What is a Self Assessment?

Answer:
A self assessment is an employee's chance

to reflect upon her job performance, in order to identify areas of strength and weakness in a job. Many jobs have periodic reviews, when a supervisor fills out a review of an employee.

More and more companies are finding that it is effective to also have employees fill out a self assessment, both to get the employee's point of view on her job performance, and to involve her more fully in the process of the job review.

A self assessment may be an informal conversation about how the employee feels that her job is going or it may be a formal written questionnaire. Most self assessments include questions about goals, strengths, weaknesses, and what could help the employee improve job performance.

Employees who feel like their opinions and views are being taken into consideration often become more fully committed to their jobs, and a self assessment can be a key step in this process.