As someone with a fair amount of experience, and that was in the job market recently, Cisco cert's are of great benefit, but I found many positions wanted both networking certs, and a background in Microsoft (ability to work with AD/Exchange), and linux experience. With the directions Cisco is going, it would probably be good to add at least a basic linux certification to your list of wants. A basic cert in some sort of virtualization like VMWare would be helpful as well.
I'm currently a CCNP, R&S, heading towards a CCDA/CCDP in the next 3-4 months. The CCNP is definitely what got me to my current Network Architect position from a basic NOC engineer role when I didn't have it.