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Using
Your Performance Review |
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a log of all the projects you worked on during the
course of the year. Include not only your assignments
but also work you did to assist other engineers
and other departments. Be sure to emphasize major
contributions and major accomplishments. On occasion
a boss will ask you for such a list in preparation
for your review. If you do not have one, you will
have to compile a year's worth of work in a short
time. In that case it would be easy to forget key
items. Keeping a log as you go will ensure accuracy
and completeness. See
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Use
the performance review as a roadmap to help advance
your development. Do not take any criticisms or
suggestions for improvement personally. Listen to
what your supervisor has to say. Work on improving
yourself in the weak areas. Ask your supervisor
and co-workers who are strong in those areas for
help. Showing a willingness to listen and improve
is the first step to better performance evaluations.
If your overall performance review is not good and
you feel it is unjustified, there typically is little
recourse. You will have an opportunity to respond
to your review in writing and this would be placed
in your file. So be prepared when you enter the
meeting with your supervisor. Have a record of your
projects and accomplishments (see Helpful Hint
to the right).
If you have documentation that can refute any inaccuracies,
show that to your supervisor. Never argue with the
supervisor. You will not win. Your best approach
is to pay specific attention to what you need to
do to improve your performance. If you need more
time to discuss the review, ask for it. Don't leave
the review until you have thoroughly discussed with
your supervisor the areas you need to improve and
the approach you will use to increase your performance.
One bad review does not define a career.
Finally, if during the course of your first year,
before your scheduled review, you find you're not
getting any feedback from your supervisor, it likely
means you're doing a good job. When employees are
not working up to standards, supervisors intervene.
If you've heard nothing, it is probably good news.
But don't wait for feedback. Take it upon yourself
to occasionally ask the boss, "How am I doing?"
and "Is there anything I can be doing to improve
my skills and value to the group and company?"
In the event your company does not do annual reviews,
take it upon yourself to set up a meeting with your
supervisor to discuss your job performance. Taking
the initiative will impress your supervisor and
demonstrate your willingness to learn and to be
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