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Thursday Nov 20, 2008

One of the most frequently asked questions we get (right after do you hire interns?) is what sort of benefits to interns get?

Well we pay you of course, the exact amount is dependent on many factors such as what country you are located in, what you are majoring in and what level of study you are engaged in but without giving away numbers we are very competitive in the market place. In addition Interns will be paid for holidays , Sun Offers 13 paid company holidays annually

We also offer access to Sun Learning Services Classes ( we are happy to help you reach your full potential). Sun provides extensive employee training and development opportunities through Sun Learning Services, an internal training organization.

Not every location has one but many of offices have on site fitness centers. Keep in shape without ever leaving the building. Each Fit@Sun facility has:

A specially designed group exercise room A well equipped cardiovascular training area with Treadmills, stairclimbers, Elliptical trainers and stationary bicycles A strength training area with machines and dumbbells

"Fit@Sun Presents" is an informational program series presented over the lunch hour. These informal sessions focus on numerous health, wellness, fitness, and medical topics which fit our lives.

Relocation Assistance funds for eligible students. In special circumstances, Sun offers eligible students relocation assistance funds.

Casual Work Environment, Sun has a casual dress code. No suits required! When someone says what's the dress code we say "You Must".

Concierge Coverage including access to discount tickets, travel arrangements, Cell phone discounts, etc. (where available)

Did we mention the social life? Summer intern events and activities. If you're here during the summer, we have numerous activities lined up for you. (Activities vary by location.) Some past events have included attending concerts, baseball games or soccer games. And, you will have multiple opportunities to network with each other as well as some of our executives.

Monday Nov 17, 2008

Doing Our Part to Reduce Power Consumption “It's more obvious each day that extreme efficiency is good for the environment and great for business. Customers want this same eco responsibility in their datacenters.” — Jonathan Schwartz, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sun Microsystems Greening Our World, One Datacenter at a Time With a billion people participating online today, the network consumes more than 100 billion kilowatts of electricity and costs businesses around $7.2 billion in utility bills annually. And since the power consumption of datacenters doubled between 2000 and 2005, it's no surprise that 25 percent of an IT budget is consumed by energy costs alone. Some analysts say infrastructure power usage will soon cost more than the hardware itself. So it's clear: what's good for the environment is imperative for business. This axiom drives Sun's commitment to designing and delivering eco-friendly processors, systems, programs, and services that help businesses reduce their power consumption, environmental impact, and energy costs. I recently attended a seminar here at Sun on our Global Eco Strategy. It was very refreshing to be part of a company that cares about the environment and always has. I was very proud to call Sun home and wanted all of you to know how possible it is to stay connected to the network and in tune with the environment.

Tuesday Nov 11, 2008

This past weekend, Sun was the main focus in the case competition at the Reaching Out MBA conference in Washington, D.C. Students from top schools across the country presented their ideas on how Sun could improve their, already outstanding, efforts in regards to LGBT recruitment and support (including a 100% rating on the Human Rights Campaign's Index of corporate equality). These student teams were able to become very intimate with Sun’s culture and policies and were quite impressed with our initiatives, which made for a difficult business case. One Sun manager, the protagonist in the case, was used as the tie-breaking judge in the final round of competition. In the end, the event was a huge success, the Sun business case was highly regarded and the participants were able to directly interact with the Sun manager.

So, what are the implications for you students?

Becoming involved in these types of activities are great ways to network with companies and build a relationships with their recruiters. Recruiters look upon conference participation positively and I would highly recommend looking into conferences that focus in your areas of professional interest.

www.reachingoutmba.org

Tuesday Nov 04, 2008

We will be joining many companies on the last day of the SHPE Conference for the Career Fair. The SHPE Conference is the largest Hispanic technical conference in the nation. They anticipate over 5,000 Hispanic students, professionals, corporate representatives and community leaders from around the country to attend this event. The conference is an opportunity for you to meet many engineering companies and corporations who are looking to recruit top talent. Bring your resume and come chat with us. Dont forget to keep visiting our open jobs on sun.com\careers. The Career Fair is Saturday, November 15, 2008 (10:00 am – 4:00 pm) @ The Phoenix Convention Center.

