“Your professional development is a journey sculpted by deliberate planning, constant adaptation, and a commitment to lifelong learning.” – Tony Robbins
In the realm of professional development initiatives, the Rotaract Clubs of various universities have consistently demonstrated an unwavering commitment to preparing students for their future careers. These initiatives not only bridge the gap between academic knowledge and practical skills but also serve as platforms for students to explore job opportunities and gain valuable insights from industry professionals. Let’s delve into the exceptional achievements of the top four clubs in this category.
Gold – Project “Future Challenge” by the Rotaract Club of Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
The Rotaract Club of Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, takes the gold award for its exceptional professional development initiative, ‘Future Challenge.’ Since its inception in 2005, this program has been a beacon of transformative learning, seamlessly integrating academic knowledge with practical corporate insights. In its 20th consecutive year, ‘Future Challenge 2023-24’ received the prestigious Gold Award for the “Most Exceptionally Executed Professional Development Initiative” at the 33rd Rotaract District Assembly in July 2023. The four phases of impact, ranging from virtual panel discussions to physical mock interviews, showcase the program’s comprehensive approach to preparing students for their professional journey. Looking ahead, the upcoming ‘Future Challenge 2023-24’ is strategically planned with interactive panel discussions, workshops, and career fairs, continuing its legacy of shaping the professional journey of students.Silver – Project “Are You Ready?” by the Rotaract Club of University of Moratuwa
The Rotaract Club of University of Moratuwa secures the silver award with its annual career fair, “Are You Ready?” This event, spanning over 26 years, has evolved into a comprehensive platform for more than 1000 undergraduates to explore job opportunities and enhance their professional skills. The event, featuring dynamic sub-projects such as resume-checking sessions, webinars on various career fields, and a flagship fair simulating a corporate atmosphere, reflects the club’s dedication to guiding students toward successful careers. The overarching goal of “Are You Ready?” is to help undergraduates confidently pursue their career aspirations by providing guidance and bridging the gap between academia and the business world.
Bronze – Project “What Next?” by the Rotaract Club of University of Colombo Faculty of Management and Finance & Project “Pioneers” by the Rotaract Club of University of Kelaniya
The bronze award goes to the organizers of the “What Next? Career Expo-2023, organized by RAUOCFMF an event that not only showcased career prospects for Management students at the University but also drew significant business sponsors, including ‘MAS Holdings,’ ‘Rizing,’ and ‘Unilever’. The event’s success was evident in the long queues for walk-in interviews and the engagement of company representatives. The collaborative efforts of committee and non-committee volunteers, coupled with the spirit of hard work and commitment, marked the event’s triumph. The feedback from company representatives highlighted the positive impact of the “What Next?” career expo, emphasizing its unique and victorious style.Pioneers a project initiiated by the Rotaract Club of University of Kelaniya is another initiative that was recognized at the 33rd Rotaract District Assembly. This initiative was focused on finding innovative solutions, through Rotaractors; undergraduate students who are the youth to the prevailing environmental, economic, and social issues. The submissions were showcased, and they were judged by a panel of professionals while also awarding the winners with massive prizes so that they could enhance their innovations. In conclusion, these Rotaract Clubs have set the standard for exceptionally executed professional development initiatives, providing students with the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to thrive in the competitive world of work.
Professional Development ක්ෂේත්රය තුළ, විවිධ විශ්ව විද්යාලවල Rotaract සමාජ සිසුන්ගේ අනාගත වෘත්තීන් සඳහා ඔවුන් සූදානම් කිරීම සඳහා නොසැලෙන කැපවීමක් නිරන්තරයෙන් පෙන්නුම් කරයි. මෙම මුල පිරීම් අධ්යාපනික දැනුම සහ ප්රායෝගික කුසලතා අතර පරතරය පියවනවා පමණක් නොව සිසුන්ට රැකියා අවස්ථා ගවේෂණය කිරීමට සහ කර්මාන්ත වෘත්තිකයන්ගෙන් වටිනා අවබෝධයක් ලබා ගැනීමට වේදිකාවක් ලෙසද ක්රියා කරයි. Gold – Project “Future Challenge” by the Rotaract Club of Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
කොළඹ විශ්ව විද්යාලයේ විද්යා පීඨයේ Rotaract සමාජය, එහි සුවිශේෂී වෘත්තීය සංවර්ධන මුලපිරීම වන ‘Future Challenge’ වෙනුවෙන් රන් සම්මානයෙන් පිදුම් ලැබීය. 2005 ආරම්භයේ සිට, මෙම වැඩසටහන පරිවර්තනීය ඉගෙනීමේ ආලෝකයක් වන අතර, ප්රායෝගික ආයතනික බුද්ධිය සමඟ ශාස්ත්රීය දැනුම බාධාවකින් තොරව ඒකාබද්ධ කරයි. එහි අඛණ්ඩ 20 වැනි වසර තුළ ‘Future Challenge 2023-24’ 2023 ජූලි මස 33 වැනි Rotaract දිස්ත්රික් සමුළුවේදී Most Exceptionally Executed Professional Development Initiative සඳහා ගෞරවනීය රන් සම්මානය ලබා ගත්තේය. මෙහි අදියර හතර, ඔවුන්ගේ වෘත්තීය ගමන සඳහා සිසුන් සූදානම් කිරීමට වැඩසටහනේ විස්තීර්ණ ප්රවේශය ප්රදර්ශනය කිරීම සඳහා මාර්ගගත මණ්ඩල සාකච්ඡාවන් සිට භොතික සම්මුඛ සාකච්ඡා දක්වා විහිදේ. ඉදිරිය දෙස බලන විට, එළඹෙන ‘Future Challenge 2023-24’ ශිෂ්යයින්ගේ වෘත්තීය ගමන හැඩගැස්වීමේ උරුමය අඛණ්ඩව පවත්වා ගනිමින් අන්තර් ක්රියාකාරී මණ්ඩල සාකච්ඡා, වැඩමුළු සහ වෘත්තීය ප්රදර්ශන සමඟ උපායශීලීව සැලසුම් කර ඇත.
