Purpose of Employee Evaluations

What is job evaluation?

Job evaluation is a systematic way of determining the value/worth of a job in relation to other jobs in organization (Mehta, 2013).

Evaluations provide employees:

1. Feedback on their work quality
2. Feedback on their overall work performance
3. Feedback on their work behaviour
4. Feedback on customer comments received
5. Feedback on strengths and weaknesses
6.  An opportunity to gain insights into the supervisor's perceptions of work performance
7. Opportunity to become aware of the supervisor's concerns 
8. An opportunity to learn what the supervisor views as important to be successful at the company
9. An opportunity to learn how to improve and enhance performance 

Source: http://spot.pcc.edu/~rjacobs/career/employee_evaluations.htm

Source: http://www.arloandjanis.com/jobevaluation.htm

For more info on Job evaluation, you may visit this sites:

1. http://www.ncl.ac.uk/hr/pay/job-evaluation.php
2. http://smallbusiness.chron.com/advantages-job-evaluation-organization-437.html
3. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/infopath-help/conduct-a-job-evaluation-HA001189535.aspx