Wednesday Oct 29, 2008

Hi everyone. The AISES (American Indian Science Engineering Society) National Conference is this Friday and I am so excited to attend their career fair. I leave Friday, October 31, at 6:00 AM from Denver I will head to Anaheim, CA, that's right home of Disneyland, but instead of visiting Mickey and trick or treating, Sun Microsystems will have the opportunity to meet future Interns, Full-time Hires, and industry professionals at this awesome conference. I will trade candy for a new hire any day! If I was granted one Halloween wish, it would be to have the conference attendees read our blog postings. Why you say??? So their resumes are prepared, 1 minute elevator pitches are ready, and can answer my question of "What do you want to do here @ Sun?" When economic times are tough it is even more important to differentiate yourself from other developers, networkers, engineers, MBA's, etc. out looking for a job also. My advice, do your homework on the company or industry and come to the event prepared. For all the AISES students, as always, stop by and say hello if you are attending the conference. Here's my last hint... I will be the one with the Sun shirt on. Until next time, carpe diem!

Friday Oct 24, 2008

One of the things we do on campus is help students with their resumes. This is usually done through a work shop put on by the Career Center, a student organization or in some cases the college itself. Regardless of who organizes, there is usually no shortage of students in attendance. Some are seeking validation of what they heard elsewhere, some have never seen or worked on a resume and some resumes really are polished and ready to go.

Ask ten people about what your resume should look like and you will get eleven answers. Part of that is aesthetics or preference, but there are some key themes to remember:

Ask yourself, why have I created this document? A resume or CV is usually created to obtain something such as a job or internship. Which if true means a resume or CV should contain information that helps you with that goal. That is the prism by which every entry should be scrutinized. Does listing X or Y help me with my stated goal above. You would be amazed how many resumes have entries that seemed to do no more that fill up the page.

Prioritize: You have had to do that for years with your academic projects. Well it is no different on your resume. Some things just have more relevance to your objective. Figure out what those things are and move them to the top, give them space on your resume commensurate with their importance. An internship working for a company in your field of study is much more important than mowing lawns while in High School so do not give them both 2 bullets.

Lastly, stop trying to make the length one page at all costs. For most University students one page is more the sufficient and any more just leads to the clutter I spoke about above. However this document is your opportunity to sell your story, it your opportunity to show how all of the entries are related to your goal. There are times when your story just cannot be told on one page alone . So as long as the entries are relevant to your goal and help tell your story, go ahead live a little, make it two pages.

Wednesday Oct 22, 2008

We recently attended the SJSU Career Fair where we met a ton of students! While we were located
upstairs in the gigantic Event Center along with three other employers, students found us. It ended up
being a great location to talk with students. Depending on their major, students spoke with
software engineers, hardware/electrical engineers or HR representatives. We enjoyed speaking with all
the students as they were well prepared and had a good idea of what they were looking for in an
internship or full-time position.

Because there were so many CS students I wanted to call your attention to this website which is
celebrating 10 years of NetBeans! They are having a contest to win a limited edition t-shirt.

http://www.netbeans.org/birthday/decathlon.html

"To honor 10 years of the NetBeans project and community, we've selected ten events that anyone can
participate in to be a part of the celebration. The first 300 participants to complete events that
add up to 50 points will receive a limited edition NetBeans 10th Anniversary Shirt! In keeping
with the spirit of community, these events are all based around various community
activities and sites: blogging, forums, Facebook and more. So read on, pick out your favorite events
and celebrate away!

Happy Birthday NetBeans!

Friday Oct 17, 2008

I recently returned from the Grace Hopper Conference held in Keystone, Colorado. Absolutely gorgeous country...with VERY thin air. A flight of stairs or a sip of wine are an ENTIRELY different experience than what we are accustomed to (dare I say, take for granted?) here in the "lower elevations".

The conference was spectacular! Sun has been a proud Co-Sponsor of this event for several years now. From a recruiting perspective, we met AWESOME candidates (both professional and university)! The 40+ Sun women that attended with us (and two men, to bring some testosterone to the mix) raved about the various seminars. We had several of our employees present or participate in panels. We're still powering through all of the resumes and contacts we made. I am excited and anticipate a very positive outcome from our recruiting efforts.

Upon my return from GHC, I had the opportunity to visit Cal Poly. I took six student club leaders to lunch with a few simple goals. Feed starving students *GREAT* food, understand the goals for their organizations, and determine how Sun can support them. I had a wonderful afternoon with extremely bright and engaging undergrad and graduate students.