Silver – Project “Are You Ready?” by the Rotaract Club of University of Moratuwa
මොරටුව විශ්ව විද්යාලයේ Rotaract සමාජය වාර්ෂික රැකියාපොළ වන “Are You Ready?” සමඟින් රිදී සම්මානය ලබා ගනී. වසර 26ක් පුරා දිවයන මෙම උත්සවය උපාධි අපේක්ෂකයින් 1000කට වැඩි පිරිසකට රැකියා අවස්ථා ගවේෂණය කිරීමට සහ ඔවුන්ගේ වෘත්තීය කුසලතා වැඩි දියුණු කිරීමට පුළුල් වේදිකාවක් බවට පරිණාමය වී ඇත. නැවත ආරම්භ කිරීම පරීක්ෂා කිරීමේ සැසි, විවිධ වෘත්තීය ක්ෂේත්රවල webinars සහ ආයතනික වාතාවරණයක් අනුකරණය කරන ප්රමුඛ පෙළේ පොළක් වැනි ගතික උප ව්යාපෘති ඇතුළත් මෙම උත්සවය සිසුන් සාර්ථක වෘත්තීන් කරා යොමු කිරීමට සමාජයේ කැපවීම පිළිබිඹු කරයි. “Are You Ready?”හි මූලික ඉලක්කය අධ්යාපනික හා ව්යාපාරික ලෝකය අතර ඇති පරතරය අවම කිරීම සහ මගපෙන්වීම ලබා දීමෙන් උපාධි අපේක්ෂකයින්ට ඔවුන්ගේ වෘත්තීය අභිලාෂයන් විශ්වාසයෙන් යුතුව කරගෙන යාමට උපකාර කිරීමයි.Bronze – Project “What Next?” by the Rotaract Club of University of Colombo Faculty of Management and Finance & Project “Pioneers” by the Rotaract Club of University of Kelaniya
ලෝකඩ සම්මානය RAUOCFMF විසින් සංවිධානය කරන ලද “What Next? Career Expo-2023 සංවිධායකයින්ට හිමි වූ අතර එය විශ්ව විද්යාලයේ කළමනාකරණ සිසුන් සඳහා වෘත්තීය අපේක්ෂාවන් ප්රදර්ශනය කළා පමණක් නොව, මේ සඳහා ‘MAS Holdings’, ‘Rizing’ සහ ‘Uniliver’ ඇතුළු සැලකිය යුතු ව්යාපාරික අනුග්රාහකයන් ලෙස කටයුතු කළෝය. මෙම උත්සවයේ සාර්ථකත්වය Walk-in සම්මුඛ පරීක්ෂණ සඳහා දිගු පෝලිම් සහ සමාගම් නියෝජිතයින්ගේ සහභාගීත්වය තුළින් පැහැදිලි විය. කමිටු සහ කමිටු නොවන ස්වේච්ඡා සේවකයන්ගේ සහයෝගීත්වය, වෙහෙස මහන්සි වී වැඩ කිරීම සහ කැපවීම සමඟින් මෙහි සාර්ථකත්වය සනිටුහන් විය. සමාගමේ නියෝජිතයින්ගේ ප්රතිපෝෂණ තුළින් “What next” වෘත්තීය ප්රදර්ශනයේ ධනාත්මක බලපෑම ඉස්මතු කරමින් එහි අද්විතීය හා ජයග්රාහී ශෛලිය අවධාරණය කළේය.
