Get ready for an exhilarating event on June 1: Launchpad 2022. 15 teams will be competing in the UCSC Pitch Competition for $40,000 in cash prizes. 25 companies will exhibit and offer 400+ jobs. Details below.

UCSC Pitch Competition: 1-4pm

Have you ever wanted a home cooked meal delivered to your doorstep? Have you had your bike stolen due to a poorly designed lock? Do you ever think about the future of healthcare or agriculture in this country?

Come watch 20 student teams pitch their ingenious ideas to help solve environmental issues, improve transportation, and diagnose and cure diseases. Hear about our student's efforts to develop platforms to connect people to jobs, food, housing and each other. Our teams have been working hard to iterate and innovate their ideas and products. Santa Cruz Launchpad 2022 will bring them one step closer to making their businesses a successful reality! Prepare to be inspired and hopeful for our collective future!

Santa Cruz Works Job Fair: 5-8pm

We ran out of space for companies who wanted to participate in our annual job fair. We had to cap it at 25 companies. Here are a FEW of the sizzling hot local companies looking to hire YOU. # indicates job openings.

• 2nd Nature - 9; Customer Support, Designers, Coders, Product Management, Sales / business development, Other

• Amazon Santa Cruz - 23; Designers, Coders, Product Management, Marketing

• Ambient Photonics - 45; production, EE, application engineers, controller, accounting clerk, office manager

• Bay Federal Credit Union - 6; IT Support or Help Desk Support, Sales / business development, Other, Customer Support

• Cabrillo College - 8; Various Entry-Mid Level Openings

• Cruz Foam - 6; project management, business development

• Digital NEST - 5; project management, web apps

• Joby Aviation - 50+; Designers, IT Support or Help Desk Support, Mechanical / electrical engineers, Product Management, Sales / business development, Various Entry-Mid Level Openings, Other, Coders, Customer Support

• Looker / Google - 25; coders, project management

• Monterey Bay Aquarium - 10+; support, office, other

• Parallel Flight Technologies - 5; Coders, Mechanical / electrical engineers, Other

• PayStand - 25+; Coders, Customer Support, Designers, IT Support or Help Desk Support, Marketing, Product Management, Sales / business development, Various Entry-Mid Level Openings

• Salud Para La Gente - 45; various entry-mid level openings, customer support

• Santa Cruz Bicycles - 20+; Mechanical / electrical engineers, Designers, Product Management, Sales / business development, Customer Support, Marketing

• Unnatural Products - 5+; Coders, Other

• Zero Motorcycles - 25+; IT Support or Help Desk Support, Mechanical / electrical engineers, Product Management, Various Entry-Mid Level Openings