I shared some ways Sun has successfully supported other student organizations in the past. Some ideas: Host club events, Share job opportunities with members, Technology presentations from Sun employees/alum, etc. We were all interested in a tour of Sun's Executive Briefing Center in Menlo Park, California. I look forward to working with the clubs, sponsoring their students and hosting them at a Sun campus.

Thursday Oct 16, 2008

I'm so excited to have our first Sun event on Purdue's campus next week! We will be talking about Sun's technologies as well as the opportunities that are available to students, both internships and full-time. If your campus has a Sun event, I highly encourage you to attend! It is a great opportunity to talk with folks who have had internships and other experiences working with Sun. It is also a good opportunity to get some Sun schwag!

Visit our Student Central website to find out about other upcoming campus events and student contests!

We hope to see you at a Sun campus event soon!

www.sun.com/students

Monday Oct 06, 2008

Looking for a weekly radio show that may include something controversial, coolest gadget, coolest technical project, or debate about the latest current news that's geared to students? If so, check out "New Gen Tech" on Blog Talk Radio.

New Gen Tech is: Host Christian Mudgett, co-host Danny Holland and Joyce Solano as the weekend gadget wrap-up girl.
They are 3 next generation 'movers and shakers' who are trying to crack the code around the convergence of tech and pop
culture and its effect on their Millenial lives. Pop culture, for them, is really the aesthetic aspect of "cool
and relevant" tech. They find the harmony between tech form and function and show how it relates to our constantly
evolving lives...tune in live every

Monday @ 10AM pst at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/stations/sunradio/newgentech

find their show widget on the Facebook Student Zone, or drop them a line on the DigiDiaries.

Sunday Oct 05, 2008

We've been attending many career fair lately. We typically get students who either ask "what are the new things Sun is doing" or "what exactly does Sun do." Well, we got a different question asked last week. We had a student that came up to our booth and gave us his opinion that he wasn't a fan of Sun and he didn't understand why we were there.... We were fortunate to have a few Engineer hiring managers helping with the career fair that took a few minutes to speak with the student about all the things Sun is doing and what Sun can offer him on a day to day basis. By the end of the conversation he did thank us for taking some time to speak with him, wished us good luck and was going to take sometime to visit our website. He also did leave his resume. So we took that as a sign that he did change his opinion about Sun. I encourage you to keep visiting our website. Stay tuned in with all our technology news and updates.

Friday Sep 26, 2008

Anyone that spends anytime in corporate America realizes things change a lot. There is always a better way to do something, a new piece of technology, a new process, a reorganization and so on and so on…...

I can honestly say however that few of those changes excite me. Well we have one that went live last week that I think is amazing. Sun had a new web portal just for students: Sun.com/students has officially arrived!!

Sun Studentzone

Student Central: Sun now has a place for every student to begin when they come to sun.com! Looking for technology? No problem. Searching for a job? We gotcha covered. Trying to find some classes? We've got that, too. Not sure where you want to go or what Sun has to offer you as a student? Come find out!

This is the perfect starting point to find out just what Sun, as a company, has to offer students today. Covering everything from technology to Eco-responsibility, jobs to social media, this is the first student page that tells the Sun story from a student perspective. Come by and check it out, but be sure to come back as this page will evolve along with Sun's student offerings!

Wednesday Sep 24, 2008

Many of us were reminded that summer was coming to an end when fall classes started over the past few weeks. Many schools are already about to enter the winter quarter. Here in Colorado, the days are cooling off and the breezes are slightly stronger. I have pulled my sweater collection out of storage and started dressing warm for work. Corn mazes and haunted houses are starting to be advertised on television and the radio. Pumpkins are available for sale at the local grocery stores. I wish people would stop throwing around words like “snow” and “Halloween,” because I am nowhere near prepared to pull out my winter coat and snow boots. Not to mention the renewal of a routine- the inevitable daily ice removal from my driveway and windshield before I can drive to work. Even though my beloved sunny and cloudless 90 degree days are gone for a time, fall and winter (eek!) bring their own exciting attributes. This is the time when we get to visit university career fairs and meet absolutely awesome students all over the country, and talk about some of the cool research and happenings at Sun. Many students have started internships for this school year, and it is so exciting to meet and talk with Sun's newest talent. Who can complain about cold weather when this time of year is so much fun? So enjoy the cooler weather and the career fairs. Before you know it, people will be throwing around words like “Superbowl,” “Holiday Season,” and of course, “Finals!”

