Career Center Meeting Held at the Council of Higher Education (YÖK)

The Career Centers Meeting, held to prepare university students for working life, to ensure that internships are carried out effectively and to increase sensitivity and awareness on these issues at universities, took place at the Council of Higher Education (YÖK). Elif Saraçoğlu from the CO-OP Office attended the meeting on behalf of our university.

Delivering the opening speech at the meeting, President of the Council of Higher Education Prof. Dr. Gökhan Çetinsaya stated that, with the massification of higher education, university–industry cooperation and graduates' employment have become very important issues. Drawing attention to the need to train students in line with the needs and expectations of the business world, Çetinsaya emphasized the importance of keeping graduates informed about rapid changes and new expectations in jobs and professions. Pointing out the importance of career centers, Çetinsaya said: "Career centers at the world's advanced universities have emerged as a solution to these issues, and we see that career centers have begun to emerge in our country as well and are doing successful work." Çetinsaya stated that the aim of the Career Centers Meeting was to raise awareness at universities and to share successful practices at universities.

The meeting continued with a presentation by YÖK Presidential Advisor Prof. Dr. Nihat Erdoğmuş and a speech by Çukurova University Student Council President Ahmet Serdar Tat, and ended with Prof. Dr. Ayşe Ayçiçeği Dinn from Istanbul University, Elif Saraçoğlu from Bahçeşehir University, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Salim Atay and Dilek Görgüç from Istanbul Technical University answering questions from participants.