University Module: Reflective Report on Essentials of Employability

This reflective report analyzes a student's employability skills, focusing on areas for improvement and development. The report begins with an introduction outlining the student's goals and the methodology used, including the ESE test. The main body of the report covers several key areas: CV and application development, emphasizing the need for enhanced skills and experience; self-awareness, including emotional intelligence and the importance of calmness and self-assessment; interpersonal skills, particularly communication and teamwork; positivity, highlighting the need for a more optimistic outlook; and resilience, discussing the ability to overcome difficulties. Each section includes self-assessment, action plans, and target dates for improvement. The report concludes with a summary of the key findings and a discussion of the student's future employability prospects.

Reflective report-Essentials of
employability

Table of Contents
Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................2
CV and application.................................................................................................................2
Self-awareness........................................................................................................................3
Interpersonal skills – communication.....................................................................................4
Positivity.................................................................................................................................5
Resilience...............................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
I have to make the development plan by which I have make my strength and weakness
clearer that help to strengthen my skills and abilities by which more my working capability and
the performance will get improvised. It has been done by taking the ESE test and would
recognise the different weakness and it is more helpful to get able to know the weaker areas and
then I will start working on them (Bachmann, 2018). I have recognised some of my weaknesses
of mine and from there I have picked the 5 weaker areas that are needed to get focus on. After
that the goals has been set to get achieved that to fulfil the target and state the progress path. It
includes all the relative information that is needed to get recognised and make better
improvement in order to accomplish the goals with more perfection. This test will allowed me to
measure and analyse the progress by following the track and in that I have set more ambitious
goals that help in the future employability of mine.
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MAIN BODY
CV and application
It is the first are that I have to develop and it is the CV and the application of mine that
helps further in my employability and added values to my professionalism. It is more valuable as
it emphasis the technical and the analytical skills that has been taken up as from the graduation
for from the working experience. “Having the effective CV is more important as reflect the set of
skills” that an individual have (Bogonko, 2018).
It is an area that I always want to get develop as I only have the educational background
in that I have done my graduation with 70% aggregate and after that I have an experience of
working in a small scale industry and that is in the accountancy firm. Thus in addition to this I
have nothing and in context of employability it is more necessary that the company. The CV are
more important as it provide the fundamental knowledge to the employer about the employee
and as much effective it is that much positive impact it will drive on the interviewer. It is quite
difficult for me to get develop this as I have the limited experience and as it is also more helpful
that the interpersonal skills of mine also get developed. The CV must look more appealing thus I
have attend some different seminars that that will conduct by the university. I have start working
in some other industry as well by which I have developed my skills and learn some new courses
that makes my CV even more effective (Cottrell, 2019).
What do I
want/need to learn?
What will I do to
achieve this?
What resources or
support will I need?
What will my
success criteria be?
Target dates for
review and
completion
1. I have to learn
the new courses and
gain some more
education that
raises the
effectiveness of my
CV.
2. I have start
working in more
organisations by
I have to start
working to develop
my CV and for that
attend some
seminars and join
some course as well.
-Must attend more
different seminars
that are conducted
I have needed some
amount by which I
have taken some
admission in courses
and to fulfil the
entry fees of the
seminars (Fotiadou,
2020).
I want to get learn
something new
that helps to
develop the
analytical skills by
which I have
easily cross the
interview of any
big organisation.
I have tried to fulfil
that courses and
seminars within the 4
months of time
period as it is more
than sufficient to
complete some work.
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which the
experience and
working skills of
mine will get
improvised.
by the universities.
-Must have take
admission in some
courses that will
develop my skills
and leaning abilities.
Self-awareness
It is the factor that helps to bring the emotional awareness that help to build the self
awareness and the self assessment by which I get self motivated and it impart a strong feeling
that provide the relief that I would anything with more easiness. It is more related to get collect
the emotion and be attentive while doing every work by which more interpersonal skills will get
strengthen and have build the strong sense that is more worth it. It is the skill that helps to make
the adequate judgment and improvise what is wrong and what is right. As while working as the
customer service attendant it is more concern that the behavior must be more cool and calm and
always provide preference to the customers. I have to work with more composed attitude that
helps to make more effective relationship with the customer as it brings the right impression to
all. But I didn’t have that composer and as in my past assignment I have get the feedback to get
developed the self awareness skills (Khedher, 2019).
It is quite difficult to get bring the calmness within the behavior but with this I have to be
more relaxed and take some time while reverting to anyone. While giving the appropriate time to
myself I have developed more patience and gave some time to myself to think twice and then
revert as per the condition and its requirement as well. I have gave some interview by which I
just learn how to face the interview and collect that feedback and make a complete analysis and
then try to get change my working behavior with more calmness.
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What do I
want/need to learn?
What will I do to
achieve this?
What resources or
support will I need?
What will my
success criteria be?
Target dates for
review and
completion
1. I have taken
some interview by
which I just get
learn something
more about my
strength and
weaknesses.
2. While making
the conversation
with any of the
people I have to me
more patience and
