Career Guidance Needs Of Mechatronics Education Department Graduates
International Educational Technology Conference "IETC-2011", İstanbul, Turkey, 25 - 27 May 2011, vol.1, pp.152-158, (Full Text)
- Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
- Volume: 1
- City: İstanbul
- Country: Turkey
- Page Numbers: pp.152-158
- Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
In addition to the fact that university life is a period when students acquire basic knowledge regarding their future professions, students also need guidance and explanations in relation with concerned professions during this period. Informative meetings should be held in the course of university period in order to inform students of places where they can work as well as working conditions, responsibilities, steppingstones, etc. If they aren’t informed of these subjects, graduate students encounter certain difficulties after starting a professional activity and they can’t develop themselves consciously in their professional lives. In this context, the objective of this study is to determine to what extent students graduated from Mechatronics Department are informed of possible job opportunities during their university education period as well as their need for career guidance. For this reason, researchers prepared a “Career Guidance Questionnaire” in order to determine career guidance needs of graduates and 52 graduates were contacted in total. According to obtained findings, it is understood that most of graduate students need career guidance and that they aren’t sufficiently informed of this matter during their university period.