Reflective Journal on Employability and Study Skills Development

This reflective journal explores the development of employability and study skills, using the Gibbs reflective cycle to analyze personal experiences and identify areas for improvement. The journal details the importance of skills like communication, problem-solving, and time management in achieving professional success. It reflects on a presentation experience that highlighted the significance of these skills and outlines an action plan for skill development, including resources like books, journals, and online videos. The author concludes that enhancing employability skills is crucial for career advancement and emphasizes the need for continuous self-assessment and development to achieve success in a competitive market. The journal also includes a detailed action plan for developing teamwork, self-management, and problem-solving skills, with specific timelines and resources. The author highlights the importance of continuous learning and adaptation to achieve professional goals.

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Reflection.....................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Employability and study skills are skills which enable us to perform very excellent in any
workplace. There is communication, decision-making, problem-solving etc. some key skills of
employability. plays very excellent role to a person for gaining huge success in personal life.
Currently most people in across the world chooses different effective ways and methods for
developing their employability skills (Tomlinson, 2017). On the other side, currently there are
very higher competition in any market place or any industry, so that study and employability
skills, like; communication, problem-solving, time management etc. can play an effective role to
gain huge competitive advantage in market place. There is reflection on employability and study
skills has been included in this report. The Gibbs reflective cycle has used here to properly
reflect on various employability and study skills.
MAIN BODY
Reflection
Reflection is a productive way to reflect on our past experiences to learn new things from these
experiences (Jackson and Wilton, 2017). People mostly participates in different events in their
daily lives, so that experiences of these events provides them opportunity to learn about many
new things. These new things always add great value in our personal life. I have used Gibbs
reflective cycle below for systematically reflect on own existing employability and study skills.
Gibbs reflective cycle
In my opinion, this reflective model is very helpful to everyone for properly reflecting its
past events and experiences. Gibbs reflective cycle basically developed by Graham Gibbs in year
1988. He has added the concept of his cycle in his book named “learning from doing”. This
reflective cycle mainly includes five stages of reflection called; description, feelings, evaluation,
action and conclusion. In this situation, these all stages of this cycle have been discussed below;
Description

Development of employability and study skills is very necessary task to me, because by
developing these skills, I will simply gain huge competitive advantage and success in personal
life (Thew, Thomas and Briggs, 2018). Recently I have participated in presentation, where I got
the task to make presentation on an effective leader of a multinational company, then I have
realised that, most leaders within different companies and businesses has very excellent
employability and study skills. These skills enable them to manage their daily operations in very
effective manner. This factor was really motivated me for developing own study and
employability skills as well. This recent presentation was really changed my life, because
currently I am fully aware about the implications of these skills.
After these all activities, I have conducted research on how oi develop these all skills of
employability and study, then I was found lots of effective methods and techniques which can
contribute in the development of all skills. Then I have conducted research on what are the key
employability and study skills, then I found that, communication skill (Written and Verbal), self
and time management ability, problem-solving skill, teamwork skill, research skill, and use of
ICTs are some key employability and study skills (Matsouka and Mihail, 2016). In this situation,
I was decided to develop these abilities or skills, because currently development of these skills is
one of key ways to me for gaining huge success in personal life. I have used different resources
as well, like; books and journals, internet etc. to effectively expand these all employability skills.
Feelings
On that time, I felt very professional, because I was fully aware about different
employability and study skills. I felt that, if I will be succeeded in developing these all skills,
then I can simply gain huge competitive advantage and success in any place. Of course, I have
focus on developing some other skills as well, like; leadership skill, management competence
etc. In this situation, I felt that I should be developed these skills as well including employability
skills. That recent presentation has completely aware me about lots of new things that, people
always value that person who has different well-developed skills. One of my colleagues said that,
currently different business organisations within market hires only those people within their
work place which has well-developed employability skills (Simplilearn, 2020). That’s why I
have taken huge interest in the last presentation, in the terms of developing different skills of
employability.

