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Are You Ready?

‘11 Rotaract Club

Of

University of Moratuwa

In Collaboration with

Career Guidance Unit

Of


Official Careers Fair




Are You Ready? 2011 Official Careers Fair

1 University of Moratuwa

Table of Contents

1.0 What is ‘Are you ready?’ 2

1.1 Introduction 2

1.2 Necessity 3

1.3 Objectives 4

1.4 Graduate Recruitment Directory 5

1.5 The Official Website 5

2.0 How Are You Ready? Is going to take place 6

2.1 Program Outline 6

2.2 Events of Are You Ready? 7

3.0 Companies’ role in Are You Ready? 11

3.1 What companies get 11

3.2 How to get involved in Are You Ready? 12

4.0 Why Rotaract Club and Career Guidance Unit 14

5.0 Our Team 15

5.1 Are You Ready? Committee 15

6.0 Appendix 17

6.1 Appendix A: Student Details 17





1.0 WHAT IS ‘ARE YOU READY? ’

1. 1 INTRODUCTION

‘Are You Ready?’ organized by the Rotaract Club of University of Moratuwa in collaboration

with the Career Guidance Unit is a main event in the university calendar which adorns the

careers‟ week of the university. This is so far our 17th

‘Are You Ready?’ since its inception in

1998. In this event mainly all prospective employers are invited to perform mock or real

interviews for the passing out batch of the university. This serves as a pre-qualification for a

future recruitment after the undergraduates receive full qualification. This program also paves

way for employer companies to meet the few excellent students of our university.

This years‟ ‘Are You Ready?’ expands to some fresh and different sessions which are added

to offer exceptional knowledge on areas like career guidance and development of business trends

and ultimately guide our undergraduates towards becoming effective leaders.





1. 2 NECESSITY

The world today is in search of suitable employees and long-lasting employers. In the case of our

undergraduates, it is the lack of awareness about the corporate world and its opportunities, which

needs to be addressed.

The country‟s undergraduate community, though having great potential, has demonstrated a

worrying tendency towards being unaware of the professional etiquettes of the commercial

world. Therefore, the highly productive skills of these youngsters never get exposed to the

business arena.

From the employers‟ perspective, since the profile and capabilities of these graduates are not

highlighted in the right manner, they naturally tend to underestimate their talents and go in

search of better employees. Here, the business world loses the suitable person with the correct

talent. Such situations may very well lead to the unfortunate selection of less capable personnel

for the demanding positions in the corporate sector.

Realizing this gap between the graduates and the corporate leaders, the Rotaract Club of

University of Moratuwa initiated the project, ‘Are You Ready?’, in 1998. Presently, ‘Are You

Ready?’ serves as a solid bridge between talented professionals and demanding businesses,

while contributing a drop of water, every year, to quench the thirst of the Sri Lankan economy.





1. 3 OBJECTIVES

Providing an opportunity for the employers to identify and make the industry aware of

the capabilities of the undergraduates for immediate or future recruitment.

Developing skills of undergraduates and grooming them towards marketing their abilities

and talents successfully and enabling them to face interviews with confidence.

Making the undergraduates aware of the nature of business activities and career prospects

in a wide variety of prestigious organizations, and through this inculcating a strong sense

of career focus.

Build leadership skills of the undergraduates to meet the challenges of the changing

world and guide them towards success. Give the undergraduates an opportunity to

understand the leadership qualities that the industry expects from them and also the

qualities that they should inculcate when driving an organization of their own or even

working as a team.

Enhancing interaction between university and the industry, while strengthening the

existing bonds.





1.4 GRADUATE RECRUITMENT DIRECTORY

Almanac is the official Graduate Recruitment Directory of University of Moratuwa which

contains the details of the graduates as well as the company profiles. It will be released on the

Flagship Day. This will also feature articles, and interesting facts about the industry and

technology. The objective is to provide a thorough knowledge about the employers and job

seekers.

