{"id":2057,"date":"2014-04-08T18:22:34","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T18:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/internships\/?p=2057"},"modified":"2024-01-30T14:00:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T19:00:27","slug":"hitt-grant-students-take-cisco-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/hitt-grant-students-take-cisco-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"HITT Grant Students take Cisco Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to\u00a0Steve Marcinek, a systems engineer at Cisco, five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/hitt\/\">HITT<\/a> grant students from Michael Gordon\u2019s CCNA class, toured Cisco facilities on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. Marcinek, a St. Petersburg College <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/ccit\/\">Computer and Information Technology<\/a> advisory committee member, informed students, staff, and faculty about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cisco.com\/c\/en\/us\/products\/index.html\/index.htm\">Cisco products <\/a>and the IT profession.\u00a0 The tour began with a self-introduction about how Marcinek acquired his position at Cisco.\u00a0 Mr. Marcinek conducted an informal Q&amp;A session to encourage students to ask questions about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cisco.com\/?POSITION=SEM&amp;COUNTRY_SITE=us&amp;CAMPAIGN=tomorrowstartshere&amp;CREATIVE=Brand_Cisco&amp;REFERRING_SITE=Google&amp;KEYWORD=cisco_p|mkwid_s78F1KhVu|dc_29625415395_0v0xx7y7d0\">Cisco<\/a> products, the company, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cisco.com\/web\/about\/ac40\/about_cisco_careers_home.html\">careers in information technology.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/internship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/CISCO-Tour.Students-looking-at-equipment.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2058 alignright\" alt=\"CISCO Tour.Students looking at equipment\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/internship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/CISCO-Tour.Students-looking-at-equipment-300x203.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a>Students took advantage of the Q&amp;A portion, inquiring about what employers seek in entry-level IT candidates, how to obtain positions, what additional education Marcinek thought would be beneficial, and specifics about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cisco.com\/c\/en\/us\/products\/index.html\">Cisco products and services<\/a>. Marcinek explained his belief that his MBA coupled with his technical background paved a solid path for his current position as Systems Engineer.\u00a0 With this tip, Marcinek advised that an MBA would assist a potential IT recruit with navigating the corporate environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The final tour segments showed students the latest networking equipment, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cisco.com\/c\/en\/us\/products\/routers\/index.html\">Cisco routers<\/a>, and demoed the use of Cisco\u2019s cutting-edge <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cisco.com\/c\/en\/us\/products\/conferencing\/index.html\">teleconferencing equipment<\/a>. Marcinek wrapped up the tour with an open invitation for the students to network and ask questions. When interviewed, one excited student said of the tour \u201c\u2026<i>enjoyed seeing how Cisco incorporated technical expertise with sales skills into providing customer solutions. It was a great example of how the IT field is built on people AND technology\u2026 Ultimately an IT solution or project should\u00a0 solve a problem or fulfill the need of a business, organization, or person<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em><strong>Follow Career Pathways at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/central\/pathways\/\">#spcpath<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to\u00a0Steve Marcinek, a systems engineer at Cisco, five HITT grant students from Michael Gordon\u2019s CCNA class, toured Cisco facilities on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. 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