During covering recent presentation, I have felt that, there are every person has its own
abilities and skills, and then I have realised that, I have very excellent skills of communication
and I also have the ability to take effective decisions in any situation. These both skills or
abilities always plays very effective role to me, but in know that, having only these both skills
are not enough to gain effective outcomes in personal life. Then in that presentation task, I asked
to my colleagues that, how we can develop our different employability and study skills on time
and in effective manner (Tentama and Arridha, 2020). In this situation, one colleague said that,
currently there are thousands of informative videos available on the internet which only based on
how to develop own skills and abilities. He said to me that, you should watch those informative
videos where many experts have shared their point of views of the development of
employability. These all things of colleague were very positively impacted me, and I felt very
happy by thinking this that, I work with very excellent and talented colleague. After these all
things, I have covered those all activities which was informed by my colleague in the terms of
developing skills of employability and study.
Evaluation
According to my all learnings, no person can survive in this highly competitive market
without improving its different skills. Basically, skills and abilities or employability and study
mainly enable to different people within market place to gain huge competitive advantage
(Graham, 2017). I have researched that; an effective action plan can play very effective role to us
for developing our different abilities of employability and study. So that, I have to make an
effective action plan which will definitely contribute in the development of abilities. While
making this action plan, I have required to mention those all resources and activities which I can
need in the development processes. Nowadays, I have very excellent employability skills. This
was only possible just because of my lots of efforts in the presentation towards developing
different employability skills.
Conclusion
On the basis of above reflection, it can be concluded that this is very necessary or
mandatory to me for developing various employability and study skills called; communication,
decision-making, problem-solving etc. It can be also concluded that, these all skills enable us to

maintain and manage our different daily life operations in very proper manner. These abilities
are very essential to me for gaining very positive results in personal life. It also (Bharathi, 2016).
It can be also concluded that, if I have well-developed skills of various employability skills, now
I can simply communicate with various people in very proper manner. on the other side, I can
take different decisions as well at any situation because of well-developed decision-making skill,
I can simply use ICTs etc. But I still have some employability skills which I need to quickly
develop, like; self and time management ability, problem-solving skill, team work skill etc. I
have required to make an effective action plan for developing these all skills.
Action
Nowadays, I have different well-developed skills and abilities, but I still need to develop
own various skills of employability and study. In this situation, there is an effective action plan
will help to me for more and more developing these skills. I have created an effective action plan
to me below which will defiantly support tin developing my various undeveloped skills.
Skills Activities Resources Time scale
Team work skill For developing team
work skills, I will
read different books
and journals, then I
can simply develop
own team skill.
There are book and
journals are key
resources to me for
development of the
team work skill,
because there are
many of experts and
specialists has shared
their effective
strategies in these
books and journals.
3 Months
Self and time
management ability
For developing these
skills, I will watch
different informative
videos on the internet
I have required
resources, like; a
phone or a laptop,
proper internet etc.
6 Months

where different
experts have shared
about how to develop
this ability.
(Sambell and et.al.,
2020). to complete
these activities of
development.
Problem-solving skill To develop problem-
solving skill, I will
join a training centre,
and I will read some
books and journals as
well for developing
these skills.
There are a training,
books and journals
key resources to me
for developing
problem-solving skill.
9 Months
CONCLUSION
On the basis of this reflection, it can be concluded that in employability and study skills
are important for everyone to make its life very productive. Basically, these all skills help to
different people to find out the way of success (DOYLE, 2020). It also can be concluded that,
currently most companies or businesses has focused on hiring only those people within their
business environment who really has well-developed skills of employability. That’s why
development of these skills is very mandatory to all of us. It also can be concluded that we
should always remove those all factors from our daily life which can negatively affect our
different abilities and skills.

REFERENCES
Books & Journals
Bharathi, A. V., 2016. Communication skills–core of employability skills: Issues & concerns.
Graham, D., 2017. Embedding employability behaviours. Journal of Work-Applied Management.
Jackson, D. and Wilton, N., 2017. Career choice status among undergraduates and the influence
of career management competencies and perceived employability. Journal of Education
and Work. 30(5). pp.552-569.
Matsouka, K. and Mihail, D. M., 2016. Graduates’ employability: What do graduates and
employers think?. Industry and Higher Education. 30(5). pp.321-326.
Sambell, R., and et.al., 2020. Work-Integrated Learning Builds Student Identification of
Employability Skills: Utilizing a Food Literacy Education Strategy. International
Journal of Work-Integrated Learning. 21(1). pp.63-87.
Tentama, F. and Arridha, G., 2020. Motivation to learn and employability of Vocational High
School students. Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn). 14(2). pp.301-306.
Thew, M., Thomas, Y. and Briggs, M., 2018. The impact of a Role Emerging Placement while a
student occupational therapist, on subsequent qualified employability, practice and
career path. Australian occupational therapy journal. 65(3). pp.198-207.
Tomlinson, M., 2017. Forms of graduate capital and their relationship to graduate
employability. Education+ Training.
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DOYLE, A. 2020. What Are Employability Skills? [Online]. Available Through:
<https://www.thebalancecareers.com/employability-skills-list-and-examples-
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Simplilearn. 2020. Why are Employability Skills Important. [Online]. Available Through: <
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