Friday Sep 19, 2008

Hi everyone! I’m Joe, the new University Recruiter here @ Sun. Today marks my successful completion of week two and I want to share with you my learning’s. My days have been jam packed with efficiency, productivity, and perfection. Okay, I’ll be honest, I have lurked my boss with about a million questions, talked to the nice people in tech support a couple times, and got lost in the Denver campus too many times to count. All in all, I say a success, but there have been some anomalies…

1-Dogs at work! Just today I saw a little pooch running after a ball outside my window. It freaked me out and I almost called animal control. Come to find out you are allowed to bring your dog to work. At first I thought this was great news until I realized my dog would be a hot mess here so I will leave him at home.

2-People work when they want and where they want. There is this thing called Open Work that encourages employees to have work life balance and reduce their impact on the environment by working where it makes sense. I thought this building would be packed, but I found out half the company works from home. Revolutionary.

3-Someone keeps emailing me all sorts of activities to participate in. What’s that about? For example, there is a jump rope seminar, blood drive, and a ski/snowboard workshop. My question is what if I want to sit in my office and do nothing? Is that allowed?

All kidding aside, my first two weeks have been awesome. The team I work on rocks and I can’t wait to start meeting all of you on campus and in the world. If you hear Sun is at your school, stop by and say hello. Until then, cheers!

Friday Sep 12, 2008

Keep an eye out for Sun at your university! We're back and actively recruiting on campus. Check out the Events Calendar to find out when we will be on your campus. Then, come on by with your resume to the Sun booth. Don't forget to do a bit of research before hand to familiarize yourself with Sun in the news, our products, and positions, which may be of interest to you. A quick search of Sun's jobs on Studentzone will be a good reference place to start. (Make sure to submit your resume against the positions in which you have an interest or feel there is a match.) Your knowledge and questions about Sun will assist Sun Recruiters with communicating with you regarding projects at Sun, which may be relevant to your interests or experience. Meeting with Sun Recruiters on your campus is a great way to find out what it is like to work in specific fields at Sun and to network with professionals in the field in which you would like to work. We'll see you soon!

Monday Sep 08, 2008

Do you develop social web or Facebook applications?
Want to test out a new development tool and contribute your ideas and feedback?
In appreciation of your time, Sun will pay you $150* for participating in this usability study.
Wanted: Facebook or Web Developers
Participate in usability study of new web development service
=======================================
Here is your chance to test drive some software for a couple of hours, and participate by
contributing your ideas to make it better. In return for your time, we will pay you $150.

Here are the attributes we are looking for:
- willing to travel to Menlo Park, CA for a few hours on one of these days: Sept 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18.
- willing to be video taped during the session and will be willing to sign a confidentiality agreement
- familiar with social networks such as Facebook, is an active member of a popular network
and has used some of the apps within these networks (preferably Facebook)
- uses Web2.0 technologies like PHP, Ajax, JSP, J2EE , ROR on a daily basis
- writes code for at least an hour a day on average
- has developed Facebook or web applications that are more complicated than the "hello world" app.

If you are interested in participating in this usability study and meet the above qualifications,
then please contact: external-usability-participation@sun.com

*NOTE: If you are already a Sun employee, then you will receive a Sun gift in appreciation of your time.

Friday Aug 29, 2008

Where does all the time go?

Yesterday it was 90 degrees here in Denver but yet I found myself attending the local large Ski and snowboard shopping bonanza know as Sniagrab (that’s bargain spelled backward in case anyone was wondering). As I walked amongst all the gear and cold weather clothing I found myself saying I can’t believe the ski resorts will be open in 6+ weeks and winter will be here soon.

Then it dawned on me the same is true with my job, it’s the first of September and we have events at university campus locations beginning the week of the 8th. We are booking travel, renting cars, finding hotel rooms and asking where does all the time go?

Now I know complaining to University students about a lack of time and deadlines sneaking up on you might seem redundant but here we are. That being said here at Sun we are hosting/attending and scheduling lots of events at University campus locations in the next eight to ten weeks. These are all published on our events calendar, which is located at our Student Portal (linked below).

