Personal and Professional Development: Skills and Career Goals

This report focuses on personal and professional development, aiming to identify and evaluate skills and career ambitions. It begins with an introduction defining the importance of continuous learning and skill enhancement in the face of changing work environments. The main body of the report utilizes a SWOT analysis to assess the student's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in relation to their career objective of becoming a marketing manager in the retail sector. Furthermore, the Kolb's learning cycle is applied to evaluate learning styles and experiences. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings, emphasizing the value of both SWOT analysis and Kolb’s learning cycle in personal and professional growth. Recommendations are provided for improvement, including training and development programs to improve skills and competencies, and the importance of effective communication and networking. The report references various academic sources to support its findings and recommendations, providing a comprehensive analysis of personal and professional development strategies.

Personal and Professional
Development

Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................4
Identification and evaluation of skills and career ambitious..................................................4
CONC.LUSION.........................................................................................................................6
RECOMMENDATION.............................................................................................................7
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development is the procedure by which the single and
organization connect in the procedure of learning to meet the challenges and want goals. It is
connected with the improvement wants of single person and group. Professional development
includes improving the individual in their role to wholly understand the job they do and way
to improve. It includes increasing the important skills to carry out role as effectively and as
possible and is something which will continue throughout working life. With changes to my
working life incident everyday is it reasonable modification and adjustment in legislation and
advance of technology (Carpenter and Krutka, 2015). It is essential to develop my skills set to
remain effective in my career. Successful professional development includes ensuring my
knowledge and kinds of areas of expertise for my career are always at the largest the possible
level. It is the achievement of skills and knowledge for career progression but it also involve
components of personal development. Some illustrations of professional development like
information technology, legal knowledge or expertise etc. Some illustrations of personal
development such as leadership preparation, time management, communication skills and so
on. This report will identify and evaluate of skills and career ambitious by utilising the
appropriate model.
MAIN BODY
Identification and evaluation of skills and career ambitious
My career objective is to be manager of marketing department in the retail sector.
Therefore, I need to improve my skills and qualities for achieving my career goals and
objectives. I have great communication skills in both verbal and written. It is the very
essential to speak in front of consumers and public for promoting and selling the goods and
services. This can help to increase the profitability and productivity of brand as well as
company (Grima-Farrell, 2015). I have leadership skills in relation to that lead the team members
for effective promotion and advertisement for goods and services, product design and
development with the marketplace. In order to that, I am identifying and evaluating my skills
and qualities by utilising SWOT analysis which can help to me achieve the career objectives
and goals.
SWOT Analysis
Strengths: I have good communication skills for interact with the consumers in the
marketplace. I have good leadership skills for leading team within the organizations. I have
good motivation and creativity skills.

Weakness: I am unable to manage time for complete the work or activity in the firm. I am
unable to solve the complex problems of product development in the marketplace. I am easily
distracted with any small things which can effect in my career objectives and goals.
Opportunities: I want to meet the new people in the retail marketplace. I want to meet the
new people from new culture of firm (McMillan, McConnell and O’Sullivan, 2016). I am gaining
transferable and valuable skills and extra circular activities which help to achieve my career
objective.
Threats: I am threatening to take quick decisions about activities of firm. I am not
maintaining the effective workplace environment. I have limited knowledge about policies
and procedures about the marketing field.
In order to that, I will make efforts to improve and develop all weak skills and
qualities for achieving the objectives of career. For that, I need to gain knowledge by
increasing the learning abilities which help to achieve personal and professional objectives
and goals. In order to that, I have done my graduate and post graduate in marketing field. Not
I am doing my internship in marketing area within the retail sector. In order to that, I am
gaining the more knowledge about marketing activities by utilising the online sources (Shuler
and Keller-Dupree, 2015). I am learning the methods, techniques, strategies about marketing by
training in the retail sector. In order to that, I am more trying to identify and evaluate the
skills and qualities by using the Kolb learning cycle. This can help to increase learning skills
and experiences for achieving the objectives and goals of career.
Kolb’s Learning Cycle: It is the also called as experiential learning and styles. It is the
theory works on two levels and four stages cycle of learning and four separate learning styles.
This theory is focused with internal cognitive procedures of learners. Learning includes
achievement of abstract conception which can be implemented flexibility in scope of
situations (Zwart, Korthagen, and Attema-Noordewier, 2015). The forces for the progression of new
conception are given through new experiences. Learning is procedure whereby knowledge is
making via transformation of experiences.
Concrete Experience: In this stage, I am reinterpretation of my existing experience by
meeting new experiences and situations. Now I am doing internship in the marketing
department, so that I feel that my knowledge and skills are weak as per marketing work and
activity. Therefore, I try to develop my knowledge and experiences for working in marketing
department.

