Yesterday, all 109 SEED and PreSEED Engineering mentoring program participants
turned in the final versions of their 10-name Mentor Wish Lists. Also yesterday,
Tanya Jankot cleaned up the data, then she and I decided on who was the top
priority potentially available mentor for each new program participant, then I
sent out the first 65 personal email requests to potential mentors. Today,
I sent out the remaining 44 email requests. I have been getting
many enthusiastic responses from potential mentors. Four have already accepted
mentees (2 GSS SEEDs and 2 PreSEEDs).
Mentor request metrics:
- There were 442 unique potential mentors requested on the 109 Mentor Wish Lists.
- 14 potential mentors had more than one request at #1 priority.
- 65 potential mentors had 5 or more participants request them.
- 6 had more than ten requests.
- 14 was the highest number of requests for any potential mentor.
Unless the mentor is very experienced or says they already know
the mentee well, I ask them to have a pre-match discussion by phone or in person
to be sure it is a good fit. I expect many more matches soon. If experience
holds true, it will take three to six weeks to match everyone in both terms.
There will be very few matches toward the end of this month because of
Sun’s winter break.
Mentor matching metrics:
- In most terms since SEED started in 2001, about 80% of participants were
matched with one of their top four priority choices. The remainder were matched
with a Mentor lower down on their Mentor Wish List. - About 70% of SEED mentors are executives (Directors, Principal Engineers,
Fellows, or Vice Presidents) in any term. More senior mentees tend to be
matched with more senior mentors. For example, in the 2008-2009 terms, the
Recent Hire term had 65% executive mentors but the Established Staff term
had 84% executive mentors. - In the 2008-2009 terms, 77% of mentor-mentee pairs were working at
a distance, another state or country from each other. - Over 90% of SEED participants indicate satisfaction or strong
satisfaction with the program in their quarterly reports. - 100% of participants get matched with a mentor they requested.
More?
More information on the SEED worldwide Engineering mentoring program
is available at
http://research.sun.com/SEED/
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