Study Skills, CV, and Personal Development in Higher Education

This essay delves into the critical role of study skills in higher education, emphasizing their impact on personal and professional development. It begins by defining study skills and their importance in organizing information, acquiring knowledge, and excelling in assessments. The essay then explores how these skills are showcased in a curriculum vitae, highlighting the importance of a well-crafted CV in securing opportunities and demonstrating abilities. The main body of the essay discusses various skills, including hard and soft skills, and strategies for their development, such as skills audits, online learning, and peer collaboration. It also emphasizes the importance of gaining experience and self-assessment. The essay concludes by summarizing the significance of skills in enhancing competitiveness and productivity, while also reflecting on the author's personal skill gaps and plans for improvement. The essay references various sources to support its arguments, providing a comprehensive overview of study skills and their application in both academic and professional contexts.

Study skills in higher
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
ASSESSMENT 1........................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Study skills are an arrangement of skills which tackle the process of organising and help
in rejuvenating new information,attaining information and dealing with different assessments by
making effective strategies. It is an set of skills which can be applied in every field of related to
studies. Study skills adds into personal development of an individual and acts as an opportunity
in n individual lives. Good study skills increases the overall confidence, competencies and self
esteem and enables the individual to be more effective and efficient in their roles and attain their
desired outcomes (Goundar and Kumar, 2021). The essay will include the role of skills in a
curriculum vitae and how its helps an individual to remain competent in their roles and
responsibilities. It discusses the different set of skills which an individual should possess to
increase their overall potential and productivity.
MAIN BODY
ASSESSMENT 1
Personal and professional development of an individual depends on the skills which is
being possessed by them. Curriculum vitae is a exhaustive document that list all the achievement
which are being acquired in their careers. It includes research, Education qualifications,
achievements , work experience and more that reflects the personality of an individual. It is a
chance that helps to grasp the opportunity and showcase the abilities and capabilities to the
prospective employer. It is a document which helps the employer to rank and assess the
different individual in accordance with their skills and abilities. Set of skills helps an individual
to grow in their careers and to keep updated and relevant in today's era of changing modern
world of technology. Skills can be hard skills which relates to a specified area or job designation
and soft skills which are interpersonal skills and the ability to remain coordinative and
collaborative with others in the workplace. Skills can be developed through training, higher
education and experience which provides additional benefits to the individual (Rasheed, Kamsin
and Abdullah, 2020). It amplify the employment to an individual and help them acquire different
development opportunities.
To get competent a person should focus on different areas and adopt alternative strategies that
would enable an individual to get advance in their roles and responsibility. Skills adds in
personal development and can be developed by different ways which includes skills audit. It is a
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systematic arrangement of research skills and knowledge. It helps to determine and identify the
skills which are to be developed and acquired in order to get competent then others. In
workplace it is used to eliminate the unproductive efforts of employees and fill the gap by
providing them adequate trainings and knowledge that will increase their overall productivity.
An individual can make a list of the skills which they posses and evaluate the skills which need
to be developed in order to earn more potentials and capabilities (Kamoun-Chouk, 2019).
Improving the efficiency of employees helps the organisation to excel their success and growth.
Another alternative to develop skills within individuals at universities and schools is by
providing them online experience of work. Universities may conduct different virtual
internships to improve the knowledge and abilities of an individuals to contribute in their job
profiles. Many online courses are available that will help to get certified with different
specialised knowledge in different fields and areas. Online education and training have made an
ease to an individual to get access to different opportunists by just sitting at their homes. Another
skills which should be retain by an individual is connect with your peers, it demands for an
collaborative and coordinative attitude and behaviour of individual towards their organisation
and colleagues. It will help an individual to get access to knowledge and different skills that are
being possessed by the expertise in their field of operations. It enables to remain updated with
the trends and advancement that are taking place in the marketplace. Another way to add in your
skills is make experience that is evaluation and assessment of different situations can help to
better understand the concepts and to develop different strategies and plans that would help to
overcome different challenges and problems that may arise in the marketplace and can have an
impact on organisation. Development of skills boost the overall confidence and morale of an
individual and contribute in their personal growth and development. It will help an individual to
gain different achievements and helps to stand out from other candidates.
From above discussion, it describes the impact and influence set of skills and knowledge
have on individual lives. It helps an individual to get at peak in their careers and job roles. From
my personal experience I have come through some of the weaknesses in my CV, which need to
be focused in order to gain competency (Khlaisang and Songkram, 2019). The abilities and
skills are essential to drive the focus of prospective employer is whether you are going to be a
assets to an organisation and enable them to attain success in long run. The skills which I don't
posses are confidence, which is a part of the personality and reflects your competency. Another
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skills is lack of experience, being a fresher it is difficult to get a job profile than a individual who
holds certain experience and are well known with the tasks that are being assigned. To gain
personal and professional development I will en roll myself with different crash courses and
training programmes that will increase skills and efficiency (Gibson and et.al, 2018).
CONCLUSION
From the above essay it is being concluded that skills plays an significant role to grasp
different opportunities and adds potentials to survive in the competitive world. It improves the
overall efficiency and productivity and helps to direct the efforts towards the right direction
eliminating the unproductive efforts. It discusses the different ways through which individual can
improvise their ability and capabilities which includes Self skills audit, getting experience online,
connecting with your peers, have a personal experience and more that will make an individual
competitive. It also discusses the roles of skills set to make a CV more effective and stand out
then others to get desired job profile and designation.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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Kamoun-Chouk, S., 2019, July. Study of Entrepreneurial Students’ Perceptions of the Impact of
Digital Literacy Skills on Their Future Career: Evidence from Tunisian Higher
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Organizations (pp. 392-402). Springer, Cham.
Khlaisang, J. and Songkram, N., 2019. Designing a virtual learning environment system for
teaching twenty-first century skills to higher education students in ASEAN. Technology,
Knowledge and Learning, 24(1), pp.41-63.
Rasheed, R.A., Kamsin, A. and Abdullah, N.A., 2020. Challenges in the online component of
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