Instruments simplify processes, create organizational efficiencies, and assist people obtain objectives. There are lots of instruments out there that may assist organizations with expertise sourcing and help with job searches – however Cisco affords one to their strategic companions and prospects that’s free and has many advantages. The Cisco Expertise Bridge program simplifies expertise sourcing and job searches by offering such a instrument. The Cisco Expertise Bridge Matching Engine is an accessible, web-based platform, obtainable in 18 languages, purpose-built to attach various candidates to job alternatives.

We attempt to facilitate a bridge to attach various employers in addition to candidates. By leveraging our international partnerships and dealing internally with Cisco groups who’ve the identical mission, we’re in a position to come collectively for one frequent objective – to construct a extra inclusive workforce.

Advocating for Fairness in Hiring

By utilizing the unbiased algorithm of the Matching Engine platform, we intention to serve up one of the best folks for the job requisition. Nonetheless, we understand unconscious bias can nonetheless crop up and affect hiring and promotion selections. In working and speaking with employers throughout the ecosystem we encourage two completely different ways to beat this potential pitfall. One, they need to have a various hiring committee and two, by having a various workforce they’ll have a extra worthwhile workforce. Analysis exhibits that in case you assemble a workforce of those who look, act, assume, and behave in a different way, you usually tend to have a extra profitable and worthwhile group.

“At Cisco, our function is to Energy an Inclusive Future for All; a method we do that is by means of the Expertise Bridge program. We wish all folks to have equitable entry to assets, together with employment choices obtainable by means of our program. Expertise Bridge removes bias and promotes a skills-based hiring strategy, connecting employers with certified candidates from various communities who are sometimes missed. These candidates provide distinctive expertise and worthwhile views that may profit organizations in outstanding methods,”
-Kelly Jones, Chief Folks Officer, Cisco

Sourcing Candidates from Various, Tech-Expert Backgrounds

Equally essential is guaranteeing that our strategic employers discover dependable expertise by means of the Matching Engine platform. We understand there are huge communities of proficient people who’re underrepresented within the tech world, so we actively companion with our friends to direct expertise into our pipeline.

We meet the candidates the place they’re, reminiscent of collaborating in navy profession festivals, supporting variety conferences, and interesting refugee organizations. That is executed by means of a multi-faceted strategy, together with in-person participation, digital shows in international webinars, and even direct integration into packages reminiscent of Cisco Networking Academy and Cisco Studying Community.

Whereas our candidates come from a wide range of communities, 77% have at the very least a 2-year diploma or larger schooling degree. We provide candidates the chance to characteristic certifications on their profile and 26% of our energetic candidates have indicated they’ve at the very least one certification. When recruiters use the platform, they will give attention to particular candidate profiles that match the job necessities they’ve posted and kind them additional by utilizing our filtering course of.

Connecting Tech Expertise to Employers

Employers on the platform are from our Cisco ecosystem, representing small and huge firms in all sorts of industries. They embody our Channel and Distribution Companions, prospects, and strategic employers. These firms promote, set up, help, and make the most of Cisco merchandise globally.

Candidates who work with these employers are in the end uncovered to the most recent, most superior technological options. We offer a platform which optimizes the job search course of with sturdy filtering, alternative sorting, and the flexibility to showcases certifications.

By offering a platform that bridges the hole between candidates and employers, we’re supporting a extra inclusive expertise for these in search of employment.

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