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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Ms. Iyanthi Pramodya Wickramasinghe

Demonstrator

Career Guidance Unit, Faculty of Arts

Working Committee Department Representatives

Rev. M. Amarawansa Thero

Department of Buddhist Studies

Dr. Chaminda Padmakumara

Department of International Relations

Mr. Osanda Gunaratne

Department of Sinhala

Mr. P. Krishanthan

Department of Geography

Mr. U. L. Ameer

Islamic Civilization Unit

Ms. Anuradha Senanayake

Department of Sociology

Ms. Ashani N. Fernando

Department of Economics

Ms. Chalika S. Thangaraja

Journalism Unit

Ms. Irangi Samarakoon

Department of Demography

Ms. A.D.Maneesha Ruwanpathirana

Department of Political Science & Public Policy

Ms. Nideka Nanayakkara

Department of History

Ms. D. Y. Sandaru Diwakara

Department of English Language Teaching

Ms. Shalini Abayasekara

Department of English

Ms. Prabha Alagiyawadu

Computer Teaching Unit

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

‘The winning mindset’ session

Get registered for the ‘The winning mindset’ session organized by the Career Guidance Unit, University of Colombo.

Registration link : https://forms.gle/ifFPDwUythFdeEEq6

Youth Skills & Employability in New Normal

නව සාමාන්‍යකරණ තත්වය තුළ තරුණ කුසලතා සහ සේවා නියුක්තිය

Link to access zoom recordings

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17x2SZmqNUj6MuRLYwVt_Md3GOSjY6Q3I/view?usp=sharing

21st August 2021 (Saturday)

09.00 am – 11.00 am

On ZOOM

For Faculty of Arts Undergraduates and other Faculties

විශේෂිත වැඩමුලුව ඔබ සඳහාමයි.

Registrations are on a first-come-first-served basis.
ලියාපදිංචිවන මුල්ම සිසුන් 300 දෙනාට මෙයට සහභාගී වීමට අවස්ථාව උදාවේ.
Please register before 19th August 2021

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/o2mzoeC3XSambBzq9

Zoom link will be sent for registered students on 20th August 2021.

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

For further details contact: cgu@arts.cmb.ac.lk
Ms. Iyanthi Wickramasinghe – 0717255779
Mr. Saman Wanasinghe – 0718140130

Beyond Belief – Let’s Change Our Destiny – සිත් සීමාවෙන් ඔබ්බට – වෙනස් කරමු අපි අපේ දෛවය

Organized by
Career Guidance Unit
Faculty of Arts
University of Colombo

IELTS preparation programme for Academics

“Live With Passion”

Personal Development & Motivational webinar to uplift the necessary soft skills of undergraduates to succeed in personal, professional & university life.

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/pL2nJ4sqsVt7nynd7

Speaker: Mr.Athula Kithsiri

MBA (PIM), B.Sc Business Administration (USJ), PG Dip in Mkt, UK, MCIM, Chartered Marketer
Senior Corporate Trainer / University Lecturer

Date: 25th June 2021

Time: 9.30 am to 11.00am

Mood: Zoom

Zoom link will be shared after the registration.

Thank you

Iyanthi Wickramasinghe

Demonstrator

Career Guidance Unit

Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo

P.O. Box 1490, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka

Contact Me

Mobile : (+94) 71 7255779 | Email : iyanthicgu@arts.cmb.ac.lk

CLOSING SESSION

THE SMART CORPORATE

BUSINESS ETIQUETTE

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP

18th June 2021
08.45 am – 11.00 am

For Faculty of Arts 2^nd, 3^rd & 4^th Year Undergraduates
Students from other faculties can register and join via zoom.

විශේෂිත වැඩමුලුව ඔබ සඳහාමයි.
Language – English and Sinhala

Zoom Link: https://aicpa.zoom.us/j/98005797570?pwd=SHhLWWgxZ0tRQVRSVUhYOVlWSVVRZz09

Password: 550313

Life after University?
Face it with Confidence!

Armed with your degree you will soon enter the world out there. Whatever job you plan to do, either as an employee or even if you are self-employed, remember that you are your own Brand.

This session with veteran Corporate Etiquette Trainer Kumar de Silva will prepare you to face that world with great confidence. Taking you through the paces of both the dos and the don’ts, it will help you enhance your brand as you journey on in life.

