Performance at UNC | Help & Learning Resources
If you have questions about performance or need assistance, we’ve got you covered! This page lists resources, key dates, tools and learning opportunities for employees and managers for all things performance at UNC!
Carolina Talent Performance
The Carolina Talent Performance Hub has step-by-step guides, FAQs and additional support for completing your tasks in Carolina Talent Performance to ensure that you can find answers easily and efficiently and can get helpful solutions accessible anytime in a user-friendly self-service format.
Log in to Carolina Talent to view and complete performance tasks.
Key Dates
The timeline below outlines the steps in the annual performance appraisal process for performance-eligible SHRA and EHRA Non-Faculty employees. Please see the Carolina Talent performance season timeline graphic for a visual representation of the performance process.
- Managers and employees begin to consider and collaboratively draft performance and development goals for the coming year (to be included in the employee’s performance plan).
- Managers begin the 2024-2025 competency assessment for SHRA employees.
- Managers complete any remaining 2024-2025 competency assessments for SHRA employees.
- Managers sign the employee appraisal and release it for employee review.
- Managers and employees meet for a performance conversation to discuss the annual appraisal and finalize performance and development goals for the coming year.
- Managers submit the employee’s performance plan in Carolina Talent, including employee performance and development goals for the coming year.
Employees have 15 days following manager submission to acknowledge the performance plan and SHRA competency assessment in Carolina Talent. If a manager makes submissions on June 10, employees will still have 15 days for acknowledgement.
Learning Resources
On-demand learning resources on key performance topics
For employees
- Setting Team and Employee Goals using SMART Methodology | LinkedIn Learning (55 mins)
- Setting Goals Quick Reference Guide (PDF, Onyen login required) | Carolina Talent
- Setting Career Goals at UNC | e-learning (30 mins)
- Defining and Achieving Professional Goals | LinkedIn Learning (27 mins)
- Giving and Receiving Feedback | LinkedIn Learning (28 mins)
For Managers
- Performance Management: Setting Goals and Managing Performance | LinkedIn Learning (20 mins)
- Setting Team and Employee Goals using SMART Methodology | LinkedIn Learning (55 mins)
- Setting Goals Quick Reference Guide (PDF, Onyen login required) | Carolina Talent
- Giving Performance Feedback | e-learning (30 mins)
- Giving Performance Feedback Quick Reference Guide (PDF, Onyen login required) | Carolina Talent
- Delivering Employee Feedback | LinkedIn Learning (30 mins)
How-Tos in Carolina Talent Performance
Use the links below to open topical lists of step-by-step instructions with screenshots of how to complete performance-related tasks in Carolina Talent.
- Getting Started | Key terms, employee snapshot, profile and more
- Managing Goals | How to create a development plan and how to create, copy, edit, delete, assign, approve and export goals
- Carolina Performance Tasks | How to complete the appraisal, performance plan and employee competency assessment; add/remove a co-planner; delete tasks; launch off-cycle tasks; and more
- Resources | FAQs, quick reference cards and how to submit a help ticket
Questions?
Join us for drop-in office hours March 18 – May 20:
Tuesdays 10-11 a.m. & Thursdays 2 – 3 p.m.
Contact Performance Management
Jessica Procel, Talent Management Program Manager
Kathleen Guerra, Senior Director of Organization & Professional Development
919-843-7752
performance_management@unc.edu