ISKUR - Emre Yildiz

TURKISH EMPLOYMENT AGENCY
Job and Vocational Counseling
Provided by İŞKUR
Emre YILDIZ
Assistant Employment Expert
5th May 2014 - Turin
PLAN
About İŞKUR
Brief history, organizational chart and main activities
Counseling
in general context
target groups - job seekers, employers, students,
disadvantaged groups, social aid beneficiaries,
entrepreneurs
Euroguidance activities
Questions and answers
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About İŞKUR
1946
2003
• Established as the intermediary between employers
and job seekers.
• Structural changes that result in increased budget,
improved services and regional offices
and
2011
•
Job and Vocational Counselors
2012
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About İŞKUR
Organizational Chart
General
Board
Administrative
Board
General
Directorate
Provincial Board of
Employment and
Vocational Training
General Director
Deputy General
Directors
Provincial
Directorates
Departments
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About İŞKUR
WHAT WE DO?
Active Labour Market Policies
Job placements
Vocational trainings
On-the-job trainings
Entrepreneurship trainings
Public work
Passive Labour Market Policies
Unemployment insurance
Short term work allowance
Wage guarantee fund
Job loss compensation
International Relations and
Projects
Labour Market Needs Analysis
Counseling
Management of Unemployment
Insurance Fund
Employment Incentives
Employment Fairs
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Increased Job Placements
671,578
700,000
556,587
600,000
500,000
363,672
400,000
300,000
205,231
200,000
100,000
111,375109,595118,278
76,257 81,685 85,882
0
2004
2005
2006
2007
Women
2008
Men
2009
2010
Total
2011
2012
2013
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Counseling
General context of counseling services
“Every job seeker and employer has a Job and Vocational Counselor
to place the right job seeker to the right job.”
HOW?
Matching LM demand & supply
Counseling to both employers
and job seekers
Occupational counseling for
individuals, groups and schools
Vocational tendency tests
Occupational orientation
Job orientation support
Directing job seekers to ALMPs
based on individual needs
WHY?
Shorten unemployment
period
Improve employability and
Sustainable employment
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Counseling
General context of counseling services
3,867 professional counselors
558 job seekers per JVC in average
Some figures from 2013
Interview with jobseekers 1,632,850
Company visits
376,654
School visits
13,811
Job seeker, employer and school portfolio
Remarks sought before job seekers’ participating to ALMPs
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Counseling
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Counseling
Job Seekers
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•
Individual action plans
Effective matching and placement
Directing to ALMPs
Job and vocational guidance and orientation
Employers
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Gathering job vacancies
Employer visits
Pre-selection of candidates
Provide information (incentives, recruitment process etc.)
Students
• School visits
• Individual and group interviews
• Service points within the universities
• Vocational information centers
• Vocational Counseling Magazine
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Counseling
Disadvantaged
Groups
Social Aid
Beneficiaries
Entrepreneurs
• For women, youth and people with disabilities
• Tailor made counseling
• Promoting Women’s Employment Operation
• Promoting Youth Employment Operation
• To strengthen link between social assistance system and
employment
• Counselors within the social aid provider institutions
• Registration to PES
• Job or ALMPs offers
• Directing to entrepreneurship trainings
• Information about access to finance
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Counseling
Numbers of Individual Counselee
1,229,933
1400000
1200000
1000000
669,737
800000
438,013
600000
400000
144,630
200000
0
2011
2012
2013
* January – March 2014
2014*
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Counseling
Number of Employers Visited
234,472
250000
200000
150000
109,987
89,640
100000
46,419
50000
0
2011
2012
2013
* January – March 2014
2014*
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EUROGUIDANCE
EUROGUIDANCE Country Agency
Activities undertaken in 2009
Active participation to events
to support EU priorities in the field of guidance
to raise awareness of guidance services and contribute to
cooperation
to improve vocational guidance
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Every job seeker has a Job and Vocational Counselor in
İŞKUR.
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1st International JVC
Congress in 2013
2nd is upcoming in Nov.
2014
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Thank you
for your attention.
Emre YILDIZ
Assistant Employment Expert
emre.yildiz@iskur.gov.tr
www.iskur.gov.tr
T: 90 312 216 35 29
F: 90 312 418 05 63