Performance Review Guide.doc

Performance Review Guide
I. Introduction
The purpose of this manual is to provide supervisory personnel with a uniform guide for the review of employee performance that benefits the employees at all levels of anization.
One of the most challenging aspects of a supervisor’s job is the responsibility to evaluate the performance of employees. Properly conducted performance reviews focus solely on the performance of employees. Reviewing performance represents a continuing process of observation, performance evaluation, record keeping, counseling, training and development of employees. Each supervisor should keep in mind, though, that performance review is an on-going process that includes frequent feedback and discussions throughout the year. The Performance Review document is the supervisor’s recorded judgment of how the employee’s performance meets the requirements of the job. Remember the performance evaluation form is merely a tool for the recorded observations and documentation kept throughout the review cycle.


II. Goals of the Performance Review
The Nevada County Human Resources Department, supervisors and employees may all agree on the overall goals of performance reviews. heless, Nevada County, anization, and county employees have different needs (goals) related to performance reviews.
NEVADA COUNTY GOALS: anization may need the written documentation (the end product of a performance review) in order to support decisions in the areas of:
Productivity, Employee Development, Transfers, Promotions, Planning, Layoffs, Terminations, and Salary actions.
EMPLOYEE GOALS: County Employees have individual (personal) needs including
the need to: Discuss feedback on workload issues and job assignments, discuss feedback on past performance, and discuss employee development and the direction of the future.
The review process is meant to plish each of the following goals:
1. Provide the supervisor and the employee with a platform for discussing the emplo