Career Advancement: Are You Ready To Be Promoted?

Promotion is one of those things almost everyone wants after a successful job search. But no one is bold enough to ask for it.

If you’re determined to get ahead after a successful job search and are willing to follow some simple steps, you can move the odds of a promotion significantly in your favor.

Job Vacancy Indonesia 1. Under NO circumstances do you ever ask for a promotion!

2. Get yourself a mentor. Someone a level or two above you that you feel comfortable with . . . with whom you can talk and get advice.

3. Determine the factors that go into promotions where you work. For example, does your boss select people he/she feels comfortable with -- that they hangs out with? Or do they base decisions based solely on performance? You need to develop that skills that match up with your boss’ expectations.

3. Let your boss know you have more to offer. For example during a performance review you can ask, "What more can I do for the organization." Or "What more can I do to make myself more valuable?"

4. Write down a list of your accomplishments. Be very precise and use quantifiable results. Then give the list to your boss for review in advance of your performance review.

5. Tell your boss you’re looking for further training, e.g. a computer course or specialty seminar. Send an unspoken message that you’re interested in moving up the ladder.

6. Get involved in civic or philanthropic activities supported by those at the top of your organization.

7. Show your initiative by recommending new ideas or projects. Send a message to your boss that you have something more of value to offer.

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How to Answer the "How Do You Handle Stressful Situations?" Question

When answering the "How do you handle stressful situations?" question during an interview, the best strategy is to give some examples of stressful situations you've dealt successfully with in the past. 

Everyone faces some form of stress on the job now and then. They probably won't believe you if you say, "I've never been in a stressful situation."

So take some time before the interview to think back over your career and come up with some stressful situations you can talk about. Make sure they are situations that had a happy ending, thanks to your reaction.

(If this is for your first job, think of a stressful situation during school or other aspects of your life.) 

Tell how you used time management, problem-solving techniques or decision-making skills to reduce stress. Mention stress-reducing activities such as exercise, stretching and taking breaks.

Don't be afraid to admit that you would ask for assistance if you began to feel overwhelmed.

If it's true, say you actually work better under pressure.

Some jobs are much more stressful than others. This question is often given as a hint of things to come. In other words, they would not be asking about stress if it wasn’t an issue.

So give serious thought not only to the question itself, but why they are asking it.

If you absolutely do not want a stressful job, have an answer ready that makes this clear. It may eliminate you from the running, but you probably wouldn’t want the position anyway if it’s going to stress you out.

Sample Answer:

"I’m not easily stressed. One of my previous bosses even referred to me as ‘unflappable.’ I know the importance of being flexible and am good at adapting to changing situations and shifting priorities. But if I do start to feel stressed, I’ll take a break to stretch or get a little exercise and clear my head. If the stress is affecting my work, and due to something beyond my control, I’ll discuss it with my boss. I remember one situation when I was working at ABC Company where an important client demanded that we finish his project two weeks ahead! of sche dule. At first that seemed like an impossible task. But instead of letting the stress overwhelm me, I took action. I looked at our other projects and found a way to shift some schedules around. It wasn't easy, but we did manage to meet the customer's demand, and he was very happy with the result."

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A Quick Look At Airport Careers

By Mark Andrew Woodcock

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There are many airport careers that an individual will find exciting and challenging. When you are researching positions at the airport, there will be a few considerations that will determine which jobs you want to pursue. It will be very helpful to visit the airport and determine which types of jobs that you will be most interested in.

There are many hospitality jobs at the airport that are run by private businesses. These jobs often are like the stores and shops which are in the city where the airport is located. The hours of work for these types of jobs are the same as if you were working in a shop in the city and normally, the benefits are the same for these positions.

Jobs that are directly related to the airport such as security, customer service, flight attendant, etc., normally require some training and education. In some cases, specific airlines provide training and education for the employees that work for them. Some airports contract with private security companies that hire employees who man the security areas of the airport. These positions also require training through the company.

The benefit of working directly for an airline is that employees get significant discounts or free flights throughout the year. This makes the training and hours that a person works well worth the effort. In some of the positions, there are regular contests that provide incentives for employees to reach goals for customer service or sales.

