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Are Cisco partners taking the cost of recruitment fees out of the first year salary of newly hired CCIEs?
Thu, 5/19/11 - 6:50am    View comments

Beth RowlandCiscoLast year I received an email from Cisco talent executive - Beth Rowland confirming the status of the only authorized global CCIE recruiter in the Cisco Strategic Recruitment Solution (SRS) program, even though this individual was no longer employed by Cisco SRS Partner - Bridge Resourcing Solutions.

So imagine my shock this week when the only authorized global CCIE recruiter in the Cisco SRS program made the following statements:

 

"The Great CCIE Sale 2011

"No hiring manager should ever pay more than $10,000 as a fee for recruiting CCIEs.

"Why should you care if you are a CCIE?

"Well some employers will take the cost of the recruitment fee right out of your first year salary.

"It's true when you get contacted by a recruiter that has found you on the ether and they are trying to sell you on their great recruiting skills ask them what they charge their clients.

"Nothing is off limits today so make sure you take this into consideration when allowing anyone to have access to your resume."

Why am I so shocked?

Well, the CCIE recruiter I'm working with has never heard of any employer (let alone a Cisco partner) taking the cost of recruitment fees out of the first year salary of any newly hired employee (let alone the first year salary of a newly hired CCIE).

So I've asked Cisco to confirm that perhaps maybe some of its partners are taking the cost of recruitment fees out of the first year salary of newly hired CCIEs (based on the above statements of its only authorized global CCIE recruiter in the Cisco SRS program), and will publish Cisco's reply as an update to this blog post should it officially respond.

Note: Cisco never replied.

However, John Wycoff who's with Cisco's Strategic Recruitment Solution (SRS) Partner - Talpro, Inc. replied:

"Brad,

"I have never personally heard of an employer 'directly' taking placement fees out of an employee's first year's salary (CCIE or not).

"I'm quite sure it does happen from time to time but is not very widely practiced by companies. But as you can imagine I am sure if an employer did do this they probably would not openly advertise this practice."

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What's your take, can you confirm that Cisco partners are taking the cost of recruitment fees out of the first year salary of newly hired CCIEs?

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