Özet:

The aim of this study is to evaluate the contribution of vocational education to employment in Samsun. For this purpose, employers with at least 100 employees operating in the province have been interviewed. When the answers given by the employers to the interview forms prepared in scientific ways have been examined, it has been seen that vocational education has made significant progress in recent years. It has been observed that the business world has started to meet the qualified workforce it needs, especially with the dissemination of vocational training centers that have been implemented since 2020. Thanks to this application, both the workforce needed by the employers has been met and the newly employed workers have become more equipped.

It has been expressed by all employers that the incentives necessary for the protection of employment obtained by the expansion of vocational training centers should be continued. The employers agree that it would be appropriate to give incentives for the compensatory training of mastership for at least 1 year instead of 6 months. In addition, it has been stated by the employers that studies should be carried out to make vocational education centers and vocational and technical Anatolian high schools more preferable by students. In this way, it will be easier to meet the qualified workforce needed by the market. The workshops and laboratories of these schools, which are extremely important for the market, need to be technically developed and renewed. It has been stated that the equipment and machinery in the workshops are extremely old. It is not possible for students to be trained according to the qualifications of this age with the workshops and laboratories behind this age. Thanks to these changes to be done, every business will be able to find the workforce they need with the necessary qualifications easily.

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