Choosing from the many airport careers available will be much easier if you spend some time researching the many positions that are available at the airport in your area and with the airlines that fly in to that airport. By taking the necessary training and education prior to applying for a position, you will have a better understanding of the requirements for the position. Talking to airport staff will also be very beneficial. They will be able to tell you about the best steps to take to begin your career with the airport.

Benefits of SEO Training

By Shwetz Batra

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Today, internet means everything for all of us. Number of internet users is increasing all over the world. In true sense, internet has redefined human life. Even for business making, financial transaction, knowledge sharing, education & almost all spheres, every way & every process requires use of internet. Scope of internet marketing for all businesses is ever expanding. It's no surprise to see brands being advertised through digital marketing over internet.

Traditional marketing of products, services through physical media, trade shows is still in practice but they all have limitation of attracting number of inclined users, or simply call them potential buyers. With the increasing numbers of online customers, Search Engine Optimization is becoming one of the fastest growing marketing methodologies. As more businesses turn to the Internet to sell their services and products, it becomes very important for them to market themselves properly on the World Wide Web. Let us investigate how SEO can be the turn key factor for marketing of business products website.

Whenever, an online user, wanting to buy a product or service, tries to search the product through internet. It is this fact; many internet marketing companies have captured & have introduced "search engine optimization (SEO)" SEO is the process and practice of optimizing your website so that it ranks well on search engine results pages (or SERPs). When someone types a word or phrase into search engines (like Google, Yahoo) looking for your product, you want to appear on the first or second page of the search results.

The modern business scenario is highly competitive and advanced, and a well-organized and conspicuous website is mandatory for successful business dealings. Nowadays most people depend on search engines for various needs, and search engines provide a number of search results of websites. It is obvious then, that a low ranked website offers little or practically no exposure. On this ground, no one can deny the facts about SEO & its benefits. Furthermore, Social media has become a platform that is easily accessible to anyone with internet access, opening doors for organizations to increase their brand awareness and facilitate conversations with the customer.

Search engine optimization is a practical and effective solution for increasing traffic to your website and thereby making your business conspicuous online. One of the major benefits of SEO service is that it helps to create your websites favorable to both visitors to your site, and the search engines.

Cyberstalking and Women - Facts and Statistics

From Alexis A. Moore 

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an 8 2009This is third in a series of articles on women and cyberstalking written for About.com by cyberstalking expert Alexis A. Moore, founder of the national advocacy group Survivors in Action.

Cyberstalking is such a new phenomenon that the media and law enforcement have yet to broadly define and quantify it. The available resources are so few and limited that there is little information for victims or for professional victim service providers to utilize. What stats there are reveal millions of potential and projected future cases. The epidemic of identity theft indicates technology abuse is one of the fastest growing areas of crime and those same techniques are easily applied to a specific, targeted victim.

Here’s what we do know:

• More than one million women and 370,000 men are stalked annually in the United States. An astonishing one in twelve women and one in forty-five men will be stalked in their lifetimes. The average duration of stalking is nearly two years and even longer if the stalking involves intimate partners.
• Within the past twelve months, 9.3 million Americans were victims of identity theft. Identity theft is often present in situations of domestic abuse and can become a form of economic abuse once the woman has left her partner. One and a half million of those reporting identity thefts in 2004 also reported that they suffered from domestic abuse and harassment from their exes. These latter stats could be more correctly re-categorized as cyberstalking incidents.
• National figures show victims of cyberstalking tend to be females during the college ages 18-29 but women are not the only targets. A survey of 765 students at Rutgers University and the University of Pennsylvania found 45 percent of stalkers to be female and 56 percent to be male. National figures show most stalkers to be male by overwhelming margins (87 percent.) Men represented over 40 percent of stalking victims in the Penn-Rutgers study.
• The Department of Justice statistical report of June 29, 2006 indicates that, on average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country every day. The FBI reports that domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 to 44 — more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined. Cyberstalking provides astonishingly easy and cheap tools for an abuser to locate women who have tried to move away or go into hiding.

Cyberstalking and Domestic Violence Victims

Domestic violence victims are one of the most vulnerable groups to traditional stalking, so it’s no surprise they are vulnerable to cyberstalking as well. It’s a myth that if women “just leave” they will be okay. Cyberstalking is a way to continue to maintain rigid control and instill fear into a domestic partner, even when she has already left the relationship.

