This post is part of The Datamation Guide to Human Resources Records.
Your employees are the main moving parts within the company. Their performance as individual contributors forms the performance of the entire company, so having a uniform, organized system to measure individual performance is vital to track talent within your company. Without an organized system, keeping track of employee performance effectively is next to impossible.
Datamation can give your company the comprehensive system that it needs to compile data on performance and integrate them into effective reports automatically.
Consistently keeping track of employee performance not only benefits the employee, but the company, as well. If there is an employee that is a consistent high performer, that employee deserves recognition, and perhaps a pay raise. Having that data also allows your company to track that high-performing employee and utilize their value and their skills to the full extent.
On the other hand, a comprehensive evaluation may lead to the discovery that another employee is underperforming. In either situation, having complete visibility into employee performance is vital in making sure that your company is performing at the very best rate that it can while rewarding and encouraging high performance.
The other necessary function of employee evaluation is to revisit job descriptions to map out goals and expectations. Evaluations don’t only monitor performance, but they also serve to check in with management to discuss the guidelines for future performance and expectations. It’s also possible that the employees role has changed within the company, requiring the expectations and goals to be shifted. When expectations and goals are laid out and explained right away, you avoid awkward surprises and further miscommunication down the line.
You can make this part of the process easier as well by allowing standards and guidelines to be updated as the company grows and changes. E-forms, or electric forms, eliminate the need for paper forms altogether, making document changes happen with just a few clicks.
Are your employees performing to their best abilities? Have you been able to notice and monitor who is working diligently, and who isn’t? It can be difficult to keep an eye on every employee without accurate and thorough reports in addition to a consistent, uniform process of evaluation.
With automated workflows, digital document storage and access, and a system that moves and grows with your company, Datamation provides the best solution customized especially to your needs and wants. Recognize, reward, and leverage the talent within your company to boost your company’s performance as a whole by focusing on the parts.
