veterans

June 9, 2016

EDUCATION

Vocational Education & Training as an Economic Driver

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Insights from the 2016 Australian TAFE Study Tour to Asia.

What Memorial Day Means to Me

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This post was written by guest blogger Douglas Roberts, a Cisco Communications Manager, Country Digitization. Douglas is a U.S. Army Veteran.  I would love to say that Memorial Day plus planes equals scuba diving in Hawaii or visiting distant relatives in New Zealand.  For me though, I think of C-17 cargo planes. The worst part of deploying […]

Cisco’s Joining Forces Pledge to Veterans

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On May 5, First Lady Obama and Dr. Jill Biden hosted over 50 companies at The White House to celebrate the 5th anniversary of their Joining Forces initiative, a nationwide effort that began in 2013 to support veterans and their families through employment, education and wellness opportunities. The participating companies, including Cisco, committed to either hire […]

May 4, 2016

GOVERNMENT

Joining Forces to Empower Our Veterans

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Here at Cisco, we’ve always been proud to support our veterans. Whether it’s hosting a Veterans Career Transitioning Day or providing...

April 14, 2016

WE ARE CISCO

Cisco Veteran Motivates Us All

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I entered the United States Marine Corps as a communications radio repair guy, which sounds pretty easy, right? But once you...

Cisco Launches NC4ME with IT Awareness Days in North Carolina

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Earlier this month, Cisco launched the IT Component of North Carolina for Military Employment (NC4ME), hosting two IT Awareness Days at Camp Lejuene and Fort Bragg in North Carolina. More than 120 transitioning or recently transitioned Service members attended the events, where they learned about North Carolina’s growing IT industry. Service members have the technical […]

November 11, 2015

GOVERNMENT

Thank You to Our Veterans

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Veterans, Thank you. Thank you for your service to our country. Thank you for the sacrifices you make for all of us. And thank you for our freedoms. With all of you, past and present, we have an amazing country in which to live, liberties many others do not experience, and the opportunities many others […]

Cisco, North Carolina Partner to Empower Military Veterans

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On Tuesday, October 20, North Carolina’s Governor Pat McCrory swore in retired U.S. Marine major general Cornell Wilson as the state’s first cabinet-level secretary of the new Department of Military and Veteran Affairs. Cisco’s Stan Roberts, a Research Triangle Park-based customer support engineer and former Marine wounded in Afghanistan, was invited by General Wilson to […]

Proud to be a National Leader in Veterans Employment

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On April 23, Cisco was honored to be part of the 4th anniversary and expansion of the Joining Forces Initiative, a White House project sponsored by first lady...