Cisco Incubator 5.0: Connect, Develop, Inspire

Agenda

What is the Cisco Incubator program

Components and timeline

What is in it for you

The application process

Cisco Incubator... and landing a job at Cisco

Gaining technology insights and learning

professional skills from Cisco’s leading

service engineering talent.

Supporting you to get a job at Cisco while

having fun.

Cisco Incubator 5.0

Combining thoroughly selected and prepared technology and soft-skills sessions

with a CCNA course to boost your knowledge and competencies

Leveraging the Cisco brand and core values to promote technical career paths

and inspire a passion for technology

A Cisco-designed program to gain technology insights and grow professional

skills, helping you to get a job at Cisco or across the IT industry

What is the Cisco Incubator program?

By participating in the Incubator program you will:

✓ Build a professional network and be engaged in a multi-cultural environment

✓ Learn the foundations of Routing and Switching and get Cisco Certified

✓ Gain valuable technology insights through dedicated Seminars and Webinars

✓ Learn about professional skills and how to enable customer success

✓ Receive coaching and increase your professional English language proficiency

✓ Increase your chances to land a job at Cisco while having fun

Cisco Incubator 5.0

What is in our offer?

Professional and Technology Training

CCNA R&S Bootcamp

Learn about the foundations of

networking with the option to get

certified

Seminars

Dedicated in-person seminars,

combining theory and practice.

Delivered once a month by the best

engineers in the industry

Webinars

Diverse presentations on existing

architectures and new technology

trends. Delivered online every

Wednesday

Professional skills

Includes individual coaching + highly valued

sessions about professional skills and how

to enable customer success

CCNA E-Learning

On-demand access to

virtual virtual labs,

quizzes, tests and

interactive learning

content

Routing & Switching Bootcamp

Mentoring

Individual learning

support to succeed

and excel

CCNA R&S Bootcamp

Instructor led CCNA

Routing & Switching

Bootcamp

Python for Network Automation

Learn Python, go from the foundations of coding to building 7 great network

apps with Python.

Professional coaching

Available for selected Incubators and eligibility evaluated based on

performance during the selection process

Individual coaching by Cisco and English language support to develop your

professional skills and individual brand.

* Under development, available by Feb-2018

** Available through C++ Institute

January 2017

Packet Tracer Know How Mobility Fundamentals

Introduction to Cybersecurity

Introduction to IoT

Cybersecurity Essentials

Networking

Security

IoT

Be Your Own Boss EntrepreneurshipBusiness

NDG Linux Unhatched NDG Linux Essentials

Python**Programming

OS & IT

IoT Fundamentals*

Networking Academy Portfolio Access

✓ Internships

✓ Incubator Ambassador

✓ Cisco Developer Program (DevNet)

✓ Professional coaching by Cisco

✓ OpenKrakow

Active engagement with CiscoContribute and make an impact

In partnership with others

Intern Incubator Associate

Final year of higher education

Full-time employment

after graduation

Pre-final year of higher education Office tours

How is the Incubator program delivered?

CORE

✓ Local seminars

✓ In-person CCNA + study support

✓ Local Integration Event

Krakow

Brussels

HUB

✓Telepresence + Webexseminars

✓Virtual CCNA +study support

✓Local Integration Event

Madrid

Lisbon

Kiev

…

VIRTUAL

✓Webex seminars

✓Virtual CCNA + study support

✓Virtual Integration Event

Available in allEuropean countries

Local Delivery Model

October 2017

November 2017 – March 2018

Applications: now

Assessment Centers: May - July

March 2018

September 2018

Recruitment

for the

program

Program delivery (webinars/seminars)

Recruitment

for Cisco

graduate

positions

Full time Cisco

employment

Timeline

March – July 2017

Student

Events &

Applications

CCNA course / exam

October 2018

Program

Starts

Program duration: 5 months

Detailed Program OverviewDuration/validity Core Hub Virtual

Krakow, Brussels Madrid, Lisbon, Kiev, … All European countries

Talent days (Admission AC) Selected days Local Local Virtual

Integration Event 1 Day Local Local Virtual

CCNA E-learning* 60 Days ✓ ✓ ✓

CCNA Bootcamp 5 Days In-person Virtual Virtual

CCNA Open hours 60 Days Virtual Virtual Virtual

CCNA Voucher** 1 Exam ✓ ✓ ✓

CCNP E-learning* 60 Days ✓ ✓ ✓

CCNP Open hours 60 Days Virtual Virtual Virtual

CCNP Voucher** 1 Exam ✓ ✓ ✓

Customer service skills Dedicated Seminar Local Virtual Virtual

Interview coaching Dedicated Webinar Local Virtual Virtual

Professional coaching 12 weeks ✓ ✓ ✓

Technology Seminars Once per month Local Local + Virtual Virtual

Technology Webinars Every Wednesday Local Local + Virtual Virtual

Netacad portfolio access Continues ✓ ✓ ✓

OpenKrakow Continues ✓ ✓ ✓

DevNet Community Continues ✓ ✓ ✓

Internships/Project work Continues ✓ ✓ ✓

Incubator Ambassador Continues ✓ ✓ ✓

Alright, so what’s in it for me?

It is the easiest way to become a part of the leading IT company, which changes they way we live, work, play and

learn

My personal growth

With possibilities of being

employed right after graduation

In preparation for

industry-

recognized

certifications

Receive coaching, get to know Cisco and

the best professional

Experts!

Connecting with

a diverse and

international

community

Combined with

real-life

examples and

hands-on

learning

Be engaged,

contribute and

impact

Instructor-led

CCNA training

and e-learning

access

Critical 21st

century skills

Collaborative

learning

Rigorous

technology

insights

Application criteria

✓ Communicative in English

✓ Last year of studies (Bachelor or Master) or graduated up to 2 years

✓ Basic understanding of networking fundamentals

✓ Highly motivated and willing to learn

Learn about Incubator

online, at the student

events or roadshows

1

Apply for the programBy replying to the enrollment email

after the student event or by applying

online.

2

Complete the telephone

interviewMandatory for all selected

candidates

3

Join the Talent DayTo get to know Cisco and

pass the final assessment

You

are in!

Cisco welcome and

program Q&A

Professional interview

experience and

coaching

1

2

Celebrate your

achievement and

join the Incubator

kick-off in October

2017

1

How can I participate in the program?

Share your

background and

motivation

Display your interest

in technology and

willingness to learn

Practice your English

1

2

3

After the Incubator program, how is working as a graduate at Cisco different than a “normal” job?

…well

Cisco ServicesAssociate Programs

Gaining multicultural and international experience,

while learning and having fun

Services

Induction

New-hire

Orientation

Technology

Training

Mentoring &

Integration

Soft-skills

Training

Giving

Back

Career

Coaching

Co-hort of

peersCertification

“When I got the first email about Incubator I put-in all my efforts to enroll, because there is no better place to learn and practice Cisco technologies,

than Cisco itself.”

“This program is a great opportunity for students and recent graduates to get to know Cisco

products, technologies and amazing professionals that work for the company”

“Great people, great place to expand knowledge, great company :)”

“Thanks to Incubator I gained a lot of professional knowledge, and I am using it every day :)”

“The Incubator program was a brand new experience for me. Now I feel happy and satisfied because I was part of it. And I see why to be part

of Cisco.”

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