The Department of Human Resource Management of the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna and the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management Sri Lanka (CIPM Sri Lanka) conducted an online seminar for young talents on the 23rd of May 2021 from 10.00 am to 12.30 pm. This event was held according to the Memorandum of Understanding signed between CIPM Sri Lanka and the Faculty of Business Studies, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna. The Students of the Faculty of Business Studies and other external participants actively participated. The main objective of this seminar is to enlighten the knowledge of the youths to choose their career path wisely.
The Dean of the Faculty of Business Studies, Dr. Y. Nanthagopan, has commenced the programme with his welcoming address. Then the professional courses available at CIPM Sri Lanka were discussed by Mr. Anushka Earskin, the Head of Business School CIPM. Mr. Gihan Swaris, the Head of Human Resources & Sustainable Business – Verger Naturals, was the resource person for this event. He has discussed the participants’ career opportunities and given some guidelines to develop the career path for youth. The participants were actively taking part in the discussions and raising their doubts, and the officials were enthusiastically clarifying the doubts of the participants. The whole session was informative and interesting, signaling that more participants of the seminar were willing to pursue the online CIPM Courses.