This Personal Development Plan was based on the CV ‘Des Student’ found in CV and Cover Letters pg 18)
Personal Development Plan
If you’ve rated yourself as weaker in any skill within your Skills Audit, this may be because you haven’t yet had a chance to develop in this area. A Personal Development Plan (PDP) gives you the opportunity to consider how you could improve in that particular skill. Why not use the example below to create your own Personal Development Plan?
PDP example: Specific objective (What skill/ knowledge do I want to develop?)
Steps to achieving objective (How will I develop this skill? Include specific details)
Timeline Support required (When will I develop this skill/ (Who/what do I need to help knowledge?) me achieve objective)
Read the ‘What can I do with my degree’ section of the careers website to get some ideas.
This week
Just me
Autumn Term 2021
Find out dates and how to attend on the Careers website.
During this term What I can do after I have completed my MEng degree?
Attend the online Careers Fairs- especially the Engineering related one.
Use events calendar on JobsLive and speak to tutors about upcoming department organised events.
Listen to three different employer related talks or events from interesting companies. Watch an online course in presenting skills.
Presentation skills
This week
This month Attend a Careers Lab on presentations to practice with Next month’s group design project presentation. people I don’t know. Build up confidence by volunteering to speak more in meetings and eventually take the lead in group presentations.
Research options on LinkedIn Learning or TED talks. Book place via JobsLive. Gain feedback and advice from attendees and Careers Consultant. Ask for feedback from both tutor and group members on how I could improve my presenting skills after this.
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