Appraisals: anticipating and preparing for the upcoming campaign

This year’s annual appraisals and career development reviews start on Monday November 25 and will run until January 28, 2025. To help you prepare for them, the Human Resources Department teams are running information and training sessions. Note the dates in your diary to ensure you are thoroughly prepared!

Scheduling appraisals

The Human Resources Department would like to draw your attention to the fact that this year's campaign starts on November 25 and would encourage you to begin scheduling sessions well in advance. Make sure you allow enough time for an in-depth discussion: an hour and a half is a good guideline.

Preparing for appraisals

To support you and help you prepare for the campaign as best as possible, the Human Resources Department provides several resources:

•    Online information and discussion meetings in the week prior to the campaign launch:
    - For heads/managers, on Tuesday November 19 from 11am to 12 noon (link sent by email to those concerned)
      - For staff, on Tuesday November 19, from 2 to 3pm. Click here to attend.

Training sessions are also available with the "Training of the month" initiative. This year, particular emphasis has been placed on the importance of feedback, and so the focus of the sessions (lasting 1 hr. 15) is "The art of giving and receiving feedback." These interactive videoconference sessions involve illustrations of appraisals and a range of advice. The aim is to boost the culture of feedback, both on a daily basis and also during appraisals.

- Two sessions have been scheduled for all staff. The first session took place on Thursday November 7, and the second will take place on Thursday November 14, from 10.30 to 11.45am.

- One session aimed at managers will take place on Tuesday November 26 from 2 to 3.15pm.
Click here to sign up directly online

• As every year, training workshops lasting three and a half hours are also available for managers to help with conducting appraisals. The session entitled "Conducting constructive annual appraisals: tools and best practices" is available at three different times: December 10 from 2 to 5.30pm and December 11 from 9.30am to 1pm or 2 to 5.30pm. Managers can sign up by clicking here.

• Your local HR contact is available to answer any questions you may have and provide support and guidance.

• Details about appraisals and career development reviews (a guide, FAQ and practical instructions) will be provided on the intranet page at the beginning of the campaign.

Further information

Detailed information is available on this page

If you have any questions about the Career Portal and the appraisal forms, contact portailrh@pasteur.fr

Appraisals and career development reviews in practice

As a reminder, this annual appraisal campaign includes

annual appraisals,

lpromotion requests for non-scientific staff ("Compro" – forms also have to be completed for staff wishing to advance from technician to engineer status),

career development reviews, with detailed career development reviews for employees with more than six years of service (legal obligation) who have not had a career review for the past six years.

The appraisal campaign applies to all staff at the Institut Pasteur, except for those on fixed-term contracts of less than six months, PhD students and contract workers. Since 2022, all postdoctoral fellows have also received an appraisal as part of the campaign.

This year's campaign will take place from Monday November 25 to January 28, 2025 (online forms involving promotion requests will need to be approved by January 8, 2025 at the latest).

Summary of information and training sessions

• Information and discussion meeting on appraisals and career development reviews – for all, November 19 at 2pm – link here to join

• Information and discussion meeting on appraisals and career development reviews – for managers, November 19 at 11am (link emailed to those concerned)

• Training sessions on "The art of giving and receiving feedback" for all, Thursday November 7 and 14 from 10.30 to 11.45am

• Training session "The art of giving and receiving feedback" for managers, Thursday November 26 from 2 to 3.15pm

• Training workshop "Conducting constructive annual appraisals: tools and best practices" for managers on Tuesday December 10 from 2 to 5.30pm or Wednesday December 11 from 9.30am to 1pm or 2 to 5.30pm