BAU "Qualified Information Technologies Specialist Training Program" Helps Graduates Find Jobs

Within the scope of the "Qualified Information Technologies Specialist Training Program", carried out under the auspices of the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services in partnership with the Turkish Employment Agency (İŞKUR) and Bahçeşehir University, approximately 1,946 of the 2,290 young university graduates trained over 4 years have been employed.

Bahçeşehir University Software Training Manager Erkan Hoyman provided information about the project. Hoyman explained that the İŞKUR Qualified Information Technologies Specialist Training Program is a vocational training project aimed at training the qualified workforce needed to meet the needs of the digital economy.

Stating that qualified IT specialists are trained in partnership between the Turkish Employment Agency and Bahçeşehir University under the auspices of the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services, Hoyman said: "Through these courses, with training designed with the workforce qualifications sought by the IT sector in mind, thousands of people receive international certification every year, and qualified workforce opportunities are provided for hundreds of growing companies. Within the scope of the Qualified Information Technologies Specialist Training Program, we keep a finger on the pulse of the IT sector, which is growing rapidly both in the world and in Türkiye, and create added value through high-quality work."

Hoyman announced that, as a result of the great success of the İŞKUR Qualified Information Technologies Specialist Training Program and the placement of almost all participants in qualified positions with very good opportunities in the IT sector, a decision was made to expand and grow the program.

Hoyman continued:

"Bahçeşehir University has been organizing vocational training courses together with İŞKUR for about 8 years. The training content has also been developed and improved every year as a result of R&D work carried out within the university. In this context, training is provided in cybersecurity, cloud computing, system and network management, web and mobile programming, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and game programming. Under the project carried out in 2015, 350 students were trained, and 85 percent of the trainees were employed. In 2016, 500 students were trained under the program, and 88 percent were employed. In 2017, 600 students were trained under our project, with an employment rate of 90 percent, while this year, under our 2018 project, Bahçeşehir University is providing training to 840 students. Of these students, 495 have graduated, and 70 percent of these trainees are currently employed. The training of 345 students is still ongoing. Overall, more than 2,000 students, 45 percent of them women, have received vocational training within the scope of the Qualified Information Technologies Specialist Training courses, with an employment rate of 85 percent. Since 2015, 1,946 of the 2,290 young university graduates trained over 4 years have been employed."