This can happen even to those who one would think would be more prepared. Marsha was an accountant — a working mom with kids — and after her husband Jerry’s rages got more and more severe, she decided it was time for a divorce. She told him in the safety of the lawyer’s office, where terms for their separation were laid out. To say he was angry was an understatement — he vowed right then he’d “make her pay.”

This threat had new meaning when she went a couple of days later to buy groceries. When all her credit cards were politely and embarrassingly declined, she went home to discover that Jerry had cancelled them and her cell phone, and drained her bank accounts, literally leaving her with just fifty cents. She was forced to get a loan from her folks to make it to the next court date.

We're All Potential Victims of Cyberstalking

In my work with victims I’ve learned that the ease with which someone can perpetuate a cyberstalking crime has made potential victims of us all. Individuals have been cyberstalked for the most minor reasons by people they've angered in the past. Victims were targeted because they dumped a guy after dating less than a month, fired an employee, were part of a business deal gone bad or -- no joke -- parked in the wrong parking spot.

One of my most traumatized clients was a well-off white male -- a senior Vice President of a well-known tax firm. A fired employee began sending hundreds of emails with Photoshopped pornographic images of the VP to every single person throughout the company for months before it was stopped. The executive was so humiliated he not only left his job, he left his life – changing his name and moving to a different state. The ease of causing someone trouble through technology, without having to leave the house, makes cyberstalkers out of people who would have normally fumed in silence.

The media learned that Barack Obama’s Verizon cell phone records were accessed after he became President-Elect. Now think about that. If an incoming President, with his reams of security teams and careful management is not able to protect his information, what chance do the rest of us have?

Sound scary?

I mean it to be. We have all grown so complacent about our information and how it is stored and managed; we have no idea how easy it is to access essential personal data that would unlock the safeguards to our finances, our personal and economic safety and our lives. The havoc a cyberstalker can wreak is painful, frustrating and long-lasting, and the technological tools and resources commonly used by cyberstalkers are all available online for affordable prices.

Taking Time Off for an Interview

By Alison Doyle

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What's the best way to take time off from work for a job interview? I always suggest that job seekers try to schedule interviews early or late in the day, or at lunch time. Another alternative, if you can schedule a couple of interviews on one day, is taking a vacation day.
Site visitors (share your excuse) have shared lots of other excuses for not going to work.
Excuses for Taking Time Off to Interview

• Take a vacation day.
• Use a sick day.
• Take a couple of hours of personal time.
• Volunteer for an extra task, meeting, event, conference of some kind that involves time outside of normal work hours, then take the extra hours worked as comp time.
• Picking a friend up from the airport.
• House was burglarized.
• Plumbing problem.
• Sick child.
• Sick parent.
• Doctor's appointment for yourself or a family member.
• Medical testing.
• You have a migraine and need to go home.
• You have a business meeting.
• Personal business.
• Appointment with an attorney to get wills.
• Financial planning appointment.

In addition to good excuses you can use for not going to work, take a look (and add the worst excuses you've heard) at the bad excuses you've heard for missing work.

 

10 Tips for Attracting Employees

From Gerry Fung

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What else can small businesses do to make their employment recruitment efforts more successful?

6. Offer employees some way to move upwards.

Most employees aren't looking for jobs where they’ll do the same thing for the next thirty years. They're looking for positions that offer opportunities for advancement. What will the position you're offering offer? The chance to develop new skills? A stepping stone to a position with more responsibilities? More money after a certain amount of time on the job? Whatever it is, in terms of attracting employees, be sure to get the future possibilities on the table.

7. Create an employee incentive program.

Employee incentive programs not only reward good employee performance but give prospective employees something to look forward to if they come work for you. Whether it’s an annual company-paid retreat or a program where employees collect points that they can trade in for cash, employee incentive programs can increase your chances of attracting the employees you want to hire.

8. Institute a profit sharing program.

It’s not for every business, but there’s no better way to give employees a stake in a company’s success. For businesses that look like they’re going somewhere, profit sharing programs can be a powerful inducement to come work for you instead of for someone else.

