Cisco hiring targets women

Cisco managers get rewarded for hiring women to their teams, according to a snippet in ZDNet U.K. Speaking at Cisco Networkers Europe in Barcelona last week, Cisco President, Europe, Chris  Dedicoat told the audience that Cisco managers who "successfully recruits a woman from outside the IT industry is given a budgetary refund on their recruitment costs as a reward for their efforts," reports ZDNet. The new employee is then "placed on a special programme to equip them with the necessary IT skills and knowledge."

How does that program compare to Cisco's hiring of women in your region?

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