The final deadline for SEED Engineering mentoring applicants to submit
their backup materials (resumes, letters of recommendation) was
last night at midnight. Tanya Jankot has disabled the application web pages except
for the Check Status page. 131 of the 167 applicants completed their
applications and are eligible for consideration by the Recent
Hire or Established Staff Selection Committees.
The Recent Hire Selection Committee includes 4 Directors (two of
whom are also Chief Technologists), two Distinguished Engineers, plus
an Engineering Manager who is also a current SEED program participant.
The Established Staff Selection Committee includes the SEED program
staff and our HR Manager. Because the Established Staff applicants have
a Sun annual performance rating history, their selection is managed
differently from that of the Recent Hires.
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Of the remaining applicants who are not eligible for consideration, 17 were
disqualified for content, mostly for applying for the Established Staff program
while being too junior in grade to qualify. 24 were also disqualified because
their submission was incomplete (resume or manager’s letter missing, too
few or no required executive letters).
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I gave the Selection Committee passworded access to the
2007-2008 Recent Hire applications this morning.
Both Selection Committees meet on 13 June and the acceptance
announcements will also come out that day. The Recent Hire term runs September 2007-September 2008. The Established Staff
term runs September 2007-March 2008. We plan to select about 80 participants, divided
roughly evenly between Recent Hires and Established Staff.
More information on SEED is available at
http://research.sun.com/SEED/
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