Please register before 16th June 2021
Registration Link (පළමු හා දෙවන දිනයන් සඳහා ලියාපදිංචි වූ සිසුන්, තෙවන/ අවසාන දිනය සඳහා නැවත ලියාපදිංචි වීම අවශ්‍ය නොවේ.) : https://forms.gle/72VTqQSRtXWv9Ao46

Zoom link will be sent on the 17th June 2021 for registered students

1000 students can join (සිසුන් 1000කට සහභාගී විය හැක)

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

Ms. Iyanthi Wickramasinghe – 0717255779
Mr. Saman Wanasinghe – 0718140130

Beyond Belief – Let’s Change Our Destiny
සිත් සීමාවෙන් ඔබ්බට – වෙනස් කරමු අපි අපේ දෛවය

Organized by

Career Guidance Unit
Faculty of Arts
University of Colombo

THE SMART CORPORATE

BUSINESS ETIQUETTE

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP

විශේෂිත වැඩමුලුව ඔබ සඳහාමයි.
Language – English and Sinhala

Life after University?
Face it with Confidence!

Armed with your degree you will soon enter the world out there. Whatever job you plan to do, either as an employee or even if you are self-employed, remember that you are your own Brand.

09th & 10th June 2021
08.45 am – 11.00 am

For Faculty of Arts 2^nd, 3^rd & 4^th Year Undergraduates
Students from other faculties can register and join via zoom.

Please register before 07^th June 2021
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/72VTqQSRtXWv9Ao46
Zoom link will be sent on the 08^th June 2021 for registered students

1000 students can join (සිසුන් 1000කට සහභාගී විය හැක)

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

Ms. Iyanthi Wickramasinghe – 0717255779
Mr. Saman Wanasinghe – 0718140130

Beyond Belief – Let’s Change Our Destiny
සිත් සීමාවෙන් ඔබ්බට – වෙනස් කරමු අපි අපේ දෛවය

Organized by

Career Guidance Unit
Faculty of Arts
University of Colombo

SOFT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WEEK

මෘදු කුසලතා සංවර්ධන වැඩමුළු සතිය

07^th & 08^th June 2021
For Faculty of Arts 2^nd, 3^rd & 4^th Year Undergraduates and other Faculties

විශේෂිත වැඩමුලුව ඔබ සඳහාමයි.

Link to access zoom recordings – https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ccWyFfPgfjaMUIemMzRLBzVXvbgNDV_-?usp=sharing

Registrations are on a first-come first-served basis. ලියාපදිංචිවන මුල්ම සිසුන් 200 දෙනාට මෙයට සහභාගී වීමට අවස්ථාව උදාවේ.

Please register before 05^th June 2021
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/72VTqQSRtXWv9Ao46 (Same link for both workshops)
Zoom link will be sent on the 06^th June 2021 for registered students.

CV WRITING WORKSHOP
VIRTUAL WORKSHOP 01

Date: 07^th June 2021
Time: 08.45am – 12.00pm

INTERVIEW FACING WORKSHOP
VIRTUAL WORKSHOP 02

Date: 08^th June 2021
Time: 08.45am – 12.00pm

For further details contact: cgu@arts.cmb.ac.lk
Ms. Iyanthi Wickramasinghe – 0717255779
Mr. Saman Wanasinghe – 0718140130

Beyond Belief – Let’s Change Our Destiny – සිත් සීමාවෙන් ඔබ්බට – වෙනස් කරමු අපි අපේ දෛවය

Organized by

Career Guidance Unit
Faculty of Arts
University of Colombo

How to make money in the share market?

කොටස් වෙළෙඳපො ළෙන් මුදල් උපයමු

Link of the zoom recording of this workshop :

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-0qadny_GpNms_m4wDhU27V6PLT7fnwD?usp=sharing

For Faculty of Arts, 2^nd, 3^rd & 4^th Year Undergraduates

විශේෂිත වැඩමුලුව ඔබ සඳහාමයි.

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP

Date: 24^th May 2021
Time: 03.00 p.m. – 06.00 p.m.

Please register before 22^nd May 2021
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/WqYryKavyCKSYUcQA
Zoom link will be sent on the 23^rd May 2021 for registered students.

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

Beyond Belief – Let’s Change Our Destiny – සිත් සීමාවෙන් ඔබ්බට – වෙනස් කරමු අපි අපේ දෛවය

For further details contact: cgu@arts.cmb.ac.lk
Ms. Iyanthi Wickramasinghe – 0717255779
Mr. Saman Wanasinghe – 0718140130

Become an Excellent Entrepreneur and a Successful Professional

STAY TUNED

Career Guidance Unit, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo

Become an Excellent Entrepreneur and a Successful Professional

විශිෂ්ට ව්‍යවසායකයෙකු සහ අභිමානවත් වෘත්තීය වේදියකු වීමට අත්වැලක්

Save the dates and time today
දින සහ කාලය වෙන් කරගන්න

අදම ලියාපදිංචි වන්න

ඒ ඒ වැඩමුළුව සඳහා වෙන වෙනම ලියාපදිංචි වීම අත්‍යවශ්‍ය වේ. ලියාපදිංචි වීමේ ලින්කුව අදාළ වැඩසටහන අසළින් සඳහන් කොට ඇත.

