PART 1:
What kind of information do you think is important in a letter of recommendation? What sort of information should NOT appear in a letter? How would you like to be seen by others?
Write a brief paragraph
PART 2:
Choose a company (not Cisco) that produces networking hardware (hubs, switches, routers, storage, wireless access, backup appliances, ect) do some research on the company, tell me what type of equipment they produce and how they differentiate themselves from other vendors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_networking_hardware_vendors
https://www.networkworld.com/article/3211410/lan-wan/the-10-most-powerful-companies-in-enterprise-networking.html
https://www.crunchbase.com/hub/infrastructure-startups#section-leaderboard