Professional Competences

This session we had to do a self evaluation of our professional competences. We had to measure our competences in various areas like personal management, communication,managing information,research and analysis,project task, organizational skills, teamwork,commitment to quality, professional behavior,social responsibility and continuous learning. This task was very important to us as a student because this would help us to get a clear picture of where we stand in regards of these competences and how we could improve them.

I found this evaluation particularly helpful in regards to knowing our skills and experiences we have and how it could be related and useful in the career pathway. It was similar to SWAN analysis but in more depth to  view myself professionally. It helped me to judge myself like where my strength lies, what are my weaknesses and what needs to be done in order to work on them.Knowing them while we are student and improving will help us get ready to face future challenges in our career for instance interviews. What i found challenging while doing this evaluation was to rate myself and justify my ratings for particular competences. However, after completing the task sheet i found that there are a lot of areas i need to work on to build my skills. 

I will do this by trying to learn new skills by showing interest in various activities from where i can gain valuable knowledge, apply for an internship program, working on things i am lacking on like time management and organizational skills.This i will do by first of all making a timetable, where i will divide my times for school, break, lunch work and leisure. Also ill set a target for each day to complete all my work on time.Lastly, i think it is important to do this evaluation time to time as to compare myself how far i have developed.