Positive Psychology for Success: A Skill Audit and Development Plan

This report provides a detailed analysis of skills required for a Human Resource Manager position, employing a skill audit and psychometric testing to evaluate current competencies. The skill audit identifies strengths in communication and teamwork, alongside areas for improvement such as critical thinking, conflict management, and presentation skills. The psychometric test further reveals strengths in empathy and time management. A personal development plan is outlined with short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals focused on enhancing presentation skills through ICT training, achieving academic merit in university studies, and ultimately attaining a promotion to Head of the Human Resource Department. The plan emphasizes continuous learning and professional growth to ensure job security and satisfaction, contributing to an effective and satisfied workforce.

Positive Psychology
For Success

Table of Contents
Skill Audit........................................................................................................................................3
Psychometric Test............................................................................................................................4
References:.......................................................................................................................................6
Books and Journals.....................................................................................................................6

Skill Audit
Skill audit is the common tool for an individual to gain self awareness of its own skills and their
degree of expertise for the particular situation or role (Bachik, 2021). I am applying for the
position of “Human Resource Manager” for which I must have some key skills that I have
mapped below in the form of skill audit.
Skills 1 2 3 4 5
Communication
skills
*
Conflict
Management
skills
*
Recruitment
skills
*
Time
management
skills
*
Team working
skills
*
Presentation
skills
*
Critical
thinking skills
*
From the above skill audit it is evaluated by me that my communication and team working
skills are highly developed skills and I own expertise in them. I have gained my communication
skills during my university course. In university on weekly basis there were two sessions for the
learning and development of effective communication skills through which I was able to upscale
my communication skills. I have developed excellent team working skills through my sports. I
play football and for sports man team working is first and most essential skill to have as we are
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required to play as team in order to win a match against opponent. This has helped to gain
efficiency in my team working skills. I also have a good time management skills as it score 4 in
my skill audit. This skill I have attained through my daily routine experiences by managing both
my academics at university and sports as well. In order to maintain a balance and schedule
appropriate time I have acquired good time management skills as well.
Through skill audit I identified that my recruitment skills are moderate which I was able to learn
at intermediate level during my internship for three months in the small size organisation.
As per the skill audit the skills in which I am deficient are critical thinking skills, conflict
management skills and presentation skills. All these three skills are considered as my skill gap
which are important to be filled and improved for my future job role of human resource manager.
Psychometric Test
It is the personality test that I have given in order analyse my skills and behaviour for the job
role human resource manager (Miller, Mayo and Podlog, 2021). It is also conducted by the
employers to identify whether the traits of the candidates fits good with the position applied for.

From the psychometric test I have evaluated that I have very low critical thinking skills and high
feelings for the others which is very suitable for the human resource manager as I have to think
of other employees, their needs and performance. Also, through the psychometric test I was able
to determine that I have very good time management skills. This skill is very important as my
employability skills.
Personal development plan
Goals How to attain the goals Future implementation
Short term goal- to improve
my presentation skills
In order to attain the short
term goal firstly I will learn
ICT skill by joining the
coaching class. After learning
the tools and techniques of
using computer application I
will watch online videos to
learn and develop my
presentation skills (Syam and
et. al., 2021).
These skills are important for
my future job role as an HR
manager as in induction
programmes and training
session’s presentations are
important tool for teaching
and learning. Therefore after I
learn these skills this will help
me in my future
employability.
Medium term goal- to attain
merit in University
To attain good merit in my
university course I will study
hard and set my goals that will
help me to attain good grades
in all my exams and
assignments.
Attainment of merit at the
university is highly important
for my future career plans.
This will help in gaining good
placements from the
university also this will add
stars to my resume.
Long term goal – get a
promotion as HOD of human
resource department
My long term goal is to get
promoted in my HR manager
to the head of department of
the Human resource
department in an multinational
organisation. In order to attain
this gola I will work hard as
There is huge importance of
this learning in my life as this
will help me to grow and
develop professional as well
personally. Also through this I
will be gaining job security
and job satisfaction as HOD of
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the HR manager, fulfil all my
responsibilities with efficiency
and also I will build an
effective workforce that is
satisfied and has very low rate
of turnover. I will also gain
new skills and experience
which will help me in gaining
promotion.
the HR department (Lejeune,
Beausaert and Raemdonck,
2021).

References:
Books and Journals
Bachik, K., 2021. VIA character strengths among US college students and their associations with
happiness, well-being, resiliency, academic success and psychopathology. The Journal
of Positive Psychology, 16(4), pp.512-525.
Lejeune, C., Beausaert, S. and Raemdonck, I., 2021. The impact on employees’ job performance
of exercising self-directed learning within personal development plan practice. The
International Journal of Human Resource Management, 32(5), pp.1086-1112.
Miller, J.J., Mayo, Z. and Podlog, L., 2021. A qualitative analysis of undergraduate sport
management student skill and awareness development at an international sports
event. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education, p.100345.
Syam, M and et. al., 2021. The antecedents of audit quality: The input-process-output
factors. Accounting, 7(6), pp.1275-1286.
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