Employability - Personal Effectiveness at Work

Employability Unit 1 Assignment

Personal Effectiveness at Work

Task 1

a) Goals and Objectives that contribute to personal effectiveness at work placement:

Hard working- your manager would know you’re appropriate for the job and can handle it.
Communication- to maintain good relationship with your clients and build up your confident.
Responsibility- so you know how to take care of your own actions and maintain your job in an effective way. Also you can’t rely on others.
Time management- to maintain smooth running of the day and feel like you’re not piled up with to many responsibility.

b) The areas of development you need to support personal goals:

Training and development- this is important because you would know how to work effectively and make sure nothing will go wrong.
Organizing- this is important because if your not organized then you might find your job very hard and start struggling and find your self in a position that you cant handle the job no more.
Plan ahead- so you’re up to date with your job and work and you won’t stress.
Goal setting- this is important because you would know what job you need to do and might not forget anything important.

c) Why I ...

Training and development- this is important because you would know how to work effectively and make sure nothing will go wrong.
Organizing- this is important because if your not organized then you might find your job very hard and start struggling and find your self in a position that you cant handle the job no more.
Plan ahead- so you’re up to date with your job and work and you won’t stress.
Goal setting- this is important because you would know what job you need to do and might not forget anything important.

c) Why I think personal goals and objectives are important at work:

Achieve goals- feel very proud of yourself and see you can work independently.
Hard working- get everything done on time and working effectively.
Professionalism- so people see you as a good worker and see that you can do your job professionally.
Willing
Committed- so you don’t get distracted and know that the work is very important to you.

Task 2

Personal implications of starting work:

Task 3

a) Ways to describe the way I would create a good impression with personal presentation in workplace:

high standard of hygiene
smart appearance
Hair should be neat because you don’t it coming to the front and might get caught into something.
No piercing because the clients might not like it and feel scared.
Being polite and pleasant because you don’t want to upset anyone.
Time management because you don’t want to miss anything important e.g. giving medicines an time.
Staying clean and tidy, its safety and for hygiene protection. Looking neat and tidy will stand out towards clients and anyone.

b) Why I think personal presentation is important when starting work:

It’s a good impression towards and will give you a lot of confident that you can present work and deliver it to anyone.
Taking the job seriously and that you know it is important for you take pride in appearance so anyone who looks at you will see you as a professional.
Respect towards other and that they feel you are interested in the job.

Task 4

a) Ways in which I would manage my feelings in the workplace:

Take control, it would make you feel better and that you feel more committed to your job.
Speak to somebody so you can sort you problems out or someone can sort them out for you if you’re having trouble with your job.
Be assertive
Relaxation techniques as yoga can help you with your stress levels.
Exercise such has jogging can help you forget things and bring you mind back.
Counting to 10 feel calm you down if you think you are stressing.

b) Why is it important to manage my feelings when starting work?

Maintain professional- people might think you’re not professional; it will give a bad image towards your clients.
Don’t make any wrong impressions
Avoid any conflict
Remain calm