PayJuntion is leading their industry in green technology!

PayJunction is a financial software company that was founded in 2000 by UCSB Computer Science graduates. Over the years they have grown into the leading developer of paperless payment software, enabling businesses to process and secure transactions in real-time from anywhere in the world! And they are environmentally friendly too; they’ve developed the first environmentally friendly product in the industry that will eliminate the need of paper receipts that will in turn reduce the carbon footprint of an entire industry!

It gets even better! PayJuntion located in downtown Santa Barbara and have both part-time and full-time positions for students. This means that you could work for them while going to school. This is not an unpaid internship but rather a part-time position where you will learn practical and relevant skills while getting paid and the best part is that they will work around your class schedule. For full-time positions they have both technical and non-technical opportunities so they seek students in any major!

At PayJunction there is a “work hard, play hard” environment. They look for smart, motivated, innovative and passionate students and graduates who can set and attain goals and come into work with a positive attitude. As a result they provide a casual office environment with a roof top deck, onsite movie theater, onsite beverage area with chalkboard walls and flat screen TV, and a game room with Xbox, direct TV and apple TV.

If you’d like to work in beautiful and sunny Santa Barbara and are looking for an innovative and awesome environment, check out the opportunities at PayJuntion.

Learn more at: https://www.payjunction.com/

Check out open positions at: http://payjunction.theresumator.com/apply

Meet the PayJunction recruiters at the Fall Career Fair on October 22^nd and 23^rd at the Corwin Pavilion!

Sonos

Three words come to mind when I think of Sonos: Cutting edge, creative, and dedicated. Sonos employs the most cutting edge technology in their wireless hi fi speaker systems. They personally create, build, and test all of their equipment and constantly strive to meet the needs of the consumer. The employees are held to a high standard and they are extremely dedicated to their work. Having said that, there is also a lot of fun to be had at Sonos. The culture is laid back, nearly everyone is in jeans and creativity is honored and expected. With lots of fun has to come lots of long hours and hard work to create such an amazing product. 

Sonos is growing exponentially and they are hiring for not only computer science and engineering majors, but also for student interested in sales, customer service, human resources, social media, marketing and much more. Check them out; I think you'll like what you see!

Oh yeah, they have internship opps too!

http://www.sonos.com

http://www.sonos.com/jobs/

POP QUIZ: What do Mars, Mohawks and MINI coopers all have in common?

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) hosted the NACE Face2Face on Friday, April 26. Assistant Director of Employer Relations, Emily White and I  jumped on the southbound 101 bright and early destined for Pasadena. We were eager to connect with SoCal colleagues and recruiters as well as learn more about employment opportunities at JPL for UCSB students. We spent the first part of the day with Marilyn Mackes, NACE executive director, who shared interesting trend data and insights on the future of college recruiting.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a federally funded research and development center and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field center, has been recruiting at UCSB for several years. JPL is managed by the nearby California Institute of Technology (Caltech) for NASA and its primary function is the construction and operation of robotic planetary spacecraft, though it also conducts Earth-orbit and astronomy missions.
 
You may have heard of JPL’s recent Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission. The Curiosity Mars rover, the most technologically advanced rover ever built, landed in Mars' Gale Crater the evening of August 5, 2012 using a series of complicated landing maneuvers never before attempted. View JPL team member’s riveting account of the Curiosity Mars rover's final minutes and the challenges faced with landing on the surface of Mars. ‘Challenges of Getting to Mars: Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror’ [VIDEO]. Curiosity's mission is to determine whether the Red Planet ever was, or is, habitable to microbial life. The rover, which is about the size of a MINI Cooper, is equipped with 17 cameras and a robotic arm containing a suite of specialized laboratory-like tools and instruments.

From inside the mission control room in the Space Flight Operations Facility, we got a glimpse of all that was involved in the tremendously complex Curiosity Rover mission. We sat in the seat where JPL Director, Dr. Charles Elachi, collaborated with rocket scientists and project managers and saw where MSL Flight Engineer Bobak “Mohawk Guy” Ferdowski played an integral role in the Curiosity rover’s landing sequence. It was truly an eye-opening experience and a wonderful chance to learn more about exciting job & internship opportunities for UCSB students.
 
Pursuing a non-technical degree but interested in a career with JPL? Aside from a pool of talented scientists and engineers, they also have positions like business analysts, facilities specialists, human resource practitioners, public outreach communicators, and administrators to ensure their success. Check out the JPL website for job information specific for college grads and check GauchoLink to find out when they’ll be on campus again.

 Ignacio Gallardo
Director, Career Services