develop the
learning skills.
I will get achieved
that by making some
initiatives that are
as:
-gave a lot of
interview by which
the hesitation will
get removed.
-talk with the other
people with more
composers that help
to enhance the
learning abilities of
mine (Kinash,
2018).
It has needed to be
more calm and
flexible and get trust
in myself and it
develops my skills.
-To give the
interview in the
best organisation
that is more
recognised and
understands the
weaker areas.
-Start
understanding the
people first and
then try to give my
solution.
I have achieved self
awareness in my
attitude while
working on these
areas and that is up to
2-3 months.
Interpersonal skills – communication
It is the skills that are more required to get making the effective interaction with the
people as it brings more confidence while presenting myself in front of other people. Although I
have those skills in me as I have played different sports and it needs the team work and with this
the interpersonal skills will have developed. It is the skills that help to get over from the different
situation with more sufficiency. While gaining the employability it is more important those
people have presentation skills that support the diversity and flexibility within the employee.
Interpersonal skills are more helpful for both the employee and the employer and with that they
have must get improvise the working style and develops the engagement and the participatory
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level and it furthermore, helps to gain more success and gain more growth while developing the
future expansion. It is sometime more difficult for me to get of my comfort zone and get interact
with the other people in the corporate world (Lau, 2019). I get make the plan to get over from the
difficult situation by which I have easily attain my goals. I have done the trainee in the summer
time and at their try to get interact with the large number of people to get serve the best of me. I
have show more enthusiasm and flexibility by working more and show that I have that much
willing to develop the interpersonal skills while making the effective communication.
What do I
want/need to learn?
What will I do to
achieve this?
What resources or
support will I need?
What will my
success criteria be?
Target dates for
review and
completion
1. It requires
interaction with a
large various types
of people.
2. I have joined the
sports team as
rugby and from
their try to develop
my interpersonal
skills.
-I have to start play
by which I have
make contribution in
the team and start
gain more
knowledge about the
team spirit.
- I have start making
interaction with the
large number of
people and with that
I have accept the
diverse culture with
more easiness
(Pigden, 2019).
-I have joined the
club thus have to
pay that cost
-I need the support
of my friend by
which make more
better relation with
others.
- To able to make
more new friends
those easily
convey their
belief.
-Get accepted by
the rugby team and
make my own
place in team.
I have achieved this
within the 2 months.
Positivity
It is the aspect through which I have made the better communication with the other and get
accepted by the other people with more sufficiency. It helps to be more cherished and have work
with more positivity and accept every challenge with more calmness. It is the quality that is very
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rarely present in anyone and that same is with me as well that I have make communication with
other but get away from the different hurdles that have came parallel with the success and growth
(Roderick, 2019). It is more important that the individual have that quality by which it is easier
to get work in any condition and never get tensed whatever the condition is. But I have that as
the weakness and have to work more to get that much heights in my life and for that it is more
needed that I have to be more confident and have belief in myself by which more profit will get
gained by me.
What do I
want/need to learn?
What will I do to
achieve this?
What resources or
support will I need?
What will my
success criteria be?
Target dates for
review and
completion
1. I have to learn to
be more being
confident and have
faith in myself.
2. Always be
calmer and accept
all the challenges
with more
tolerance.
- I have learned to
do meditation that
helps to make more
positivity in my life.
- Be less reactive
and stay calm and
try to understand the
prospect of other
side (Stoffers, 2018).
It need a relative
time that is
necessary to bring
more positivity in
life.
-Have to learn
yoga and give at
least 30 minutes a
day.
-Try to be more
patience.
This has been
achieved within the
time period of 2
months with more
perfection.
Resilience
It is the capability of an individual to get over from the different difficulties with more
easiness and by maintaining adequate balance. It is the quality that is very rarely present in
people to be as the elastic as whatever the consequences are faced that with more positivity and
get back in the exact shape what the person actually is. It has the physiological impact on the
mindset of the people and in that it is hard for some people to get over from the situation with
more easiness and indulge that quick change within the personality (Taylor, 2018). I have that as
the weakness as I have take a lot of time to get over from any situation and in that I have to
work with more professionalism and try to understand the applicable norms by which I have
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easily get rid of complex situations. In this I have tries to not take everything personal and make
the distance and difference in between the professionalism and the personals. As it is more
necessary as the work get end some day but the impact will always remain for the longer period
of time. The ups and down have came in everybody life but it is more important than how the
people get over from this.
What do I
want/need to learn?
What will I do to
achieve this?
What resources or
support will I need?
What will my
success criteria be?
Target dates for
review and
completion
1. I have to learn to
be more
professionalism
while being
developing the
skills of
employability.
2. Get differentiates
between what is
more important and
what is not and
gave priority to
work.
-I have tried to take
enough sleep and be
stronger mentally.
-Get learns from the
mistake and failure
and didn’t repeat it
in future.
-It needs to take time
to myself and be
more relaxed.
-It will reduce the
stress level and get
accept the setback
to get better
recovery.
I have get achieved
this with within the 5
month period.
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CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from the above graph that it is necessary to get develop the
different skills and abilities in order to enhance the employability. It is more essential while
getting the employability that the individual have more special abilities that will takes them
different from all other people. In order to develop my skills I have perform the look forwards to
reduce my weaken areas by which the working capability will get increased and helped to gain
better employability in future period of time.
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