The DipNotes

Post edited 5:29 pm – June 19, 2010 by Peter

First, you have a Career Development Officer back in Washington who follows your career and works with you and offer's advice to help you advance within the career.

Second, your annual appraisals are very important to ensure that you not only exceed the minimum standards, but demonstrate that you are ready for more responsibility.

Third, when you bid on new assignments, your resume and letters of recommendation are key to ensuring you get the job position you desire.  This is a competitive process, and what your co-workers, supervisors, and subordinates think of you are take very seriously.   This is called a 360 eval, and most assignments (after your initial 2 directed assignments) require these recommendations from all around you.  They weigh a lot, so your performance along with this "corridor image" is critical.  

In all of the above reports, it's often what is NOT said, or how something is worded in an eval that gets taken very seriously.  Because of this, a well meanin, but poorly written  evaluation or recommendation will do more harm than nothing said at all.

Peter