Reflective Essay on Employability Skills Enhancement

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A Reflective Essay
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Discussion..................................................................................................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
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Introduction
The study reflects my experience of the entire life cycle of the course study depicting how it
enhanced my latent skills. The courses study helped me to enhance my reading skills with the
help of the SQ3R model to help me gain a more enhanced and efficiently skills of reading.
The study also evaluates how my overall body language, eye contact, and overall
interpersonal skills were enhanced. The study also guided me to evaluate a group dynamics
and enhance my conflict resolution skills to delivery efficient output. The study with the help
of theories like that of Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle and Belbin’s Self-Perception
Inventory has helped describe my overall experience and learning through the course study.
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Discussion
The course study has helped me and my fiends gain relevant knowledge and skills to enhance
our employability skills for the future. The essay with the help of the Kolb’s Experiential
Learning Cycle focuses to explain my overall experience of the course study (Smith, 2016).
The model incorporates the process of experience, reviewing, concluding, and planning. The
courses study focuses to enhance primarily our reading skills, which could enhance our
writing skills. The most important to present a good writing report is by planning what is to
be written, how it is to be written, why it is to be written. The process helps to understand the
overall objective of the report and it is achievable. However, before this is very important to
read the relevant information to create a concrete plan to the process.
The study taught us the SQ3R method of reading which exponentially enhanced our skills in
the sphere. The SQ3R method compromises of the process of Surveying the data and
information, Questioning the authenticity and reliability of the data and information, Reading
the information thoroughly, Reciting the overall crucial aspects of the information, and
Reviewing the overall process (Srivastava, 2018). In accordance to the Kolb’s model, the
process had enhanced our skills to develop our reading and writing skills to enhance our
future employability prospects. The same gave me an enriching experience for the overall
course study.
The study also focused to enhance our group work dynamic by enhancing our knowledge of
the groups functioning and structure. The study with the help of Belbin’s Self-Perception
Inventory has helped me understand the group dynamics and conflict resolution process. The
theory focuses to evaluate how a team of individuals will function as a group. The theory
identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the individuals and develops an average
performance metrics of the overall team. The study also helped us to evaluate the different
process of identify the rise of conflict and suppress the same as soon as it starts. The different
process of conflict resolution taught us to Set Ground rules to avoid conflicts from arising.
The second point was to identify destructive conflict as soon as possible to avoid disruption
of the overall project.
The third point was to get the whole story and take corrective action. The fourth point was
discussed the perceptive of both the parties to devise a compromise resolution keeping in
mind the organisational goal (Zelizer, C., 2018). The process helped me to develop the skills
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and confident to be an efficient team leader and enhanced my future employability skill. In
accordance to the Kolb’s Model, I can review that my experience of attaining the knowledge
and skill is very rewarding.
The course study also put me in a team with some of my peer’s to conduct a presentation to
highlight how effectively we can input our theoretical knowledge to test our practical
application. The team performed exponentially to display their learning outcome through the
project presentation. We were faced with certain stimulus conditions and scenario of conflict
in the team. I being the team leader was entrusted to resolve the same and overcome the issue
with an efficient resolution. In accordance to the Kolb’s model, this was a very enriching
experience and enhanced my overall confidence to face the real environment with a new
attitude, which is sure to give an edge by enhancing my employability skill. The study gave
everyone a chance to practically evaluate their inherent skill and be prepared for the future
prospects of the economy. The other aspect of the course study focused on enhancing our
interpersonal skill to presentation skills like our body language and eye contact.
The study focused to enhance our overall interpersonal skill to give our self-confidence a
boost to prepare us for the future employability prospect (Collet et al., 2015).
The study has helped my teammates to develop interpersonal skills to become more
presentable in public and learn the trick and trade of the industry to highlight our confidence
through our personality. In accordance to the Kolb’s model, I can conclude, that the overall
process of the course study and enhanced my overall skills and personality. The study has
given me a new confidence and attitude to face the economy with more resilient in my
approach. The study has enhanced my employability skills and given me a chance to attain a
more advantageous position in the economy to gain a better employment option. In
accordance to the Kolb’s model, I can predominantly plan for my future and confidently set
on a path to attain the desired heights in my career.
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Conclusion
The essay has, evidently with the use of Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle been able to
depict my experience of the overall course study. The essays reflect upon my various positive
and negative experiences and evaluate what I learned. The essays also describe my
achievable like the development of my interpersonal skills. The essays also with the help of
the Belbin’s Self-Perception Inventory model helped to learn about the team dynamics and
conflict resolution strategies. The knowledge and skills gained are going to enhance my
overall prospect of employability prospect for the future. Finally, I have communicated to my
teammates in an effective manner in order to complete the task on time.
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Reference List
Collet, C., Hine, D. and Du Plessis, K., 2015. Employability skills: perspectives from a
knowledge-intensive industry. Education+ Training, 57(5), pp.532-559.
Smith, A., 2016. Experiential learning. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.
Srivastava, R.P., 2018. Unit 3: Reading and Writing Skills. IGNOU.
Zelizer, C., 2018. Integrated peacebuilding: Innovative approaches to transforming conflict.
Routledge.
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