ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS

SECOND MIDTERM PROJECT

GIVEN NAME:Gktu
FAMILY NAME:BAARAN
NUMBER:11013003
DEPARTMENT:ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING

About Mehmet Uyar;

Mehmet Uyar is the boss of the pekyolu custom
broker office. He was born in 1982 in stanbul and is a
graduate of Arifiye High School. He got his university
education from Sakarya Universitys Foreign Trade
Department. While he was a student, he worked some
social responsibility projects as voluntarily and he
presided Communication Club at university. After working
as a journalist for 2 years. He started his real career in
2005.Then he worked as a administrator for different
custom broker offices between 2005-2012.After 2012,he
set his own job.
He is single and he speaks two different languages.
pekyolu is a custom broker office which
helps entrance and exit for custom products to
companies. Also it works as a consulting office
for international companies. Mehmet Uyar is a
intrepid entrepreneur and his office is getting
its corporate identity day by day.Therefore,I
chose Mehmet Uyar and his office for my
project.


Me: How did you start this job?
Mehmet Uyar:Well,It was an idea which is
mentioned in a friendly environment and
the idea lead me to lanch this job.
Me:Why did you leave from your old job?
Mehmet Uyar:I told you before.I was
working as a journalist.it was a local
newspaper and if you work for a local
newspaper you have to make researches
about regional people and their life
constantly. Furthermore, if an event occurs
this local area you must wise up about this
situation immediately so I can say it was an
amusing job but, although a lot of
difficulties,the salary was so low and I
didnt satisfied with this job.

Me:Why did you chose pekyolu for the name of
company?
Mehmet Uyar:You know, hundred years ago
pekyolu was the important way and different
cultures used this way for trade. This historical
position affected me and I chose pekyolu for the
name of company.

Me: Did you have capital trouble before you started
the job?
Mehmet Uyar:Well,while I was starting the job, I
had some problems with money. Before I started
the job I received loan.



Me:Do you satisfied with your job?
Mehmet Uyar:I am glad with my job. Because I
have a good position and I have a good team. we
can make effective collaborations with our
members. Also t has a convincing salary.

Me: What are the difficulties of your job?
Mehmet Uyar:We are a team with our all
members. Although having a good business
environment,sometimes some problems appear
between our members.So I can say personnel
management is the biggest difficulty of our work.
Additionally fast answers and solving problems
quickly are other difficult sides of our work.

Me:What are your plans for the future?
Mehmet Uyar:I want to increase our share market
and then I want to work with more respectable
and bigger companies.

Me:I understood that you are busy because of the
hard business life.Can you spend your time with
your family and friends?
Mehmet Uyar:You can see our company is getting
bigger day by day, so we must work hard and we
have to spend our all time with our business
works.In fact,I face some difficulties to spend my
time with my family and friends.

Me:What are the benefits of university with your
job?
Mehmet Uyar:The knowledges which I got from
the university education are the fundamental
sources of my current job.Furthermore,university
life taught me how to think analytically and it
helps me dealing with problems.

Me:What are your advises for university students?
Mehmet Uyar:While studying at university they
should stay close to real sector for adapting to
work life. Business life is not similar to university
life,so if you want to be successful in future you
should introduce the business life while studying.

Me:And the last one,What is your plan after
being retired?
Mehmet Uyar:Well,it is so early to say
something about retiring.I have some goals
to be achieved and I believe myself.It is the
most important point to be successful, so
maybe we can talk about retiring ten years
later.

Conclusion;

I think this project was very benefical for
me,and it was a big chance to see business life
while I am a student. After the interview I saw
that a university student should develop himself
before starting the business life Also this project
provided to improve my communication and
research skills.While starting this project I felt a
bit nervous because I have never done a project
in English before, but after starting I see that it is
not hard at all and benefits of project are seen
clearly.Finally,I feel more confident about my
language level now and I kindly thank you for
assigning us this project.