Prepare for your annual performance review

Use this guide when your annual appraisal or end-of-year review is coming up and you want it to work for you, not just be a form to fill in. You need your job description, last year's objectives or review notes and access to your emails, calendar and any work systems that show what you delivered.

Step by step

1. Rebuild the year from evidence

   Go through your calendar, sent emails, project records and messages month by month and list what you worked on, what changed because of it and any positive feedback you received. Add numbers wherever you can, such as time saved, customers helped, errors reduced or targets met. Match each item to last year's objectives or your job description so your manager can see how it fits.