HR
Challenge Accepted: Why I Accepted the Role I Initially Turned Down
9 months ago I was asked to join the Employee Relation (ER) Team, and I turned the offer down. It was a role they had been looking to fill for quite some time in France, and while the team had searched far and wide (and mostly externally) they couldn’t find the right match. That’s when they turned t…
My New Job: Life as a Working Dad
How nice does paternity or maternity leave sound when you don’t have kids yet?! Don’t tell my manager, but I may have had thoughts of a company-paid family vacation. We would be relaxing in our poolside cabana, with baby sleeping soundly, while Mickey Mouse refilled our well-earned margaritas. Ahhhh…
From China to Silicon Valley – A Dream Comes True for me with Cisco HRLP
I was born and raised in a beautiful city in Northeast China called Dalian. It’s a small town – with about 7 million people. One of the reasons I love my hometown is because this where my career started. I was selected as the second intern in 2008 to work at the first wafer fab in Dalian. I soon joi…
Getting Creative About Community!
Cisco is well known for our flexible work environment, so it is not surprising that a large number of our employees work remotely on a regular basis! Working from your favorite coffee shop, avoiding rush hour traffic, increased time at home – the perk list for working remotely is quite lengthy. Alt…
7 Career Stepping Stones from my 7th Ciscoversary!
I’ve been sharing my life at Cisco from my own personal social media channels for many years. Posts such as international team offsites, pictures from events in Bangalore, and more. I just completed seven years at this amazing company. Around here, we call our anniversary a “Ciscoversary.” I also ca…
Using Collaboration Technology to Improve Hiring
This post comes from Stacy Shrader, an intern with the collaboration marketing team and a rising senior at Virginia Tech with a dual degree in business management and public relations. “We don’t have the budget to bring the candidate in for that interview.” Human resources professional…
My PTO Tool: A Continuous Journey to Improve Simplicity and Efficiency
The My Paid Time Off (My PTO) application helps Cisco employees to refresh and recharge away from the office. It connects them to the People Deal. It empowers them to simplify their work experience in order to get out and have a worldly experience. In 2016, the My PTO tool took a journey like the Ci…
Can a Robot Be Human? At Cisco it Can!
Written in conjunction with my fellow Human Resources Leadership Program colleague, Josh Skelton. Have you ever attended a meeting with a robot? Well, I recently attended a meeting as a robot. That’s the amazing thing about working at Cisco – the opportunity to use our technology to connect with co…
We Are Cisco, and We Are There for Each Other
Penang, Malaysia. A beautiful city and an exciting opportunity for the whole Human Resources team in the Asia Pacific, Japan and China regions to come together to learn from each other, grow together and volunteer together. And I had to miss it. While the rest of my team was going to be bonding and…
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