Reflective Observation: At this situation, I feel that there is high difference between
experiences and understanding ability for working in the marketing department. Therefore, I
am trying to more developing and improving the skills and abilities.
Abstract Conceptualization: At this situation, I am taking the new ideas and thoughts for
developing the skills, knowledge and experiences by modification the existing abstract
concept. In this stage, I am learned from my experiences(Grima-Farrell, 2015).
Active Experimentation: I am implemented my ideas or thoughts for developing the skills
and experiences which help to achieve my career objectives and goals. For that, I am doing
some experiment by planning and trying out of my learning something.
In order to that, I am developing the skills, experiences, abilities, and competencies
which help to achieve the career objectives and goals. Through this, I am fulfilling my needs
and wants of personal and professional life. With the help of it, I am developing knowledge
about the marketing activities and policies as well as procedures effectively and efficiently
(Carpenter and Krutka, 2015). With skill development, I am creative and innovative ideas or
thoughts for solving the complex problems and making decisions relating to promoting and
marketing the products and services as well as organization. In order to that, I am developing
the experiences for working in the marketing department in the retail sector. Through this, I
am trying to be marketing manager in the retail business. Developing the learning capacities
that aid to gain knowledge and improving the skills and competencies for achieving the
career objectives as well.
CONCLUSION
This report has summarised that skills and qualities are required and important for
recognizing and evaluation the career ambitious. It can be discussed that SWOT analysis and
Kolb’s learning style and experiential learning cycle are good for assessment the abilities
which are barrier for accomplishing the career objectives and goals. It can be concluded that
SWOT analysis is good for recognizing strengths and weaknesses of single person in their
career. Moreover, assignment has completed that Kolb’s learning styles are beneficial for
developing learning and experiences for accomplishment the career objective and goals. it
can be discussed that improving abilities and competencies can aid to accomplish the
personal and professional objectives and goals. Furthermore, it can be concluded that
professional development helps to accomplish the career objectives. . It can be discussed that
increasing the learning abilities that aid to gain more knowledge and developing the skills and
competencies for achieving the career objectives as well.

RECOMMENDATION
After assessment my abilities and qualities, I should join training session and
attending the development programs. With this, I should my completing the activity and work
according to the allotted time. I should also develop my financial knowledge, so that I can
solve all financial issues or problems within the workplace. I should improve my decision
making skills, so that I can make quick decisions about work as well as business. Training
session and development programmes can help to develop my skills, qualities, abilities and
competencies for career ambitious. Through training, I should improve and develop my time
management, decision making, and confidence as well as only focused on my work without
any distraction. In this context, I should develop my skill and abilities for achieving the
personal and professional development within the personal and organization life. I should
read different books and utilise online resource for developing knowledge and abilities as per
my career ambitious and achieve them. I should make efforts to develop and improve the
skills, qualities and abilities for my career objectives and personalized goals. Also, I should
effective communication and behave with members and colleagues for building up
relationship with them. I should develop my leadership and management skills for handling
the work and completing it. With skills development, I should make efforts to achieve my
career goals and objectives that are to be marketing manager in retail sector.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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Grima-Farrell, C., 2015. Mentoring pathways to enhancing the personal and professional development of pre-
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McMillan, D. J., McConnell, B. and O’Sullivan, H., 2016. Continuing professional development–why bother?
Perceptions and motivations of teachers in Ireland. Professional development in education, 42(1), pp.150-
167.
Shuler, M. K. and Keller-Dupree, E. A., 2015. The impact of transformational learning experiences on personal
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Zwart, R. C., Korthagen, F. A. and Attema-Noordewier, S., 2015. A strength-based approach to teacher
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