Career Fair 2021
Undergraduates can use this opportunity as a pre-qualification for future recruitment opportunities. We plan on guiding our undergraduates into becoming leaders in their respective fields. We will unfold a number of career explorations and experiential learning to optimize students’ professional and personal potential. This engagement also deepens self-knowledge by enabling students to choose meaningful career paths and excel in a diverse, global society. Deviating from the traditional career fair environment where students have to face walk-in interviews, this year's career fair includes a series of online agendas. For many jobs and skill hunters, our virtual career fair offers a simple way to ‘meet’ and interact with exceptionals in one place; with a simple-to-use interface and an opportunity to uplift experience, education, and aspirations. So all you need is a device and a good internet connection. Join ‘Career fair 2021’ to navigate your career path.
Who We Are
Career Fair 2021 is organized for the thirteenth time by the Career Guidance Unit of the University of Kelaniya is one of the main events in the university calendar and the flagship program of the Career Guidance Unit, with the objective of providing an invaluable opportunity for both the undergraduates in all six faculties at the University of Kelaniya and the corporate world to lessen the gulf and to strengthen the ties between these two sectors.
The Career Guidance Unit (CGU) of the University of Kelaniya was founded with the objective of enhancing the quality of professional and soft skills of the university students, whilst strengthening the link between the undergraduates and the corporate sector. Since the establishment, the CGU has been organizing events to facilitate this purpose.
Career Fair Committee
Director, Career Guidance Unit University of Kelaniya
Senior Lecturer, Career Counselor, University of Kelaniya
Rashmi RanasingheSecretary - Career Fair 2021
Aiesec in University of Kelaniya
Kisal EkanayakeCo-Chair - Career Fair 2021
Rotract Club University of Kelaniya
Lahiru BandaraCo-Chair - Career Fair 2021
LED University of Kelaniya
Navod DunusingheCo-Chair - Career Fair 2021
LEO Club University of Kelaniya
Chethiya GalkaduwaCo-Chair - Career Fair 2021
Gavel Club University of Kelaniya
Sakuni ThilakarathneChief Coordinator - Career Fair 2021
Gavel Club University of Kelaniya
Editorial Board - Career Fair Magazine 2021
Mandakini AththanayakeEditor in Chief
LEO Club University of Kelaniya
Buddhika LiyanaarachchiEditor - Career Fair Magazine 2021
AIESEC University of Kelaniya
Manula PethiyagodaEditor - Career Fair Magazine 2021
Gavel Club, University of Kelaniya
Pavani WasanaEditor - Career Fair Magazine 2021
LED, University of Kelaniya
Rupeshika GunawardanaEditor - Career Fair Magazine 2021
Rotaract Club, University of Kelaniya
OBJECTIVES
"INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF PROFESSIONALS" - CAREER FAIR 2021
- To provide an opportunity for the corporate sector to recruit prospective employees by accessing a pool of fresh graduates.
- To create skilled employable graduates.
- To bridge the gap between the University and the corporate world
Project in a Nutshell
Date
20th May 2021
Time
9.00 am Onwards
Venue
Via Zoom
Organizer
CGU, University of Kelaniya
Facilities and Services Offered by Career Fair
The 'Career Fair' organized annually by the Career Guidance Unit bestows the opportunity for the undergraduates to identify their potential, select their career path, enhance their skills, and finally meet and find more about job openings at potential employers. To prepare undergraduates for this occasion, they are groomed by improving their skills throughout a considerable period, by offering numerous services and facilities such as skills development, career resources, job placements, and computer facilities.
The skills development sessions contain workshops, awareness programs, and mentoring sessions that would address the key areas, including persuasive writing of Curriculum Vitae, and efficient implementation of cognitive and communicative skills at the interviews. Possessing sound knowledge in computer skills is a must in the contemporary corporate world. Hence, undergraduates get computer facilities. It would reinforce their existing knowledge by conducting workshops on getting a start on the Internet, writing a sufficient e-mail, creating presentations, computer applications, creating LinkedIn accounts, etc. The grooming sessions are limited to seminars and workshops, and the engagement of practicality would play a vital role throughout the Career Fair. Thus, career key tests are conducted for the undergraduates to identify their values, ideal professions, passion and interests, and strengths and weaknesses.
After this series of workshops and seminars, mock interviews are conducted. These interviews would provide undergraduates with the opportunity to experience how to meet a job interview, identify their weaknesses, and consolidate their strengths before facing interviews at the career fair, where they would be introduced to potential employers and provided with professional exposure. Throughout the career fair, every facility and service offered provides a platform for the undergraduates representing every faculty at the university to explore career opportunities in the corporate world.
Past Events
Contact Information
Email: cfuok@kln.ac.lk
Contact Info: 011 2 903 180
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/careerfairuok
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/career-fair-2019/