Managers, Supervisors and HR Professionals

Conducting Effective Performance Evaluations:
Tips for Supervisors

What's required?

• In general, the University requires that supervisors conduct a performance appraisal of each employee in writing at least once annually.
• The performance appraisal is a communication tool between the employee and the supervisor and is part of the official personnel file.
• Merit compensation should be discussed with the employee, but not necessarily as part of the appraisal discussion. The performance appraisal looks at specific areas, goals, and standards of performance and the employee's progress toward meeting them, as well as future goals and employee development
• Managers and supervisors of non-represented staff should use the 2008 Performance Evaluation and Planning (PEP) forms available at: http://careercompass.berkeley.edu/perfmgmt/resources/evalforms.html. Managers and supervisors of represented staff should use the current forms approved by their respective bargaining units. Sample forms for represented staff are available at: http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/forms/pedescr.htm.