Characteristics of a good personal reflective statement Typically

Characteristics of a good personal reflective statement: • Typically be around 500 words in length. This word count is separate from Section B, but it is part of the overall word count. • Show evidence of further reflection/learning – evolution in personal development. Further insights? Plan of action? • Demonstrate clearly how what you’ve learnt in Part B helps your chosen career. • Show appreciation of key themes – lifelong learning, transferable skills (longterm perspective and implications on career) • Examples! In the following samples, the good points are underlined.

Selected Examples 1 Perhaps it is also because I am a person who loss interest easily and quickly, it takes me a long time to make my final decision and choose Soft. Bank Corp. as the case study. Although I am really glad that I have found the case and I could take this chance to share it with others as I really appreciate what it had done for the society, I understand I have to take a serious attitude towards my time management. Although this is not surprised that I rush assignment through so as to meet the deadline, I believe it is the high time for me to change this habit as I will no longer be a student from next year onwards. I understand my chosen career is a demanding job. There is no excuse for me to keep my clients waiting or perform badly because of the limited time. Thus, I believe time management is a transferable skill and I am required to obtain this skill as fast as possible so as to be well-prepared for the job.

Selected Examples 2 Realising my personality traits through both learning style and leadership questionnaires assists me in identifying my strengths and weaknesses to seize future opportunities and to stay alert with possible threats in this uncertain environment. Realising the importance of lifelong learning and transferrable skills ideas aids me being a prospective employee. This is because I have clearer direction of steps I have to take to achieve my chosen future career.

Selected Examples 3 …where I want to build my career, specifically in accounting and auditing occupation. Therefore, part B of this paper’s theme is about value of audit profession. The increasing numbers of lawsuits against auditors due to the successfulness of accounting frauds around the world endangers this profession in the future. Declining public trust toward this profession’s function and value puts this job’s position in business chain to be insignificant. Furthermore, increasing expectation from audit statement users, indirectly, creates many stronger rules and regulations of an auditor’s conduct. . . Seeking out the ways to recover public trust toward auditors is an attractive aim of part B of this paper…research broadens my view regarding auditors’ role and responsibility in a business chain. Reasons of getting audit professions to be direct liable party… of accounting scandals, more in-depth understanding of auditors’ roles in accounting frauds, and the accounting scandals’ implications are new information I learned from part B…increase my awareness regarding audit occupation’s vulnerability in the future. This job’s future uncertainty makes me be challenged to work harder and strength myself by keeping up-to-date of world news and this job’s development.

Selected Examples 4 This professional project is intended to link personal development and professional career with four different psychometric questionnaires supported to understand improve myself effectively. Self analysis help people find most suitable method to learning and working. Taking four psychometric questionnaires into consideration, communication with people is my advantage. I can easily establish the harmonious relationship with people, different opinions from everyone will be considered carefully by me and I am pleased to adopt others suggestion, therefore, I am not a autocratic person in my career.