How to Prepare for a Performance Review

怎么樣準備好一次績效評估

Is your performance review just around the corner? There's no need to panic -- but now would be a good time to prepare.

你是否即將面臨一次績效評估呢？不需要恐慌，但是現(xiàn)在正是作準備的好時機。

Experts offer these tips for making your review go more smoothly:

專家提供了以下小貼士將有助于你的評估更加順利的進行：

1）Assess what you already know.

評估你已經(jīng)知道的

Ideally, you should be checking in regularly with your boss to make sure you're doing what's expected.

理想情況是，你應(yīng)該定期和你的上司進行核查，看你做的事情正是他所期待的。

"The performance evaluation process should start the day you're hired," said Janet Scarborough Civitelli, founder and president of Bridgeway Career Development. "There should not be any big surprises during the actual review."

Janet Scarborough Civitelli是Bridgeway職業(yè)發(fā)展公司的創(chuàng)立人兼總裁，他說：“績效評估應(yīng)該從你被雇傭那天就開始進行。在實際的評估過程中應(yīng)該沒有什么大的驚喜?！?/div>

Perhaps you're extra diligent when answering customer calls. You may think you're on track for a stellar performance review -- but your boss could be wondering why each call takes you so long. To avoid misunderstandings like this, make sure you know what the goals are for your job and how your boss measures success.

也許你在接客戶電話時非常機靈，你就認為自己一定會有一次精彩的績效評估，但是你的上司可能想知道為什么每次電話你都要用很長時間的原因。為了避免這樣的誤解，要確保你知道自己工作的目標以及上司衡量成功的標準。

If you haven't been talking to your boss about this, it's not too late. Even in a few weeks, you may be able to improve in some areas if necessary.

如果你還沒和上司談過這方面的事情，那么現(xiàn)在還為時不晚。即使只有幾個星期的時間，你也可以在那些需要的領(lǐng)域取得提高。

2）Dust off your previous review.

搞定上一次評估

If you had a review at this company a year ago, it probably contains a list of goals. Ideally, you will have been working on these goals this year.

如果你一年前已經(jīng)在這個公司經(jīng)歷過一次評估，那么一定會有一份寫滿了目標的清單。理想情況就是，你今年已經(jīng)開始為實現(xiàn)這些目標而付諸行動了。

Often, however, you'll realize something has changed. Perhaps a new boss gave you a new direction, or the project you were supposed to focus on got delayed. Richard Phillips, a career coach and owner of Advantage Career Solutions, recommends making sure you have documentation for changes such as these, in case there's a question at review time.

然而通常情況卻是，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)有一些情況已經(jīng)變了。也許是新的上司給了你新的指示，或者你應(yīng)該重點處理的項目卻拖延了?！?Advantage Career Solutions公司的老板Richard Phillips也是一位職業(yè)教授，他建議說要確保你保持了記錄這些變更的文件，以防在評估期間出現(xiàn)類似的問題。

What if your boss never officially told you that your goals had changed, but instead just kept piling on other work so that you weren't able to start the projects you discussed at your last review? It would have been best to bring this up with your boss when it happened.

如果你的上司從來不會正式的通知你目標已經(jīng)變更，而是每次都叫你做其他的事情讓你沒有時間去開始做在上次評估上討論過的項目，那該怎么辦呢？那么當這種情況出現(xiàn)的時候，最好就和你的上司直接談?wù)劇?/div>

If you didn't, however, it's important to frame your actions the right way. "Say at review time, 'I made a strategic decision that this needed more of my attention than that,'" Phillips said. "Don't make it sound like you just forgot or you blew it off."

然而，如果你沒有和你的上司商談的話，馬上制定相應(yīng)的行動措施是很重要的。Phillips 建議說：“在評估期間你可以說‘我制定了一份策略，這需要我花更多的時間去注意?！遣灰寗e人聽起來好像你忘了這件事情或者搞砸了一樣?！?/div>

3）Learn how your company works.

弄清楚公司的績效評估是怎么進行的

At some companies, negative comments on performance reviews are uncommon, so anything that's not glowing is cause for concern. Other companies give every worker areas for improvement.

在有些公司，在績效評估上的負面評語是很少見的，所以任何不突出的事情都會引起關(guān)注。而其他的一些公司則會給每個員工一些有待提高的區(qū)域。

"You definitely need to know how the process works at your company," Civitelli said. But you need to gather your information in an "emotionally intelligent" way. Don't badger your boss about whether a certain action will get you a 5 instead of a 4 on your review -- it makes you seem more concerned about your evaluation than about helping the company.

Civitelli說：“你肯定要知道公司的績效評估是如何進行的?！钡悄阋捎们樯虂硎占嚓P(guān)信息。不要強迫你的上司告訴你某項特定的行動會讓你在評估中得到5分而不是4分，這會使你看起來更關(guān)心你的評估，而不是怎樣對公司有利。

4）Make your case in writing.

將你的情況以書面的形式寫下來

Many times you'll be asked to fill out a self-assessment before your review. If that's not part of your company's process, it's still a good idea to write a summary of your achievements for your boss before the review.

公司很多次都要求你在評估之前填一份自己評測表。如果這項不包括在你公司的評估之中，在評估值錢寫一份關(guān)于自己的成就表給你的上司仍然是個好主意。

"There's an art to doing that," Civitelli said. "You don't want to be too apologetic, but you also don't want it to appear that you've never thought about anything to improve on."

Civitelli說：“做這件事情有一定的藝術(shù)，你不能太謙虛，但是也不能表現(xiàn)得你從來沒考慮過要改進任何事情?！?/div>

Phillips suggests that any time you mention a weakness, "say what you are doing about it."

Phillips建議在你提到一個缺點的時候，“要說明你已經(jīng)在著手解決這個問題了”。