BA (Hons) Business Studies: Study Skills for Higher Education

This essay delves into the essential study skills necessary for success in higher education and the workplace. It identifies and explains the importance of adaptability, information management, collaboration, communication, leadership, and critical thinking and problem-solving. The essay also provides practical recommendations to improve the content of students' CVs, including modifying objective statements, including quantifiable statements, ensuring the CV spans two or more pages, adjusting the font and format, including a summary of experiences, and generating multiple CVs for diverse industries. The essay emphasizes the development of transferable skills and their significance in both academic and professional contexts, highlighting the value of continuous improvement and the importance of presenting oneself effectively to potential employers. The assignment is designed to help students understand the skills needed to excel in their studies and prepare for future careers.

Study skills for higher
education

INTRODUCTION
The study skills enable to learn efficiently about personal development in which
individual need and desire both get fulfilled to its highest. It is not only bounded with the need to
understand theories, ideas and concept about specific area or subject related study but it also
increase the mental awareness and build certain confidence so that successful journey is started
after completion of higher education (Villarreal, V. and Martinez, A., (2018)). These are also be
known as transferable skills that is developed beyond educational context as it advance different
skills and abilities such as prioritising, time management, organisational learning, problem
solving, self discipline that assist to be more motivated during accomplishment of any task or
work. The report below comprise of different skills that is required be too successful within
University and its importance along with recommendation to improvise CVs content.
MAIN BODY
Identify skills that students require to be successful at university and why they are also important
in the workplace.
The soft skills defined the ability and capability of an individual about to manage and
control different consequences and circumstances in clear manner. It is also be encompassed
with non curricular skills that is measured on emotional basis with this ability to analyse several
aspect about different condition is generalised with better mode. In the University student have
gone through with different concepts, theories, practical, experimental, essay and report writing,
calculation and formulas that all collectively trained the person to become a better and effectual
learner (Kim, S.Y. and et. al., (2018)). To achieve success at University it is required that an
individual have a diverse range of skills in which constructive thinking is developed so that all
the essential skills are developed perpetually. There are different skills that are required to be
successful at University and also be importance in workplace and it is as briefly explained below
as:
Adaptability: It is a necessary skill that assists to become even more flexible within
personal lives so that learning capability is processed by making sustained clarity towards all the
relative concepts. For instance, the water always changes its shape according to its streamline
thus life also be processed like same in which all the challenges are hurdles get crossed by
putting required efforts. The advancement is induced over regular basis with this adaptability and
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its range both get advanced with perfection. The ability to be adaptable kept constant change that
serve to sustained success in a way as no matter what circumstance are comes as obstacles but
the mind is always being prepared that advance the probability of survival at different stages
(Zayani, C.A. and et. al., (2018)). It is also being helpful within working place as it more often
changes the lifestyle with positivity under which to make favourable change as per business
trends.
Information management: It is most essential skill in which individual get acquire all the
skills that is generated directly or indirectly during studies and learning. The information holding
and make its suitable implementation at timely manner is always been act as suitable success for
a student. It is ability to accept or discard beneficial or unrequited information both get
distinguish with perfection. As a student, it assists to collect and implement genuine result
through which possibility to advance working attribute get advanced in successful way. In a
working place as well there are different task that has to be performed in this information
management plays an important role. In this all the information is segmented as per relatedness
so that working efficiency get developed which also enhance working proficiency with clarity.
Collaboration: As a student, it is mandatory that all the students must acknowledge the
importance of team work and group working that is in form of both physical and virtual. It also
comprises of empathy, communication and leadership values that develop higher fluency among
cross working with this productivity to advance easy standardised is processed on regular
process (Cloete, M., (2018)). It is an ability that enhance numerous benefits within university
study that is also be beneficial within workplace as in order to complete daily work also it is
required to be incorporate with team. For this it is required that individual must know to get
involve with different people having differ skills, abilities, working criteria, learning etc. but
with the similar target to achieve standardised outcome in timely constrained.
Communication: It is a skills and ability with this suitable relation is developed with
others as by making clear and sustained interaction in regard to process clarity among working. It
might be related to direct as face to face communication either with support of digital techniques.
It boosts the level of interaction and build strong interpersonal skills with better practices so that
working productivity also get emphasised. In support of this skills working efficiency at
workplace also deprived with this possibility to process different task with clarity and precision
through which possibility to process long term success is developed in beneficial manner. It also
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assist to get over complex situations as by making effective solution and it is drive by collective
working.
Leadership: It is a soft skill that is used to get work according to varied situation through
which most easily and direct way is selected to resolve from certain problem. In addition, it is
also be used to influence others and it is also be untapped with suitable potential that is processed
by making effectual utilisation of all the resources (Braileanu, M. and et. al., (2020)). As a leader
inspire, motivate and empower others too that advance willing to take responsive decision. It is
act as an asset with this probability to attract attention of others is developed and it is even more
sharpen when individual take participative in many activities. It is even more useful at workplace
