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.)
To date, we have received 134 SEED applications, 55 of which
are complete. This total includes:
- Recent Hires: 33 applications, 9 complete
- Established Staff: 101 applications, 46 complete
All materials are due by 9 June. In most terms, more SEED applications
are disqualified because materials are submitted
late or are incomplete than for any other reasons. SEED’s application
process is intended to collect information and also to provide an
opportunity for applicants to demonstrate that they are good
communicators, well thought of, organized, and can meet deadlines.
SEED has applications in so far from Sun Engineering staff working in Australia,
Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Japan, 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.
This weekend, Tanya Jankot and I are reviewing the applications for big
problems as they come in: we try to get back to the applicant or their
manager if there is something they can fix before the deadline. For
example, if someone was hired in 2006 but they provide annual performance
ratings for 2005, 2006, and 2007, this counts as a big problem that can
be fixed (we revise the application to drop the 2005 rating).
More information on the SEED worldwide Engineering mentoring program is available at
http://research.sun.com/SEED/
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