Write A Fair Self Assessment For Your Annual Review

You know what you achieved this year but every draft either sounds boastful or disappears into vague corporate phrases. Give it your rough list of achievements and it turns them into a self-assessment with plain impact statements and no filler. Suits anyone staring at a blank review form with the deadline an hour away.

You need to write your annual self-assessment and want it to sound confident without sounding like you are exaggerating. List your main achievements this year, roughly like [led the migration project, mentored two juniors, hit renewal targets]. Turn these into a self-assessment that states impact plainly, uses specific numbers where you have given them, and avoids empty phrases like 'went above and beyond'. Keep it under 300 words, organised by achievement, one sentence of context and one sentence of impact each.