Employer Connections Fair 2010:
Sponsors and Participating Employers

 

Hosted by The Information School, the Employer Connections Fair is designed to provide iSchool students and alumni with the opportunity to connect with employers on career opportunities, job openings, internship and fieldwork placements, and research. 

Information School Employer Connections Fair 2010
Wednesday / January 13, 2010
1:30-4:30 pm
Mary Gates Hall Commons
University of Washington / Seattle

The fair is open to all Information School students, as well as to the rest of the UW student body.  Students are encouraged to come prepared with resumes and ready to make connections with the featured employers.  Business or business-casual attire, please.  The career fair is free to students and alumni; registration is not required for participants.

2010 Sponsors

Special thanks to the sponsors of the 2010 Employer Connections Fair: Disney Interactive Media Group, Multnomah County Library, Sno-Isle Libraries, and T-Mobile.

     
   



2010 List of Participating Employers

Company   Company Description
Accenture    Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. With approximately 177,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$23.39 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2008. Its company website is www.accenture.com and careers website is www.uscareers.accenture.com.
Disney Interactive Media Group   Disney Interactive Media Group (DIMG) is the division of The Walt Disney Company responsible for the creation and delivery of Disney branded interactive entertainment and informational content across multiple platforms including online, mobile and video game consoles around the globe. DIMG oversees several lines of business. Disney Interactive Studios, which has five internal game development studios around the world, self publishes and distributes a broad portfolio of multi-platform video games, mobile games and interactive entertainment worldwide. Disney Online produces Disney.com, the No. 1 kids entertainment and family community Web site, for multiple platforms including PCs and mobile phones, as well as the Disney Family Network of Web sites for moms. Additionally, Disney Online develops and publishes an industry leading suite of online virtual worlds for kids and families. Disney Interactive Studios and Disney Online work together to leverage the platform-specific expertise of the collective group to create a line of interconnected, multiplatform interactive entertainment experiences. Disney Mobile Japan includes the Disney Mobile phone service as well as the region’s highly successful mobile content business. DIMG also develops new online technologies and distribution platforms and operates the online technical backbone and infrastructure that power the Web presence of The Walt Disney Company including category leaders ESPN.com, ABC.com and ABCNEWS.com. DIMG is headquartered in North Hollywood, Calif., with content available directly or through third parties in many major markets worldwide, including the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
Expeditors   Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The company employs trained professionals in 183 full-service offices, 66 satellite locations and 4 international service centers located on six continents linked into a seamless worldwide network through an integrated information management system. We employ over 550 Information Services professionals who develop, support and maintain our global business and information systems from our global headquarters in downtown Seattle.
F5 Networks   F5 Networks is the global leader in Application Delivery Networking. F5 provides solutions that make applications secure, fast, and available for everyone. By adding intelligence and manageability into the network to offload applications and optimize the data storage layer, F5 extends the power of intelligent networking to all levels of application delivery. F5’s extensible architecture intelligently integrates application optimization, protects the application and the network, and delivers application reliability. Over 16,000 organizations and service providers worldwide trust F5 to keep their applications running. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington with offices worldwide. For more information, go to www.f5.com.
Microsoft Corporation   At Microsoft, we're motivated and inspired every day by how our customers use our software to find creative solutions to business problems, develop breakthrough ideas, and stay connected to what's most important to them. We are committed long term to the mission of helping our customers realize their full potential. Just as we constantly update and improve our products, we want to continually evolve our company to be in the best position to accelerate new technologies as they emerge and to better serve our customers.
Multnomah County Library   Multnomah County Library is the oldest public library west of the Mississippi. 17 locations (soon to be 19) house 490 public computer stations and a collection of two million books and materials. As Oregon's largest public library, MCL serves nearly one-fifth of the state's population with a wide variety of programs and services. MCL is recruiting leaders and persons from various ethnic/cultural backgrounds to add to our dynamic and rapidly evolving organization. Visit our booth at the Employer Connections Fair to learn more about our exciting opportunities. For more information about MCL, go to www.multcolib.org; for job information, www.co.multnomah.or.us/jobs.
PATH   PATH is an international nonprofit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions, enabling communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health. By collaborating with diverse public- and private-sector partners, we help provide appropriate health technologies and vital strategies that change the way people think and act. Our work improves global health and well-being. Our mission is to improve the health of people around the world by advancing technologies, strengthening health systems and encouraging healthy behaviors.
Sno-Isle Libraries   Sno-Isle Libraries serves more than 646,000 residents through 21 community libraries and Outreach Services in Snohomish and Island counties. Services and materials include 1.3 million items, reference services, electronic databases and computer equipment, Internet access, outreach programs for the homebound and local daycares, and story times for children. For more information please call the Sno-Isle Libraries Service Center at 360-651-7000 or 800-342-1936, or visit the web site at www.sno-isle.org.
Stockamp: A Huron Consulting Group Practice    Stockamp, acquired by the Huron Consulting Group in July of 2008, is a business process consulting firm focused primarily on not-for-profit health care organizations. Utilizing proprietary process-management techniques and software, Stockamp helps high-performing hospitals reach the pinnacle of financial and operational excellence. Stockamp invented and perfected the science of revenue cycle management for hospitals and health systems and brings this same analytical excellence to the critical processes of patient flow and care delivery. Stockamp works with many of the nation's most prestigious hospitals and health care organizations.
T-Mobile USA, Inc.   T-Mobile is in the business of helping customers enrich their personal relationships by using our devices and services. We offer them our Stick TogetherSM promise, that we will keep them effortlessly connected to those who matter most. Delivering on this promise requires the full support of every T-Mobile employee. We work hard, but we play hard, too. Together, we can do great things.
UW Libraries   Mission The University of Washington Libraries enriches the quality of life and advances intellectual discovery by connecting people with knowledge. Vision The University of Washington Libraries is an international leader in imagining, creating, and realizing the promise of the 21st century academic research library. As the intellectual and physical commons of our great University, we advance discovery and encourage the growth of knowledge. We anticipate and meet the information needs of our diverse communities, at any time and in any place. We prepare students for success in life as information smart global citizens. Values As the Libraries transforms itself to achieve our vision, we will retain a commitment to our core values. Service: We value quality, user-centered service, anticipating and meeting the information needs of the University’s communities. We value the Libraries’ role in making a difference in education and working for the public good. Scholarship: We value the Libraries' vital role in life-long learning, in the free exchange of ideas, and in creating knowledge. We value collegiality and collaboration within the University Libraries and beyond. Respect: We respect the individual skills, abilities and diversity of our patrons and staff. We value staff excellence, accountability and creativity. Resources: We value building, organizing, preserving, and providing research level resources for the University’s communities. Library as Place: We value the Libraries as an intellectual commons, where the academic life of the University is enriched. We value the Libraries as a dynamic facility to provide efficient access to our collections and as a comfortable and welcoming workspace.

 
Last updated November 3, 2009.