Past Events
TACCI & TADF Joint Career Day on March 16th, 2013
On March 16th, the Turkish American Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the Federation of Turkis American Associations held a whole day Career Event for the graduating students and alumni to facilitate their job search in today's challenging job market.
The job-seekers packed the place where they were able to submit their resumes, network and meet with hiring managers. The event started with a breakfast and a welcome address by Mr. Celal Secilmis, TACCI President and Mr. Ali Cinar, TADF President, followed by an opening speech by the Guest of Honor, Ms. Cihan Sultanoglu, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
In her speech; Sultanoglu gave a short introduction on history of the UN and the specialized agencies working autonomously within the organization. Throughout her presentation, Ms. Sultanoglu focused on career opportunities within these agencies as well as their different hiring procedures. She also addressed her success story and gave strong advice regarding the importance of having an internship within the UN.
The career event was held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Turkish Center- 821 United Nations Plaza in New York.
The speakers at the event included Sevil Ozisik, TACCI Vice President and Managing Partner at Tooma & Ozisik LLP; Celal Secilmis, TACCI President; Ali Cinar, TADF President; as well as Nalan Undes, from CitiBank; Turan Ayaz, from The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; Begum Kapusuz from Turkish Airlines; Omer Kalafatoglu from EcoBuild; Eren Tufekci, Quantitative Strategist from Wall Street; and HR Specialist Tugba Temurcan Pal.
The speakers covered various subjects such as; résumé writing, interviewing techniques, mock interviews, salary negotiation, and/or job search strategies for the sectors they are in. Besides, the attandees were also informed about the USA work visas requirements and applications by New York Lawyer Sevil Ozisik.
The event offered students and graduates an opportunity to introduce themselves to human resource representatives and find out more about positions available at area companies such as CitiBank, Turkish Airlines, New York Life Insurance, EcoBuild, Barsan Logistics, SarkUSA, EdpaUSA, Sunset Furniture, The Marmara Manhattan.
It was a chance for fresh graduates to meet employers from various sectors all in one place as TACCI and TADF held their first ever career event. With the fair a great success, both organizations are planning to hold the event again next year.
TACCI Annual General Assembly on March 21, 2013
On March 21st, 2013 TACCI hold its Annual General Assembly at the Turkish Center with the participation of chamber's premium and general members.
TACCI President Mr. Celal Secilmis opened the meeting with a welcome speech and commenced the General Assembly Meeting by reading the agenda.
Pursuant to the By-laws, the meeting was presided over by Mr. M. Ali Yurdupak, Commercial Attaché. Ms. Guldal Sisman and Mr. Tahir Erimli were the two secretaries of the meeting.
Throughout the meeting, the activity report belonging to the past business year was reviewed as well as the financial reports of the chamber. The delegated concluded that TACCI had a very productive year last year and these efforts should be continued in the following year.
Adana Commodity Exchange President Mr. Muammer Caliskan took the floor to express his pleasure for having chance to meet with other members from the U.S. Mr. Caliskan also thanked Mr. Secilmis for his efforts as the President of the Chamber. He invited TACCI members to the Orange Blossom festival that will take place in Adana in April.
Afterwards, the chamber events for year 2013 were discussed, with comments and suggestions provided by the participating chamber members. Mr. Yuksel from Karel Yapi also mentioned the 100th anniversary of Gallipoli Campaign in 2015 and invited TACCI members to join their efforts.
The meeting was concluded by the closing remarks given by Mr. M. Ali Yurdupak.