Workshops/ Programmes for the Month of May

Make Money Online – මාර්ගගතඅර්ධකාලීනඉපැයුම් ක්‍රම පිළිබඳ දැනුවත් වෙමු. අන්තර්ජාලයෙන් මුදල් උපයමු.
Reg. Link: https://forms.gle/1Zget5aq1Bj8xgLT6
Dates: 11^{th &}13^thMay 2021 – 9.00 am – 1.00 pm
Mindfulness for Building Executive Capacity – දැවැන්තවෙනසකට සතිමත් බව

Reg. Link: https://forms.gle/dzDPTsowYnh9Q2H69

Date: 17^th May 2021

8.15 am -10.00 am

How to make money in the share market? – කොටස්වෙලඳපොලෙන්මුදල් උපයමු

Reg. Link: https://forms.gle/WqYryKavyCKSYUcQA
Date: 24^thMay 2021

3.00 pm -6.00 pm

Workshops/ Programmes for the Month of June

Soft skills workshop week – මෘදුකුසලතාවැඩි දියුණු කිරීමේ වැඩමුළු මාලාව

Reg. Link: https://forms.gle/72VTqQSRtXWv9Ao46

How to write/design your CV – 7^thJune 2021
Interview skills – “How to face an interview successfully” – 8^thJune 2021
3. Presentation skills for professional life -9^th June 2021

4. Personal grooming & Business etiquette – Part 1 -10^th June 2021
5. Personal grooming & Business etiquette – Part 2 -11^th June 2021
2. Youth skills and employability in new normal – නව සාමාන්‍යකරණ තත්වය තුළ තරුණ කුසලතා සහ සේවා නියුක්තිය

Reg. Link: https://forms.gle/o2mzoeC3XSambBzq9
Date: 15^th June 2021

Workshops/ Programmes for the Month of July

How to become an Excellent Entrepreneur and a Successful Professional – Part 3 – විශිෂ්ටව්‍යවසායකයෙකුසහ අභිමානවත් වෘත්තීය වේදියකු වීමට අත්වැලක් – තෙවන වැඩසටහන් මාලාව

Reg. Link: https://forms.gle/vfVKxsvyWP6RZY936
Date: 14^th July 2021

Beyond Belief – Let’s Change Our Destiny – සිත් සීමාවෙන් ඔබ්බට – වෙනස් කරමු අපි අපේ දෛවය

Organized by

Career Guidance Unit
Faculty of Arts
University of Colombo

For further details contact: cgu@arts.cmb.ac.lk
Ms. Iyanthi Wickramasinghe – 0717255779
Mr. Saman Wanasinghe – 0718140130

MINDFULNESS FOR A SUCCESSFUL LIFE

සාර්ථක ජීවිතයකට සතිය

Link of the zoom recording: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oyuyEks7Ug-Ri2O7pGi5ROt-jfz6qAP8?usp=sharing

To be aware of this moment, let go of the past and the future…
A disturbed mind sees very little…

For Faculty of Arts, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd & 4^th Year Undergraduates

විශේෂිත වැඩමුලුව ඔබ සඳහාමයි.

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP

Date: 17^th May 2021
Time: 8.15 a.m. -10.00 a.m.

Please register before 15^th May 2021
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/dzDPTsowYnh9Q2H69
Zoom link will be sent on the 16^th May 2021 for registered students.

If you have any questions regarding “Mindfulness” please let us know before hand, so that the session can be more effective on you.

Beyond Belief – Let’s Change Our Destiny – සිත් සීමාවෙන් ඔබ්බට – වෙනස් කරමු අපි අපේ දෛවය

For further details contact: cgu@arts.cmb.ac.lk
Ms. Iyanthi Wickramasinghe – 0717255779
Mr. Saman Wanasinghe – 0718140130

අන්තර්ජාලයෙන් මුදල් උපයමු

MAKE MONEY ONLINE
විශේෂිත වැඩමුලුව ඔබ සඳහාමයි.

Dear student,

Link of the zoom recording of this workshop :

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ywJjmnZhSmA4oOllKCq8mJHH2EZyWeSj?usp=sharing

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.

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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.

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

Ms. Iyanthi Wickramasinghe – 0717255779

Mr. Saman Wanasinghe – 0718140130

How to Become a Successful Entrepreneur?

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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

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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.)