1. 5 THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Meanwhile, the Are You Ready? 2011 official website www.areyouready.uom.lk, plays a

major role in this process.

This will offer the facility for undergraduates of the University of Moratuwa to register for the

Are You Ready? 2011 program and select the companies that they prefer in participating for

the interviews, online.





2.0 HOW ‘ARE YOU READY?’ 2011 IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE

2.1 PROGRAM OUTLINE

Date Session name

9th

of May ( Monday ) Milestone 2011

10th

of May (Tuesday) Professionale 2011

11th of May (Wednesday) iBrand 2011

12th

of May (Thursday) Flagship Day

21st

of May (Saturday) Dining Etiquette and Grooming Workshop





2.2 EVENTS OF ‘ARE YOU READY? ’- 2011

MILESTONE 2011

Date: 9th

of May 2011

This session will be a workshop which will be helpful to brainstorm, explore and develop

the skills that an undergraduate possesses at the same time enabling him to better

comprehend the values he is looking for in a career.

Target Group

Final year batch of the University; participation of approximately 400 final year students

is expected for this event.

Contents of the session

Demonstrations of interviews, addressing common weaknesses made by

undergraduates.

Tips on how to make a presentation in an effective manner.

Guidance to prepare a high impact resume.

Direction in nurturing the 'must have' soft skills of a professional

How to successfully face the challenges of the corporate sector





PROFESSIONALE 2011

Date: 10th

May 2011

This is a discussion forum in which the undergraduates will learn how to successfullymanage their career.

Target Group




Maximizing personal prospects for success at work.

Understanding how to build good interpersonal relationships & effectively network

in a business organization

Recognizing essential people skills for success at work and dealing with conflict

situations or difficult people.

IBRAND 2011

Date: 11th

May 2011

“iBrand” is a workshop which will educate the undergraduate on personal branding and

encourage him to become a person of value.

Target Group

This will be an open workshop for all the undergraduates in the university.






Elements of personal branding

Tips on how to brand yourself

Identifying the true potential in yourself

FLAGSHIP DAY

Date: 12th

May 2011

This is the main event of ‘Are You Ready? programme, in which the prospective

employers‟ role comes into play. The employers are given the opportunity to interviewthe skilful and capable undergraduates of the university. This will be a great opportunity

for the employers to reach the undergraduates of the University and to increase the

interaction with them.

Target Group




Mock or Real interviews will be conducted in a way that it would be very beneficial

for the students for future endeavours.

The performance of the interviewees will be evaluated and presented then and there,

in order for the students to gauge their performances.





DINING ETIQUETTE AND GROOMING WORKSHOP

Date: 21st May 2011

This program focuses on the customs and rules of polite behaviour at professional

standards.

The hands-on workshop consists of sessions targeting professional grooming and

dining etiquette.

The workshop is open for the entire University





3.0 THE ROLE OF COMPANIES IN ‘ARE YOU READY?’

3.1 WHAT COMPANIES GET?

By being interviewers, employer companies get the opportunities to interview the few excellent

students of our country and choose those who are best suited for their organizations.

Since this is the foremost event of the university with the highest participation of students and

industry, this would be the finest occasion to reach the undergraduates of the university and

increase the awareness about your organization.

Organizations will get the opportunity to give the undergraduates an inspiration about their

company through presentations and banners.

The companies can make the entire university aware about them and their role in the industry

and generate an effective recognition among university students.





3.2 HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN ‘ARE YOU READY? ’

SENDING AN INTERVIEWING PANEL:

We would greatly appreciate if the participating company could assist us in contributing towards

the organizing expenses by providing a sum of Rs.7500.00 when registering for the program.

(See attachments for the Registration form). Along with the registration form, companies have to

send a brief description about them, so that it will be published in the Almanac (See section 1.4),

our official directory, for the students to get more details about your organization.

