Reflective essay example
Early Termination: Reflection on a Placement
- Subject
- Business & Management
- Type
- Reflective essay
- Citation style
- APA 6
- Length
- 3 pages
About this sample
The paper reflects on the author's sales placement at a car company and what it taught them about the profession. It identifies behaviours to improve, including punctuality, communication skills and avoiding workplace distractions, in order to avoid early termination of their contract. It closes with takeaways about continuous learning and discipline.
- sales placement experience
- punctuality and professional conduct
- communication skills in sales
- workplace distractions
- early contract termination
- continuous learning and discipline
How it opens
My experience at my placement position was insightful as it functioned as a learning process. It afforded me the opportunity to learn more about my future profession while equipping me with the necessary skills. Through the placement, I got to learn much more about sales as I worked as a salesperson. The company that I had my placement deals in car sales and this meant that I had to interact with customers regularly and skillfully so as to influence them to purchase from the company. Through this, I found an avenue to learn about my future profession in the business world while gaining important insights first-hand that will go towards molding me in my career path.
While I received no early termination since I still work at the company with my contract to be renewed as soon as the first lapses, I learned that there are certain things that I need to improve on if I have to avoid any early terminations in the future. For instance, I have to be consistently early at work to show that I am committed to the company. Moreover, showing up early will allow me the opportunity to be effective in my duties as it will gift me with time to prepare for the day's responsibilities. Failure to be consistent regarding time resulted in early termination as I witnessed other colleagues' contracts terminated as early as the first week of commencing work.
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