Conversations with Economists
“ Conversations with Economists ” started in 2015-2016 Spring Semester was organized as series of seminars aiming especially at undergraduate students . These seminars were held based on two main goals . Initially , the aim was to bring undergraduate students a nd graduates from diversified professions of the department together . Thus , while undergraduate students shape their career plans , they have chance to communicate face to face with people that experienced similar problems , had alike worries in the past . Th e graduates mentioned about their experiences on their o wn careers and gave information about features of their positions and sectors via presentations they made .
After presentations , the undergraduate students were able to ask questions which they were conversed such as working conditions of different sectors , advantages and disadvantages of working in these sectors etc . As part of these seminars , from Metu Econ gr aduates , Özgün Başak Bıçaklı ( World Bank ), Gökçe Çakmak Karabulut ( Oriflame ), Gülis Koral -Özgencigör ( Ing Bank ), Serpil Uzun ( Parker ) have shared their experiences about their careers . Moreover , to inform the undergraduate students that have academic career plans , İlhan Can Özen who is a professor in the department made a presentation about applications of graduate schools . Also , Oğuzhan Erdoğan who was a senior student in the department shared his experiences on application process .
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