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Programmes Conducted by the Career Guidance Unit- 2020

Personal Grooming Programme

As the 1st webinar of the year this programme was successfully conducted for the Faculty of Geomatics, mostly for the 3rd and final year undergraduates. The major objective of the programme was empowering undergraduates with the awareness of the personal grooming and social etiquettes with a special concerning of the professional life and corporate sector requirements. This webinar was conducted by Mr. Deepal Wiajayasekara, Career Advisor of SUSL on 05.05.2020 from 2PM to 4PM with the participation of the nearly 100 undergraduates of the faculty.

Career Vision Development Programme

This programme was conducted as a webinar for the undergraduates of the Faculty of Geomatics. The main objective of the programme was keep the focus and the momentum of the undergraduates due to the Covid-19 home staying period. Even though the key target group of the webinar the 1st and 2nd year undergraduates of the faculty, all the interested undergraduates are invited for the programme.  The programme was successfully held on 19.05.2020 from 2PM to 4PM and conducted by Mr. Deepal Wiajayasekara, Career Advisor of SUSL with the participation of nearly 100 participants and the programme was conducted on request of the faculty.

Rapport Building Programme

This was a tailor made programme conducted for the university administration staff. The key objectives of the programme were empowering the target group with the awareness of the communication skills and enhance the potentials of rapport building capacity among the audience. The programme conducted as a workshop, enriched with individual and group activities. This was conducted by Mr. Deepal Wijayasekara, Career Advisor of SUSL on 12.08.2020 from 2PM to 4PM at the Council Chamber of the university.

CV Writing Programme

This programme was conducted for the final year undergraduates of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences. The objective of the programme was preparing the audience with the skills of curriculum vitae writing for applying the opportunities of the world of work. The programme was successfully conducted by Mr. Deepal Wijayasekara, Career Advisor of SUSL on 29.11.2020 from 10AM to 1PM in an online platform with the participation of around 60 undergraduates. As a part of this programme CGU allowed participants to submit their CVs for further developments.  

Career Vision Development Programme      

This webinar also conducted for the undergraduates of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences. The purpose of this programme was developing a sound career intention among the 1st year undergraduates of the faculty. The programme was successfully conducted by Mr. Deepal Wijayasekara, Career Advisor of SUSL on 10.12.2020 from 10AM to 1PM. The two programmes conducted for the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences was conducted on request of the faculty.

Series of the Programme Named "Vision for the New Beginning"

As a concept of the Director of CGU, CGU started a series of a programme titled "Vision for the New Beginning". The major scope of this programme series is strengthen 1st year undergraduates for a sound career oriented university life from their very first beginning.

As the first step of this series CGU conducted the webinar for the Faculty of Technology on 10.12.2020 from 10AM to 12Noon with a highly satisfactory volume of participation of the faculty.

As the second step of this series CGU conducted the programme successfully for the undergraduates of the Faculty of Applied Sciences on 30.12.2020 from 10AM to 12Noon.  These programmes were conducted by Mr. Deepal Wijayasekara, Career Advisor of SUSL.

"Vision for the Journey" Programme for the University of Colombo

On an invitation of the Career Guidance Unit (CGU) of University of Colombo, SUSL-CGU conducted a programme for the undergraduates of the University of Colombo on 22.12.2020 from 10AM to 12Noon as a webinar.  The objective of the programme was to build focused career intention and enhance the updated awareness of the world of work among the undergraduates. CGU of SUSL considered this opportunity as rewarded regard for Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. The programme was conducted by Mr. Deepal Wijayasekara, Career Advisor of SUSL.

Accomplishment

Apart from the above programmes, CGU is glade to mention, under an entrepreneurship development programme conducted by CGU in collaboration with the National Enterprise Development Authority (NEDA) under the Ministry of Industry and Commerce named “Upadhidari Vyavasayake Udanaya”, four (04) graduates of SUSL by representing Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Management Studies and Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages received their business development grants (Rs.150,000.00 per each graduate) in order to commence their own business. The award ceremony of this programme was held glamorously on 08 December 2020 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH).