conversation
with my
teammates and
other peoples in
the organization
I will be able to
improve my
communication
skills (Xu, T.
and Et.al., 2019).
Furthermore, I
can make sure
taking reviews
and feedback
from my team
members
relatable to
communication
can help me to
develop my
skills regarding
communications.
With my line
manager I can be
able to make this
happen in my
organization
(Poultney, A.
and Et.al., 2018).
I am looking for
high priority
training centers
which will make
sure to develop
my
communication
skills.
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Planning For improving
and developing
my planning
skills there is a
need of training
and managing
everything
which can be
related to daily
task in effective
manner also it
will help in
communication
skills as well.
My line manager
can give me
appropriate
suggestion and
feedback from a
team member
will be very
helpful.
Performance
appraisal and
monitoring
throughout
development
sessions.
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Actions plans:-

Opportunities Current standard Future standards Action for
improvement
Time management 2 4 When tasks are
properly plan and
scheduled it will help
me to managing all
the stuffs on time.
Planning 3 5 I will be able to plan
by taking feedbacks
from my colleagues
or higher authorities
and reviews from my
past history (Li, D.
and Et.al., 2017).
Communication 3 5 I will look to take
part in the
conferences and
seminars to improve
my verbal and
nonverbal
communication skills.
Decision-making 2.5 4 Denoting my past
decisions and make
team members
involved in my
decisions, it will help
me to meet my future
objectives.
Barriers in the process of self-development.
 Fear of committing mistakes: Many successful people can commit mistakes on the early
stage of their career, even I failed number of times and commit many mistakes in the
process of my developing skills. But all I learn is that life is a process of continuous
learning so I make myself and not afraid to do mistakes because mistakes can be a
another chapter to learn something. It has been shown that I have try at least until it get
done.
 Getting distracted: There are many distractions where I lose my focus for developing my
skills and knowledge (Koenig-Lewis, N., Asaad, Y. and Palmer, A., 2018). When I get
distracted from a lot of stuffs I lose my vision for getting my career objectives and not
even realizing that I sustained with my success. I get distracted from many things when I
need to complete my business project I got distracted sometimes from browsing internet
or playing with kids or watching TV. I didn't able to get motivated and I could always go
back to zero.

 Lack of support systems: Always notice people around me have some support system to
boost up their strength and get inspired by others but I have experienced lack of support
system in my way of achieving goals of life. There was no one to help me or inspired me
and motivate me to get my passion about career objective done. That is why I feel
uninterested sometimes.
From the above personal and professional development planning it can be concluded that
I will be able to develop my knowledge and skills in a very effective and appropriate manner.
Even though some areas needs improvement and brushing up because they offer help me to gain
better career opportunities.
CONCLUSION
From the above mentioned report, it has been summarized that for a person or a learner it
is very essential to develop his skills and knowledge and work on the areas which are weak and
become a hurdle for getting future opportunities. Personal development plan is design for
individual which strengthens skills and also determining short term, medium term and long term
goals. Overall, it can be understood that for a person it is very vital to develop all these areas to
increase the chances of making a secured future.

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