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Get Certified! Why Employers Look for Certified Candidates Hostess: Kara Sullivan

Presenters:

David Major – Marketing Manager, Learning@Cisco

Brett Lovins – Community Manager, Cisco Learning Network

Jesal Gandhi – Content Architect, NetAcad Advantage

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Introductions

Why Employers Look for

Certified Candidates

CLN Resources: Job Search

Q&A

NetAcadAdvantage Demo


• Implement, manage and

support the evolving landscape

• Cost-effectively up-level skills

and knowledge

• Get training and certification

for specialized skills

• Find flexible ways to build

knowledge and skills while

balancing day-to-day job roles


75-90%

of jobs require

Post-secondary

education or

training

Tech shifts=

demand for

certifications/

education

40% of jobs

will be in six

industries

by 2018

22 million

new workers

with post

secondary

degrees

needed

* Source: Help Wanted, Projecting Jobs and Education Requirements through 2018, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, June 2010


2010-

2015 2015 2020

2014 2015 2020

Mobile data traffic will

grow at a CAGR of

92%

Video will quadruple

all IP traffic

Amount of content annually

traversing the Internet will be

540,000 times the amount in 2003

Video-on-demand

traffic will triple

50 billion devices will be

connected to the Internet

30% of all data will

live in or pass

through the cloud


More than 70 percent of employees who took certification training reported seeing gains in on-the-job effectiveness.

* Source: 2013 IT Skills and Salary Report, Global Knowledge and Windows IT Pro

70%


2%

5%

14%

13%

16%

20%

16%

13%

Not at all

1% - 10%

11% - 20%

21% - 30%

31% - 40%

41% - 50%

51% - 75%

Over 75%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%

*Employer Ratings of Value of Cisco Certified Professionals, research by Market Strategies for Cisco, 2013

% o

f In

cre

ase

% of Managers Who Agree

Total N=202

Average=43%


Disagree 10%

Agree slightly 22%

Agree somewhat 37%

Agree strongly 31%



5%

14%

13%

14%

13%

16%

14%

12%

Not at all

1% - 10%

11% - 20%

21% - 30%

31% - 40%

41% - 50%

51% - 75%

Over 75%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20%


% o

f D

ecre

ase


Average 37%

Total N=202


Don't Agree 5% Agree slightly

23%

Agree somewhat 34%

Agree strongly 38%



3%

5%

13%

16%

13%

21%

17%

12%

Not at all

1% - 10%

11% - 20%

21% - 30%

31% - 40%

41% - 50%

51% - 75%

Over 75%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%


% M

ore

Effe

ctive


Average 42%

Total N=202


Disagree slightly 7%

Agree slightly 16%

Agree somewhat 38%

Agree strongly 39%



7%

12%

15%

19%

17%

15%

8%

6%

Not at all

1% - 10%

11% - 20%

21% - 30%

31% - 40%

41% - 50%

51% - 75%

Over 75%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20%

• *Employer Ratings of Value of Cisco Certified Professionals, research by Market Strategies for Cisco, 2013

% o

f D

ecre

ase


Average 31%

Total N=202

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