Use this sample and step by step explanation to craft a meaningful employee performance feedback review for a senior it assistant. Find the right words with quality phrases.

A senior IT assistant acts as the overall leader of all the technical support activities in a company regarding information technology. He/she must have strong leadership skills to enable him/her to lead other IT assistants in ensuring effective working of computer networks and systems.

Apart from offering technical support, other duties include overseeing the installation, operation, and maintenance of computer networks as well as coordinating the subordinate employees in addressing questions raised by clients. He/she also leads the others in researching and analysis of the needs and requirements of clients. Lastly, he/she develops mitigation plans and ensures that they are reinforced by the staff.

Employee Performance Review Sample

Employee's Name: Title:
Review Period: __/__/__ to __/__/__ Employee SSN:
Work Location: Supervisor's Name:

Instructions

  1. Rating: Rate the employee against the core skills based on how well he/she demonstrates each skill. Give scores 1, 2, or 3 for each rating depending on the employee's performance.
  2. Comments: Use this area to give examples of employee's performance phrases. The phrases should describe how well an employee has performed on previously set goals based on the given core skill.
  3. Summary: Use this section to give a summary of the employee's strengths and areas for improvement or development. Recommend a step increase for an employee who has met the expectations and performance improvement plans for one who doesn't meet expectations.
  4. Human Resources Review: Human resources manager must examine and indicate whether he/she concurs with the evaluation and comments. If the manager agrees, then he/she must sign the evaluation form. If he/she doesn't concur, then he/she must provide reasons explaining why this is so.
  5. Signatures: Sign the evaluation form and give it to the employee to go through and answer the Self Evaluation Questions. Ask him/her to sign and date the evaluation form before giving it back to the human resources for filing.

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

CUSTOMER ORIENTED: Customer Oriented is a skill that focuses primarily on the client as the King offering quality services that meet the customer's expectations with an aim to inspire people rather than just try to sell their product.

Does not yet have enough knowledge about the company products.

Handles one on one contact with customers poorly and usually prefers dealing with them on the phone.

1

VERBAL COMMUNICATION: Verbal Communication is the use of tones and language to relay a message; it aids as a vehicle for expressing ideas, concepts and it, is critical to the daily running of the business.

Researches extensively before delivering a talk to have concrete facts and information that will not raise any objections.

Shows great eloquence when it comes to delivering speeches and talks.

2

PROBLEM SOLVING: Problem Solving is the skill of defining a problem to determine its cause, identify it, prioritize and select alternative solutions to implement in solving the problems and reviving relationships.

Does not take the time to listen keenly to what others have to say or contribute.

Always in a hurry to make decisions and does not think things through.

1

ETHICAL BEHAVIOR: Ethical Behavior is acting in policies that are consistent with what the society and individuals typically think are good morals or values.

Does not consider other people's views when making final decisions

Unconcerned of how unfair treatment often affects the coworkers in belittling them

1

PHYSICAL ABILITIES: Physical Abilities is the ability of one's strengths and limitations that are also known as the individual resources to perform well at the tasks given.

Constantly chases learning opportunities to become better making operations easier

Is not scared to make periodic mistakes or take calculated risks

2

CONCEPTUAL THINKING: Conceptual Thinking is the ability to recognize a situation or problem by identifying patterns or connections while addressing the underlying issues.

Sees trends, patterns and missing pieces when looking at information and tries to draw links between the information and the context

Sees beyond the current business model and suggests new ways of working that are different from competitors

2

REALISTIC GOAL SETTING: Realistic Goal Setting is the skill to hone in the specific actions that we need to perform to accomplish everything we aspire to live.

Creates a vision board but does not put it in a place where one can see it thus fails to achieve own goals

Surrounds oneself with people who do not have goals instead of those who aspire to do more with their life

1

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.

Sets unrealistic goals for employees, which kills their energy and motivation to work on the goals

Does not check own work, to make sure that one meets the set quality standards, before submission

1

MEETING MANAGEMENT: Meeting Management is the skill to know and understands the reason why an official meeting should be held and who should attend.

Lacks enough knowledge to organize creative meetings and leaves little room for creativity

Makes little attempts to pre-write important points and often fails to take notes during meetings

1

PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE: Product Knowledge is an essential sales skill to understand the features of your product allowing you to present the benefits compellingly and accurately to the customer.

Poor at explaining how to use a product to clients who have never used it before

Hardly understands how a product addresses the needs of a client

1

Self Evaluation

Self Evaluation Question

Employee Comments

CUSTOMER ORIENTED:

Do you put in an extra effort and time in emergencies to ensure the needs of customers are met?

Which biggest challenge have you encountered in customer service and how did you deal with it?

[employee comments]
VERBAL COMMUNICATION:

Have you ever tried to think about what you would say from another person's perspective?

How do you aim to improve your verbal communication skills to be the best in it?

[employee comments]
PROBLEM SOLVING:

How well do you accommodate other people ideas and opinions when trying to solve a problem?

How well do you brainstorm before setting out to solve a problem?

[employee comments]
ETHICAL BEHAVIOR:

Can you be trusted in all you do and say to be honest?

Are you most likely to bend the truth to protect yourself?

[employee comments]
PHYSICAL ABILITIES:

Do you help others to come up with workable goals for complicated tasks?

Do you communicate effectively to ensure adequate use of equipment or machines?

[employee comments]
CONCEPTUAL THINKING:

Describe a time when you identified customer's needs on a particular project. What resources did you call on to help?

Describe a time when you needed to develop and use a complex procedure in order to complete a task. What obstacles did you encounter when handling the task?

[employee comments]
REALISTIC GOAL SETTING:

How do you decide on your goals? How do you ensure that they are realistic?

How have you ensured that your goals are measurable, achievable, specific and timely?

[employee comments]
QUALITY OF WORK:

How often have you produced low-quality work? What has prevented you from producing high-quality work?

Speed is important to complete work when one is under pressure. How do you make sure to work fast and maintain accuracy at the same time when working on a tight deadline?

[employee comments]
MEETING MANAGEMENT:

Can you think of a time where you invited unnecessary participants? How did you correct the situation?

What efforts are you making to follow up on meetings and document all the assigned tasks?

[employee comments]
PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE:

What efforts are you making to understand how a product compares to rival products?

What are you doing to improve your ability to fix problems associated with a product?

[employee comments]

Summary

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.
Employee: Date:
Supervisor: Date:
Human Resources: Date:

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