Career Viewpoint Report: Analysis and Action Plan for Shipping Manager

This report provides a comprehensive career action plan for an aspiring shipping export manager. It begins with an introduction outlining the importance of personal analysis and career planning in the context of market trends and industry challenges. The main body includes a personal SWOT analysis, identifying strengths such as confidence and communication skills, and weaknesses such as lack of stress management and computer knowledge. The report details the required skills for a shipping manager, including communication, negotiation, and teamwork. A career action plan is then developed, outlining specific goals, resources needed (online courses, books, meditation), and a timeline for skill development (6-7 months). The conclusion emphasizes the significance of career development plans for achieving professional goals and adapting to the shipping industry's demands. The report also includes references to relevant books and journals.

Career Viewpoint

Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Main body........................................................................................................................................3
Personal analysis..............................................................................................................................3
Career action plan............................................................................................................................4
Action plan.............................................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7
Books and journals.................................................................................................................7

Introduction
After the analysis of the specific market trend, knowledge and skills of shipping assistant, it is
important for a person to maintain it personal specifications and career action plan. Career action
plan is the plan which is made by an individual to achieve it aim and goals. It consists of various
goal, resources which are needed for the requirement of the skills, then it consist of time duration
in which it is to be completed (Guichard, 2018). Career development is helpful for the market
trend of shipping assistant. As there are various difficulties which are being faced by shipping
mangers. These are discussed below. As in the given report there is a discussion of personal
analysis which consist of strength and weakness of an individual, then it consists of carer action
plan, at last there is a conclusion which is made for the given report and the reflection.
Main body
Personal analysis
Personal analysis is referring to the person which are to be made by an individual in developing
their career and growth and opportunities for them in future. This consist of person own strength,
weakness, opportunities and threats that could help them in analysing their personal analysis.
This helps them in growing for their future growth nd future job opportunities. Here I make my
SWOT analysis which is used for my future growth opportunities and results in being analysing
my own situations as where I stand. The profession which is being chosen in this given report is
mangers in a shipping export. This requires various skills and knowledge in being selected in the
given industry nd for being a manager at shipping export. There are various skills which are
being required are communication skills, negotiation skills, good numeracy skills, teamwork,
computer competencies (Kaplan, Lawson, and McCrady, 2018). As these are some of the skills
which are being needed by the manager who are working there. These skills will help the manger
in coordinating with the team and team members and also with the leaders and also listening to
their decisions. In addition, there could be extra skills which are to be needed by a manger is
decision making skills, time management skills and problem solving skills. This helps them in
making effectively contacts with their staff members.
Then the knowledge and experiences that re being needed by becoming a manger is most
important. Because there are various knowledge and learning that helps in increasing of their
required skills and making effective contacts with the team members. I have gained various

knowledge of shipping export and what all qualities did mangers needed while working in a
shipping. I have gained more confident skills in my career profile. As negotiation skills, team
working skills and coaching’s skills are the most important which is being needed by the
manager.
Then here are different skills which are being needed by the mangers who is working in a
shipping. So, for that it is important for me to understand and make career action plan which
could provide better detail of my strength and weakness. So, some of my strengths are that I have
good confidence level, better communication skills, time management skills, soft skills (King,
2020). I am very good at being polity talking to any persona and this helps in being engaging
with the company and my team mates. But on the other hand, there are some of my weaknesses
is that lack of stress management, lack of computer knowledge and lack of coaching skills.
The career overview of the mangers of shipping expert is that they have to be work with the
international trade industry and oversees shipment to foreign countries. There could be various
activities which are being performed in this profession is to tracking the shipments, informing
client for the shipment progress and doing paperwork, leading a team and member of the
completing shipping payments etc. as these tasks are to be performed by a manger as this helps
me being a good manger in my near future. For this I have to develop more skills and task and
knowledge and this will result in being normal. I have to face many of the difficulties in this
professional but then have to overcomes from those situations. There is a high value of working
in this industry because this cannot be performed by everyone. It is to be clear by some of the
person only and only some people will clear the exams. While performing in a profession I have
various job responsibilities these may be hiring of a right and qualified candidate, then tracking
of the shipment progress and making payment and a leading of a team and working on a
computer and communication with the foreign clients.
Career action plan
Career action plan is the one and the most important technique that is required by the fresher in
order to analysis the situation and task of himself. The action plan is very helpful for this student
as it consists of various gaols and objectives which are to be active by an individual (Liu, and
Boyd, 2020). Then it consists of various resources and strategies that are being needed by the
individual to complete those gaols then it consists of time duration in which this task is to be
achieved. This could be related with the five yar plan and for growth and achievement of

themselves. It consists of various sources that are related with the different sectors and making
use of improving strength and challenges that are being faced by students and individuals.
In this growth of my career path there are various challenges and hurdles which are being faced
by many of the students (Roy, Dey, and Kundu, 2017). This carer action plan helps the students
in making more knowledge and experiences which are to be needed by them in the near future.
Here is a development of my career action plan:
Action plan
Current skills I have certain skills which are required in this
profession these are I am very confident, and can
manage my time very good. I am very good at my
communication skills. So, this helps me in talking to
anyone very effectively and in a polite way.
Skills that are to be needed to
improved
Skills I needed to improve are mangers skills like
teamworking, languages skills as I have to learn
foreign language, stress management and decision
making skills. These skills are to be improved.
Gaols of future “to work in a logistic section of shipping export as a
manager and work with my team”.
Resources needed to cover my goals Resources which are to be needed by me in
completing these gaols and objective are online
courses and classes, online meditation session, books
and relaxing of the body. Research paper and differ
books and videos of languages. Taking classes so that
there can be improvement in language and I could
speak fluent foreign language. Then try to make
effective decisions regarding team and members.
Suitable action plan To gaining more knowledge and classes of the
mediation, I could be able to manage my stress and
my work effectively. Then I would be able to speak
good foreign language and can talk to my foreign
client without any of the hesitation. This all task could

be completed within 6-7 months. As I will try to
complete it in a definite time limit.
Conclusion
From the above report it has been concluded that career development plan is the one of the most
important part of everyone life. As every individual who is looking for their future growth should
have to maintain their career action plan so that they could focus on their gaols and objectives
and this results in being achieve of their targets. In this chosen career, there is a growth of
individual and this results in increasing in my skills and knowledge. It could be related with the
right career path and able to making effective career profile for the growth of company. There
are various skills, growth and opportunities are analysis by me to make me understand about the
targeting and analysing my growth and opportunities.

References
Books and journals
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mentors: Why Millennials need mentors and why they have problems finding
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King, C.L., 2020, September. The Accountant in Practice: A Canadian Viewpoint. In The Sixth
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Liu, Y. and Boyd, W., 2020. Comparing career identities and choices of pre-service early
childhood teachers between Australia and China. International Journal of Early Years
Education, 28(4), pp.336-350.
Roy, S., Dey, P. and Kundu, D., 2017. Social network analysis of cricket community using a
composite distributed framework: From implementation viewpoint. IEEE Transactions
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Zhu, F., 2019. Political Work in the Military from the Viewpoint of the Beijing Garrison
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