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ICE - Introduction
What’s the point of Personal Development Planning (PDP) and how does it help me?
Personal Development Planning enables you to take charge of your own educational, personal and career development, principally by encouraging you not only to learn, but to reflect on what and how you are learning. This reflection should help you identify what you know and which skills you have acquired in the course of your study and wider social and work experiences.Greater self-awareness of your skills and, just as importantly, awareness of your weaknesses should help you to proactively plan your next steps. Taking charge in this way means that you stretch and develop yourself and make the most of your time at university. It also means that by documenting your activities, you have a way of demonstrating your skills and abilities to potential employers.
In addition to your degree, nearly all graduate employers will want you
to complete an application form and other selection processes which will
require you to demonstrate a number of skills:
- oral communication
- leadership
- initiative
- written communication
- analytical ability
- problem-solving
- IT skills
- numeracy
- time management
- entrepreneurship
- ability to work under pressure
- adaptability