We are in the mentor matching cycle for the 52 PreSEED participants.
I sent out the first mentor request emails on 5 May and I have 15
match confirmations so far. I just sent out the “Last Chance” emails
to those who have not yet responded to my first email. I also have
about ten potential mentors who are actively in the process of deciding
whether to accept the participant who requested them.
In addition to matching the PreSEED-2 term with mentors, Tanya Jankot and
I have been redesigning SEED in preparation of the 2008-2009 terms which
will open for applications on 21 May. Since the two PreSEED pilots have been
successful so far, we integrated PreSEED as the third of now three mentoring
groups offered by our program:
- Recent Hires (including newly acquired staff and recent college hires)
This group provides promising recent Engineering hires and newly acquired
staff with enriching and broadening experiences for their early years as Sun
employees that make them more valuable to Sun and more satisfied with their careers
at Sun. - Established Staff
This group provides Mentors to help develop, enrich, and broaden the experience
and understanding of Sun Engineering staff who have been with the company for
some time. - PreSEED
PreSEED is a new mentoring group aimed at helping Sun Engineering staff who
have been getting almost all “Sun Standard” annual performance ratings onto a
path which may lead them to higher engagement. One way to think of PreSEED
is as a preliminary to the SEED Engineering mentoring program.
I sent email yesterday to the many thousands of Sun Engineering staff around the
world telling them that the 2008-2009 Recent Hire and Established Staff terms
are coming up. I also asked them to talk with their managers to see if
SEED is a good opportunity for them.
More information on the SEED worldwide Engineering mentoring program is available at
http://research.sun.com/SEED/
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