What Are Some Tips for Acing My Year-End Review?

Here's how to prepare for a performance review:
Be prepared. Conduct a self-review before you meet with your construction manager. Be honest with yourself -- evaluate how well you managed your objectives, summarize what you accomplished and give yourself an overall rating. Be sure to include detailed information. Did you save the construction employer time and/or money on a certain project? Determine the numbers. It also helps to create a detailed list of everything you've accomplished since your last review. It's good to have concrete information you can point to when you're meeting with your construction employer.

Be sure to share one or two stories that illustrate how you've gone above and beyond the call of duty. This is the time to remind your construction employers of the kinds of additional contributions you make and your dedication to the construction employer.

Study your weaknesses. Identify what you can do better, and have a plan prepared illustrating how. Create goals for the upcoming year and formulate a plan for how you will achieve them.

During your review meeting, take notes. It will be useful for you to have them so that you can follow up properly during your next review. Do not lose your composure during the review process, no matter how difficult it might be to accept criticism. Ask questions of your evaluator to illustrate that you understand his or her concerns.