“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today” – Malcom X
Moving out of academics and stepping into the corporate world is not an easy transition, this is mainly because of lack of knowledge on employer expectations and other necessary soft skills.
The chances of a graduate making this transition smoothly ;or at all, are slim indeed if the said graduate has no idea whatsoever as to how to make a proper CV or how to face an interview.
This is where Future Challenge; a Professional Development program organized by the Rotaract Club of Faculty of Science, University of Colombo comes into the lives of our Science undergraduates. Future Challenge provides the opportunity for graduates to gain the necessary soft skills as well as test them out and hone these skills before finally facing an interview and stepping into their corporate lives.
Future challenge was successfully organized for the 13th consecutive year in 2018 and was conducted in three phases; Workshop, Mock interviews and Career fair, with MAS capital as the platinum sponsor for Future Challenge 2018.
The Workshop phase was held on the 5th of January at the Main Library Auditorium, University of Colombo with participation of about 150 graduates. The workshop was conducted by MAS capital and Virtusa about CV writing and IT industry.
The second phase, Mock interviews were held to prepare undergraduates to face corporate interviews and build their confidence prior to the career day. It was conducted on the 10th by MAS capital and was successfully concluded with the participation of many applicants.
Finally the Career fair was held on the 12th of January at the Faculty of Science premises. Eleven of Sri Lanka’s foremost corporate bodies; MAS holdings, Great place to work, Stax Inc., IFS, Ceylon tobacco company PLC., Decathlon, Codegen, Unilever, Morison PLC., Virtusa and GSK participated conducting interviews for over 250 applicants that applied and got selected from over 1000 applications and held walk-in interviews for those trying their luck, promising amazing Job opportunities.
Interviews were conducted for a variety of jobs scoping different fields of study, even though one may not have landed a dream job, everyone left with a wealth of knowledge and soft skills that would definitely lay a solid foundation for a successful corporate life.
Future challenge gives undergraduates the rare opportunity of making a smooth transition into the corporate world with tips and advice provided by the very people they aspire to be in the future.
On a finishing note, something to always keep in mind is that,
“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them”.
~ Written by Toshima Alexander ~
Links to Photo Albums;
- Workshop Day – https://goo.gl/uFwKjA
- Mock Interview Session – https://goo.gl/7c5ZMW
- Career Day – https://goo.gl/VWJuEv
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