Employability – 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 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:

* Maintain standards of work

* Other people needs

* Location

* Environment

* Budget money

* Childcare

* Social activities

* Personal appearance

* Attitude

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