Student Contest Runner-up: Jesse Flatt

Jesse Flatt is a Dean’s list student and senior at the California State University, East Bay. He is self-motivated, responsible, and a team player. He believes in working hard and bringing value to his profession. Some of his top skills include communication, financial modeling and analysis, and program/project design and development. He has taken on many leadership positions such as being the program coordinator for the Covenant Workshop Center Community Outreach Ministry in 2003. He participated in Youth and Young Adult Ministry activities and was the counselor/team leader for the 2004 Sickle Cell Camp of 8-10 year-old boys. With these achievements, he gained the experience of planning, organizing,  overseeing, designing, promoting, and much more to prepare him for his desired profession in finance and economics.

Jesse was the runner-up for the December 2008 Accounting/Finance Contest as well as the Energy Contest. Along with Jesse, Thea Smith was a runner-up for the Accounting Star Student Contest and Mario Jaramillo was the winner. The Accounting/Finance Contest was judged by Mala Butani of Kaiser Permamente, AJ Major of Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Company, LLC, and John D. Sensiba of Ireland San Filippo. The Energy contest had one other runner-up, Max Niu and the winners were Daniel Ruffoni and David Liang. The Energy Contest was judged by John B. Gajan and Jody Cardo from Chevron Energy Solutions as well as Julie Bonnie who is a College Relations Manager of Pacific Gas and Electric. To find out more about Jesse, check out his fantastic nuresume page at http://www.nuresume.com/profiles/jmflatt/.

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Recently we interviewed Wanda Brown Nicholas, the Campus Ambassador and hiring manager for students across the U.S. and Canada. Wanda gave us a lot of excellent tips on steps towards success in this company as well as helpful information about a working for Sun Microsystems. Let’s take a look!

What is it like to be a recruiter?
Though she never gets to meet her interns, she manages them virtually, meaning she works with them through the Campus Ambassador Community website they have. Those interns then start their own community website called the Awesome Group, which Sun Microsystems plans to do some of their hiring.

What do you like about your job as a recruiter?
Wanda loves that she is conveniently able to work at home, however, she says it can be difficult because you have to be self-motivated and self-disciplined. By doing her job at home, she calls into meetings and uses different online tools to keep up with her team and works with her students either every day or on a schedule. She rarely gets to meet with her team because everything is done on the computer or over the phone.

Why should students consider working at Sun?
It’s a lot of fun! There is nothing else like it! It is such an opportunity to excel! They encourage your uniqueness and your willingness to be successful.

What type of students are you looking for?
Not only do they look for computer science majors, but they also look for a lot of different students like business majors and marketing majors as well as students who are dynamic and willing to move forward.

What advice would you give to students who are looking to become a part of this company?
 You have to be unique, self-motivated, and able to face a challenge! You also must have the desire to take on new projects. If you can do this, you definitely have the ability to succeed!

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Student Contest Winner: Bethany Wallace

Bethany Wallace is a second year Marketing student at Las Positas College. She is the Director of Communication in the Associated Students of Las Positas College, President of Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society and Vice President of Future Business Leaders of America Club (Phi Beta Lambda). She enjoys volunteering in her community; currently at Red Cross-blood services and handing out and reading books to children of inmates at their country jail. Her employment experience involves working at So Unique Painting, a painting contractor in which she handled calls and did some data entry. She received numerous awards on her membership at Alpha Gamma Sigma, one of which was the Outstanding Leadership Award. She possesses strong leadership skills, and her passion for community and campus involvement drives her towards succeeding in her endeavors.

Bethany Wallace was the winner of The City of San Francisco Government Star Student Contest! The runner-ups for this contest were Sarah Chan, Wai-Sze-Wu, and Megan Snyder. The judge for this contest was Daniel Homsey from San Francisco City Administrator’s Office. To find out more about Bethany, check out her winning resume page at http://www.nuresume.com/profiles/bwallace/. 

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Student Contest Winner: Daniel Ruffoni

Daniel Ruffoni is a senior civil engineering student at Santa Clara University. He’s the Vice President of the American Society of Civil Engineers – SCU Chapter, a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, Association of General Contractors, American Concrete Institute, American Public Works Association. Also a Dean’s Lister, he has both technical and leadership skills and has experienced working as a project engineer with a general contractor at Lockheed Martin Space System. His passion for engineering, construction, and sustainability has led him to many of his achievements both in academics and internships.

Daniel Ruffoni was the 2008 Energy Star Student Contest winner! The other winner of this contest was David Liang and the two runner-ups were Jesse Flatt and Max Niu. This contest was judged by John B. Gajan and Jody Cardo from Chevron Energy Solutions as well as Julie Bonnie who is a College Relations Manager of Pacific Gas and Electric. You can find out more about Daniel on his winning nuresume page at http://www.nuresume.com/profiles/100722/.

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Student Contest Winner: Mario Jaramillo

Mario Jaramillo is a junior at Las Positas College majoring in Business Administration. He’s the Director of Events for the Associated Students of Las Positas College, Vice-President of the Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society and a Dean’s Lister. Also the Co-Chair of Livermore Pow Wow (a non-profit organization), his life goal is to start a business as a CPA that focuses on helping lower-income families. He has gained most of his experience through volunteering within the local community and has proven dedication with his 3 years service for HammerNetwork/Amarr Corp as Accounting Representative. His diligence earned him the Member of the Month Award for AGS and a Scholarship for Alpha Gamma Sigma New Member Excellence. His future plans include receiving an AA in Business Administration and an MBA in Accounting.

Mario was the winner for the December 2008 Accounting/Finance Contest, judged by Mala Butani of Kaiser Permamente, AJ Major of Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Company, LLC, and John D. Sensiba of  Ireland San Filippo.  His winning nuresume profile is at this link: http://www.nuresume.com/profiles/mario/

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