Many managers and bosses struggle to keep track of all the ways each employer in an office performs throughout the year. Because of this, an employee undergoing a performance review may not get due credit for the work they have done since the last performance review, and they will be subjected to their boss' addressing of deficiencies in their job performance. When done correctly, a self-performance review can help an employee set the tone of the dialogue with a boss.
Be Objective
When scrutinizing your work and assigning grades or ratings for your performance, be as objective as possible. Grade yourself according to your tangible results, rather than your intentions, and back these ratings up in explanations to your employer. Consider all aspects of your job, including task completion, timeliness, and how well you work and communicated with others. While you may want to grade yourself as a top employee, your employer will compare your grading to his own impression of you, and if they are way off base, your perspective is the one most likely to be disregarded. However, don't be alarmed if your ratings are higher than your boss may have placed you as, according to JobDig.com, employees tend to rate themselves higher than their managers. Instead, offer explanations for this discrepancy.
Be Specific
Being able to say you did exceptional work on a project is nice, but that's not enough to substantiate your high marks for yourself, nor does it give your boss a clear view of who you are and what you are doing for the company. Identify the specific things you have done well, whether it is beating deadlines, saving money, keeping communication lines clear or handling a mixed bag of personalities without any detriment to the project. The more examples you provide of your good work, the more valuable you will be viewed.
Use First Person, And Proofread
A self-performance review should be approached professionally, but unlike other forms of professional writing, a review of oneself should be written in first-person--you are writing a review of yourself, and there is no need to pretend otherwise. After writing the review, care should be taken to make sure there are no misspellings or grammatical errors in the review. It's important to remember that even the review itself is a reflection of your work, and you want to come off as impressively as possible.
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