Personal and Professional Career Development: Models, Theories, and Strategies

Definitions - Self-awareness

Definition of personal and professional career development

Definitions - Self-awareness

Explain briefly which methods and models in the report – introducing the report, models and theories used to carry out personnel development in relation to achieving an employment goal (SMART/ SWOT/ Maslow/ Johari/ 4 C/ Vark/ Honey & Mumford)

Main findings - Make sure all models and theories are accurately Harvard referenced (in Text citation as well as in Reference list)

1. Highlight personal SMART goal

Talk about why you are motivated to change your current situation – Maslow theory. You can link it with Covey’s 7 habits)

2. SWOT analysis – link it with theorist

Tows and conversion strategies (at least three)

(Bring in other theories should you wish to i.e. Maslow, Covey)

3. Skills Audit

Definition of employability skills

Talk about Employability skills that you have identified as lacking (using Johari/ 4 Cs)

Define theories then apply

4. Learning Styles & Personnel Development Plan

Explain two learning styles and talk about your own personal learning styles and which techniques suit you most accordingly.

Definition of learning style

Which specific style are you as a result of questionaries?

Which learning techniques would suit

Define a PDP, the construct your own PDP, highlighting which the skills (2/) you need to improve and how you would develop them.

Discuss the actions taken linking them with your learning styles (VARK/ H & M/ Kolb)- link them with theorist and apply by showing which learning techniques you will use.

Two paragraphs summing up the entire report of a clear plan of why and how you would go about developing particular employment/ academic skills in order to achieve your Personnel SMART goal.