Careers in SUNUM

A – Why Should I Become a SUNUM Employee?

Because

Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM) develops its employees both technically and professionally in order to create products and services with universal validity and socio-economic added value in the field of Nanotechnology within our development journey, and supports their current needs by providing a sincere, sharing, transparent, and continuous learning environment.

Human Resources Vision:

To be a pioneer institution in its field, specialized in its work and having excitement for continuous development, sharing its knowledge and expertise, considering it a duty to protect quality without damaging the service standard, being transparent and open, adopting the principle of integrity of discourse and behavior, and prioritizing the sense of trust.

Human Resources Mission:

To provide a sustainable environment that attaches importance to labor, knowledge, and quality by placing people at the center, supporting continuous development, being open and respectful to people, and carrying out its processes in accordance with the principles of impartiality.

Our Human Resources Policy: Within the framework of SUNUM's mission and goals, Human Resources has a scope that aims to be a behavioral guide for its employees by presenting its mission and vision.

Equal Opportunity:

SUNUM, in line with the importance it attaches to equal opportunities and diversity;

• Treats all employees and candidates fairly and respectfully at all stages of employment,
• Ensures that no employees are subjected to any kind of harassment or undesirable behavior based on gender, sexuality, marital status, sexual preference, pregnancy, race, disability, age, political/religious/philosophical beliefs, ethnic origin, wealth, health status, and similar reasons,
• Aims for all employees to have an equal chance to contribute to developing their potential regardless of a defining characteristic that may lead to unfair discrimination,

Innovative Approach:

SUNUM aims to provide an effective education process for all individuals within its organization by using the innovations of our age.

Continuous Learning:

SUNUM offers an open, flexible, trust-based, and sharing environment that creates learning environments where employees will embrace the transformation, makes the transformation desirable and attractive, always has open communication channels, and values ​​the feedback culture.

B – How Can I Become a SUNUM Employee?

SUNUM, in line with its impartial and fair recruitment policy that approaches everyone equally;

• Determines the position needs, publishes the advertisement on the relevant platform (Kariyer.net, LinkedIn, Euraxess, our corporate website…).
• Conducts its first interviews usually online, and its second interviews face-to-face.
• Subjects appropriate candidates to objective tests, measures their suitability for the team, institution, and position with a personality inventory assessment.
• In the final stage, conducts reference checks from at least 2 people, and applies an English test when necessary.

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Application Pages (open advertisements and general application page)

C – What Awaits Me at SUNUM?

Our HR Philosophy

SUNUM HR sees the most important resource as “people” in order to achieve goals and continue its success. It values ​​the uniqueness of its employees and aims to keep its human resources strong with the belief that diversity is a key factor in long-term business success.

Training and Development

It supports its employees to increase their satisfaction, talent, and productivity with technical, professional development, and personal development training, especially orientation training.

Orientation

It provides orientation training for all newly hired employees to learn the company’s corporate culture, the department they will work in, the internal functioning of the company, and to get to know their teammates.

Performance System

The researcher bases the evaluation forms prepared by considering the goals and competencies required by the position on the basis of technical and administrative staff categories. The feedback process starts in the specified period, and employees and managers exchange their mutual evaluations. As a result of the evaluation, new development areas are identified, and the basic outputs of the employees’ work performances, development areas, strengths, and career maps are determined.

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation and benefits offered to employees working within SUNUM:

Working hours are between 08:30 and 17:00 on weekdays.

12 net salaries per year

Private health insurance

Shuttle

In-house cafeteria

Life insurance (position-based)

Pension (position-based)

Pool car (in case of need)

Talent Management

It identifies employees with high potential and performance in advance and aims to establish a successful and competent employee network by including them in the succession process and ensuring employee engagement.

Recognition and Reward

The Suggestion Evaluation Board evaluates and rewards shared ideas and suggestions in line with criteria such as institutional communication, employee-customer satisfaction, savings, quality, working methods, working conditions, administrative affairs, and applicability.

Campus

It is located in Tuzla, 15 km east of Istanbul. The campus, which covers an area of ​​1,317,581 m², consists of three sections. At the top of the campus are dormitories, a health center, a communication center, and faculty members' residences. In the middle of the campus, the faculties, the President’s Office, and the university center are positioned in an inverted U shape. At the bottom left of the campus are a gym, a performing arts center, a football field, a lake, and a running track. The main cafeteria, which has a capacity of 900 people, is located in the University Center. In addition, Akbank, a kindergarten, and many cafes offering food alternatives provide services on the campus.