Sun Studentzone

So take a look and see if Sun is coming to a campus near you and look out before you know it the holidays and finals will be here.

Wednesday Jul 23, 2008

As recruiters we read several resumes on a weekly basis. A lot of the resumes that we read may not have all the skills and qualifications that the hiring manager is looking for. What typically happens is recruiters will place the pool of candidates for the job into tiers. Tier one being a close to perfect match. There are a handful of resumes that do not have any of the skills and qualifications for that position. Thought is that a lot of applicants hope that if they at least apply to any job that the recruiter we take their resume and match it up with the recruiter and the job that they do have a fit in. Recruiters do try very hard to pass those types of resumes along but to be honest the process for those the resumes to make it to the matching positions and recruiters could be longer then hoped. I recommend really taking the time to preview the updated jobs that are posted as many times as you can and apply to those jobs you feel you have the background that matches the postings. It will help with the time waiting and hope that someone has seen your resume. The call for an interview will happen a lot faster too.

Tuesday Jul 22, 2008

I have to say, I was a little hesitant when adding my managers and other folks that I work with as my friends on Facebook. It is a social site and I think a lot of college students would agree that Facebook is really personal. College students don't want to worry about how they're being judged on things they do in their personal time and some companies do use Internet content to evaluate potential interns and employees.

I'm proud to say that Sun is not one of them. Everyone here is extremely open and honest and employees here use Facebook in a positive manner. Facebook is used to help interns, like myself, get involved with events on and off campus. Sun encourages us to network through Facebook and meet as many people as possible. While at Sun, I used facebook to organize intern events and post pictures from these events. I also used it to communicate with my peers at Sun. As the summer comes to a close, I plan on using this avenue as a means to keep in contact with my fellow coworkers and to meet other employees at Sun. I would encourage everyone to join this social networking site and to take advantage of the unique opportunity it provides! Check it out... www.thefacebook.com

You can also look at some of the Sun-specific Facebook pages!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/pages/New-Hires-Sun-Microsystems-Inc-Grads-and-Interns/18820766500 http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/group.php?gid=8560407829

Friday Jun 27, 2008

This is my first post here at the student zone blog. Ive been interning at Sun here for almost three weeks and I love it so far. I was hired to produce a promotional video aimed at students to get them excited about Sun's internship program. I was really excited about the project for about 3 days. That excitement quickly vanished when I started watching videos like this. Technically I think it's an awesome video. It's got some great animation and it's really well edited. Other than that, it sucks. Not only would a video like this be a gigantic challenge for one person to create over summer break but the video is really just all style and no substance.

Thankfully, to my surprise and delight, the other interns agreed with me. I showed the KPMG video at an intern focus group and it was booed off the stage. Nobody liked the flashy, corporate, over produced style of the video. Most of all, the interns hated the fact that the video didn't actually say what KPMG does or what you, as an intern, will do there. So what do students want (or not want) to see in a video from a large corporation?

-Be real. Show what life is actually like at the company.

-Show what the company does. Companies should try to get students interested in a company even if they don't know what they do.

-Don't go crazy with flashy animation and loud music. It's the same stuff you see and here when ever you turn on the TV and eventually just turns into background noise.

-Show students what they will be doing when they become an intern. Don't just say they will have "responsibilities" and "feel important".

If you have any other suggestions of what should be in a promotional video or any examples of good videos from other companies, let me know.

Friday Jun 13, 2008

I recently attended a conference in New Orleans with an organization called NACE. NACE is the National Association of Colleges and Employers. So picture folks that work in University Career Centers, you know the ones trying to help you get a job/internship and University recruiters, you know the ones trying to hire you!

First off if you have never been to New Orleans that city is very unique. I think many folks (my self included) have some preconceived notion of New Orleans whether it be Katrina related or better yet Mardi Gras related. I am happy to report there was a little bit of time to play tourist. You can’t go without sampling the food. Although I am not fan of Cajun cooking I did make the attempt to eat the local offerings (Soft shell crab PO boy, Gumbo, Dirty rice, shrimp Creole, beignets, bread pudding etc). Of course any trip to New Orleans would not be complete without a trip to Bourbon Street.

