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.
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For Alumnis
Turuhan Alkır
2017 - International Relations and European Union Graduate
I have squeezed 2 diplomas, 4 internships, 9 short films, 14 theater plays and hundreds of good memories into my Izmir University of Economics adventure that started in 2012. I graduated from the Department of International Relations and EU with a full scholarship in 2017, and from the Department of Media and Communication (my double major program) in 2018 as a high honor student.
Anıl Suçsuzer
2009 - Economics Graduate
I graduated from Izmir University of Economics, Department of Economics in 2009. After graduation, I had four-year experience and expertise at different departments, like Logistics and Sales at Arkas Holding where I performed my internship before.
Yaprak Yalçınkaya
2015 - Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Graduate
I entered this program, which was my first choice, as a full scholarship holder. I successfully passed the preparatory exam in 2011 and started my freshman year when I was only 17. I started to work as a freelance interior designer since 2012. In the third year of my undergraduate education, I decided to spend a semester at the University of Sheffield Hallam in England with the Erasmus agreement IUE is included in. After studying a semester here, I completed the 3rd grade at IUE. That summer, I performed my internship as an interior designer at an architectural firm in Sheffield and took part in large-scale hospital projects. At the same time, by continuing my freelance works, I completed many interior architecture projects in Russia, China, America and England.
Ekin Kanığ
2018 - Medical Documentation and Secretariat Program Graduate
I graduated from Izmir University of Economics, Vocational School of Health Services, Medical Documentation and Secretariat Program in 2018. My interest in the field of health and my desire to work in health institutions played a big role in choosing my program. In my choice of university; I learned that Izmir University of Economics is a school with good quality of education, with job opportunities after graduation, and good socio-cultural activities.
Gökhan Edis
2020 - Foreign Trade Graduate
For Alumnis
Turuhan Alkır 2017 - International Relations and European Union