Pioneers යනු 33 වැනි රොටරැකට් දිස්ත්රික් සමුළුවේදී පිළිගැනීමට ලක් වූ තවත් මුලපිරීමකි. මෙම මුලපිරීම පවතින පාරිසරික, ආර්ථික සහ සමාජීය ගැටළු සඳහා Rotaractors හා තරුණයින් වන උපාධි අපේක්ෂක සිසුන් හරහා නව්ය විසඳුම් සෙවීම කෙරෙහි අවධානය යොමු කරන ලදී. ඔවුන්ගේ ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම් ප්රදර්ශනය කරන ලද අතර ඒවා වෘත්තිකයන්ගෙන් සමන්විත මණ්ඩලයක් විසින් විනිශ්චය කරන ලද අතර ජයග්රාහකයින්ට ඔවුන්ගේ නවෝත්පාදනයන් වැඩිදියුණු කළ හැකි වන පරිදි විශාල ත්යාග ප්රදානය කරන ලදී. අවසාන වශයෙන්, මෙම Rotaract සමාජ තරඟකාරී ලෝකය තුළ දියුණු වීමට අවශ්ය දැනුම, කුසලතා සහ විශ්වාසය සිසුන්ට ලබා දෙමින් සුවිශේෂී ලෙස ක්රියාත්මක කරන ලද වෘත්තීය සංවර්ධන මුලපිරීම් සඳහා ප්රමිතිය සකසා ඇත.தொழில்முறை மேம்பாட்டு முன்முயற்சிகளின் துறையில், பல்வேறு பல்கலைக்கழகங்களின் Rotaract கழகங்கள் மாணவர்களை அவர்களின் எதிர்கால வாழ்க்கைக்கு தயார்படுத்துவதில் ஒரு அசைக்க முடியாத அர்ப்பணிப்பை தொடர்ந்து வெளிப்படுத்தி வருகின்றன. இந்த முன்முயற்சிகள் கல்வி அறிவுக்கும் நடைமுறை திறன்களுக்கும் இடையிலான இடைவெளியைக் குறைப்பது மட்டுமல்லாமல், மாணவர்கள் வேலை வாய்ப்புகளை ஆராய்வதற்கும் தொழில் வல்லுநர்களிடமிருந்து மதிப்புமிக்க நுண்ணறிவுகளைப் பெறுவதற்கும் தளங்களாக செயல்படுகின்றன.
Gold – Project “Future Challenge” by the Rotaract Club of Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
கொழும்பு பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் விஞ்ஞான பீடத்தின் Rotaract கழகம், அதன் விதிவிலக்கான தொழில்முறை மேம்பாட்டு முயற்சியான ‘Future Challenge.’ ற்காக தங்க விருதைப் பெற்றுக் கொண்டது. 2005 ஆம் ஆண்டு தொடங்கப்பட்டதில் இருந்து, இந்த திட்டம் மாற்றத்தக்க கற்றலின் ஒரு கலங்கரை விளக்கமாக இருந்து வருவதுடன் கல்வி அறிவை நடைமுறை நிறுவன நுண்ணறிவுகளுடன் ஒருங்கிணைக்கிறது. அதன் தொடர்ச்சியாக 20வது ஆண்டாக, ‘Future Challenge 2023-24’ ஆனது ஜூலை 2023 இல் 33வது Rotaract District Assembly இல் “Most Exceptionally Executed Professional Development Initiative” இற்கான தங்க விருதை பெற்றுக் கொண்டது. மெய்நிகர் குழு பேச்சுவார்த்தை முதல் நேரடியான நேர்காணல்கள் வரையிலான, தாக்கத்தின் நான்கு கட்டங்கள், மாணவர்களின் தொழில்முறை பயணத்திற்குத் தயார்படுத்துவதற்கான திட்டத்தின் விரிவான அணுகுமுறையைக் காட்டுகின்றன. முன்னோக்கிப் பார்க்கையில், வரவிருக்கும் ‘Future Challenge 2023-24’ ஆனது மாணவர்களின் தொழில்முறை பயணத்தை வடிவமைக்கும் அதன் பாரம்பரியத்தைத் தொடர, குழு விவாதங்கள், பட்டறைகள் மற்றும் தொழில் கண்காட்சிகளுடன் திட்டமிடப்பட்டுள்ளது.
