1. Strengths and weaknesses
I have done a table showing what my strengths weaknesses are and how they will be used in my
work experience.
Strengths Evidence Weaknesses Evidence
Entrepreneurial According to enterprise & other Don’t relate According to m assessment feedback I
questionnaire I my entrepreneurial theory to need to relate more theory to practice.
skills are good but I will need to practice I will be able to do this by seeing how
improve them the theory relates to real life situations
in the sports business
Kinaesthetic According to the VARK Questionnaire creative According to enterprise I need to
learning I am a kinaesthetic learner. This will improve my creativity. This will be
be used in my work experience by done by advertising the charity event
actually being taught tasks by doing in new ways to improve the way its
them such as the advertising or being advertised
able to instruct people how to climb.
Flexibility According to the BBC questionnaire I Reading and According to the VARK Questionnaire I
am flexible to adapt to different writing am not very strong in the reading and
situations. I will use this in my work writing skills. I have used different
experience by adapting to the techniques to help me improve in this
different environments to complete area such as
the tasks set such as I will have to http://www.mindtools.com/rdstratg.ht
deal with customers while doing ml as i will need to use the reading and
reception work. writing skills in the work experience
doing the advertising for the charity
climb.
loyal According to the personality graduate Knowledge According to Honey & Mumford (1995)
skills booklet I am loyal. I will need to about I need to improve the knowledge
use this in the work experience by learning skills about learning skills. I will use my
meeting the different tasks set for me learning skills by using my strengths of
to complete and working different learning kinaesthetically and aurally on
hours if I am needed to. the work experience
Aural learning According to the VARK Questionnaire activist According to Lashley (1995) I need to
I am an aural learner. I will use this in improve my activist skills. I will do this
the work placement by listening to in my work placement by generating
the best way to do things. ideas and having the limelight with the
advertising for the charity event
Perseverance According to the enterprise I am Time In my action plan I stated that this was
perseverant which I will use in my management an area that I wanted to improve. I will
work placement. I will do this by be using this in more parts of my work
having to work through jobs that I placement because it is very important
might not like. to stick to deadlines. I will need good
time management for the advertising
of the charity event
Working According to Honey & Mumford
situation (1995)I am got at working in different
situations, this is very important as I
will need to work in different
situations in my work experience
reflector According to Lashley (1995) I am a
good reflector. This is important as I
will need to reflect on what has
happened in the work experience to

2. help my personal development
Teamwork According to Leitch (2006) basic
skills, such as literacy and numeracy,
and generic skills, such as
teamworking and communication,
are applicable in most jobs. Specific
skills tend to be less transferable
between occupations. This is why I
have added teamwork into my
strengths and weaknesses
Honey, P. And Mumford, A. (1995) The Opportunist Learner: A Guide to using
Learning Oppotunities. Maidenhead, Peter Honey
Lashley, C. (1995) Improving study skills: a compitence approach, London,
Cassell
Leitch, S. (2006) Prosperity for all in the global economy. London: HM Treasury,
2006.