Talent Brand
Cisco Was There: A Culture Conversation After Hurricane Irma
Each blog post on Life at Cisco usually tells the story from one employee, but this is a story that needed two viewpoints, so it’s written as a conversation – similar to ones we have every day. Carmen: Every job requires that you wear a lot of hats. Usually, we put on our social media manager hats…
4 Things I Learned as a Cisco Culture Correspondent on Facebook Live
Wait, how did I end up as a Live correspondent for WeAreCisco? A few months ago, I was minding my own business, doing my daily job as the Social Media Channel Manager for Cisco’s Collaboration team, when out of the blue I got a request. Cisco’s Talent Brand team is always finding new ways to put emp…
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…
“My Picture is On Our Careers Site” – Employees Share Their Experience
If you’ve heard little rumblings in the universe about a new careers website for Cisco – they’re true! We’ve launched a brand new site! Why did we do this? What went into the new design? Who is this site for? We’re about to answer all those questions and more! For the past year, Cisco’s Talent Br…
5 Ways Cisco’s Talent Brand Uses Instagram Stories to Show the Moments that Matter
Instagram. It’s a little ship that brands started jumping on board in 2013. In fact, in that year alone, brand adoption on Instagram jumped 80%. It was easy to pick up. Post a great photo, add a fun caption, hashtag, hashtag, hashtag, reap the rewards of organic reach then repeat. Brands were lightn…
How We Took Cisco’s Talent Brand to Snapchat
Snapchat. It’s the new shiny social media platform. It has the most marketing-sought-after age group as it’s primary user base (that would be millennials and Gen Z) and it’s all anyone in social media can talk about. As the social media lead for Cisco’s Talent Brand Team, I k…
My First 30 Days at Cisco
What’s the best way to describe my first 30 day whirlwind at Cisco? Fearful? Hardly. Uncomfortable? Maybe. Successful? Absolutely. I understand that not everyone defines success in the same way, but my first 30 days at Cisco were filled with small victories. By far the most important may have been h…
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