Evoluation of tourism vocational school student's career planning and student's perspective on tourism sector in Gazi̇antep

With the rapid development and change experienced in the tourism industry, significant employment opportunities are observed. In this direction, it is an inevitable fact that the qualified work force that the tourism sector needs is trained. Intermediate staff meets the needs of the tourism sector in Turkey students studying in Tourism Vocational School, the opinions of the tourism sector and career planning are important for both themselves and the sector. The main aim of this study is to determine the elements of tourism students who are studying tourism in Gaziantep University Tourism and Hotel Management Vocational School and to determine their opinions about tourism sector. In addition,,the purpose of this study is to analyze the expectations of the students from the company they want to study after graduation and their opinions on the tourism sector and to analyze whether these views differ according to their demographic and identifiable characteristics.In order to achieve this aim, a questionnaire was applied to 165 students attending the Tourism and Hotel Management Vocational School of Gaziantep University between 01.05.2017-19.05.2017. Questions to evaluate the views of students about the sector in the research, "occupational health and safety, performance qualifications, education, the quality of the industry, the reputation of the industry, working conditions in the sector, wages, social rights, sector work difficulties" it consists of 9 dimensions. Questions prepared for the expectations of the students after graduation, "the institutionalization of the workplace, wage and social rights, spiritual satisfaction of work, working conditions, effective motivation" is classified under 5 dimensions. At the same time, it was found that the students found the social rights and wage issues insufficient, it was determined that most of the students had never worked in the tourism sector before, while the students working in food and beverage companies and hotel businesses were found to be working. Although students have chosen to study in a tourism school, they want to study in a school other than tourism and more than half of the students have a partial knowledge of career opportunities in the tourism sector. Finally, the majority of the students obtained a research result that they want to establish their own business 10 years after graduation and 10 years after graduation.