Skills Audit Reflection: Analyzing Skills for Professional Development

This assignment is a skills audit and reflection, focusing on self-assessment and professional development. The student analyzed their skills, identifying strengths in interactive and group work, prioritization, and weaknesses in analytical, time management, communication, and technical skills. The Personal Development Plan (PDP) includes action plans for improvement in time management, problem-solving, collaboration, critical thinking, communication, and technical knowledge. Each area has specific strategies like prioritizing tasks, defining problems, seeking mentorship, and taking online courses. The student concludes that regular skills audits are essential for personality development and overall progress, referencing relevant academic sources. This assignment showcases the student's ability to follow instructions, conduct a skills audit, and create actionable development plans, adhering to the specified formatting requirements.

Skills Audit/Reflection

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY .................................................................................................................................3
PDP ............................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION...............................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES...............................................................................................................................5
Books and journals......................................................................................................................5
Online..........................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Skills audit refers to the structured evaluation of an individual's skills and abilities. Such
audit provides insights into existing or need to be develop skills and competencies in an
individual. It also suggests necessary action-steps for the development of the required skills.
MAIN BODY
By analysing the audit statement of skills it can be interpreted that I have good
interactive and group skills where I can happily manage myself while working in a group. Also,
I can put aside my own perceptions for maintaining group harmony. Further, I can also know
what is more important to do and what is not, that is I can be able to prioritise my given tasks. If
I have to mention my weaknesses then it can be my analysis skills because I lack finding
similarities and differences between things. And the same may be due to my inability to
compare things. I can't be happy when things are not going in my way, I am not a punctual
individual due to lack of time management skills, I can't allow myself to accept criticism without
any reliable proof. Furthermore, I lack in communication and presentation skills where I can't be
able to express my views and ideas and I am not a technically sound individual. Some more
weaknesses like lacking in evaluative skills, not good at managing conflicts and problem solving
skills which must be addressed through some training and personality development programmes
designed for the same.
PDP
Areas to be improved Action plan Resources Tenure
Time management Developing an organised plan by
combining activities and eliminating useless
tasks through prioritising activities of
greater importance (Bleidorn, and Schwaba,
2017).
Books 2 weeks
Problem solving Defining and understanding the problem by
creating the image of situations that would
take place if the problem would not sort
out. This skill can also be improved through
studying real life cases and how the same
has been sort out by the character (Geukes,
van Zalk and Back, 2018). This will help an
individual to act in certain manner if the
same happen to him/her.
Novel/
Biography
3 -4 months

Collaboration Working with a mentor who posses good
collaborative skills, there are many
mentorship programs too which are helpful
in developing this skill, timely responding
to others while working in a group and
through indulging ourselves in team
building activities (Lucas and Donnellan,
2020).
Mentor /
mentorship
programs
2 months
Critical thinking Considering our own beliefs, values, ethics
and thought process. Identifying and
evaluating ways of how to receive, listen,
interpret and react to vital information.
Case
studies
1 week
Communication and
presentation skills
Written communication skills will be
improved through writing blogs and articles
and verbal skills will be enhanced through
exercising volunteering acts, mentoring
students, joining unions and societies
(Woods and et. al., 2019).
Blogs,
articles,
online
presentatio
ns
4 months
Technical knowledge Technical knowledge can be obtained
through online classes, joining training
institutions, changing mindset that one
cannot have excellence in technology.
Online
classes and
training
institutions
6 months
CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that timely skill auditing must be done by
every individual. The task of skill auditing always helpful in personality development. The
overall growth and progress of an individual can be ensured through such skill assessment.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Bleidorn, W. and Schwaba, T., 2017. Personality development in emerging adulthood.
In Personality development across the lifespan (pp. 39-51). Academic Press.
Geukes, K., van Zalk, M. and Back, M. D., 2018. Understanding personality development: An
integrative state process model. International Journal of Behavioral
Development, 42(1), pp.43-51.
Lucas, R. E. and Donnellan, M. B., 2020. Introduction to the Special Issue: Preregistered Studies
of Personality Development and Aging Using Existing Data.
Woods, S. A., and et. al., 2019. The influence of work on personality trait development: The
demands-affordances TrAnsactional (DATA) model, an integrative review, and
research agenda. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 110, pp.258-271.
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