TURKEY – KOÇ, KOÇ UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS School support: Koç University offers a variety of resources for CEMS students in order to assist them with career planning. All incoming CEMS students have equal access to Koç University’s Office of Career Development Centre (CDC), which serves as a bridge between students, alumni and employers. The CDC offers an array of career tools including an extensive database of job & internship opportunities, corporate announcements, one-to-one career consultations, CV and cover letter writing workshops, mock interviews etc. In addition, company presentations, workshops and other corporate activities are regularly held at the university campus. ‘Koc University On Campus Recruitment Days’, which takes places in November and April, is a major recruiting event at Koç, providing an excellent opportunity for students to get internship and job opportunities on campus. In addition, students are encouraged to check the internship opportunities and job postings regularly from the Career Development Centre’s website here, career@ku.edu.tr. The CEMS Corporate Office can provide support also by liaising with other university departments, which may have access to internship opportunities/summer vacation programmes throughout the year and by sharing these opportunities with CEMS students. Another support mechanism is to provide contact details, as appropriate in assistance to individual student requests, of any relevant contacts already established in industry by the CEMS Corporate Office, for example CEMS Corporate Partners operating in Turkey. Moreover, students are informed regularly by e-mail about possibilities offers from Corporate Partners, from Alumni and job agencies are forwarded to students. Contact: In general, students
can contact
Ms.
Seray Nasirli, Career Development
Manager
at:
snasirli@ku.edu.tr.
Legislation: In order to get an internship visa, CEMS students should get an acceptance from a company. The company is responsible to get the internship permit which takes approximately two-three months. After getting the internship permit, CEMS student needs to contact Turkish Consulate in their home country. It is important that students check with the Consulate to learn about the required documents in support of their visa application. The students need to visit Turkish Consulate in their home country in order to get internship visa by providing the internship permit. Once the student holds an internship visa, a work-permit is not required for the duration of the internship.
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