Twenty-Four Month Personal Development Plan

Personal Development is key in growth of human resource management. It allows a person to be proactive, become self-aware, improves focus, efficiency and effectiveness of a person, it’s a form of motivation and creates resilience. As per the actions made in the report, there some gaps that need to be filled for so as the assistant airline transport manager is effective efficient and is able to deliver results as expected.

The assistant airline transport manager will need to develop necessary skills on transport and logistics by attending twelve months long training covering various aspects of air transport i.e. Air transportation, Airplanes and aviation equipment, Air cargo operations, Aviation economics, Aviation regulations and Air carriers’ management. This will ensure that assistant airline transport manager is well versed with the all operations in the logistics sector and is able to make informed decisions and offer guidance when called upon.

Good leaders possess certain attributes to help them positively engage with colleagues and as well with other stakeholders. This soft skills helps a leader to communicate effectively, motivate, bring cohesiveness among teams, achieve targets and overall achieve the organization’s goals and objectives. The assistant airline transport manager needs to enhance leadership skills by attending a six months long seminars and symposiums on leadership.

Mentorship is very important for human development as one is able to gain knowledge and wisdom from the people who are knowledgeable in the industry. A mentorship program for the assistant airline transport manager is very key it will sharpen soft skills and leadership skills by networking and interaction with other professionals in the other airline firms. A six month long program will be adequate to achieve this endeavor.

How I Would Prepare for the Interview

Thorough research and effective preparation for are interview is important for guaranteeing interview success. Research will cover the in-depth analysis of the company and the industry in which the company operates in, how large the company is, how the company is divided, their main competitors, their product portfolio, the company’s clientele, recent development concerning the airline, and future developments of the airline among other considerations. Further research on strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats witnessed by the airline will be very vital in preparation for the interview as one will have a robust overview of the company’s strengths and opportunities available for growth and the available weakness and that threats and come up will tangible solutions to solve them. It is also important to carry out a PESTEL analysis (Political, Environmental, Social, Technological, Economical and Legal Analysis) that will be able to give a full insight on the external factors that affect the company and thus have concrete solutions and show masterly of the industry

Effective planning is necessary for acing the interview. In-depth analysis of the job description is very important as one is able to identify the needs of the company and thus one is able to tailor responses accordingly providing tangible examples that prove that one is the best suitable candidate for the role. Also identify the most relevant skills for the role of Assistant Airline Transport manager that will offer a competitive edge over other candidates. Such skills include; communication skills both oral and written, proficiency skills on computer software especially word, excel, PowerPoint Air ticketing among others, interpersonal skills, negotiation skills, decision making skills.

Feedback

Feedback after interview is very important in a workplace as it improves personal and team performance and helps the business to identify company goals and track progress. Effective feedback should be engaging, intentional and constructive. Effective interview feedback has the following importance; encourages engagement, this is provides feedback that is two-sided and where staff members are provided with effective feedback are more engaged and this will result to better performance. Effective feedback provides a way by highlighting key performance indicators which helps the employee to understand their capabilities, achievements, gaps needs and progress towards a goal. Moreover, effective feedback motivates employees and this makes them productive by completing their set goals and objectives on time. Effective feedback improves performance of employees which spills over to achieving the organisation goals and objectives.

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