Career Guidance Unit (CGU)

Introduction

The Career Guidance Unit (CGU) of the Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, offers a variety of services ranging from guidance on future careers, capacity building, skills development, mentoring programmes, job search programmes and to career fairs. The unit functions directly under the Dean of the Faculty of Arts.

Objectives

To develop relations between the University and the employment sector in a mutually beneficial way.
To help undergraduates in choosing and progressing on an optimal career path, based on their ability, desire and available opportunities.
To create an environment where students identify personality development in themselves to satisfy the professional expectations.
To help undergraduates obtain an orientation to the employment sector and develop transferable skills such as effective communication, leadership, teamwork, and management so that a productive and an efficient member is produced for the work force.
To introduce the students to the world of work and dynamics.

Staff

Director:

W. M. Saman Wanasinghe

Senior Lecturer

Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Arts

Contact details: 0718140130

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Student Information

Entrepreneurship Workshop Session – 3

Registration link : https://forms.gle/BPtCVrZ1zUaoS1m59

Registration for Entrepreneurship Skill Development Workshop

Conducted by the Career Guidance Unit, University of Colombo

Soft Skills Workshop Webinar Series by John Keells Foundation:

Notices

අන්තර්ජාලයෙන් මුදල් උපයමු

MAKE MONEY ONLINE
විශේෂිත වැඩමුලුව ඔබ සඳහාමයි.

Dear student,

The Career Guidance Unit, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo has organized a virtual workshop series named “අන්තර්ජාලයෙන් මුදල් උපයමු – MAKE MONEY ONLINE”.

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP

Dates: 11^th & 13^th May 2021

Time: From 08.45 a.m. to 01.00 p.m.

Open for: Faculty of Arts, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd & 4^th Year Undergraduates (Students from other faculties also can join.)

Registrations are on a first-come first-served.

ලියාපදිංචිවන මුල්ම සිසුන් 200 දෙනාට මෙයට සහභාගී වීමට අවස්ථාව උදාවේ.

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/XJbPoadJvFouoeLU9
Please register before 09^th May 2021.

Zoom link will be sent on 10^th May 2021 for registered students

වැඩමුළු අන්තර්ගතය

ඔබේ ස්මාර්ට් දුරකතනය භාවිතයෙන් මුදල් උපයන විදි
අන්තර්ජාලය භාවිතයෙන් මුදල් උපයන ක්‍රම සහ විදි
ඔබගේ දැනුම අලෙවි කළ හැකි විදි
ඔබගේ කුසලතා අන්තර්ජාලය හරහා මුදල් කරමු
වියදමක් නැතුව ඔබේම ඊ බිස්නස් එකක් පටන් ගන්න සරලම විදි

Career Guidance Unit, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo ෆේස්බුක් පිටුව හරහාද ඔබට සම්බන්ධ විය හැක.

Page Link: https://www.facebook.com/Career-Guidance-Unit-Faculty-of-Arts-University-of-Colombo-103198138602250

or further details contact: cgu@arts.cmb.ac.lk

Ms. Iyanthi Wickramasinghe – 0717255779

Mr. Saman Wanasinghe – 0718140130

How to Become a Successful Entrepreneur?

Registration Link –

https://forms.gle/irgjNDMQErqPyBBMA

Join Zoom Meeting
https://learn.zoom.us/j/63287346170?pwd=SHZ4UmVLSmcvY2xUUTdkNi9ZS0k3UT09

How to Become a Successful Entrepreneur?

Aim

· Personal experience of becoming an entrepreneur, challenges and how to face them

· Motivating young undergraduates on entrepreneurship

Target Audience– Undergraduates of University of

Registration Link –

https://forms.gle/irgjNDMQErqPyBBMA

Join Zoom Meeting
https://learn.zoom.us/j/63287346170?pwd=SHZ4UmVLSmcvY2xUUTdkNi9ZS0k3UT09

How to Become a Successful Entrepreneur?

Aim

· Personal experience of becoming an entrepreneur, challenges and how to face them

· Motivating young undergraduates on entrepreneurship

Target Audience– Undergraduates of University of Colombo

Speakers– Mr Anuj Agrawal (MD/ Gyan Dairy, India) Starting small in 2007, Today Gyan is the biggest private dairy in Uttar Pradesh.

Owing to Mr Anuj’s consistent efforts, Gyan had access to world-class technology right From day one and ensured the success and profitability of the company in the first year. He is the Chairman of the CII YI (Young Indians) and a member of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s Champions of Change mission. Mr Anuj is a regular at several management programmes at Oxford, Harvard, and other leading universities. In 2016, he was honoured with the ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award’ at the ‘Brand India Summit’.

Ms. Indrani Fernando – Chairperson/ The Women’s Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Chairperson/ Philips hospital

BECOME AN EXCELLENT ENTREPRENEUR – Workshop Series 02 on How to Launch your Business (ස්වකීය ව්‍යාපාර සිහිනයට අත්වැලක්)

හිතවත් විද්‍යාර්ථයිනි,

“විශිෂ්ට ව්‍යවසායකයෙකු වන්න – ඔබේ ව්‍යාපාරය දියත් කරන්නේ කෙසේද?” යන මැයෙන් වැඩමුළු මාලාවක් ශාස්ත්‍ර පීඨ වෘත්තීය මාර්ගෝපදේශන ඒකකය විසින් ජාතික ව්‍යවසාය සංවර්ධන අධිකාරියේ (NEDA) සහයෝගයද ඇතිව සංවිධානය කර ඇත.

වැඩිදුර විස්තර

කොළඹ විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ ශාස්ත්‍ර පීඨයේ තෙවන හා සිව්වන වසරයන්හි විද්‍යාර්ථයින්ට මෙයට සහභාගී විය හැක.

වැඩමුළු පහකින් සමන්විත වේ.

2021 අප්‍රේල් මස 07, 16, 20, 22 සහ 27 වන දිනයන්හි වැඩමුළු පැවැත්වේ.

Zoom තාක්ශණය ඔස්සේ ඔන්ලයින් ක්‍රමයට සියළු වැඩමුළු පැවැත්වේ.

මෙම ලින්ක් එක හරහා පූර්ව ලියාපදිංචි වීම අනිවාර්ය වේ. https://forms.gle/8yrsobwhMbsJBMvM6 (ඉඩකඩ සීමිත බැවින් මුල්ම ලියාපදිංචිවන්නන් හට ප්‍රමුඛත්වය ලබා දෙනු ඇත.)

ලියාපදිංචි විය හැකි අවසන් දිනය 2021 අප්‍රේල් මස 05 වන දින වේ. (ලියාපදිංචි වූ සිසුන් සඳහා වැඩමුලුවට අදාළ Zoom link 2021 අප්‍රේල් මස 06 වන දින එවනු ලැබේ.)

Dear Undergraduates,

Workshop series on “BECOME AN EXCELLENT ENTREPRENEUR – How to Launch your Business” is organized by the Career Guidance Unit, Faculty of Arts in collaboration with the National Enterprise Development Authority (NEDA).

DETAILS

Open for: 3rd year and 4th year undergraduates of Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo
Number of Sessions: Five (05)
Dates: 07th, 16th, 20th, 22nd & 27th April 2021
Platform: Online – Zoom Meetings
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/8yrsobwhMbsJBMvM6 (Registrations are on a first-come first-served basis as availabilities are limited)
Deadline for registration: 05th April 2021 (Zoom link will be sent on 06th April 2021 for registered students.)