College Essay On My Professional Identity

WHERE AM I? WHAT IS MY CURRENT SITUATION?

As a child I grew up in a culturally diverse household, with a mother of a mixed-Asian ethnicity and a father from the UK, I would say that I was taught to value and adapt to different cultures.

I am a Generation Y student, in my final year of university, studying a Bachelor of Business and majoring in Human Resource Management. I completed high school at Kinabalu International School under the British education system, and took a year and a half off before furthering my studies, in which time I worked in various administrative positions. Following which, I began my current undergraduate degree at HELP University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia before being given the opportunity to complete my final year at Griffith University.

Key Strengths

According to an online Myers-Briggs personality test, I have an INFJ personality, which include strengths such as creativity, decisiveness and determination,

A professional identity may be defined as an individual’s perception of their professionalism based on their beliefs, motives, attributes and experiences (Slay & Smith, 2010). I have always wanted to be a part of either the creative industry or any industry that allows me to fulfill my need to help people, to work for a greater cause. As it stands, I see myself pursuing a postgraduate degree in Creative Writing and English Literature.

However due to financial restrictions, I will most likely apply for a job in the healthcare industry once I have graduated from Griffith University, focusing on Human Resource Training and Development. This will provide the knowledge and work experience from the industry. As a child, I was in and out of hospitals quite a lot but from those experiences the most prominent memory would be the fact that I was absolutely scared of hospitals and to this day, I still am. This was primarily due to the fact that the nurses, at that particular time, were not trained