9. Sweeten the pot.

When competition for employees is fierce, a plain old signing bonus may be what’s needed to attract the employee you want and get that person to work for you rather than for some other company. If you choose to do this, there are two things to keep in mind. The signing bonus has to be large enough to matter, and the signing bonus has to be contingent upon x amount of time of employment. (Otherwise you’ll be running a revolving door as people sign up, take the money and run.)

10. Widen the scope of your advertising.

It’s not enough to Just place an ad in the Help Wanted section of the local newspaper anymore; your chances of attracting the employees you want will be much better if you broaden your advertising. Place ads in places such as job Web sites and college/university campus boards, for example. Advertise in other towns or cities. See 7 Easier Ways to Find Employees for more ideas on spreading the word about your employee search and hiring tips.

And if you have other employees, don’t forget to get them involved in the employee recruitment hunt. You can, for example, offer signing bonuses to those who successfully refer a new employee.

There are qualified people out there who can do what you need done – you just need to attract them to the positions your small business is offering. Developing an employee recruitment policy based on the tips above will give you a better chance of attracting the employees you’re looking for.

Working and Communicating Online

By Jacci Howard Bear

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Can you run a business, including a desktop publishing or graphic design business, without ever leaving home? Email, Web-based services, online shopping, and net conferencing have changed the way businesses and customers communicate.

Reach potential clients almost anywhere in the world with your Web site and targeted email marketing. In some cases, a Web-based portfolio and email can replace face-to-face meetings both at the initial stage and throughout the design process. When a client needs "hard copy" samples of your work, there's always the regular mail — and you can do that from your desktop too.

Instead of phone tag, communicate quickly with new clients through email. You can even transmit documents such as contracts using Internet fax services. In some cases, instant messaging such as ICQ or AIM can provide useful real-time communication with clients or business partners.

There's no need to limit yourself to local service bureaus and printers. Get printing quotes online. Transmit files electronically and follow up with faxed proofs or laser proofs shipped through a company such as Federal Express, which offers pickup and online tracking of packages. Exchange samples and proofs with clients using email attachments. The PDF format is ideal for this purpose.

When you or the client need more interaction video conferences and electronic white boards allow you to transmit images, markup documents, and discuss projects almost as if you were sitting together in your office.

Although the technology makes it possible, is it practical? There are obstacles to overcome.

• Online advertising may not be able to reach your target audience.
• Not everyone is proficient at or comfortable with sending or opening email attachments, sending/receiving faxes, or using conferencing software.
• You or your clients may not have the minimum software/hardware requirements for video conferencing and other cutting-edge (or basic) technologies.
• Not limited to online encounters, file incompatibilities can crop up at anytime — different versions of the same program and cross-platform issues can be especially frustrating for a potential customer not accustomed to these problems.
• Some people are simply uncomfortable working with someone sight unseen.
• Email, fax, and delivery may be fast but it is impersonal. The phone can personalize communications but not being able to pop over to the printer or drop off a proof and discuss it in-person can be frustrating.
• Due to the overwhelming growth of spam and email-transmitted viruses, email can be troublesome, especially for clients who are not up-to-speed on the latest spam filters and virus protection software.

If you are willing to take the time and initiative to develop reliable Internet skills, have the patience to work with the technology, teach reluctant clients, and pursue long-distance relationships with clients, printers, and other suppliers then yes, you could run a design business without (hardly) ever leaving home.

Job Burnout

By Dawn Rosenberg McKay

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At some point in your career, you will experience burnout. Regardless of how much you like your job there will come a time when you just don't feel like doing it anymore. If you could choose between being sick enough to stay home (and not just lying about being sick) and going to work, you would actually choose to be sick. It would be far less aversive than facing your boss, your co-workers, your clients, and your desk.

What exactly is burnout? It is defined in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary as "exhaustion of physical or emotional strength or motivation usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration." Who's stressed and frustrated? Many people. Mass layoffs are making workers very nervous. Many are afraid of losing their jobs and are therefore working harder and longer hours to prove their worth. Survivors of layoffs have to work harder to fill the gaps left by their departed colleagues.

Then there are those who work hard and don't receive the gratitude they feel they deserve from their bosses. They go to work everyday, work hard, and don't feel they are rewarded properly. Raises aren't forthcoming, and promotions aren't either. People who seem to work less, but have more political clout, seem to do better. Sounds frustrating to me.

