MAKU Continues to Bring Together Its Students with Sector Representatives

Yayın Tarihi | 28 May 2024, Tuesday

A Career Conversation event was held under the organization of the Career Development Application and Research Center of Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University (MAKU) and hosted by the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture.

 

Representatives from arabam.com and emlakjet companies, academics from different units of MAKU, and students attended the career conversation. Umut Yenilmiş, Deputy General Manager of Information Technologies from arabam.com, Information Technologies Director İbrahim Özgön, R&D Manager Merve Şen, Data Science Experts Tolga Kaplan, Berke Yağmur, Hakkı Besim Bardakçı and Dilan Oragaz, CTO Mehmet Ali Erdin from emlakjet, Software Development Manager Yalçın Doksanbir, Analysis Test Team Leader Volkan Sel, senior business analyst Umut Alkan and senior software specialist Tuğçe Avşar shared their experiences in the sector.

 

Industry representatives who introduced their companies and themselves provided information about important issues to be considered in business life, and the characteristics that students should have in the field of software and informatics. Company representatives gave important advice on what is needed to be successful in business life after graduation, and opportunities for internships and employment. In the conversation where active participation was provided, students asked company representatives what they should do while their education continues, and questions about professional knowledge and skills. The conversation was held with the questions asked by the students and academics and the answers of the industry representatives. At the end of the program, which was carried out in a very productive and beneficial way, plaques and certificates of appreciation were presented to the company representatives who participated in the conversation. 

 

A cocktail was organized after the program to enable students and industry actors to communicate more closely, to get information about business life, employment opportunities, and how students will improve themselves in the field of software and informatics. 

 

Cooperation Protocol Signed Between Industry and University

 

Within the scope of Industry University cooperation, a cooperation protocol was signed between MAKU and arabam.com and emlakjet companies to jointly conduct internship and in-company vocational training applications to train students more competent and ready for the market's needs. Rector Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Dalgar, arabam.com company representative Umut Yenilmiş, and emlakjet company official Mehmet Ali Erdin attended the protocol signing ceremony held at the Rector's office. With the protocols signed between MAKU and the companies, it is aimed to increase the project studies and collaborations to be carried out by benefiting from the knowledge accumulation of MAKU in innovative studies, and to grow the students more effectively, intertwined with their professions, with practical training.