Maria Klimova

Technical Recruiter
People & Communities

Maria is a Professional Technical Recruiter on the Cisco EMEA Talent Acquisition team, based in Poland. She has been at Cisco since 2019, previously working as an Emerging Talent Recruiter. Apart from hiring the best talent for Cisco, Maria in an active member of Connected Poland community, where she develops her passion by #GivingBack and supporting local businesses. Professionally, Maria is passionate about employer branding, and personally she’s a nature lover and a fan of healthy lifestyle and mindfulness. In the breaks between LinkedIn, she spends her time reading, drawing by numbers, or somewhere exploring nature. As Cisco went all hybrid, Maria moved to a small town in South-Eastern Poland, from where she works completely remotely, living with her husband and their cat.

Articles

Our People
One Company, Many Careers – Anna’s story from Marketing into Partner Account Manager (PAM) in Sales
Maria Klimova - 26 September 2023 - 0 Comments

“You may find inspiration in places you’d have never considered” – shares Anna Janas-Gajdus, in our latest One Company Many Careers series.
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One Company, Many Careers – how Sharon moved from a Tech Engineer into a People Leader role
Maria Klimova - 8 September 2023 - 5 Comments

“Always be willing to try something new” – this and many more inspiring tips for new people leaders (and not only)
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One Company, Many Careers – from TAC Customer Support Engineer in India to Incubation Labs Engineer in Poland
Maria Klimova - 22 August 2023 - 1 Comment

“You cannot have mountains without earthquakes” – says Sowmya, Incubation Labs Engineer in Poland. Read her inspiring story in our next One Company, Many Careers series.
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One Company, Many Careers – Chitra’s story of relocating from Cisco India to Poland
Maria Klimova - 24 May 2023 - 3 Comments

With Cisco, I made my dream of working in Europe come true” – shares Chitra Lal, a Team Leader in Cisco Poland
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One Company, Many Careers – how Cisco helped Dominik prioritize work-life balance
Maria Klimova - 12 May 2023 - 2 Comments

“Sales wasn’t the obvious choice. Actually, it was a total coincidence.” – shares Dominik Łoniewski, Systems Architect in Poland.
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One company, Many Careers – how Beatriz went from a Graduate to a People Leader
Maria Klimova - 20 April 2023 - 6 Comments

After just four months of my graduate program, I went to my manager and told him I want to have a team” – jokes Beatriz, a People Leader in Professional
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One Company Many Careers – Monika’s journey from Operations in Customer Service to Partner Account Manager
Maria Klimova - 23 March 2023 - 0 Comments

“Don’t focus on what skills you’re missing, focus on what you are good at and how to use it” – this and many more tips from Monika, Partner Account Manager,
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One Company, Many Careers – Mustafa Toema – from Asset Manager to Deal Assurance Program Manager
Maria Klimova - 9 February 2023 - 2 Comments

Don’t just prepare for the interview, prepare for the role” – says Mustafa, a Deal Assurance Program Manager in Poland. In his 4 years with Cisco, he not only changed
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One Company, Many Careers – Estera’s journey from Operations Manager to People Leader in TAC
Maria Klimova - 26 January 2023 - 0 Comments

Estera Stopińska from our Poland team shares her career journey up to a people manager role inside Cisco
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One Company, Many Careers – Gosia’s career journey from Sales to Business Development Management
Maria Klimova - 1 December 2022 - 1 Comment

This week’s story will be about Gosia Spicer, who moved from Sales into Business Development Management. Q: Tell us what has…
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