We are in the midst of two Sun worldwide Engineering mentoring program
application periods. The first is a SEED term for Global Sales & Service
(see my
October 22, 2008 entry, all material is due now, today –
12 November), and the second is for PreSEED (see my
October 31, 2008 entry, all material is due 14 November). I am sending
out daily summary reports in email to the applicants and their managers.
Tanya Jankot and I are replying to many email questions. SEED and PreSEED will
accept a maximum of fifty participants per term (no minimum number). Both
mentoring terms will run from January-June 2009.
Mentor Lists?
We are getting many questions about the preliminary mentor list on the
application form. This is not the final mentor preference list and the
applicant’s answer does not influence acceptance into the program.
(However, since this is a mentoring program, leaving the question blank
does not look good!) The question is asked to get applicants thinking about
the qualities they want in a Mentor and to start their research about
specific potential Mentors.
Program applicants and Mentees (Participants) are strongly discouraged from contacting potential Mentors directly before the match is formally made by SEED
program staff. Some potential Mentors are requested by many Participants,
while others have already communicated their preferences to SEED program staff.
We want to respect the potential Mentors’ time and preferences. Engineering
staff who want to contact mentors directly can do so without joining SEED.
Once applicants are accepted into the program, they have over a week to
prepare their ten name “Mentor Wish List”.
Status?
So far, we have 93 GSS applications (64 complete) and 86 PreSEED
applications (56 complete). The applicants for these terms are very
diverse geographically, working in:
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Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Dubai UAR, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, UK |
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USA: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia |
More?
More information on the SEED worldwide Engineering mentoring program
is available at
http://research.sun.com/SEED/
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