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The IT career builder's toolkit: Breaking into IT

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...

Tags: Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., IT Career Builder, Professional Development, Strategy, Career, Management

Book chapters 2005-03-01

Cisco Creates New Opportunities for Career-Changing Adults

Scott Redilla, married and father of two children, reached the top of his field as Master Auto Mechanic at age 35. As Master Auto Mechanic, Scott was responsible for the more technical systems on vehicles. In the summer of 2000, Scott received his Cisco Certified Network Associate certification and is...

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High School Student Readies for Technical Career

The Sequoia Information Technology program at Sequoia High School in Redwood City, California, provides students with advanced training and industry- recognized certification in the field of information technology. Matt Rigdon is a 16-year old student at Sequoia, and is enrolled in the Cisco Networking Academy Program offered at this school....

Tags: Career, Student, Cisco Systems Inc., School Student, Matt Rigdon, Matt

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Student Is Hooked on Networking

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...

Tags: Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Ricardo, Professional Development, Career

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Cisco Sparks Off Career for Hong Kong Graduate

Ip Wing Kei, is a first-year graduate of the Cisco Networking Academy Program, which Cisco Systems first introduced in Hong Kong in 1999. Right after his completion of the Cisco Networking Academy Program, Ip took the Cisco Certified Network Associate examination and successfully passed on his first attempt. Equipped with...

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Charlene's Pursuit of Technology - A Long Road to Home

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...

Tags: College, CCNA, Cisco Systems Inc., Charlene, Professional Development, Career

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Cisco Networking Academy Program Helps Sandra Oberlies Turn Technology Knack to Career Path

As a single mom of three, Sandra began working several jobs to make ends meet. She was a full-time library assistant at University of California-Riverside. Sandra was running herself ragged. She wanted one technology job to enable her to support and spend more time with her family, but she couldn't...

Tags: Job, Career Path, Career, Cisco Systems Inc., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management

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Making Strides Toward a Better Future

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....

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Determination, Daniel Sedibeng, Professional Development, Career

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Six Months to a New Career and a Better Paying Job

The United States government provided 24 FIPSE (Fund for Improvement of Post-Secondary Education) grants for colleges serving students in U.S. Empowerment Zones in 1999. Twenty-seven year old Carlos J. Fraga, married and a father of two children, is one of these students and shares his story with us. Carlos saw...

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"Wireless Home" Project Heralds Exciting Career Prospects for Women of Dubai

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...

Tags: Dubai, Women, Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Wireless, Gender And Diversity, Professional Development, Human Resources, Career

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Releasing Talent: How Massimo Graduated From Prison to a New Career in IT

Success stories in the IT industry can begin anywhere. Even behind bars. When Massimo began his CCNA training three years ago, he certainly had the odds stacked against him. He was serving a sentence in Italy's Bollate prison, with virtually no IT experience or knowledge of English. This, however, did...

Tags: Talent, Information Technology, CCNA, Career, Prison, Cisco Systems Inc., Strategy, Management

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Turkish School Student Accelerates Academic Career Thanks to Cisco Networking Academy Program

Turkish school student Aybars Tuncdogan was just 17 when, somewhat to his own surprise, he passed his Cisco Certified Networking Associate CCNA test on the first attempt. He had enrolled at the Cisco Networking Academy Program within Yildiz Technical University during the school holidays, so as not to disrupt his...

Tags: Career, Cisco Systems Inc., Cisco Networking Academy Program

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