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September 24, 2015

LIFE AT CISCO

Team Donates Blood To Support Their Cisco Family

Folks at Cisco don’t “hijack” blood donation trucks unless there’s a very good reason. If helping a colleague cope with the loss of her father and honoring his last wishes isn’t a good reason, then we don’t know what is. One of the members of the Digital Strategy Enablement (DSE) team recently lost…

September 21, 2015

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Employees Are Wowed By Cisco’s New San Jose HeadQuarters

New CEO Chuck Robbins issued a challenge (one of many)  when he stepped into his new role this past summer. “I want Cisco to be viewed as having the most innovative employee experience in technology or in corporate America,” says Robbins. Cisco is just getting started, but we’re ex…

September 16, 2015

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We Are Family – Cisco Sisters

“We are family! I’ve got all my sisters and me!” ~ Sister Sledge. Now that we’ve gotten a disco tune earworm in your brain, let’s talk about how two sisters, Janine and Jina Daniel, are making the Cisco family part of THEIR family. Janine is a Fresno State graduate, and even when she was still in s…

September 14, 2015

LIFE AT CISCO

One Word That Will Change Your LinkedIn Profile Forever

It’s no secret. I’m nuts about social media. (I lead the Cisco Careers “Life at Cisco” social media strategy.) Word gets around, so people who aren’t as nuts about social media ask me for advice. I love helping them, because when you’re passionate about something, you want others to be passionate ab…

September 10, 2015

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#IChoseCisco – The Winners!

Recently, the Life at Cisco Instagram account (follow us!) asked employees to submit photos via Instagram (and a few other methods) to show us why they chose Cisco. (See the original blog post here.) Turns out, all employees needed was a white-board, a dry-erase pen, and a chance, and they were more…

September 9, 2015

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Cisco Engineer Turns Fear into Fearless

If you think running a 5K race is challenge enough, try throwing a few daunting obstacles on the course. Cisco Network Consulting Engineer Deidra Brown has faced that challenge, and has overcome it. A few years ago, Deidra wouldn’t have even considered a physical challenge. She had struggled with we…

September 8, 2015

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Reflections From Summer Cisco Interns

Cisco Interns aren’t your average interns! Whether they found us by way of LinkedIn or a university info session – no matter if we won them over with some sweet, sweet swag or two pretty little words: Silicon Valley – we’re glad they’re here, and we’re more excited than ever to have these energetic,…

September 3, 2015

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3 Ways to Think Globally

Nicki Vereschagin just finished her second summer internship at Cisco on the Cloud Partner Marketing team. Before heading back to USC she wanted to leave some advice behind. What follows are tips on how others can learn to think on a global scale. As an intern on the Cisco Cloud Marketing team for…

September 2, 2015

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A Year Abroad – An Intern’s Transition

How does a culture-shocked, jet-lagged intern from England transform in a year’s time? Just by arriving in Silicon Valley Digital Marketing Intern Alice Mo was able to check off a bucket list item. But starting at Cisco earned another check. Her first day, she was filled with nerves. Wanting t…

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