Employees' Guide To Writing Self-Appraisals

By Halogen - A good question, and here's an attempt to answer it, but there's more in terms of getting employees to understand the context of self-evaluations and how to manage them. Viewed 316 Times )

By Diane Lynn - Of course, you can just fill out your self-appraisal form each year, but here's some strategies to apply to set the right tone. Viewed 495 Times )

By Bernhard Erich Reichert - Abstract Only: This study examines whether eliciting self-evaluations from employees in a compensation setting context leads to higher or lower employer welfare when employees are not aware of their marginal contribution to firm welfare. Contrary to this position I propose that providing employees a voice in the compensation setting process when employees are not aware of their marginal contribution to firm welfare has the unintended effect of leading to less employee satisfaction with compensation, which results in lower employer welfare. Such an effect is due to self-evaluations leading to greater employee overconfidence in their performance resulting from a motivated reasoning process. I present experimental evidence from comparing a control condition without self-evaluations to three different self-evaluation reporting conditions, finding evidence consistent with the premise that self-evaluations lead to lower employer welfare. Viewed 270 Times )

By Chad Brooks - Great suggestions on how to write your self evaluation to send just the right message to your boss and HR. It's a little about spinning what you have to say. Viewed 415 Times )

By na - A brief look at whether this common practice -- employee self-appraisals, actually is useful. No definitive answer, because like all appraisal methods, it depends how it's done, and who is involved. Viewed 277 Times )

By Malcolm Fleschner - Simple: Own your faults, self-praise with specifics, and help direct the dialogue with your inputs. Easy peasy. Viewed 361 Times )

By Rich Hein - Some good suggestions on how employees can approach the situation to make doing their own self-evaluations useful for themselves, since it shouldn't be just about getting it done. Learn how to benefit. Viewed 349 Times )

By Amy Gallo - One of the better articles on the topic, because it stresses that employees need to be active participants, and learn as much as possible about what the evaluations will be used for. Good tips, and some examples. Start here. Viewed 415 Times )

By Melany Gallant - Stuck about what to write in your self-appraisal? Here are some examples, but as the title says, use them as ways to inspire and give you ideas, rather than copying them. Viewed 437 Times )

By Dominique Jones - Six basic steps to apply if you are asked to write a self appraisal. Simple, but the most useful are: Don't try to do it all in one sitting, and, share what you've learned over the last year. Good advice. Viewed 370 Times )

By Northern Arizona University - Six short but useful guidelines for writing your self-assessment. From The University of Northern Arizona to help staff complete the task. Viewed 293 Times )

By HRViNet - Actually a template for questions to include in a self-appraisal form, but included here because it's a great way to get ideas about what to include in YOUR answers, OR to add things that are not asked on the form. Viewed 308 Times )

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