Aylin Göztaş, Banu Küçüksaraç, Dilek Esen, Duygu Hıdıroğlu, Elif Tunalı Çalışkan, Eylin Aktaş, Hüseyin Gül, Kenan Demirel, Mehmet Akif Çakırer, Mehmet Mecek, Murat Esen, Nihat Aytürk, Özge Kocakula, Sevim Koçer
Career planning refers to the strategy one uses to set career goals and the ways to reach those goals. Having a career plan is critical for candidates who want to be successful not only in business but in all areas of life. Career planning is a multi-stage process in which career stages must be comprehensively addressed and executed in order for the candidate to achieve the success they want to achieve. With career planning, the candidate will have the chance to think in advance about alternative ways and routes for his future professional life, so that he will be able to construct his career journey on a “scenario-based” basis. A thoughtful career plan will both shape social life and provide a roadmap for the professional future. Thus, it will be possible to make informed choices about current job opportunities and potential future career opportunities. This book has been prepared with the contributions of expert academics, aimed at candidates, academics and professionals in business life who are looking for a guide both to see the current opportunities in their career journey and to explore potential career opportunities in the future. In each section, besides theoretical information, success stories of real people in their career journeys, advisory opinions given by experts in the field to candidates related to the subject, and additional reading suggestions for readers who want to deepen in the relevant section, as well as movie recommendations are given. We wish you a pleasant reading, hoping that it will be a useful guide for all readers.