Benefits of Hiring Cisco Certified Professionals

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Cisco Partner Talent Network

The Cisco Partner Talent Network connects skilled IT professionals to the Cisco network of Certified Partners. This tool gives active job seekers access to career opportunities with Cisco Channel Partners. (Note: This site is for Cisco Channel Partners only.)

Cisco LinkedIn Certifications Group

Connect with a dynamic talent community of highly qualified Cisco Certified Professionals. Composed of more than 10,000 individuals, the official Cisco Certifications LinkedIn Group will help you quickly discover and identify expert talent resources that can support your business needs and enterprise goals.

CareerBuilder.com Cisco Job Portal

CareerBuilder.com is the largest online employment website in the United States, with more than 23 million unique visitors each month and a 34 percent market share of help-wanted web sites in the United States.

Elance Cisco Ready Contractors

Learning@Cisco is working with Elance, an online employment platform for freelancers and consultants, to connect Cisco Channel Partners and worldwide companies with skilled Cisco Certified Professionals from more than 150 countries.

 

Cisco Talent At Work

Build Your Team, Support Your Growth

In this video message, Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn, vice president and general manager for Learning@Cisco, shares how a Cisco certification assures you have hired the most competent professional to improve the performance of your business.

Success Stories: Rackspace

Learn how Cisco Certified Professionals are making a difference for Rackspace, an IT hosting company based in San Antonio, Texas that manages hosting and cloud computing for more than 100,000 businesses.

Testimonials of Triumph

Read from Cisco Certified Professionals currently employed with some of the world's largest and most innovative companies, such DreamWorks, Budweiser, and Diesel. Discover Cisco trained talent helps grow the business and drive success.

Talent Development for a Transforming World

Review the latest information on the value of hiring Cisco Certified Professionals in today's changing global marketplace.

 

Cisco Learning Partners

Cisco Learning Partners

With Cisco Learning Partners present in more than 130 countries worldwide, the program has established an ecosystem of training entities that offer Cisco's customers and partners top quality instruction in Cisco's products, solutions, and architectures that support Cisco's global marketplace success.

 

Cisco Learning Credits

Cisco Learning Credits

Cisco Learning Credits offer the unrivaled ability to purchase, redeem, and manage Cisco authorized training.

 

Cisco Learning Network

Cisco Learning Network

The Cisco Learning Network is a social learning community that is focused on the IT industry. The mission of the Cisco Learning Network is to provide learning tools, training resources, and industry guidance, to anyone interested in building an IT career through Cisco Certification.

Learning@Cisco Self-Assessments

Learning@Cisco Self-Assessments are free tools designed for students and professionals who may be interested in a career in Cisco networking technologies. Test your employees, discover what they may already know, and learn about what gaps exist in their knowledge.

 

Industry Reports and Research

Use the following reports and hyperlinks to discover more information on the benefits of hiring Cisco Certified Professionals and for data relating to the rewards associated with Cisco authorized training.

Industry Reports:
CareerBuilder 2011 Mid-Year Hiring Forecast
Global Knowledge 2011 IT Skills and Salary Report (Employer funding of training survey) (PDF - 1.1MB)
National Center for Education Statistics (PDF - 81KB)
Workforce 2020 White Paper (PDF - 2MB)

Salary Information (Global Data):
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Connect to the People That Connect the World

As networks continue to evolve, the demand for professionals who have the skills and training needed to manage and maintain converged technologies continues to grow. As a result, matching the right talent with the right jobs will be more important than ever and increasingly more difficult.

Fortunately, there is a solution. The IDC MarketScape: Worldwide IT Education and Training 2011 Vendor Analysis says, "Training and team skill have the most significant impact on overall performance of technology and success of technology projects."

Confidence Comes with Cisco Certification

The success of your business depends on the people running it. Cisco Certification assures that you have hired the most competent professional to improve the performance of your critical technology infrastructure. The 2009 IDC survey "Impact of Training on Network Administration: Certification Leads to Operational Productivity" found quantitative benefits from the type of experience you get from employees certified by Cisco:

  • Unscheduled downtime was about 20 percent lower at organizations with more certified IT staff
  • Organizations with higher concentrations of certified staff spent about 30 percent less on external support for network security activities
  • Results show organizations with more than 50 percent of their team members certified performed above the average of all organizations