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Students who attended
enough seminars to collect at least
• 16 points -- may pick
up their Career Consciousness and Personal Development Certificate of
Participation between March 13 and 24
• 20 points -- may
register for free admission to the Picasso Exhibition in İstanbul, but
must do so before 5 p.m. on March 10
• 25 points -- may
register for free admission to the MEC Business Seminar (which will take
place April 7-9 in Abant), but must do so by March 13. Senior/4th year
students will be admitted to the Business Seminar in April; other
students will be accepted for forthcoming seminars.
Registration for the
exhibit and the seminar will take place in the Career Development and
Placement Center in the Student Union Building.
If you're thinking about
jobs, Bilkent's annual Career Fair is definitely worth attending. You're
not sure? Well, here's a success story from last year's fair!
It all started when
Bilkent students (now graduates) Serkan Elmaz (ECON) and Sertaç Güzel (IE)
stopped by the Johnson & Johnson booth at the 2005 Career Fair. There,
they learned more about the company, and left their CVs with Johnson &
Johnson's Human Resources Manager, Bahar Uysal. After the fair, they
were invited to take part in the company's candidate selection process.
 First,
they spent three days with different people being tested on their
ability to work as part of a team. After passing this hurdle, they went
on to the next phase, in which General Manager Christoph Martin tested
their capacity to handle stress. Their success enabled them to reach the
job offer phase. Serkan and Sertaç noted that this was not only a
personal honor for them, but also proof of the quality of the education
they had received at Bilkent University.
After accepting
employment at Johnson & Johnson, they were sent to the U.S. for training,
and then to an orientation meeting in Dubai. Serkan now works in the
company's Eticon Division Department, and Sertaç works in the Eticon
Division’s Endosurgery Department in Belgium.
The two former Bilkent
students concluded by saying that everyone should attend events like the
Bilkent Career Fair. Their own stories certainly show what the results
can be in terms of job opportunities for new graduates!
Pınar Kefeli & Gülay Acar
(COMD/III)
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