If you haven't seen it already, there's an interesting discussion going on at the Brad Reese on Cisco blog questioning whether Cisco is suffering from the skills shortage it says it is - a 
shortage that it hopes to alleviate by bringing in H-1Bs. Cisco, which has 1,504 U.S. job openings wants to fill many of the vacancies with new hires from far away lands. But a during a presentation at this week's Partner Summit, Celia Harper Guerra, Cisco director of Worldwide Partner Talent said Cisco is showered with 20,000 resumes a month (i.e., 240,000 a year). On top of that, Cisco has 200,000 active registered graduates of the Cisco Networking Academy that are now part of the Cisco Career Connections Web site, Brad points out. So why is Cisco saying there's a skills shortage? Or perhaps this says little (or a lot) about the skills level of folks who apply for jobs at Cisco?
Join in the discussion on Brad's blog.
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Cisco Math
Cisco Math only works to Cisco's advantage. I am not sure why the CFO's of the world have not figured this out yet. Also, the lil' helpless puppy dog resellers that take 2-3 points of margin on Cisco gear hoping that Cisco somehow will help them on future deals need to enroll in the 12 step Cisco rehab program. Can you just say no to a Cisco/Channel pre-book? Did not think so...How about that Cisco Call Mangler ROI math? That never materialized.
The real lack of talent at Cisco is their staffing department
Cisco Systems didn't have any problems acquiring talented people when they used professional recruiters. Now they only use their "in-house" recruiters.
Cisco Systems products have become as bland as their engineers. In an attempt to save money Cisco Systems quality has suffered.
Now it seems Celia Harper-Whoever has chosen to go outside of the United States to attract the untalented from around the globe to save a buck.
What a shame. It looks like HR at Cisco Systems has destroyed a once great company.