This project is a social responsibility project that has been put forward to prepare students for the transition to professional life, help their career planning, expand their network and find and improve their missing points in line with their career goals with your experience and support.
By blending the talents of young people with your experience, you can support them to get the opportunity to build a strong future and start professional life one step ahead. You can touch their lives so that young people can climb the career ladder of their dreams in the light of this experience.
Aim of the Project
Bring students together with the businesspeople who steer the country's economy,
Blend capabilities of young people with the experience of masters to build a strong future,
Make sure that masters share their experiences with students,
Guide students in the career of their dreams, open the doors to success and prepare them for professional life.
Increase the professional, cultural, and academic development of students.
Project Process
The requests of students will be taken, and they will be matched with masters from the sector deemed appropriate.
Students will be informed about the project process.
Student will be sent the contact information of the master with whom s/he is matched. Then, the student will send his/her resume and cover letter explaining his/her career goals and will provide his/her first communication via e-mail.
Masters and students will create the project calendar together, and meet 10 times.
Students will share the topics they ask for support from masters and decide about the most appropriate method during the project process.
Students will understand the importance and severity of the project and will express their wishes and expectations clearly.
Masters will be able to recommend the trainings they feel necessary in line with student's career goals and may request additional studies and research.
Masters will be able to conduct demo studies with students in the sector and department they see fit.
Expectations from the Masters
Provide guidance that will facilitate the transition of students from university to professional life,
Provide access (network) to professional communities,
Support their personal and social development,
Provide career guidance to students,
Share their experiences on business idea and entrepreneurship topics,
Convey opportunities such as education and career abroad,
Support students to cope with the challenges they may face in professional life,
Give students a wider perspective to help them write a successful career story,
Convey the importance of diligence and discipline in professional life.
This project is carried out by the Alumni Relations Office affiliated to the support of Izmir Chamber of Commerce and Izmir Chamber of Commerce Education and Health Foundation.
mezunlarofisi@izmirekonomi.edu.tr
For Alumnis
Burcu Çeliksap
2012 - Visual Communication Design Graduate
In 2012, I graduated from Izmir University of Economics-Department of Visual Communication Design with full scholarship and as the top student of the department. Thanks to courses such as applied workshops, we had the chance to visit many advertising agencies and production companies in Istanbul. In this way, the process of finding a job after graduation by establishing a business network became much more efficient. I started working as a field assistant and brand manager at Pozitif Music with the Rock'n Coke festival in 2011. I continued to work here as a freelance until 2015. As of 2012, I started to work as an art director in international advertising agencies (such as 4129Grey, Güzel Sanatlar Saatchi & Saatchi). I was promoted to Senior Art Director in a short time in the advertising industry, which I started as Junior Art Director.
Sami Eyidilli
2017 - Distance Learning MBA without Thesis Graduate
I started MBA in the first year that Izmir University of Economics implemented distance education master's programs. Therefore, I am one of the first e-MBA students of our university to graduate. These investments made years ago in distance education give us a better understanding of its importance in the pandemic period we are in today. When I started my MBA, I was actively involved in business life and was living in Istanbul.
Aslı Taşçı
2014 - Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering Graduate
I graduated from Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Izmir University of Economics in 2014. As soon as I graduated, I started my master at Electrical and Electronics Engineering Master's Program with Thesis and started working as a research assistant in the department. I am currently working as a research assistant at Izmir Institute of Technology and doing a PhD in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. Ever since I started my major, I wanted to integrate my interest in biology and chemistry with my engineering knowledge.
Gökçe Can
2021 - Genetics and Bioengineering Graduate
I graduated from the Department of Genetics and Bioengineering in 2021. Throughout my university life, my primary goal was to discover which field I wanted to work in. During this process, I undertook many internships and participated in various programs and conferences to explore different areas. Each experience further shaped my interests. In particular, a valuable speaker I listened to at a conference significantly influenced my career path.
Mustafa Tayyar Uğur
2012 - Business Administration Graduate
Year 2007 summer and the last days of the university preference period. Frankly, I remember that I came to Izmir with the suggestions of my two older sisters who were very successful in their careers and school life and who lived in Izmir during the years when I approached private school with a very biased way. They were the first to recommend Izmir University of Economics to me. When I came to the university for the first time, we encountered its orange emblem and brick walls.
