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Alumni Program

CISCO NETWORKING ACADEMY PROGRAM


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Overview

What is the Alumni Program?

Who Is Eligible?

Alumni Benefits and Services

How to Register

How to Access Benefits and Services robcolli4


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The Alumni Program: A Global Community

The Alumni Program keeps students andgraduates connected to continuous learningand valuable benefits and services alldesigned to help them be successful

Alumni members become a part of the

growing, global Alumni community called theAlumni Connection.

Through the Alumni Connection, memberscontinue to leverage Ciscos place in theindustry

Cisco is committed to supporting the careerdevelopment goals and objectives of students

and graduates both in the classroom and beyond


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Who Is Eligible?

Any student or Instructor who hassuccessfully completed and been graduatedfrom at least one course of core curriculum(CCNA1-4, CCNP1-4, IT Essentials I or II,UNIX, etc.)

There is no cost involved in registering oraccessing the basic level of Alumni benefitsand services

Some premium services may carry a cost-recovery fee but this will always be clearlystated before you sign up for the service

Once you have registered as an Alumni

member, you will continue to have access tothe growing list of benefits and servicesoffered to our Alumni Community regardlessof how long ago you completed your coursework


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Continued access to curriculum

Access to the most current version of curriculum youhave already completed

Curriculum is mapped to the most current certificationexams

Career Connection ServicesAccess to career development and job placement toolsand services through Career Connection

Depending on location, Career Connection includesaccess to an on line job board and/or placement servicesthrough Recruitment Agencies

Alumni Connection Web SiteMessage Boards, discussions and chats

Discounts from Cisco and Ciscos customers andpartners on products and services through the AlumniMarketplace

Benefits and services specific to your region

Continuous learning and technical information

Alumni Basic Benefits and Services


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What Else Will You Be Able to Access?

Continuous Learning Courses both on Cisco.comrelated web sites and on Learning Partner web sites

Alumni Locator, which allows you to search for otherAlumni in the database

Articles about the IT Industry and trends, salaries, andcertifications

Career Path Mapping tools and resources

Information about professional organizations andpublications

Ability to post new discussion topics to the forumsand to subscribe to those discussions

Language-specific content and discussions

Chats with experts in the field


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How Do I Register?

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Eligible

Alumni

Message

If the user is within 2 weeks of

graduating from their qualifying

class they will see this message on

their Home Page on Academy

Connection; once they have been

graduated from their qualifying

class, the message will disappear

and the Alumni registration link will

appear in the LH navigation area.


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Student Home Page of

an Eligible Alumni

showing the Alumni

registration link in the

LH navigation area

For help inregistering, go tothe Tools link

on your HomePage. There youllfind two tutorialsto assist you inregistering as anAlumni memberand initializingyour communityfeatures on your

new Alumni HomePage on AcademyConnection.


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Click on Academy ConnectionVideo Tutorials


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The first tutorial

will outline theAlumni

Registrationwork flow

The second tutorial will help you opt into community features so that you canparticipate in the Alumni discussions


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Once youve successfullyregistered, return to yournew Alumni Home Page.From here, youll be ableto access the DiscussionThreads from the AlumniMessage Boards

and youll be able toaccess both global andTheatre content pages onthe Alumni Connectionweb site to see thebenefits and services thatare available to you.


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Global page on Alumni Connection


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Sample View of AlumniMessage Boards on AlumniConnection Web site

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