We received 233 SEED Engineering mentoring program applications. More than half from
outside of the USA. Tanya Jankot and I are busy sorting and checking and asking for
clarifications. We have been in touch
with HR in China, India, Singapore, the UK, and Germany working through the nuances of
international title equivalencies and seniority levels. Corporate HR is checking applicant
data now before we open up the applications for review by the executive Selection Committee.
The deadline for resumes, recommendations, and additional submissions from applicants
is this Friday, 24 June. We select and announce the 60 participants next week. The
Mentor Wish Lists from the participants are due 13 July. Then, the mentor matching begins.
I sent summary emails today to SEED’s executive hosts in the countries with the largest
applicant pools outside of the US: 56 from India, 15 from China, 26 from Russia, and 10
from the Czech Republic. I hope that they will be able to help the applicants get all of
their stuff in. Tanya says we have 41 applications with all information submitted,
up from 22 this morning. She and I are getting dozens of emails and phone calls each
asking for information, advice, and reassurance.
Only 5 people contacted me asking to submit an application after the deadline. Only one was
nasty when I said no.
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