All 49 of the SEED participants in the 2007 Established Staff Term of the
SEED Engineering mentoring program are now matched with mentors.
Seniority
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73% of the mentors (36 count) are executives:
14 Vice Presidents (including 1 Fellow)
12 Directors
10 Distinguished Engineers
Since this is an Established Staff term, all participants are
Principal level or are even more senior, and all have been
with Sun Engineering as regular staff for over 2 years.
Mentors
- 6 SEED Alumni Returning as Mentors (12%)
- 22 Mentors are serving for the 1st time with SEED (45%)
11 Mentors are in their 2nd time (22%)
10 Star Mentors are in their 3rd or 4th time (20%)
6 Superstar Mentors are in their 5th or higher SEED term
Location*
- 31 mentoring pairs are at a distance (63%)
- 18 work in the same area or the same town (37%)
* In the December 2006 SEED quarterly reports, as in prior reports,
analysis does not show significant difference in responses to “Q15 Overall
Worth of Meetings with Mentor” and “Q24 Overall Satisfaction with Program”
between participants At-a-Distance from their mentor and those co-located
with their mentor. In this quarter, the difference in reported satisfaction
was 5% between the two groups for Q15, 2% for Q24. This is a positive
indication that SEED mentoring partnerships are beneficial to participants
whether or not the mentoring pair is able to meet in person.
Priority
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80% of participants (39 count) were matched with one of their
top four priority choices on their Mentor Wish List:
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26 with #1 or #2
13 with #3 or #4
10 with someone at #5 or lower in priority
In most SEED terms, 80% or more of participants are matched with
one of their top four mentor choices.
Cycle Time
- Matching started on 11 December 2006 and ended 1 February 2007:
a 52 day cycle - Specifically:
24 November 2006 – 2007 Established Staff Term applications were due
28 November – 49 participants were selected
11 December – first 49 invitations to mentors out in email
14 December – 15 matched (31%)
18 December – 26 matched (53%)
25 December – 37 matched (76%)
1 January 2007 – 37 matched (76%)
8 January – 44 matched (90%)
15 January – 47 matched (96%)
1 February – 49 matched (100%)
Gender
- Gender of Participants
37 Male, 75%
12 Female, 25% - Gender of Mentors
39 Male, 80%
10 Female, 20%
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