Being in the wrong career is also very stressful and can be frustrating. Many people are in the wrong career. They either tire of a career they once liked or they chose poorly in the first place. Others are in the right career but in the wrong job. Either way a change may be in order. It may involve a career change or simply a change in where you work. So, as you can see, there are many factors that cause people stress and frustration with their jobs. I'm sure you can name some yourself.

Burnout doesn't happen only to those who are stressed or frustrated, though. Notice the definition says burnout usually happens as a result of stress and frustration. I don't think the stress that causes one to experience job burnout has to be terribly obvious. Work may be going along smoothly. There are no apparent problems — no issues to resolve. You get along well with your boss, co-workers, and clients. Then suddenly one day you feel a little knot in your stomach when you think about going to work. Or, you can't come up with any fresh ideas. You let your inbox fill up. You cringe when your phone rings. You just can't figure it out. Yesterday you loved your job and today you hate it. What could have caused this to happen?

Many of us work long hours because we actually like our jobs. We have work that needs to get done, and we choose to spend ten hours a day doing it. Then one day we realize that many months have passed since we had a vacation, a full weekend off, or even a relaxing evening at home. There's an old saying that goes "On their death bed, no one ever said, 'I wish I had spent more time in the office.'" As an aside, the man who coined the term "burnout" was a psychologist named Herbert Freudenthal. Dr. Freudenthal, himself, had a reputation for working extremely long hours but did not experience burnout.

First Day at a New Job Horror Stories

By Dawn Rosenberg McKay

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When you thought about making an impression on your first day at a new job, you meant you wanted to make a good impression. You didn't account for some embarrassing incident leaving you humiliated. But mishaps happen ... you just wish they didn't happen to you. Looking on the bright side of things, at least you have a story to share. It may have been a horror story at the time, but isn't it funny when you look back on it? Well, maybe not. Share Your Story

Caught senting email

I was busy chatting with my previous co-workers when my boss entered my office. I tried to switch off the computer but it froze. All funny mails were visible on the screen.

Upside Down Whoops

It wasn't my first day, but I worked at an unnamed pizza shop, and I was left alone during a horrid lunch hour. Phones ringing, people walking in, making pizzas. Ugh. I was near tears and then I dropped a customer's order on the floor--cheese side down! I pretended to do something else (like get a box from a shelf) and I scooped up the cheese and toppings, slapped it on the pizza and sold it to him. No time to make a new one! It was horrible.

The Best Leader I Ever Knew

By F. John Reh

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The best leader I ever knew died recently. I want to share some of the lessons I learned from him with those of you not fortunate enough to have known him.

At his funeral, I spoke with the woman who had been his office manager in what was to be his final career. "Whenever we went anywhere together" she said, "and met with people who had worked for him before, they always said to me 'You're lucky. Frank's such a great boss' and that they'd love to work for him again." What inspires that kind of loyalty in others? How did he learn it? Click here to jump ahead or keep reading to meet a very special man.

The Navy
Frank was a typical kid, growing up in America's heartland. A smart boy, whose parents made him do his homework, his chores, and his music lessons. He graduated second or third in his high school class, depending on who you asked. He left home for the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland just prior to the start of the Second World War.

The attack on Pearl Harbor compressed the rigorous four-year course of study at the Academy into three years and he went off to war at 22. He earned a Bronze Star during the war, the third highest combat medal the US Navy awards. He told me once, much later, about the teamwork the men in his department had shown that had saved them from repeated attacks from Japanese fighters and kamikazis and had been responsible for his medal. He never mentioned that he had trained those men and built their sense of teamwork.

After the war, he went back to school and earned a Masters Degree in Petroleum Engineering. Not many people in his profession had advanced degrees then, but he always loved learning and he felt it would help his career.

After the Korean War, and the birth of his fourth child, Frank made a career choice that severely limited his chances of becoming an Admiral, but allowed him to spend more time at home with his wife and kids. He said he never regretted that choice. I believe him. Finally, after a 30 year career, he retired from the Navy as a Captain (equivalent to a colonel in the Army).

Because it's there
When he retired from the Navy, he looked for something to do. He took some classes at the local community college and ended up teaching math there. He took a mountaineering class at the college and, at age 55, climbed to the 14,410' summit of Mount Rainier. He made five more ascents as a rope leader and became a member of the all-volunteer Olympic Mountain Rescue team. I remember one story he told me about a couple of "kids" who had gotten lost in the mountains and his team had gone in to find them. These "kids" were in their forties, but he was in better shape and he was 20 years older.

