Evaluating Your Own Performance

Self-Evaluating Your Own Performance

Another month has passed. Today is the perfect time for evaluating your performance and creating a new individual growth plan! Self-evaluations can be overwhelming. It’s a delicate balance between not bragging, keeping it honest, and representing your true self. Below are some tips to help you master the end-of-year self-evaluation process!

Toot Your Horn

A self-evaluation is your chance to show your company that you take your career growth seriously. Use this time to reflect on all that you accomplished this year! Think about things you could have executed better and what skills you could expand on to do better next year. Take ownership of your performance. You probably perform job duties above and beyond, and your boss doesn’t even know you do! Now is the one time a year when you should tell your supervisor everything you do to help the company achieve more! Shine a spotlight on all of your achievements so your management is aware of all that you do!Evaluating Own Performance is key to making headway, Heartland Resumes.

Strengthen Your Relationships.

Communication is key to a successful relationship between an employee and a supervisor. Speak openly and honestly, and build rapport within your leadership. Focusing on this will help you work more effectively in the future. Ask your leadership for feedback or to help you find a mentor. Being open to growth will help you become more invested and happier in your work life. It will also give you the chance to be on the same page regarding your performance and open the door to strengthening your relationships.

There is No End Game With Self-Improvement.

Self-improvement is an ongoing process—it never stops! We can continually do better or try new things to learn to improve our work environment. Using this time to reflect on daily tasks and think about more effective and efficient ways will keep you moving towards your goals. Think about measurable ways to grow next year and get a head start on creating your development plan for 2021!

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End Long-Term Unemployment

How To End Long-Term Unemployment.

Long-term unemployment can potentially wreck a person’s sense of self-worth and happiness. Unfortunately, some recruiters and employers discredit job seekers who have been out of work for a while, assuming something must be wrong and viewed as undesirable. 

Here are some tools to end long-term unemployment.

Stay Up To Date With Your Industry.

You must prove to potential employers that you’re still working even though you’re not employed. Staying current with new trends in your field will show you are as qualified as someone currently employed. Take an online course, enroll in school, or volunteer. Be sure to use the additional education to your advantage during your interview to explain your long-term unemployment gaps. 

Be Open To Change.

If you’ve been waiting for your dream job for over six months, it’s time to change tactics and consider positions you would not have had. Be willing to look outside your city for jobs, even if this means entering a new career field or taking a lower-level job. While you may not want to relocate for a job, you go to them if the jobs are not coming to you. How To End Long-Term Unemployment.

Continue to stay active in your professional and personal networks. Tell people you are looking for a new job; you never know who may have information on a position, and be open to every lead you get. 

Update Your Resume and Sharpen Your Interview Skills.

Tailor your resume to show your value. You want potential employers or recruiters to see the results you have produced. As previously mentioned, you can also use the time gap to your advantage and fill it with any additional education or courses you have taken and volunteer work. Don’t forget to customize your resume for the job you are applying to. One simple trick is changing up your skills. Highlight the most relevant ones to help you stand out. 

Interview skills are necessary when you have been unemployed for a long time. The best way to set yourself apart from the other applicants is to show that you came prepared, focused, and had a positive attitude.

Stay Positive.

Dealing with long-term unemployment is challenging. Staying positive and hopeful will help you stay strong and ready when a job opportunity comes. 

Some ways to maintain positivity are meditation and mindfulness. Both are great ways to reduce your nerves and focus your mind. You can also increase your positivity by practising gratitude. Being grateful for what you have will help you remember all the good things in your life. 

Ending long-term unemployment could be challenging initially, but following these tools will make the process much more manageable.

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