We have received 52 SEED applications so far for the Prague, Dublin, Hamburg,
and Grenoble term. All are due tonight at midnight, California time (in about
14 hours). The applications so far are from:
- Czech Republic: 20 [ 38% ]
- France: 7 [ 13% ]
- Germany: 15 [ 29% ]
- Ireland: 10 [ 19% ]
Tanya Jankot and I are responding to lots of last minute questions. We are
reviewing the applications and making corrections, such as:
- Looking up the organizational affiliation for those who indicated “Don’t Know”
- Getting back to people who did not fill in their annual performance ratings or
level of recommendation - Fixing entries where someone who was not the applicant’s manager checked
the box indicating that they were
As usual, there is confusion about seniority levels. That is, if someone tells
us that their title is “Engineering Manager” with job grade “D-DS-M1Y” it is
not clear if they are a low level supervisor or almost an executive. This
SEED term has no requirement for seniority. However, we will need to be able
to determine equivalent seniority because potential mentors usually ask.
Mentors want to know
where the person is in their professional development because some of them feel
more of a calling for beginning staff while others only want to partner
someone who is almost an executive.
I have also started to fill in my
Visa application to go to Russia in January for the next SEED term.
There are 41 sections, among other responses they require:
- List all countries you have visited in the last ten years and indicate
the year of visit - List all professional, civil and charity organizations which you are
(were) a member of, or contribute (contributed) to, or work (worked) with - List all educational institutions you ever attended, except high schools
- Do you have any specialized skills, training or experience related to fire-arms and explosives or to nuclear, biological or chemical activities? If «Yes», please explain
This is going to take a while to fill in…
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