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		<title><![CDATA[The IT career builder's toolkit: Breaking into IT]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For newly minted computer scientists trying to break into a less-than-exuberant market, landing that first IT job can be an extremely frustrating experience. This free, downloadable sample chapter, excerpted from Cisco Press' The IT Career Builder's Toolkit, analyzes the age-old "you need experience to get experience" dilemma that often plagues...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Student Is Hooked on Networking]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ricardo comes from a small family that resides in Queens, New York. In September 1996 Ricardo arrived at Thomas A. Edison Polytechnic High School and felt frustrated because the only subjects offered were basic curricula. In September 1997, a Cisco Networking Academy was opened at Thomas A. Edison Polytechnic High...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Charlene's Pursuit of Technology - A Long Road to Home]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=291078]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[After she graduated high school Charlene went to college, although not for technology. She pursued a career in Physical Education for two years and decided it wasn't for her. After working as a secretary for the next few years, she revisited the desire to start a career in the technology...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Making Strides Toward a Better Future]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daniel grew up in Ge-Droogte, a small rural village in the Limpopo province. Farmer, student, desktop support technician, network consultant, CCNA, and CCNP - is a career path that reflects Daniel Sedibeng's determination to seize the opportunities available to him at different stages of both his and his country's development....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA["Wireless Home" Project Heralds Exciting Career Prospects for Women of Dubai]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Dubai's booming economy, IT and networking skills are in demand. Cisco makes a conscious effort to help Middle Eastern women, as well as men, to build IT careers, for example by finding them internships. All the students of Cisco Networking Academy Program 2005 took part in the project, applying...]]></description>
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