91 SEED Engineering Mentoring Applications

We are in the application cycle for the new
SEED
worldwide Engineering mentoring term for Established Staff (to run April-October
2009). The application forms close after today, 23 February 2009.
So far, 91 people have applied – 54 of those applications are complete.
We will accept 40 to 50 people in this term.

Some Metrics

• Applications have been
  submitted from Sun staff working in Australia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, and the USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas).
• Applicants who have volunteered their countries of origin are from:
  Australia, Bangladesh, Belarus, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic, South Korea, Taiwan, Trinidad & Tobago, UK, USA, and Vietnam
• Applications have come in from Sun Labs, Microelectronics, Sales, Services, Software, Storage, Systems and Worldwide Operations.

SEED’s General Selection Criteria:

1. All Participants are in Engineering.
2. Only regular Sun employees may participate.
3. Superior annual performance ratings are preferred.
4. Manager support is required.

Next Terms

SEED runs seven terms a year. After this Established Staff, the next terms
will be for PreSEED and GSS SEED. Applications for PreSEED and GSS SEED
will be accepted starting in early April; the PreSEED and GSS SEED terms
will run June-December 2009.