Cisco employee resource groups (ERGs), affinity organizations that are recognized and supported by the company, are critical to our I&D efforts. All employees are eligible to affiliate with one or more ERGs. To date there are 12 Cisco ERGs.
ERGs help Cisco employees to:
Seek career and professional growth
Advance the success of Cisco business initiatives
Volunteer for projects that benefit the community
Support Cisco’s efforts to recruit and acquire talent
Celebrate and share diverse cultures and commonalities
Cisco ERGs
Cisco Asian Affinity Network: Provides a forum and a professional network for Asian employees worldwide.
Cisco Black Employee Network: Creates an environment for African-American employees to facilitate business excellence, career growth, and community involvement.
Cisco Disabilities Awareness Network: Welcomes employees who have or have had a disability, or who know someone within the disabled community.
Cisco New Hire Network: Helps early-career new hires to succeed at Cisco by facilitating leadership, professional relationships, and shared experiences.
Conexion, the Cisco Latino Network: Facilitates Latino professional development, community and educational outreach, networking, and advancement of Cisco’s business objectives.
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender (GLBT) & Advocates Network: Creates a climate embracing GLBT individuals as part of the Cisco family and valuing them for their contributions to the company and their local and global communities.
Indians Connected: Links the Cisco Indian employee community to facilitate professional development and networking, drive business growth, and give back to communities in need.
Legacy Leaders
Middle East Inclusion and Diversity Network: Focuses on Middle Eastern employees who want to enhance their careers, support the community, and grow the business by facilitating business partnerships between Cisco and the community.
Service Member Veterans and Family Support Group: Helps integrate the experience, values, and knowledge of both active-duty service people and veterans.
Women in Technology Action Network: Provides a forum for women at Cisco to advance their technical and career development, and to promote engineering as a career among girls and women in the community.
Women’s Action Networks: Empowers professional growth of female employees by offering networking, mentoring, and career development resources.
“While serving as professional development and social groups, ERGs have an equally
important mission: supporting business partnerships, recruitment, and development. All
of our ERGs are extremely active in their communities and at Cisco, and are expanding
both in number of chapters and in membership. The ERGs are invaluable resources for
employees, as well as for the company as a whole.”
Marilyn Nagel Director of Human Resources, Diversity and Inclusion
