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Are You Ready?
‘11 Rotaract Club
Of
University of Moratuwa
In Collaboration with
Career Guidance Unit
Of
University of Moratuwa
Official Careers Fair
University of Moratuwa
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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PROFESSIONALE 2011
Date: 10th
May 2011
This is a discussion forum in which the undergraduates will learn how to successfullymanage their 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
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.
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Contents of the session
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
Final year batch of the University; participation of approximately 400 final year students
is expected for this event.
Contents of the session
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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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5.0 OUR TEAM
5. 1 ARE YOU READY? COMMITTEE
Project Co-Chairperson
Rtr. Chinthaka Dharmasiri
0778 815637
Project Co-Chairperson
Rtr. Lahiru Bandara Gawarammana
0772 242586
Sponsorship Co-ordination
Rtr. Kimal Wasalathilake
0775 804882
Company Co-ordination
Rtr. Sacheera Feranando
0714 100530
President
Rotaract Club of University of Moratuwa
Rtr. Dilina Fernando
0716 060924
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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
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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)