Use this sample and step by step explanation for setting meaningful and inspiring employee performance goals for a research technician.
A Research Technician is liable for assisting scientists with their research and experiments while performing the more complex analytical processes in the laboratory.
The primary responsibility for this post is conducting tests and experiments, gathering, interpreting and recording research and data, ordering inventory, operating and maintaining the computer and laboratory equipment, analyzing specific substances, studying quality control, performing laboratory tests in order to produce stable and accurate data to support scientific investigations, constructing, managing and performing standard laboratory equipment, ensuring the lab is well-stocked and resourced, recording is well-stocked and supported, recording and sometimes interpreting results to present to senior colleagues, using computers and executing mathematical calculations for preparation of graphs.
Employee Performance Goals Sample | |
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| Employee's Name: | Title: |
| Review Period: __/__/__ to __/__/__ | Employee SSN: |
| Work Location: | Supervisor's Name: |
Instructions |
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Performance Goals for Next Period | |
Performance Goals | Employee Comments |
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| FACILITATION: Provide regular and timely feedback to group members in order to help them identify their strengths and work on weak areas Answer all emails from group members in a timely manner or assign someone to do it if one is not in a position to | [employee comments goal] |
| DEALING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE: Identify the different types of difficult people in order to decide the best way to deal with them State own views with confidence and look at the difficult person in the eye when communicating with them in order to look reasonable | [employee comments goal] |
| COOPERATION WITH COLLEAGUES: Set targets for each individual in the group to ensure equality of tasks distributions Respect one another's personal views and work with what is acceptable to the company | [employee comments goal] |
| SELF AWARENESS: Carry out tasks that inspire a degree of therapeutical serenity such as working in the garden to help distract oneself after work Reflect on regular basis in order to find out areas that have improved and those that are pulling one down | [employee comments goal] |
| REALISTIC GOAL SETTING: Be realistic about the time one has set for each goal as well as one's personal background and knowledge about the goal Write down each milestone with steps to take for each in order to make them achievable | [employee comments goal] |
| SELF-DISCIPLINE AND SENSE OF DUTY: Keep track of progress; measure current results against previous results in order to stay focused, motivated, and disciplined Prioritize tasks and activities in order to know what is important and how one needs to structure own work schedule | [employee comments goal] |
| BUSINESS ETHICS: Demonstrate responsive attitude towards the concerns of others regarding inequality and unfair treatment Coach others on the role and importance of honesty, fairness, and integrity | [employee comments goal] |
| BUSINESS ETIQUETTE: Remain composed when disagreeing with what others are saying and learn more about the importance of diplomacy Improve on the dressing code and be neat at all times | [employee comments goal] |
| DIVERSITY AWARENESS: Dedicate more resources for supporting diversity and always communicate the value of diversity Avoid making jokes that might be offensive to others and be more respectful to people with diverse views | [employee comments goal] |
| TECHNICAL SKILLS: Always train others in an area of expertise and always share knowledge with colleagues Put extra effort to learn how to operate a wide range of devices and machines | [employee comments goal] |
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Sections 1-2: To be completed by the supervisor Section 3: To be completed by the employee |
1. Goals completed since last performance feedback |
2. Goals for next period |
3. 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: |