Your Performance Review

Performance rating meetings can cause even the most self-confident employee to have a moment of self-doubt. What if the boss doesn't remember the excellent work you did on a project that wrapped up eleven months ago? What if the minor mistake you made last week suddenly looms large in his mind? Do yourself a favor (and your boss one as well) by preparing a little advance material to help him jog his memory.

When you know the current performance period is coming to an end:

1. Review your position description, performance plan/work requirements, and last year's (or your most recent) performance rating.
2. Assemble a brief document list of your accomplishments in relation to the goals you and your supervisor had set.
   
   • Quantify your accomplishments. Make them specific to your performance standards. Site examples of how you achieved your set goals.
   • List actions or ideas you proposed that resulted in process improvements, major advancement of a project, or any other sort of significant
   • Note contributions that were beyond your defined duties
   • List any goals that were not accomplished and note why. Indicate whether these goals will/should be carried over into the new year
3. Offer the above document to your supervisor to help him review your performance
4. Document for yourself your career goals over the next few years, and how they translate you're your professional goals and support the organizational goals for the upcoming year.

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