Hi dolls. 

At this time of year in a lot of companies, employees will be doing their Appraisals. I've just done mine, just in case you're not familiar with what this is I'll explain it for you.

An Appraisal is a yearly review of your work and it will have categories of topics that fit your job role. What you do is score yourself on what you think you deserve usually rating from poor performance to excellent. From this you will then sit with your Manager and they will go over the scores you have given yourself and then decide what they think they should be.

After this it will usually go to HR - Human Resources - for review and then in my company we find out just at the end of the tax year what our overall score is and if it's good then you may receive a bonus/pay rise.

Here are some tips for you, should you be doing an Appraisal: 

Truth. You can exaggerate some things a little to boost your score, but tell the truth. Your manager will know exactly what your role is and what work you complete. If you outright lie when scoring yourself, it will not go well for you. Tell the truth. 

Confidence. When going into your meeting to discuss your Appraisal make sure you're confident. Don't be cocky, but be sure in what you're saying and highlight anything you've done outside of your role so you can score higher. 

Explain. When giving your points as to why you have given yourself a certain score make sure you go into full detail on this. Start by giving a scenario, what was the problem, what you did to solve it and then provide the outcome from this. 

Well dolls, these are my tips for getting a good score in your Appraisal. What are yours?

If like me you're doing your Appraisal, I wish you luck!

Hope this post helps you.

~ Casey, x