THE INTERVIEWING PANEL AND ITS ROLE:

It would be appreciated if your company could offer us with one or more standard interview

panels, and each panel should comprise of personnel from different areas of expertise at

senior/tactical managerial levels. Each panel should conduct state-of-the-art interviews for a

minimum of 10 students in the pre-lunch session.

The feedback we get from the interview panels will be given to the interviewees at the end of the

program.





THE INTERVIEW:

A single interview may take around 15 minutes. Preferably, candidates should be tested for the

following area of conduct

Communication and interpersonal skills

Managerial potential

Leadership, self confidence and motivation

Academic knowledge

Extra-curricular profile

Attitude towards teamwork etc.

After each interview the panel will evaluate each candidate‟s performance and will forward their

views in a standard form.

BEING OUR VALUED PARTNERS

Here the companies are offered with several packages; Platinum, Gold and Silver.

Platinum Partners: Rs. 200,000 Gold Partners: Rs. 180,000

Silver Partners: Rs. 150,000

Banner: Rs. 10,000 per day

For further details please refer the attachment regarding Sponsorship schemes.





4.0 WHY ROTARACT CLUB AND CAREER GUIDANCE UNIT?

The Rotaract Club of University of Moratuwa, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Colombo West,

is the first institution based Rotaract Club in Sri Lanka. It was initiated in 1995 with a

membership of 16 which has since become the club with the largest membership in the

University. And it is one of the most dynamic clubs in the university as well. In 1998, „Are You

Ready?‟ emerged as the brainchild of the Rotaract Club. Since then the Rotaract Club, recently

hand in hand with the Career Guidance Unit has produced 16 consecutive „Are You Ready?‟

programs. It has become the most sought after professional development program in the

university calendar year, gaining recognition even from outside the university by winning

Rotaract District Award for Best Professional Development project ten consecutive times and the

Rotary International Citation for Outstanding Professional Development Program.

The Career Guidance Unit (CGU) of University of Moratuwa, established in year 2000 is the

entity devoted to provide career guidance services to the students of the University of Moratuwa

and is one of the leading professional development movements within the university. The Career

Guidance Unit mainly focuses on improving the communication skills, leadership skills and

general administration skills of the students.

Thus, we sincerely believe that the 17th consecutive „Are You Ready?‟ program, with its addedfeatures relevant to meeting the challenges in the modern industrial world, will make a

significant contribution in enhancing the employability and professional development of the

undergraduates in the University of Moratuwa as well as assisting the corporate sector to

distinguish the cream of Sri Lanka‟s best graduates. As such, we thrive to bring together

university undergraduates and the corporate sector making both of them satisfied at the

facilitation of the opportunity to integrate.





5.0 OUR TEAM

5. 1 ARE YOU READY? COMMITTEE

Project Co-Chairperson

Rtr. Chinthaka Dharmasiri

0778 815637

[email protected]

Project Co-Chairperson

Rtr. Lahiru Bandara Gawarammana

0772 242586

[email protected]

Sponsorship Co-ordination

Rtr. Kimal Wasalathilake

0775 804882

[email protected]

Company Co-ordination

Rtr. Sacheera Feranando

0714 100530

[email protected]

President

Rotaract Club of University of Moratuwa

Rtr. Dilina Fernando

0716 060924

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]



















6.0 APPENDIX

6.1 APPENDIX A: STUDENT DETAILS

The candidates in the passing out batch will be from one of the following disciplines:

Chemical & Process Engineering

Civil Engineering

Computer Science & Engineering

Earth Resources Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Electronic & Telecommunications Engineering

Materials Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Textile & Clothing Technology

Information Technology

Textile Design

Quantity Surveying

Town and Country Planning

Facilities Management





In addition, a fair proportion of these graduates would be possessing additional qualifications of

a professional nature such as:

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)

Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

Institute of Chartered Accountants Sri Lanka (ICASL)

Australian Computer Society (ACS)

British Computer Society (BCS)

Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT)

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

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