CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND GRADUATES OFFICE
Our purpose is to ensure that students get to know themselves during their studies, to assist students in the planning of their careers, to provide information about the expectations of the business world, to guide them to job opportunities that will help them realize themselves after graduation, to enable our students to develop their personal competencies and graduate to become professionals preferred by the business world.
Our aim is to prepare our students and graduates for business life, considering their interests, abilities and desires, and to ensure that they gain a professional perspective thanks to career events held throughout the year, and guidance/mentoring/coaching/consulting activities.
In this context, our office,
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Keeps data up-to-date on our graduates,
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Offers assistance on CV preparation, interview experience,
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Develops career development projects,
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Tracks which sectors, companies, and positions our alumni work in,
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And carries out guidance services about professional fairs, congresses, seminars and conferences.
To make a consulting appointment from the Career Development and Alumni Office of Istanbul Kent University, you need to fill out the Career Counseling Form in the field of Career Counseling on the web page of the Career Development and Alumni Office (kagem.kent.edu.tr).
If you want to change your appointment, send an email explaining your situation, at least one (1) day before your appointment,
Our students can send it to: kariyer@kent.edu.tr,
Graduates can send it to: mezun@kent.edu.tr.
If you want to cancel your appointment, send an email explaining your situation, at least one (1) day before your appointment,
Our students can send it to: kariyer@kent.edu.tr,
Graduates can send it to: mezun@kent.edu.tr.
If you are coming for General Career Counseling: We kindly ask our students to prepare their CV ahead of time and send it to kariyer@kent.edu.tr, and we also expect our graduates to email us at mezun@kent.edu.tr or bring it with them when they come to their appointment. Career counseling is shaped within the framework of an overall assessment of a career goal or career steps that the consultant and the student/graduate will decide at the beginning of the session. Therefore, the content and course of the interview may vary depending on where you are in your career development. A general career counseling interview helps you understand your interests, set career goals that are appropriate for them, and clarify career options that are appropriate for your own values, skills, and strengths.
If you are coming for Master's Degree and PhD planning: Before you come to the interview, you are expected to determine the reason why you need to pursue higher education and decide whether you will study in Turkey or abroad. If you have not yet decided on this issue, we recommend that you clarify your need by conducting a “career counseling” interview with our career consultants.
If you are coming for reviewing your CV and Cover Letter: Study sample CV format and the factors that needs to be considered while writing cover letter on our web-page and bring the CV and cover letter that you wrote with you to your appointment.
If you are coming for Interview Preparation: We kindly ask our students and graduates to prepare their CV before their interview with the Career consultant and send it to kariyer@kent.edu.tr, and our alumni to send it to mezun@kent.edu.tr or bring it with them when they come to their appointment. Tell the career consultant whether your request is a rehearsal interview or to get information about the interview preparation process. If a specific institution/company interview is to be held, be sure to inform the consultant of the name/job description of the job that you will apply for.
Although the duration of counseling interviews varies depending on students' needs, the average is 40-45 minutes.
There is no limited number of counseling sessions. You can get as many sessions as you would like according to your needs.
You can find out about Career Development and Alumni Office events;
- By following KAGEM web page: (kagem.kent.edu.tr)
- KAGEM Instagram page; (kentkariyer)
- KAGEM Linkedin page; (kent-kagem)
- KAGEM Facebook page; (iku.kagem)
- KAGEM Twitter page; (KAGEMistanbulk1)
- KAGEM Alumni Instagram web-page;(kentmezunlar) and the boards in our University.
You should contact the Student Affairs Directorate for transcripts and/or diploma procedures.
You can contact Graduate School in the section of “Institute” at www.kent.edu.tr or by calling 0212 610 10 10.
- By visiting office 107 which is located on the ground floor of A block and which is open from 08:30 to 17:30 on weekdays,
- You can reach us to submit any questions, requests or suggestions related to career; at kariyer@kent.edu.tr, to forward any questions, requests or suggestions regarding graduates at mezun@kent.edu.tr.