The application deadline for SEED’s Worldwide Established Staff, January –
July, 2008 term was last Friday (16 November). The rough figures are:
104 Sun Engineering staff members applied; 86 of those completed their
applications. The next step is for HR (Human Resources) to verify titles,
grade levels, performance ratings, etc. Some applicants may be disqualified
as a result of HR’s review. Tanya Jankot and I am reading the applications
now. The SEED Selection Committee meets on 28 November 2007. We expect to
pick about 40 participants. I will announce final selections on 28 November.
At present, 18 of the applicants are not qualified, mostly because
their materials appear incomplete. We may find some these are complete
after we sort through all of the submissions (if, for example, a letter
was submitted under the wrong SunID). Most who are not qualified did
not have a complete application (required letters missing, for example)
or were too junior for this term (meaning they are not yet at the global
equivalent of U.S. job grades 9, and/or they will have been with Sun
fewer than 2 years as of January 2008).
More information on the SEED Engineering mentoring program is available at
http://research.sun.com/SEED/
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