Cisco recruiter

April 9, 2019

LIFE AT CISCO

Leaving ‘Perfect’ Behind: Cisco Supports Me as a Working Mom

As a borderline perfectionist, I took pride in going to the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and landing my first job in recruiting before the end of my senior year of college. I decided to stay on that track and have spent the bulk of my career at a company I’m also very proud of—Cisco. I…

September 13, 2016

LIFE AT CISCO

Giving Back, Cisco Style, In Your Own Community

Time off to give back. We talk about it on this blog a lot, because employees love the idea of giving back. But a lot of the stories are about going big. Traveling to Honduras, volunteering for the big cats. But the great thing about this time off to give back, is that it doesn’t HAVE to be about go…

February 29, 2016

LIFE AT CISCO

Use Leap Day to Leap Forward in Your Career

Time is a commodity – something we all say we need more of. Well, 2016 is a lucky Leap Year! 24 hours are built into the calendar to ensure that it stays in line with the Earth’s movement around the Sun. But we can all look at is as 24 extra hours to spend on things we might not normally be able to…

January 21, 2016

LIFE AT CISCO

A Day in The Life of a Cisco Recruiter

I’m a Cisco recruiter. But I do more than that. We recruiters make dreams come true. As a military veteran, I can say that this, too, is more than just a job. Do we read a lot of resumes? Yes. We also help change the world. And we hire people who help change the world. There’s a lot of world-changin…