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Performance Appraisal Form

This sample Performance Appraisal form is a confidential, handwritten report based on a meaningful two-way discussion with the employee. It uses a 5-number rating system, where 1 is the strongest and 5 is the weakest rating. This form is used to assess dependability, interpersonal relationships, job performance, initiative, job knowledge,...

Tags: Performance management, Team management, Recruitment & Selection, Performance Appraisal, job, performance

Tools & templates 2007-11-16

Bonus Checks = Higher Productivity?

You may want to hand out those bonus checks to your employees a little early this year. An interesting study out of Cornell found that a 1 percent raise boosts job performance by 2 percent. But the study also found that if you give your employees the...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Joseph De Avila, bonus check

Blog posts 2007-03-29

Defining and Measuring Individual Level Job Performance: A Review and Integration

To grow and thrive in today's competitive environment, the government, educational institutions, and businesses need to continue to provide value. Institutions and businesses invest a great deal of resources in employment tests, job interviews, and training programs in an attempt to increase motivation, build human capital, and ultimately improve the...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, University of Toronto, job performance, job, job interview, human capital, motivation, training, environment

White papers 2002-09-01

Additional Resources

Neck training

With the technological boom well past its infancy, there's a good chance you spend a fair amount of your day in front of a computer. Although you know this, let us repeat it: This type of monotonous work is notorious for causing neck and shoulder pain. The good news is...

Articles 2008-07-01

The best way to achieve work-life balance

* You don't have to choose between a happy life and a thriving career; you can work from home. An analysis of telecommmuting studies published in the Journal of Applied Psychology shows that not only do employees with flexible work arrangements enjoy higher morale and less stress, managers also benefit...

Articles 2008-07-01

Competition Policy Review Panel Releases Report: Compete To Win

The Competition Policy Review Panel, chaired by L.R. Wilson, today provided its report to the Government of Canada, titled Compete to Win. The report puts forward a series of policy recommendations aimed at making Canada a more attractive destination for talent, investment and innovation, as well as a sweeping national...

Articles 2008-06-26

More top graduates lured to teach in tough schools

Gordon Brown has signalled a massive expansion in the number of high-flying graduates to be recruited into tough, under-performing, inner-city schools. He said yesterday that the number on the Teach First scheme aimed at recruiting the best-qualified graduates to inner-city schools would more than double from 380...

Articles 2008-06-24

WorkNetSkills Enhances Conventional Training Methods Through "Blended Learning"

LANSDALE, Pa. -- On-the-job-training has become synonymous with long, boring days and employees forgetting what they learned by the time they arrive back at the office. By enhancing conventional training methods that are currently used by most companies, productivity levels are greatly increased. A recent study found that...

Articles 2008-06-23

Building Services Journal Launches Two New Websites

LONDON, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- 2008 has been a tremendous year so far for Building Services Journal BSj with the launch of two new web sites and a PPA win under our belt. BSj's brand new website Bsjonline.co.uk is the new easy-to-use website from Building...

Articles 2008-06-23

PreVisor's 2008 Business Outcomes Study Once Again Shows Impact of Effective Talent Measurement

Direct link shown between assessment of job candidates and key performance indicators ATLANTA -- PreVisor, the global leader in employment assessments and selection solutions that connect hiring decisions to business results, released its 2nd annual report today summarizing over 33 business outcomes studies. Each study measures the impact...

Articles 2008-06-23

In hunt for Olympic gold, techies are major players

COLORADO SPRINGS -- The charts and tables on Peter Vint's computer last summer all pointed to one thing: With the right training program, there was a pretty good chance of adding one more gold medal to the USA's potential total at the Beijing Olympics, this one in the 110-meter hurdles....

Articles 2008-06-23

Kenexa Launches New Customer Service Simulation Platform to Predict Job Performance

2008 SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition -- Kenexa® (NASDAQ: KNXA), a globalprovider of talent management and retention solutions, today unveiledSimSJTTM: Customer Service, the new online simulation platform designedto assess customer service aptitude. SimSJT engages candidates in a virtual3D environment that measures knowledge of roles associated with excellentcustomer service --...

Articles 2008-06-23

Xactware's success not just estimated

Making something easy that normally would be difficult is an excellent way to find entrepreneurial success -- and the basis of every product offered by Orem-based Xactware. The company was founded in 1986 with an estimating system, Xactimate, that helped contractors and insurance adjusters estimate structure repairs...

Articles 2008-06-22

Borthwick: It's been tough

STEVE BORTHWICK knows his hopes of keeping the England captaincy were dealt a few hefty blows in New Zealand. And he now faces an anxious wait to find out if head coach Martin Johnson will keep him on in the post. But...

Articles 2008-06-22

I'LL SHOW BOO-BOYS JUST HOWE IT'S DONE - DUDDY

JOHN DUDDY plans to answer his critics in style with victory over Charlie Howe next Saturday night in Boston. Unbeaten Duddy was stung by the barbs that came his way after his points victory over Walid Smichet in February when he came through a bloody 10...

Articles 2008-06-22

Borthwick: It's been tough

STEVE BORTHWICK knows his hopes of keeping the England captaincy were dealt a few hefty blows in New Zealand. And he now faces an anxious wait to find out if head coach Martin Johnson will keep him on in the post. But...

Articles 2008-06-22

Letters: A proud mom's tale

I'M WRITING about my daughter, Alexis Brown. I feel she should be acknowledged for her excellent academic and attendance performance. Since entering kindergarten at the Alliance for Progress Charter School, she's been on the honor roll yearly and has maintained perfect attendance to date through the fifth grade. Alexis is...

Articles 2008-06-21

Arshavin attacks with style to give Sweden no quarter

RUSSIA 2 SWEDEN 0 Maybe Steve McClaren deserves some sympathy after all. And not just for his floundering as a radio summariser. Russia produced a sensational attacking performance last night to join Croatia in the quarter-finals. Both, of course, were in England's group for the ill- fated...

Articles 2008-06-19

Schools developing performance-based compensation plans

Across the state, school districts are developing their own unique plans to distribute legislative funding based on how well educators are doing their jobs. Many of the performance-based compensation plans are a mix of elements, such as test data and teacher assessments. Some districts...

Articles 2008-06-19

Arshavin attacks with style to give Sweden no quarter

RUSSIA 2 SWEDEN 0 Maybe Steve McClaren deserves some sympathy after all. And not just for his floundering as a radio summariser. Russia produced a sensational performance last night to join Croatia in the last eight of the European Championships. Both were in England's group for the...

Articles 2008-06-19