Second Career
With 30 years experience, he easily obtained his Professional Engineer license in several states and spent the next 15 years as a marine/mechanical engineer. Many of the managers who hired him were younger. Some questioned his ability to learn new things or to keep up the pace. He quietly proved them all wrong. And he received another US patent for one of his ideas.

I had the pleasure of succeeding him as Engineering Manager of a design engineering firm. Although two men had held the position between us, everyone in that company who had known him still had the highest personal and professional respect for him - from the company president to his former secretary.

Retirement?
Retirement for Frank didn't mean sitting around. He worked on his golf game, took up cross-country skiing, and remained active in his church and his community. He provided research and technical assistance to his wife in authoring three Navy history books.

As the Director of the local Naval Museum, he planned and supervised a move from the museum's decades-old home to a new space a few blocks away. Irreplaceable artifacts, from a flattened bullet to a mock-up of a submarine conning tower, were moved without loss. The move was completed on schedule.

Listen to your mother
The final leg of his working life began, innocently enough, on a trip to the mountains with his wife. On the way home, they stopped into an antique store and he noticed a cello. He remembered the cello lessons he had taken as a boy and wondered whether he could still play. He practiced, took lessons, and practiced some more. He auditioned for his local symphony and was awarded the third cello position. (There were only three cellists in the small orchestra.)

Frank got deeply involved in the symphony organization, as he did with everything he considered worth doing. He was elected to its Board of Directors and eventually became their President. By the time he played his last concert with the symphony, he has been so successful in building the orchestra that he was playing seventh cello.

In of his favorite pictures, he is already in his tuxedo and doing some last minute practice; his three year old grandson is sitting facing him and 'playing' a plastic violin.

Performance Development Planning

By Susan M. Heathfield

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Are you looking for the process that provides the heart of your performance management system? You've found it. The Performance Development Planning (PDP) process enables you and the people who report to you to identify their personal and business goals that are most significant to your organization's success.

The process enables each staff person to understand their true value-added to the organization. They do so when they understand how their job and the requested outcomes from their contribution "fit" inside your department or work unit's overall goals.

Personal Developmental Goals

In the process, staff members also set personal developmental goals that will increase their ability to contribute to the success of your organization. The accomplishment of these goals also provides a foundation for their career success whether in your organization or elsewhere, so they ought to be motivated and excited about achieving these goals.

Your system of Performance Management, with the PDP process for goal setting and communication, will ensure that you are developing a superior workforce. As one CEO remarks daily, "The only factor that constrains our growth is our ability to hire a superior workforce." Why not grow that talent from within your organization as well?

PDP meetings are held, at least, quarterly to review the staff person's progress on the overall goals and objectives. Your staff person's progress on the action plans, that result from the PDP goals, is reviewed at your weekly one-on-one meeting. This weekly meeting allows you to offer assistance and to identify any help or tools the staff person needs to succeed.

Make the Performance Development Planning Meeting Successful

Wonder what to do to make the Performance Development Planning (PDP) meeting successful? These recommendations tell you and your staff person what to do prior to the Performance Development Planning meeting.

• Schedule the Performance Development Planning meeting and define pre-work with the staff member.
• The staff member reviews personal performance for the quarter, writes business and personal developmental goal ideas on the PDP form and gathers needed documentation, including 360 degree feedback results, when available.
• The supervisor prepares for the PDP meeting by clearly defining the most important outcomes needed from the staff person's job within the framework of the organization's strategic plan.
• The supervisor writes business and personal developmental goal ideas on the PDP form in preparation for the discussion.
• The supervisor gathers data including work records and reports and input from others familiar with the staff person’s work.
• Both the supervisor and the employee examine how the employee is performing against all criteria, and think about areas for potential development.
• The supervisor develops a plan for the PDP meeting which includes answers to all questions about the performance development planning process with examples, documentation, and so on.
• Recognize that this process takes place quarterly and that the most time and work are invested in the first PDP meeting. The rest of the quarterly PDP goals, maybe for years, are updates to the initial goals.