Reflective Journal: Skills Audit, Career & Progression Plan Analysis

This reflective journal documents a process of self-reflection and assessment of an individual's strengths and weaknesses, focusing on career and progression planning. It includes a skills audit analysis using job descriptions and a skills matrix to identify skill gaps, followed by self-appraisal and action planning to address these gaps. The journal also incorporates a skills development record and work-based feedback to track progress and areas for improvement. The reflection emphasizes the importance of time management, decision-making, communication, and planning skills for career advancement, utilizing Kolb's reflective cycle to analyze experiences and formulate action plans for continuous development. This document is a valuable resource for students seeking insights into personal and professional growth strategies, and similar materials can be found on Desklib.

Reflective Journal

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Career & Progression Plan...........................................................................................................3
Skills Audit (job descriptions, skills matrix review & immediate skills gap analysis)...............4
Self-Appraisal & Action Planning...............................................................................................7
Skills Development Record & Work-based Feedback................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................13
Books and Journal......................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
A personal development plan is a written record of a process of self-reflection,
introspection, and an honest assessment of an individual's strengths and weaknesses.
Furthermore, individuals must perform a talent audit before creating a personal development
plan since this will aid them in analyzing their strengths and weaknesses. Individuals create a
career and progression plan and analyzing their weaknesses, which assists them in effectively
overcoming their weaknesses (Powell, Fery, Agenbroad and Guzy, 2019). This report will
discuss skills audit analyses, career and progression plans, work-based projects, and reflection.
All of these will contribute to an individual's improved growth as well as the efficient conduct of
tasks connected to a brighter future.
MAIN BODY
Planning of career and progression
Succession planning, management development, career ladders, and other terms are used
to describe career progression planning. Career succession planning, often known as
progression roles, is an important part of a company's human resources strategy for long-term
development and achievement. Career progression can is very important for the person because
it will provide appropriate guidance in developing weak areas in order to get a personalities and
achieve the goals and objectives of the individual in order to become effective. Thus, my
weaknesses are my time management skills my decision making skills communication and
planning skills. Therefore for me it is very essential to develop and enhance my weakness in an
appropriate manner in order to get more opportunity (Phan and Zhu, 2020) . The supports me to
support me to conduct my activities and task in an appropriate manner. The maps may be

used as a career tool to assist prepare for a job interview, decide which career to pursue, how to
enhance promotion prospects, or whether to quit a job or change fields. When goals or targets
are unclear, Mind Maps can in handy. Exploration, Establishment, Mid-Career, Late-Career,
and Decline are the five main stages of career development. Career development is the process
of making personal changes in order to reach a personal career goal. A career plan is any
behavior, action, or experience that is intended to assist a person in achieving their career
objectives. A career plan is an individual's deliberate decision about the level of investment he
or she is willing to make in order to achieve career goals. It is very important for the individual
and for me to develop correct strategy in order to get opportunities in advantages in order to
become successful at my career and enhance my opportunities in order to achieve my goals and
objectives which are decided by me
Auditing of skills (job descriptions, skills matrix review & immediate skills gap analysis)
The term "skills audit" refers to a systematic evaluation of research abilities and
knowledge. Furthermore, auditing must give proof of current or increasing expertise. In addition,
skill audit is linked to need analysis, which simply means determining any training or personal
development requirements (Göksoy, 2018). In order to conduct skills audit there is job
description that support the individual and company to find appropriate candidate in order to
fulfill the requirements of the company.
Job description

Skill Matrix and skills gap analysis
Skill Matrix as a concept is used in the organization in order to analyses about the skills
so that the individual can complete the task in an appropriate manner. This Matrix may include
both existing and developing capabilities for team members. The team members and the
managers of the organization can clearly analyses and understand about their team and also
analyses about and identify the skills and competencies which are required by the team. There
are skill matrix which represent my performance and which are mentioned below:

