The SEED program is now accepting applications from Sun Engineering
staff worldwide for its Recent Hire and Established Staff terms which
will start in September 2008. (The next PreSEED term does not start until
January 2009.) We had our worldwide phone-in program overview meeting
this morning.
To date, we have received 57 SEED applications, 15 of which
are complete. All materials are due by 9 June. SEED has applications in
from Sun Engineering staff working in Czech Republic, India, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, P.R. China, Russia, Saudi Arabia,
South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, the UK, and the USA.
They work for Sun Labs, Microelectronics, Global Sales and Services, Software,
Storage, Systems, and Worldwide Operations.
14 of the applicants are recent hires and the rest are established staff.
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SEED Program Priorities are:
- Increase the value, satisfaction, and retention of
program Participants and their Mentors. - Build Sun’s Engineering community by making and strengthening
connections between its members and with the rest of Sun. - Work to balance the diversity of Participants in terms of
demographics, professional area, and geographic location.
More information on the SEED worldwide Engineering mentoring program is available at
http://research.sun.com/SEED/
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