Comments on: How to Get a Great Annual Review with These 7 Steps http://lifelearningtoday.com/2007/12/05/how-to-get-a-great-annual-review-with-these-7-steps/ Life Improvement Tips You Can Use Today! Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:56:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jewelry Luvr http://lifelearningtoday.com/2007/12/05/how-to-get-a-great-annual-review-with-these-7-steps/#comment-31422 Jewelry Luvr Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:38:28 +0000 http://lifelearningtoday.com/2007/12/05/how-to-get-a-great-annual-review-with-these-7-steps/#comment-31422 Definitely important to keep a list of things you have accomplished over the year. Don't be shy to talk yourself up, especially around review time! Definitely important to keep a list of things you have accomplished over the year. Don’t be shy to talk yourself up, especially around review time!

]]> By: Rapdirt http://lifelearningtoday.com/2007/12/05/how-to-get-a-great-annual-review-with-these-7-steps/#comment-31052 Rapdirt Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:15:49 +0000 http://lifelearningtoday.com/2007/12/05/how-to-get-a-great-annual-review-with-these-7-steps/#comment-31052 Well thankfully I don't have to worry about reviews working for myself now... but when I did, I'd be lucky to get a bi-annual review, let alone quarterly as this poster suggests. Implicit with reviews are an expectation of a raise. Most managers want to avoid them for that reason... I've found the only way to get their attention is to get other job offers and put them in the position to match or let you go. Well thankfully I don’t have to worry about reviews working for myself now… but when I did, I’d be lucky to get a bi-annual review, let alone quarterly as this poster suggests. Implicit with reviews are an expectation of a raise. Most managers want to avoid them for that reason… I’ve found the only way to get their attention is to get other job offers and put them in the position to match or let you go.

]]> By: Dana Point Kango http://lifelearningtoday.com/2007/12/05/how-to-get-a-great-annual-review-with-these-7-steps/#comment-29928 Dana Point Kango Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:46:41 +0000 http://lifelearningtoday.com/2007/12/05/how-to-get-a-great-annual-review-with-these-7-steps/#comment-29928 I'm in a fairly new job, having just moved to California, and I hadn't even thought about the Dreaded and Feared year-end review. I especially liked the self-assessment suggestion . . . it's made me take a good look at my work to date. Thanks for sharing this! I’m in a fairly new job, having just moved to California, and I hadn’t even thought about the Dreaded and Feared year-end review. I especially liked the self-assessment suggestion . . . it’s made me take a good look at my work to date. Thanks for sharing this!

]]> By: 3D Printers http://lifelearningtoday.com/2007/12/05/how-to-get-a-great-annual-review-with-these-7-steps/#comment-29883 3D Printers Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:22:07 +0000 http://lifelearningtoday.com/2007/12/05/how-to-get-a-great-annual-review-with-these-7-steps/#comment-29883 Having a nose for sensing when something really important is happening at work. When you see managers worried, that's a time to jump in head first and show extra effort. Having a nose for sensing when something really important is happening at work. When you see managers worried, that’s a time to jump in head first and show extra effort.

]]> By: IPA-IBA http://lifelearningtoday.com/2007/12/05/how-to-get-a-great-annual-review-with-these-7-steps/#comment-29097 IPA-IBA Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:32:28 +0000 http://lifelearningtoday.com/2007/12/05/how-to-get-a-great-annual-review-with-these-7-steps/#comment-29097 I'd echo what Ragfluw said above - keeping records of things you've done over the year is a good way of ensuring that you can remember all the good stuff you've done. By the time it comes to annual review, most of the things you'll mention will be events from the past 2 months! Nice article though I’d echo what Ragfluw said above - keeping records of things you’ve done over the year is a good way of ensuring that you can remember all the good stuff you’ve done. By the time it comes to annual review, most of the things you’ll mention will be events from the past 2 months!

Nice article though

]]> By: Jerad Kaliher http://lifelearningtoday.com/2007/12/05/how-to-get-a-great-annual-review-with-these-7-steps/#comment-28989 Jerad Kaliher Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:13:30 +0000 http://lifelearningtoday.com/2007/12/05/how-to-get-a-great-annual-review-with-these-7-steps/#comment-28989 During one review at work my boss stunned me by telling me that I wasn't detail oriented. I was sure that the way I handled my daily affairs made it very clear that I was. I guess that it's a little shocking and helpful when people bring specific instances to your attention. It's not always the best course of action to deny, sometimes you need to suck it up and learn a lesson. During one review at work my boss stunned me by telling me that I wasn’t detail oriented. I was sure that the way I handled my daily affairs made it very clear that I was.

I guess that it’s a little shocking and helpful when people bring specific instances to your attention.

It’s not always the best course of action to deny, sometimes you need to suck it up and learn a lesson.

]]> By: Ragfluw http://lifelearningtoday.com/2007/12/05/how-to-get-a-great-annual-review-with-these-7-steps/#comment-27455 Ragfluw Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:33:23 +0000 http://lifelearningtoday.com/2007/12/05/how-to-get-a-great-annual-review-with-these-7-steps/#comment-27455 My toughest lesson on an annual review was that you MUST keep a "Luv Me" list throughout the year. If you don't, you won't have enough items to give as examples when you try to justify the wording a bullet point. If you say you "Support the mission of the office" you HAVE to have concrete, verifiable examples that back that statement up. Your boss won't remember, and neither will you. Maintain a list of your accomplishments through the year. It makes review time a lot less stressful. My toughest lesson on an annual review was that you MUST keep a “Luv Me” list throughout the year. If you don’t, you won’t have enough items to give as examples when you try to justify the wording a bullet point.

If you say you “Support the mission of the office” you HAVE to have concrete, verifiable examples that back that statement up. Your boss won’t remember, and neither will you.

Maintain a list of your accomplishments through the year. It makes review time a lot less stressful.

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