How to Ace a Performance Review
Posted in Job Performance
Most employees today have to go through a performance review. It is a means for employers to see if their employees have performed well in their own jobs or quite the opposite. Employers see a performance review as a means to improve productivity in the workplace. Employees mostly dread it.
Employees need not fear going through a performance review. In fact it can be a means of letting an employer see the exceptional work that you may have done for the company. There are many accomplishments that employers may overlook during the course of the year.
It may take a performance review for an employee to air this out and may use it to further one's goal of getting promoted or getting a raise. Acing the performance review would be needed if ever you wish to improve your current career status in the company.
Preparation is key
One of the important things that you can do prior to a performance review is to list down all the specific things that you have done for the company. Try to list down on which projects you have been involved in during the course of the year.
Try to also list down all the accomplishments you have done as well as the valuable contributions that you have made to achieve certain goals of the company. You may need to be specific about this. And since it may be a considerable number, you can write it down on paper that you can bring with you during the performance review.
Know what to say
In order to do well on a performance review, you would need to prepare on how you would wish to present yourself. Not only would you need to list down your accomplishments, you may also need to study them more closely so that you will be able to answer questions that your employer may ask you concerning some of your accomplishments.
In case you see some problem areas during the performance review, you may need to prepare how to answer them effectively in case they ever come up during the review.
Double your efforts a month or two before the review
During a performance review, managers or employers usually only focus on the recent activities and may not cover accomplishments done last year. In order to look better during an upcoming performance review, you can try to double your efforts in terms of your job performance a good couple of months before the actual performance review.
You can take in an extra project and offer status reports to your boss more often. Ma Most managers seem to remember more thing that has been done recently rather than accomplishments done about eight or ten months ago. Doing more a month or two prior to your performance review will help you get better points for it.