Silver – Project “Are You Ready?” by the Rotaract Club of University of Moratuwa
மொரட்டுவை பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் Rotaract கழகம் அதன் வருடாந்த தொழில் கண்காட்சியான “Are You Ready?” இற்காக வெள்ளி விருதைப் பெற்றுக் கொண்டது. 26 ஆண்டுகளுக்கும் மேலாக நடைபெறும் இந் நிகழ்வானது, 1000ற்க்கும் மேற்பட்ட இளங்கலை பட்டதாரிகளுக்கு வேலை வாய்ப்புகளை ஆராய்வதற்கும் அவர்களின் தொழில்முறை திறன்களை மேம்படுத்துவதற்கும் ஒரு விரிவான தளமாக உருவாகியுள்ளது. Resume-Checking அமர்வுகள், பல்வேறு தொழில் துறைகளில் வெபினார்கள் மற்றும் Corporate சூழலை உருவகப்படுத்தும் முதன்மை கண்காட்சி போன்ற துணைத் திட்டங்களைக் கொண்ட இந்த நிகழ்வு, வெற்றிகரமான வாழ்க்கையை நோக்கி மாணவர்களை வழிநடத்துவதற்கான கழகத்தின் அர்ப்பணிப்பை பிரதிபலிக்கிறது. “Are You Ready?” என்பதன் முக்கிய குறிக்கோள் கல்வி மற்றும் வணிக உலகிற்கு இடையேயான இடைவெளியைக் குறைப்பதன் மூலமும், வழிகாட்டுதலை வழங்குவதன் மூலமும் இளங்கலைப் பட்டதாரிகள் தங்கள் தொழில் அபிலாஷைகளை நம்பிக்கையுடன் தொடர உதவுவதாகும்.
Bronze – Project “What Next?” by the Rotaract Club of University of Colombo Faculty of Management and Finance & Project “Pioneers” by the Rotaract Club of University of Kelaniya
RAUOCFMF ஆல் ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்ட “What’s Next? Career Expo-2023 இன் ஏற்பாட்டாளர்களுக்கு வெண்கல விருது வழங்கப்படுகிறது, இது பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் முகாமைத்துவ மாணவர்களுக்கான தொழில் வாய்ப்புகளை வெளிப்படுத்தியது மட்டுமல்லாமல், ‘MAS Holdings,’ ‘Rizing,’ மற்றும் ‘Unilever’ உள்ளிட்ட குறிப்பிடத்தக்க வணிக அனுசரணையாளர்களையும் ஈர்த்தது. Walk-in நேர்காணலுக்கான நீண்ட வரிசைகள் மற்றும் நிறுவன பிரதிநிதிகளின் ஈடுபாடு நிகழ்வின் வெற்றியை தெளிவாக எடுத்துக் காட்டுகிறது. குழு மற்றும் குழு அல்லாத தன்னார்வாளர்களின் கூட்டு முயற்சிகள், கடின உழைப்பு மற்றும் அர்ப்பணிப்பு நிகழ்வின் வெற்றியைக் குறிக்கின்றன. “What Next?” career expo, தொடர்பான நிறுவனத்தின் பிரதிநிதிகளின் கருத்து, நேர்மறையான தாக்கத்தை எடுத்துக்காட்டுவதுடன் அதன் தனித்துவமான மற்றும் வெற்றிகரமான பாணியை வலியுறுத்துகிறது.
Pioneers என்பது 33வது Rotaract District Assembly இல் அங்கீகரிக்கப்பட்ட மற்றொரு முயற்சியாகும். இந்த முன்முயற்சியானது, நிலவும் சுற்றுச்சூழல், பொருளாதாரம் மற்றும் சமூகப் பிரச்சினைகளுக்கு இளைஞர்களான இளங்கலை மாணவர்கள், Rotaractors மூலம் புதுமையான தீர்வுகளைக் கண்டறிவதில் கவனம் செலுத்தியது. சமர்ப்பிப்புகள் காட்சிப்படுத்தப்பட்டதுடன் அவை நிபுணர்களின் குழுவால் மதிப்பிடப்பட்டன, மேலும் இது போன்ற கண்டுபிடிப்புகளை மேம்படுத்த. வெற்றியாளர்களுக்கு பாரிய பரிசுகளை வழங்கினர். முடிவில், இந்த Rotaract கழகங்கள் தொழில்முறை மேம்பாட்டு முன்முயற்சிகளுக்கான தரத்தை நிர்ணயித்துள்ளதுடன், மாணவர்களுக்கு அறிவு, திறன்கள் மற்றும் வேலை உலகில் செழிக்கத் தேவையான நம்பிக்கையை வழங்குகின்றன.
Many thanks to all our fellow clubs and Rotaractors who shared their tales of victory with us. Keep an eye out for the eleventh article of this novel series!
Written By:
Rtr. Onasha Fernando
(Blog Team Member 2023-24)
Compiled By:
Rtr. Asriya Ameen
(Junior Blog Team Member 2023-24)
Compiled By:
Rtr. Geesha Gamage
(Junior Blog Team Member 2023-24)
Edited By:
Rtr. Sethmi Navoda
(Blog Team Member 2023-24)
Videography:
Rtr. Sandun Sanjeewa
(Blog Team Member 2023-24)