But enough about me….There were lots of great workshops with people offering what their company, vendor or University does that others might learn from. Some were great, some were ok and others well lets just leave that alone. However, what all these work shops had in common was an attempt to help each other figure who the student is today. It is clear that even the so call experts still don’t have it all figured out

Till next time……

Wednesday Jun 04, 2008

It's June 4th which means the school year is over and our interns and recent graduate hires are starting their employment at Sun. This time of year is always fun, the new hires bring enthusiasm, fresh ideas and invigorate the campus after a long winter. Many people have already commented about the amount of new faces they've seen over the past few weeks and how happy they are to see so many students choosing Sun.

The first week at any job is never easy, a new environment, meeting co-workers, setting up passwords, and just learning your way around campus. Fortunately we have a strong support system in place to make this transition as smooth as possible. And it seems to be working great....I know this because the interns that started last week are now taking advantage of Sun's "casual" dress code and are no longer dressed like financial analysts.

We've had a successful recruiting year, one thing I'm most impressed with and proud of is the number of countries our interns represent. This year myself I've hired students from Canada, India, China, Australia, Germany, Scotland, and Japan....this diversity is exciting and educational in itself.

That's all for now...it's going to be a great summer. I'll be in touch! -Brendan

Advice of the week: if you're in need of a nice, relaxing vacation after a long winter....don't go to Las Vegas.

Friday May 23, 2008

When recruiters and hiring managers are reviewing resumes, they are reviewing the resumes for relevant, current, demonstrated experience as it relates to the requirements of the position that the selected applicant will need to possess in order to be successful in the role. Relevant, current, demonstrated work experience to the job, in the same sector/industry, and skills (required and preferred) are used to identify the most qualified Applicant for the position. The most qualified applicants often possess both of the skills listed in the required and the preferred skills on the job description.

As you are reading the job postings, you will want to pay special attention to the skills listed underneath the required and the preferred skills on the job description. If you possess the skills listed underneath the required and preferred skills, ensure that these skills are listed in your skills section of your resume and then discussed in your experience and mastery of those skills in one or more of the jobs in which you used these skills. If there are skills listed underneath the required and preferred skills that you do not have listed on your resume and you possess, I recommend you list those skills in your resume underneath the skills and work experience sections of your resume. In other words, tailor your resume to the job description. Tailoring your resume may also include customizing your objective on each resume. (Be careful not to send a resume to an employer with the resume naming another employer!)

Before submitting your resume against a position, ask yourself the following questions: Do I possess some or all of the required skills listed on the job description? Are the required skills listed on the job description listed on my resume? Of the skills listed underneath the required skills on the job description, does my resume discuss my experience to these skills as it pertains to the job in which I used these skills?

Wednesday May 21, 2008

I am one of approximately 55% of Sun employees who work remotely. I have the distinct privilege of participating in Sun's Work From Home Program. Sun is really pushing forward this concept of Open Work.

Our technologies enable you to work effectively from anywhere, anytime on anything. This was brought "Home" to me in my recent relocation to the Central Coast. I unplugged my Sunray, put the contents of my desk in a box, packed/moved/and plugged it all in on the other end. It was a beautiful thing. No glitches. No stress. Just smiles from yours truly.

Recently I received a notice from the local power company that I will be without power for three days (not consecutive, Thank God!) in the coming weeks as they replace a local power grid in our community. Sigh. Once confirmed, I started checking into alternatives. I stumbled upon a very ECO friendly, conducive environment. It has wireless access AND air conditioning (this means I'm not using MY A/C - spare the air- and consequently, I'm not paying $ for it either!). It's also conveniently located near great food and more people that I'll see at home on any given day. :) When the weather gets warmer, I may be grabbing my laptop, forwarding my phone to "cell" and working from a local dive...instead of home.

While it was initially a "pain", I'm now thankful for the "encouragement" I received to consider other locations to extend my Open Work practices to.

Wednesday May 14, 2008

I feel VERY privileged to have hosted 17 students from various universities at the Women of Vision Awards Banquet last week in San Jose, CA. This annual event is hosted by the Anita Borg Institute and it honors women who are making significant contributions using engineering and technology.

Sun's Distinguished Engineer, Dr. Susan Landau was honored for her exceptional work in the area of security,cryptography and wiretapping. She was recognized for a book she coauthored with Whit Diffie (of Diffie-Hellman key exchange) entitled, "Privacy on the Line: The Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption,".