as the proactive leader always take responsibility to everything that is happen in surround with
this profitable outcome is achieved in prominent manner. It is a skill that is having by an
individual through born and with this individual has work with more passion and compassion
through which working possibility also improvised.
Critical thinking and problem solving: It is a skills that is also be used to make analytical
thinking that is developed to attain critical solution and it is attained by making prefectural
analysis of overall problem. In this certain level of productivity, independence and
responsiveness get designed with this numerous benefit is achieved during higher education. It
play wider role in education as it advance the mental capability through which all the possible
solution is designed and task get completed with usage of most effectual solution. Problem
solving also thrive future requirement in this student learn about to manage and control different
circumstances. It is even crucial at workplace as well, as the time to make effective and decisive
decision making that induce positive impact over working and personal performance.
In a university study there are different skills and learning get developed and enhanced
within a student that creates a strong base to achieve long term success and development (Hahn,
D. and et. al., (2020)). For this probability to achieve better heights in future career or during
working at workplace also induce balanced impact with that effectiveness and its efficiency both
get enlarged in profitable mode. To make personal and professional development it is essential
that skills and learning is enhanced over continuous basis and with this profitable outcome is
achieved in terms of professionalism.
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Recommendations that could help students improve the content of their CVs.
The “Curriculum vitae” is not only a document as it reflects overall skills, experience,
educational qualification, knowledge, abilities that all collectively represent a perfect reflection
of an individual. It is used to create higher values even without any human presence and used to
collect certain level of attention of marketplace. In this suitable program is developed with this
working tendency and its efficiency both get developed that is related to certain job specification
or about an industry (Stadler, M. and et. al., (2018)). The crafting of CV used to revise and
improvise professionalism throughout the life as by making continuous improvement so that
adequate standards is highlight that is importance for enhancement of CV. It is also be a
document that is used to outline certain experience with this extensive information is shared it is
essential to make it effective as it provide an opportunity to refresh additional educational and
working experience through which chances to get better option of selection in interview is also
increases. There are few recommendations for student’s that assist them to improvise the CVs
content and it is as explained below as:
Modify objective statement to a CV profile: The objective statement is a better way to
summarise overall qualification as per start of career (Cottrell, S., (2019)). CV covers the overall
summary of qualification that allows the employer to make clarity and quick review about
selection of employee. In this professional profile heading is introduce in support of personal
statement, profile statement and career objective. In this relevance skills along with certification
is cleared in which adequate space is developed with perfection. The skills get bulleted so that
suitable structure is developed and take up horizontal space and hold all relative skills.
Additional quantifiable statement throughout: CV is just like resume that is used to
make effectual demonstration to employers in this adequate clarity about an additional
responsibilities take place in concern about academic experience and professional is clarified.
The quantifiable statement advance working potential with this précised information is flowed
that overseas working proficiency (Yan, L. and et. al., (2019)). For instance, rather than writing
“I had coordinate different events as an event specialist” it is better to say as “I coordinate about
150 events with overseeing of a team of 12 specialists”. It provides more clarity and sustained
impact over grabbing of market attentiveness.
Ensure CV is two or more page in span: The resume is unlike of a length of 2 page
minimum as it encourage the professionalism to gone through with overall experience, working
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capabilities, team work and qualification. The two pages is usually being validated and okay that
make clear starting of your career that even held with multiple jobs. In this several certification is
done in volunteering basis in this expected length is designed with this better advantage is
attained.
Adjust the font and format all through: It is required that format also be more attractive
and clear as beside of content overall format is also be required to more appealing in terms of
look (Tantra, R., (2019)). The sustained standards is established about fonts such as Calibri,
Times New Roman, Helvetica while some others also make adequate usage of Comic Sans,
Courier through which creative and decorative content is developed. It also being used to review
free space, heading and rest content to be more systematic that used to grab attention with
effectiveness.
Include a summary to every experience concerning what you learned: It is basically an
optional aspect as it increases the number of pages but it is an effectual way to summarise overall
skills, lessons and habit that is learned from educational experience or during professional
working (Williams, A.E. and et. al., (2020)). For instance, one could write that he/she get worked
as human resource manager thus rather than this added overall experience as from the duration of
mine working I have learned about to manage team working along with provision of training and
development, fulfilment of basic need of employee along with maintaining balance in between
working standards.
Generate numerous CVs used for diverse industry: It is another way to get job in
different industries as requirement of job place and position is different in every industry thus if
to get a job in favourable place it is required that CV must looks as per demand of company that
assist to make perfect balance in between both. It enhances the tactics and its usage with this
professional career and its experience both surpassed in organised manner.
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CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from the above report that study skills and higher education is a
basic concept within this a strong base is developed about the learning prospect that is fruitful to
achieve long term success and development over regular basis. There are different set of skills
that is developed during University learning and also be helpful to be within the working place.
In addition CVs content is also being required to clear and attractive so that management get
clarity about the skills, learning, knowledge and attentiveness of an individual with perfection.
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