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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…

One of the many things that energizes and motivates me to make the daily 80-mile roundtrip drive to Cisco’s Raleigh, North Carolina campus is the fact that my job as a Cisco Sales Associate Program (CSAP) Manager allows me the ability to live out my passion for serving others. Now, having a job tha…

“Nish, what do you want to be when you grow up?” Throughout my childhood years, my answer to this question changed more frequently than Apple releases new software updates. From pop star to air hostess to teacher to scientist and everything in between, I really was a chameleon child. At age 17, the…

Do you remember the school science fair? You know, the one where you worked for weeks to give fellow classmates the experience of a lifetime using only a tri-fold presentation board, random objects you found in your garage, and the remnants of a sibling’s chemistry kit? As I head to my very first Ci…

More than a hard hat, the Realwear HMT-1 features smart technology, including the power of Cisco Webex collaboration tools to increase productivity for industrial collaborators. Indeed, this sector requires more and more expertise to mitigate any risk of breakdowns and technical incidents that can c…

Cisco’s global innovation impact continues to build massive momentum around the world. Every day, our projects break ground at the very cutting edge of technological and business innovation, exploring new solutions in AI, 5G, machine learning, the Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, data analytics…

Every year, Cisco’s Talent Brand team hosts the #WeAreCisco #LoveWhereYouWork contest where we get to share moments that matter to us and why we love working at Cisco throughout social media. THIS YEAR, however, there was a little change. In my inbox one morning was a message from Cisco’s Senior Vi…

I learned a lot from my friend and Cisco’s former CEO, John Chambers, and he would always tell me: “You learn the most about people when they are under pressure.” It’s a fascinating personal and professional development question:  how will you react to pressure, pressure so intense it makes your hea…

How many of you are guilty of having spent hours upon hours sitting at your desk with little to no movement?  I put myself in the top 2%! I work hard, starting at 6:30 am and usually ending around 5 pm or later. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been so focused, I look up and hours have passed w…