EGİADis one of the Social Responsibility Projects of Turkey and has been going on for 14 years. EGİAD Life School has successfully completed its online training due to Covid-19. Thanks to the project, which hosted more than 7 vocational school students from 100 Universities in Izmir, young people had the chance to acquire new information on a number of important topics.
Aiming to make the vocational high school students who have high technical skills, become a preferred element in business life by strengthening their social competencies. EGİADsupported the career planning of more than 100 successful young people selected from vocational schools affiliated to universities in Izmir. Young people studying at Ege University Vocational School, Celal Bayar Vocational School, Democracy University Vocational School, Dokuz Eylul University Izmir Vocational School, Izmir University of Economics Vocational School, Concept Vocational School, Yaşar University to be prepared EGİAD's online training this year has successfully completed.
Speaking at the School of Life Closing Meeting EGİAD President Alp Avni Yelkenbiçer stated that the theme of the association this term is sustainability and digitalization, and said, “Our aim is to do efficient and beneficial work by focusing all our resources on the right points, to guide our society and our members, and to be a pioneer. There are 3 transformations waiting for us in the world; green transformation, digital transformation and social transformation. We are trying to have a say both in the field of sustainability and in the field of digital transformation and to contribute to social transformation with their outputs. Of course, we believe that the most important way of social transformation is through the education of young people with 21st century competencies.”
Project Preparing Young People for Life
EGİAD President Alp Avni Yelkenbiçer stated that the young generation is of great importance for them and drew attention to the fact that the School of Life has made hundreds of young people business owners at the point it has reached today. Yelkenbiçer stated that they take care to hold the hand of young people and said, “The aim of the School of Life Project is to support successful Vocational School students in their preparation for business life, to meet business people and to provide them with the social competencies they need in business life through interactive training and studies. We also aim to support them to be employable and successful by combining the technical competencies they have acquired in the university program with social development. I also find it valuable that they receive trainings on our sustainability theme during this period. We are happy to touch thousands of young people within the scope of the School of Life, which both provides a solution to the problem of finding qualified technical personnel and is a solution to youth unemployment, even if to some extent. We fulfill our responsibilities to our society by contributing to employment in the business world, while our young people study the education they receive. It is very important to work hard, to motivate your team as a good leader, and to constantly renew yourself in order to be successful in business life.
Meeting with the students at the certificate ceremony after the trainings that lasted for 5 weeks. EGİAD President Alp Avni Yelkenbiçer stated that their goal is to support technical competencies with social development, EGİAD He stated that the young people who graduated from the School of Life were able to start their business life by becoming more competent. Noting that they also aim to prevent job loss from Izmir to other cities, Yelkenbiçer said, “Recent developments show that young people unfortunately go to work in other cities or countries. For this reason, we think that it is necessary to provide an environment where these young people can work in our city in İzmir. While developed cities and countries produce projects to attract intelligent people from all over the world, apart from their own human resources, to their regions, while adding the employment power of the youth to the economy; As a business organization of this region, we cannot deny youth employment and the contribution and benefit it will provide to the economy. As a result, both cities and countries will rise and gain value with the presence of our youth in business life. I would like to emphasize that our association, which has a youth expression at the beginning, attaches great importance to young people. Investing in youth is an investment in future generations. That's why we attach great importance to signing a few youth projects."
What is the School of Life Project?
The project, which aims to prepare Vocational School students for life, to solve the problem of qualified intermediate staff experienced by employers, and to prepare young people more competently and effectively for business life, continued for 5 weeks. Within the scope of the program, students received training on effective communication skills, corporate culture, career planning, CV writing techniques, interview techniques, stress management, time management, emotional intelligence, teamwork, conflict techniques, decision making and problem solving techniques.
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