The accomplishments of the three women who were honored was truly inspiring. Their acceptance speeches were even more so. They shared about who inspired them as they embarked on "the road less traveled" (ie., successful careers as female engineers). They spoke to why we all need to use the gifts we've been given to make the world a better place. Truly, it was an opportunity for all in attendance to revisit who you are and how you are "giving back" to the world around you.

As I was attending this event, JavaOne was creating a lot of excitement at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Here is an interesting article for students by Mary Grush, Campus Technology

It is events like these that make me so proud to be a member of the fabulous team of people that make up Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Monday May 12, 2008

Hope all is well in Blogosphere!! No one said which company to work for was an easy question for interns and college students to answer. Take a poll yourself; if you ask 10 people you get 10 answers as to what the most important things are. For me one of those answers is the ability to work some place where having fun and giving back is part of the equation. So to that end I thought I would share an event that happened last week at Sun’s Colorado headquarters which is in beautiful Broomfield Colorado. Last Thursday the 8th of May we celebrated our 11th Sun Microsystems Colorado -- Annual Chili Cook Off! Now what does Chili have to do with having fun? Well the Chili Cook-off had a fantastic showing with twenty-two teams of employees brewing up a special pot of their best recipes. Although there were prizes in five main categories (Best Overall, Best Vegetarian, most creative team, Most Exotic Team and most likely to start a fire) the main motivation was to get out and have some fun with colleagues and peers and of course just a little competition never hurts either!! Not to brag but I was able to correctly identify 4 of the 5 winners but the Duck Chili just through me for a loop!!! I don’t know about you but I don’t think of variety when you say Chili but you have to see it to believe it….. So with team bragging rights secured for another year here and the Tums back in their cabinets we are all anxiously looking forward to next year’s event. Thanks to generosity of Sun employees, during the event we raised a total of $5,000 to a local charity. So although you may be inclined to just look at salary information or stock grants, take a look at the other intangibles a company offers and find the right fit for you and while your at it, try and have some FUN because “Work should be Fun”

Monday Feb 04, 2008

Thank you for your interest in career opportunities at Sun! The best way to get your resume reviewed by a Sun Hiring Manager and to be considered for positions at Sun is to submit your resume against positions by searching Sun's jobs on Studentzone and submitting a resume against those positions in which you are interested or feel there is a good match. Since Sun is an equal opportunity employer, Sun only accepts resumes submitted through the Internet, via Sun's websites, Studentzone or Sun Careers.

If you have not done so already, please submit a resume directly against positions by searching Sun's current openings via Studentzone. Once your resume has been submitted directly to a position, your qualifications will be reviewed against the requirements for the position. As it's identified that there's a potential match, you will be contacted directly by the Hiring Manager or some one on the Hiring Team.

We encourage you to frequently search Studentzone and submit a resume directly against positions in which you are interested or feel there is a match. Positions posted in the last seven days are highlighted with the word NEW.

Thank you, again, for your interest in career opportunities at Sun! Recruiters and Hiring Managers are eagerly awaiting receiving your resume and speaking with you regarding your career interests and positions at Sun!

Sunday Jan 27, 2008

Managers are in full swing getting ready for summer. Sun will participate in close to 100 university events this Winter/Spring to ensure that we are reaching out to students to talk about these great opportunities.

To view our current internship openings visit studentzone.

Thursday Dec 20, 2007

Is Sun coming to my campus to recruit this winter or spring?

Companies often come to Information sessions, On Campus interviewing, Career Fairs, symposiums, presentations and meetings. Still, you wonder - Is the company you want to speak to coming to your campus?

There are many places one might look to understand which companies are coming to your campus to recruit. At some schools the career center can give you a list of who is coming, when to sign up and how to join the process. However, your campus may be one of those with multiple career centers. Some students, I am sure, did not know that Universities might have more than one career center.

What about departments? Do companies just set up visits with a specific department? You bet we do! Who better to help companies find students than those who have helped educate them?

What about Clubs or other student organizations? Do companies just set up visits with a specific club or event? You bet we do! Clubs and student organizations often share an affinity with companies whether they are professional, personal or cultural.

If you would like to see if Sun is coming to your campus check out our campus events calendar for specific details. If you don't see your university, school or college listed, don't worry. We welcome all students to visit our jobs listing and apply online for full time and internships opportunities.

Visit once, visit often, and check out our new listings frequently.

Till next time…….
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