 CNC operators are among the most in-demand employees in Turkey, according to a recent survey. Hürriyet photo |
The Turkish job market lacks vocational education, according to a recent survey by the Ankara-based Turkish Economic Policy Research Foundation, or TEPAV.
TEPAV prepared an employment map for 19 provinces in Turkey in coordination with local trade chambers and business organizations, interviewing executives from nearly 5,000 companies.
TEPAV’s “Work Market Needs Analysis” included provinces that cover 75 percent of registered employees and 80 percent of the unemployed that have applied to the country’s Employment Organization, or İŞKUR.
The Union of Chambers and Commodities Exchanges of Turkey, or TOBB, Economy and Trade University supported the survey in defining the needs of the country.
Despite slight differences among the inspected provinces, the most in-demand qualified employees were sewing machine operators, gas metal arc welders, weavers, ready-wear workers, computer numerical controlled, or CNC, machine operators, thread choosers, quality-control personnel, ironers, plastic injection machines operators, mechanical maintenance technicians, lathers and textile overedgers, according to a written statement by TEPAV.
The employees’ level of education was above the Turkey-wide average in most of the studied provinces – Ankara, Trabzon, Adana, Kocaeli, Antalya, Malatya, Istanbul, Tekirdağ, İzmir, Erzurum and Bursa – but the level fell below the average in Konya, Denizli, Samsun, Manisa, Diyarbakır and Gaziantep, the statement said. The education status of employees in Mersin and Kayseri was quite similar to the national average.
Still, the gap between the abilities of the employees and the bosses’ expectations is wide, the survey said. Some 49 percent of employers said their workers were not keen on their jobs, and these companies underlined the need for stronger vocational education.
Fully 87 percent of employers said vocational education would be effective in fighting unemployment.
TEPAV’s statement said some vocational courses would be launched in accordance with the results of the research. TOBB, the Employment and Social Security Ministry, the Education Ministry and TOBB’s university will coordinate to launch the courses under the Specialized Job Creating Centers, or UMEM project.
The programs include a three-month internship after three years of theoretical and practical education.
The project foresees employing 90 percent of the graduates at member companies of trade chambers in these 19 provinces, TEPAV said.
TEPAV prepared an employment map for 19 provinces in Turkey in coordination with local trade chambers and business organizations, interviewing executives from nearly 5,000 companies.
TEPAV’s “Work Market Needs Analysis” included provinces that cover 75 percent of registered employees and 80 percent of the unemployed that have applied to the country’s Employment Organization, or İŞKUR.
The Union of Chambers and Commodities Exchanges of Turkey, or TOBB, Economy and Trade University supported the survey in defining the needs of the country.
Despite slight differences among the inspected provinces, the most in-demand qualified employees were sewing machine operators, gas metal arc welders, weavers, ready-wear workers, computer numerical controlled, or CNC, machine operators, thread choosers, quality-control personnel, ironers, plastic injection machines operators, mechanical maintenance technicians, lathers and textile overedgers, according to a written statement by TEPAV.
The employees’ level of education was above the Turkey-wide average in most of the studied provinces – Ankara, Trabzon, Adana, Kocaeli, Antalya, Malatya, Istanbul, Tekirdağ, İzmir, Erzurum and Bursa – but the level fell below the average in Konya, Denizli, Samsun, Manisa, Diyarbakır and Gaziantep, the statement said. The education status of employees in Mersin and Kayseri was quite similar to the national average.
Still, the gap between the abilities of the employees and the bosses’ expectations is wide, the survey said. Some 49 percent of employers said their workers were not keen on their jobs, and these companies underlined the need for stronger vocational education.
Fully 87 percent of employers said vocational education would be effective in fighting unemployment.
TEPAV’s statement said some vocational courses would be launched in accordance with the results of the research. TOBB, the Employment and Social Security Ministry, the Education Ministry and TOBB’s university will coordinate to launch the courses under the Specialized Job Creating Centers, or UMEM project.
The programs include a three-month internship after three years of theoretical and practical education.
The project foresees employing 90 percent of the graduates at member companies of trade chambers in these 19 provinces, TEPAV said.
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