Skills 1 2 3 4 5
Administrative abilities *
Confidence *
Team building *
Time management *
Decision making *
Communication *
Planning *
A skill gap analysis aids in the identification of a person's or a group's skill deficiencies.
A three-step approach for conducting a skill gap analysis comprises establishing required
abilities, assessing a candidate's talents, and finding gaps. The skill gap analysis support me to
analyze my weak point so that I can enhance my capabilities and weak areas in order to become
successful.
Action plan and self appraisal
Creating an action plan may assist change makers in bringing their ideals to life while
also increasing efficiency and responsibility within a company. An action plan outlines how your
company will achieve its goals by laying out precise action steps that specify how and when they
will be carried out.
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
There are
various kinds of
way in order to
enhance time
management
skills life
prioritise task
giving breaks to
I will going to
take support
from my
Manager. As
Manager will
provide me
guidance on
how to manage
I'll gauge my
performance by
meeting the
goals and
objectives of the
assigned
activity on time.
There are two
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myself set lines
in order to
complete the
task scheduling
task (Weisman,
2020). it is also
very important
for make to
organise the
workplace and
learn
Pantaloons in
an effective
manner and Use
technology that
support me to
focus on my
task in order to
complete the
task.
activities by
allocating time
and providing
comments on
whether or not I
am on schedule.
types of
appraisals:
formal and
informal.
Decision
making
By thoroughly
analysing all
aspects of the
project, this will
help in my
abilities of
decisij making
skills.
My colleagues
will aid me that
the decision
making by me
is correct for the
organization or
not. In addition,
the project
manager will
help me with
the project I'm
working on.
Both the team
and the project
sponsor
provided
feedback.
Obtaining input
from higher-
level authorities
to ensure that
decisions made
are proper.
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Communication I will be able to
enhance my
communication
abilities by
efficiently
interacting with
a increasing
number of
people.
Moreover, I
must guarantee
that interaction
input from team
mates will
With the
company's line
manager, I'll
talk about and
agree on my
priorities (Jiang,
2017).
Making sure
that I've
attended all of
the sessions
which are of
high priority for
my future
growth that
will aids me
enhance my
communication
abilities.
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support in the
improvement of
my
communication
abilities.
Planning Sessions of
training is
required for
establishing
planning
abilities, and
controlling all
aspects of
everyday
activities in an
effective way
will help me in
enhancingg my
communication
abilities.
I will take
advice from my
line manager.
My line
manager's
advice, as well
as input from
the rest of the
staff.
During
development
programmes,
there is
monitoring and
performance
evaluation.
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As a result of the aforementioned Personal Development Planning, I will be able
to effectively develop my talents. These aspects, however, need to be improved because they
help me acquire greater future chances in a more efficient manner (Maggioli, 2020).
Record of Skills Development & feedback based on work
Work based Feedback : Work with feedback is very important for the individual and for
me in order to improve my capabilities and analyze my weakness and strong area. There values
and importance of feedback in correct in order to overcome the threats and enhance opportunities
for the career. Positive employee feedback has clear benefit. It encourages positive behavior and
has been related to higher employee engagement and productivity. Employee feedback that is
negative is just as valuable (Huoying, 2019). It lowers negative behaviors and helps employees
recognize their strengths and limitations when given constructively. I got some negative and

positive feedback for stop negative feedback help me to improve and enhance my weakness area
in order to become more effective so that I can achieve my goals and objectives in a target time
period. In positive feedback support me to inspire and motivate me to work harder in order to get
more success in my life and get several opportunities in order to become successful. I got several
positive feedbacks and my managers and my colleagues are impressed so it is very important for
me to maintain my attention and sincerity towards the organization and towards my career in
order to get more positive outcomes. There are 4 kinds of feedback which are mentioned below:
 Negative feedback consists of reprimands for previous actions.
 Positive feedback is when someone compliments you on your previous actions.
 Negative feed-forward — remarks regarding future performance that are meant to be
corrective...
 Positive feedback — remarks that reaffirm future behaviour.
Skills Development Record
Skills How was it What I have learned

Communication skills Acts as my weakness and
faced so many problems
(Miller, 2018)
It is very important for me to
enhance my communication
skills in order to become
successful and I am working on
it in order to enhance my
communication skills
Planning skills I was not at much good in my
planning is skills and by this I
hate several kind of issues in
order to develop and formulate
strategies in order to complete
the task
It is very important for the
individual to have appropriate
planning skills in order to
formulate strategies
accordingly and take this
decision
Decision Making skills As my decision making skills
was not good so I faced several
issues in order to take amended
this season at my career and
faced several problems(Kiel-
Morse, 2020)
Through this entire process I
got to know about several
things and also want to know
about significance of decision
making skills. It support me to
take amended and effective
decision in order to overcome
the problems and get more
opportunities and positive
outcomes
From the above skill development record it has been analyzed that it is very important for
the individual to record their skill development process in order to highlights and analyze their
improvement period in order to get motivated and analyze their result. This skill development
record help me to get motivated every time and also support me to analyze and check my
outcome (Olha and Iryna, 2018).
Reflection
In order to contribute towards my enhancement and development area I conduct kids
reflective cycle which is also called as a cyclical models of reflection that conducts its stages
with are mentioned below:

Description – The firm is dealing with a number of difficulties, including improper employee
communication. Furthermore, a high staff turnover rate, as well as bad company performance,
puts them in a tough position. So it is very important for the company to enhance the skills of
their employees in order to satisfy them and enhance their capability in order to become
successful.
Feelings – It is critical to take substantial action in this regard so that the company organization
may better perform each and every activity and achieve the intended goals and objectives. As a
result, it is critical to use suitable communication strategies to improve internal communication.
Evaluation – It is critical to take substantial action in this regard so that the company firm may
better perform each and every activity and achieve the intended goals and objectives. As a result,
it is critical to use suitable communication strategies to improve internal communication)(Fatmi
and Chouari, 2019).
Analysis - It is critical to take significant action in this regard so that the company firm may
better perform each and every activity and achieve the intended goals and objectives.
Conclusion – It is critical to take substantial action in this regard so that the company firm may
better perform each and every activity and achieve the intended goals and purposes.
Action plan - It is critical to take significant action in this regard so that the company firm may
better conduct individually and each activity and attain the intended goals and intentions (Gates,
McLachlan, Butler and Weston, 2021).

CONCLUSION
From the above mentioned Report, it has been analyzed at celebration plan and skill
development record is very important for the person in order to enhance their capabilities and get
more opportunities for future for stop along with this it is very important for the individual to get
feedback from their subordinates and managers in order to enhance their weakness area and get
more opportunities in order to become successful and achieve their goals and objective.
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Göksoy, S., 2018. Professional development levels of teachers in respect of developmental
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Huoying, Z., 2019. Research on Teachers' Professional Development Initiative in Multi-
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Kiel-Morse, M., 2020. Intentional Professional Development in Changing Times. 40 ALL-SIS
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