Personal Professionalism What it means to students Personal

Personal Professionalism • What it means to students

Personal Professionalism: my perspectives on what being an effective professional means. • • • 22 stories in response Drawn from a variety of work situations: placement part-time work previous to university

Personal Professionalism Themes • Professionalism is a personal conception, ideally internalised • Bringing yourself to the role and organisation. The job is not only enhancing you, you can enhance the role & organisation • Representative of the organisation and its ethics • Way of doing, being and approaching work • Behaviour & conduct underpinned by attitudes & values • Importance of confidence, boundaries, respect & trust • Importance of responsibility

Personal Professionalism entails: • Professionalism in a context • Values • Willingness • Behaviour • Self-management • Appearance & presence • Abilities

Personal Professionalism Why is it important?

Conclusions What to remember! • Professionalism is not about the role, it is the approach to it. • Different people have different ways of being an effective professional, depending on context and personality. It is ok to develop your own representation of professionalism. • Do your best, be ambitious and competent, taking pride in your role and your work. • The way you carry yourself is a representation of what you are capable of. • Qualities not qualifications. • Appearances and conduct are important, but these are underpinned by a sense of values, attitudes and behaviour displayed by the approach to work, in particular in terms of interpersonal and communication skills. • Maintaining and moulding self within the organisation, also enhancing it.