Thanks, Rudey, for the helpful link!
I just started a new job 4-weeks ago and I began building my performance appraisal "arsenal" my very first week. This is the first "proper" job I've had since leaving grad school and I am very motivated to move upward.
Here's how I approach things: I created a spreadsheet to track what I do week by week. There are four main tasks I have to address on a daily basis. Quite literally, I make a note of how many of each document pass through my hands everyday and enter the summary into my spreadsheet on Fridays. In addition, I have already developed a new brochure for the office and created a new form to streamline office procedures. I note those special projects on the speadsheet too, along with keeping copies of my creations in my filing cabinet.
I know it sounds anal-retentitve to track my work like this; but you better believe that, when I bust out a portfolio of my work during my first performance review, that there will be no question as to what I have accomplished! In this way, I can tell them exactly how well I've been doing. For example, I can show them that I had been processing 25 student organizations a week. Then, after developing a new tracking system, I was able to process 30% more applications. That type of stuff.
I wasn't their first choice candidate, but I got the job when the first person turned it down. So, now I'm going to show them how dumb it was that they didn't offer me the job in the first place. LOL
.....Kelly
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