Reflective Essay: University Skills and Career Development

This reflective essay explores the development of essential skills through university coursework, particularly focusing on group work and interpersonal skills. The essay details the skills gained from lectures and group projects, including transferable skills, IT skills, and team management. The author reflects on the importance of these skills for future career success, emphasizing the ability to manage finances, maintain a positive attitude, and prepare a strong resume. The essay concludes by highlighting the significance of continuous skill development and its role in achieving professional goals. The student draws from various academic sources to support their reflections on the learning experience and future aspirations.

Reflective Essay

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1 ...........................................................................................................................................3
What you have learnt so far and how it has helped you and why it has helped you develop s...3
TASK 2 ...........................................................................................................................................4
Reflection on how to approach future challenges and expectations ..........................................4
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Skill are essential for enhancing way of working of an individual. By adopting different
skills, a person can do work more effectively (Feucht, Lunn Brownlee, and Schraw, 2017).
There are two tasks in the following report. The first task includes what are the skills that are
developed in the professor. Other task includes future challenges and expectations of the person.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
What you have learnt so far and how it has helped you and why it has helped you develop s
In the lectures we have studied and analysed various topics such as references, reflection,
numeracy, reflection, preparation for interviews, transferable skills, thinking into character,
formal as well as informal emails, etc. It was not difficult to work in groups. When there are so
many individuals working in the company, there are more chances of conflicts and fights. As
teacher told us that plagiarism is an academic misconduct which must not be present in any of
the work. As in today's world there is need of students and professionals to work in groups and
achieve goals (Gelfuso, 2016). Thus it is seen that our teacher was focusing on group
presentations. While working in group, I learnt many skills. There were some points and time
where I was wrong and then my group mates helped me to understand the concept. Working in
groups also helped us to to develop interpersonal skills. There were various skills that developed
within me while working in groups in University. Nowadays, there are many projects that
operates on system and thus it is necessary for me to build and develop IT skills. As a business
manager needs to have a mix of business knowledge and technology, it is beneficial for me to
learn Programming and boost my technical knowledge (Hostetler, 2016). When I was doing
work within group, the first step was to understand and manage group processes. For performing
effectively within the group, it is necessary for me to understand and manage group processes in
a proper manner. Group work is best when each individual is making strong contributions
between discussions and meetings. In the initial timing, it is important to decide what is expected
for accomplishing by the end of meeting. There is need of selecting someone within the group
for writing ideas and recording all meetings and decisions of groups. While working in groups, it
is responsibility of for process of group to represent a group leader. In our group, I was the leader
and I have to assign different tasks to my team mates. The skill of team building and

management is also an important factor for achieving goals and objectives within time (Körkkö,
Kyrö-Ämmälä, and Turunen, 2016). For involving everybody in group, the first thing was to
listen to ideas of all interested participants of the team. Group presentation leadership is helpful
in making group more more effective. I have to manage that work is organised. Every group
member must be encouraged for getting things done in right manner. Group presentations needs
gathering of a large number of ideas that can be categorised and examined. When views of
everyone are heard and points of agreement and disagreement are identified, the best decision is
made within the group. For improving the group presentation, it is necessary for me to get better
results for achieving targets.
TASK 2
Reflection on how to approach future challenges and expectations
After graduating, my main goal is to get a good job where I cam use my potential and
achieve success. As I have learnt a lot of skills while pursuing study in university, I will use them
effectively while doing my job role. The main thing which I have to focus on is evaluating my
finances. I have to develop my skills and manage my money. It is essential for me to look out for
future goals. These will help me to make my life a better one. The main thing I get to learn from
graduation is how to be positive while facing negative situations. This will help me to do work in
effective manner (Leavy, and Hourigan, 2016). Resume is another thing that I learn in my
college. A good CV will be prepared by me so that I will get hired by a good organisation. Skill
development is the most beneficial thing that a professional can have. It is essential for that for
me that to pursue a good future, I have to manage my present skills and work. Skill development
is basically the identification of skill gap and development of existing skills for enabling an
individual to attain his or her goals (Olsen, 2016). So, an analysis of my skill will help me to
have a good future and achieve success in future.
CONCLUSION
It is concluded from the above discussion that development of skills is an important
factor of an individual's life. When students are allowed to work in groups there are opportunities
of developing skills and knowledge. This helps in managing a lot of activities and tasks
effectively. Individuals working within the groups have chance to build their successful future.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Feucht, F.C., Lunn Brownlee, J. and Schraw, G., 2017. Moving beyond reflection: Reflexivity
and epistemic cognition in teaching and teacher education.
Gelfuso, A., 2016. A framework for facilitating video-mediated reflection: Supporting preservice
teachers as they create ‘warranted assertabilities’ about literacy teaching and
learning. Teaching and Teacher Education, 58, pp.68-79.
Hostetler, K.D., 2016. Beyond reflection: Perception, virtue, and teacher knowledge. Educational
Philosophy and Theory, 48(2), pp.179-190.
Körkkö, M., Kyrö-Ämmälä, O. and Turunen, T., 2016. Professional development through
reflection in teacher education. Teaching and Teacher Education, 55, pp.198-206.
Leavy, A.M. and Hourigan, M., 2016. Using lesson study to support knowledge development in
initial teacher education: Insights from early number classrooms. Teaching and
Teacher Education, 57, pp.161-175.
Olsen, B., 2016. Teaching for success: Developing your teacher identity in today's classroom.
Routledge.