Özet:

The increase in the number of universities in Turkey in recent years and the parallel increase in the number of graduates is thought to directly affect the employability of individuals. In this context, it is important for university students and graduates to receive the right career counseling services in their career processes. The places where university students can directly receive career counseling services are undoubtedly university career centers. In this study, it is aimed to draw attention to the career counseling service among the activities of university career centers, which are clearly declared in their founding regulations. It is observed that some countries other than Turkey, which were examined in this study, have their own online network platforms in their university career centers. In Turkey, on the other hand, career centers carry out activities under the coordination of the Presidential Human Resources Office. The fact that there is such a systematic implementation in Turkey provides benefits to students by offering them job and internship opportunities through career centers. However, it is thought that these centers are far from career counseling services. In this context, the current study aims to compare the historical development, purpose, scope and fields of activity of university career centers in Turkey with the functioning of university career centers in some developed countries. In the conclusion part of this study, some suggestions are presented in order to make career centers more functional and to assume important roles in students' career journeys. This study is limited to the examined university career centers.

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