The personal development plan $($PDP$)$ is a document that outlines your strengths and development areas and the goals that you want to achieve in the short, medium, or long term $($glassdoor $,2021).$ The PDP will help guide you on actions to take to improve your development areas and reach your goals successfully.

The PDP process $($per the self$-$development and self$-$management definitions in your learning material online$)$ identified the following five steps that must be completed for successful accomplishment of your goals. Each of the steps set out below should be completed as per the instructions provided in the online course material.

For questions and feedback, please contact your assigned e$-$tutor.

Part A of this activity will be completed for step $1$ only.

Part A: Identifying strengths and development areas

Student number: $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$

Required:

You are required to source a job advertisement for a newly qualified CA$($SA$).$ Consider the skills $($excluding technical $$know$-$how$)$ that a newly qualified CA$($SA$)$ is required to have.

From the selected advertisement, identify one skill that you consider to be your strength and one skill that you consider to be your development area.

When identifying your strength and development area:

$$ identify your strength and development area that is related to your application for the selected job advertisement $$ such as $$I have strong active listening skills in communication$$ or $$I would like improve my ability to work in a team$.$ You will concentrate on improving these areas throughout the year, so make sure they are things that are important to you;

$$ you should identify one strength and one development area in total; and

$$ keep it simple and realistic, as you will be required to explain how you intend to enhance your strength or improve your development area by the end of the year.

IMPORTANT:

Your activities are graded by means of a rubric.

Students MUST NOT complete this rubric. It is for the MARKER to complete. The rubric is provided to you so that you may know the criteria against which your activity will be graded.

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Job advertisement for a newly qualified CA$($SA$)$

Example:

Source of advert $$ Available at: Newly Qualified Chartered Accountant $-$ Urgent Hiring at Network Recruitment in Johannesburg, Gauteng $-$ GrabJobs $($Accessed $30$ October $2023,$ Newly qualified Chartered Accountant $$ Urgent Hiring, GrabJobs.co$.$za$)$

Job advertisement for a newly qualified CA$($SA$)$

Insert a copy of your selected job advert here:

Source of advert $$

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One strength identified

Example $$I have strong active listening skills in communication.

One development area identified

Example: I would like to improve my ability to work as a team leader

Explain the process that you followed to identify your strengths and development areas.

Suggestion: Refer to the rubric for the relevant criteria.

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Assessment rubric: Identification of strengths and development areas

STUDENT NUMBER:

Assessment criteria for the PDP $$ part A Student grade Max grade

Did the student identify an appropriate job advertisement for a newly qualified CA$($SA$)?1$

Did the student note one strength related to the job advertisement? $2$

Did the student note one development area related to the job advertisement? $2$

Did the student use the template provided for the PDP$?($Strengths$,$ development areas and reflection sections completed$)1$

Did the student make a meaningful, honest assessment of their strength and development area through their reflections?

Review the self$-$awareness process described by the student for evidence of the following:

$$ Did they consult third parties?

$$ Did they consider past successes and failures?

$$ Is there a link between the process followed and the identified strengths and development areas?

$$ Did they consider their holistic self $$ for example, by using the mind, heart and body approach?

$0-4$

Total $10$

COMMENTS

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Part B: SMART goals

Part B of the template will cover steps $2$ and $3$ of the PDP process.

Required:

You are required to develop $2$ SMART goals that you will aim to achieve during this year. One goal must be related to the strength you identified in Part A of your PDP and the other goal must be related to the development area you identified in Part A of your PDP$.$

IMPORTANT:

Your activities are graded by means of a rubric.

Students MUST NOT complete this rubric. It is for the MARKER to complete. The rubric is provided to you so that you may know the criteria against which your activity will be graded.

S $$ Specific

To make a goal specific, the five $$W$$ questions must be considered:

Who is involved?

Where is this goal to be achieved?

What do I want to achieve?

When do I need to achieve this?

Why is