Use this step by step explanation to craft a good employee performance feedback review for a content writer. Find the right words with quality phrases.
A content writer writes a wide variety of unique materials for blogs, social media, magazines, and websites. He/she also works with marketing teams to produce engaging content to market particular brands.
A person in this position does not need much education qualifications, but they must have a good command of language and a thing for writing. Other specific duties include researching ideas and facts that relate to the concept assigned by their client. He/she selects ideas that could be used to make creative pieces, which would meet the intended need, is mandated to write original content although informed by research and also manages the company's social media presence.
Employee Performance Review Sample | |
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| Employee's Name: | Title: |
| Review Period: __/__/__ to __/__/__ | Employee SSN: |
| Work Location: | Supervisor's Name: |
Instructions |
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Rating Meaning | |
| The employee fails to perform the most important aspects of the job satisfactorily. Requires close guidance to carry out routine jobs. He/she needs significant improvement in all areas. Meetings should be held between the employee and the supervisor to discuss performance deficiencies. | 1 |
| Employee routinely meets and exceeds expectations in all areas of responsibility. Produces high-quality work that at times exceeds expectations. Consistently meets the most critical annual goals. Occasionally produces timely and accurate results. | 2 |
| The employee consistently and significantly exceeds the communicated expectations by producing exceptionally high-quality work. He/she demonstrates exceptional knowledge of his/her duties and is highly recognized by others as an authority in his/her area of work. | 3 |
Supervisor's Feedback | ||
Skill | Comments | Rating |
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| WRITING SKILLS: Written Communication involves the interaction that makes use of the written word with precision and logic making it the very common form of business communication. | Creates free flowing paragraphs that connect very well to bring out a solid content. Makes good use of flavored words and avoids empty phrases that make stories tasteless. | 3 |
| INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: Interpersonal Skills are a set of abilities that enable a person to positively interact and work with others effectively while avoiding office disputes and personal issues with each other. | Disagrees gracefully and respectfully when he or she does not accept or agree on a particular thing. Knows how to solve problems by coming up with workable solutions effectively. | 3 |
| DELEGATION: Delegation is assigning responsibility or authority to another person a junior or subordinate to carry out specific activities while remaining accountable for the outcome. | Concerns oneself with what is already accomplished rather than constantly detailing how the tasks should be done Makes sure that the person assigned the task knows that he/she needs to report any problem associated with the project or task at hand | 3 |
| ENTHUSIASM: Enthusiasm is an intense enjoyment or a lively interest in a certain thing with a zest and a strong belief that can be felt by those around you. | Shows creativity when collaborating with other employees on their goals Regularly exercises and eats the right food in order to level self-energy up and feel good about oneself physically | 2 |
| SELF CONFIDENCE: Self Confidence is the ability to know who you are and what you are capable of doing which shows in your behavior, your body language, how you speak, etc. | Is not shy to ask questions when feeling uncertain or insecure and uses the information to perform tasks efficiently Seeks out challenges and celebrates each achievement even when one's efforts yield small victories | 3 |
| CONCEPTUAL THINKING: Conceptual Thinking is the ability to recognize a situation or problem by identifying patterns or connections while addressing the underlying issues. | Establishes long-term goals and projects and suggests new ways to meet them Integrates complex and diverse data to create concepts that are entirely new but helpful to the company | 2 |
| PERSONAL DRIVE: Personal Drive is a combination of desire and energy in its simplest form directed at achieving a goal in whatever you have set your heart to accomplish. | Does not need to be supervised when performing tasks; knows what to do and when to do it Is not afraid to take calculated risks or make periodic mistakes; learns from the mistakes and moves on | 3 |
| ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS: Organizational Skills is the ability to make use of time, energy and resources available in the most efficient manner to achieve their goal. | Pays attention to the task at hand in order to prevent own mind from wandering and be more productive Maintains a ranking system that flags or stars important tasks, for instance, in order to prioritize them accordingly | 3 |
| QUALITY OF WORK: The quality of Work is the value of work or products produced by the employees as well as the work environment they are provided with. | Gives team members quality goals that are challenging but attainable in order to improve their performance Solves issues with the current work and puts effective processes in place to prevent these issues from occurring again | 3 |
| TECHNICAL SKILLS: Technical Skills are the abilities and knowledge mostly related to mechanical, IT, scientific and mathematical needed to perform specific tasks in the workplace. | Possesses multiple certifications in a wide range of technical fields Possesses an exceptional ability to learn new technologies quickly and apply them successfully | 3 |
Self Evaluation | |
Self Evaluation Question | Employee Comments |
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| WRITING SKILLS: How do you receive feedback and do you set yourself to apply the ones you feel are beneficial to your writing? Do you have a mentor to guide you in your writing and how has it benefited you so far? | [employee comments] |
| INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: Give an instance your personality affected your relationships with others. How did you resolve it? Do you always seek to influence people in a good way and support them in their efforts? | [employee comments] |
| DELEGATION: What are some of the techniques or methods you have used to ensure effective delegation? How do you ensure that the person you assign a task has understood all the instructions? | [employee comments] |
| ENTHUSIASM: Think of a time you had an idea and you got other employees to follow you. What was the idea? Can you give examples of some of the improvements you have made at work without being asked? | [employee comments] |
| SELF CONFIDENCE: Is there a time you took on a task or project you considered out of your comfort zone? How did you feel? Do you feel full of self-confidence or do you wish you had more of it? | [employee comments] |
| CONCEPTUAL THINKING: Describe a problem you were solving where you had to work with a concept that was abstract rather that tangible and concrete. What was the outcome? Describe the steps and methods you have used to identify a vision for your department. What would you have done differently? | [employee comments] |
| PERSONAL DRIVE: What personal and career goals have you set for yourself? What are you doing to make sure that these goals are accomplished? If you were asked to supervise your colleagues, how would you interact with them in order to help them find their personal drive? | [employee comments] |
| ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS: Give a specific example of a project you have done that perfectly describes your organizational skills. How did you go about it? In your opinion, which is the best time to work on complex tasks? Which time works best for you? | [employee comments] |
| QUALITY OF WORK: Describe the most challenging task you have handled. What made it challenging and what was the quality of work produced? What courses, if any, have you taken to improve the quality of service you give to your customers? How has this benefited your company? | [employee comments] |
| TECHNICAL SKILLS: Can you describe your experience with using new systems? Which challenges did you face and how did you solve them? What efforts are you making to learn new technologies and remain updated with technology? | [employee comments] |
Summary |
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Sections 1-4: To be completed by the supervisor Section 5: To be completed by the employee |
1. Exceeds Job Related Expectations |
2. Areas to improve |
3. Goals completed since last performance feedback |
4. Goals for next period |
5. Employee comments |
Signatures | |
| I acknowledge that I discussed this performance feedback with my supervisor. My signature does not mean that I agree or disagree with this appraisal. | |
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| Supervisor: | Date: |
| Human Resources: | Date: |