One objective of the Career Fair Program is to, provide an opportunity for school children gaining some awareness about the IT/BPO Industry and how to align their educational path to get in to this industry. This involves creating an understanding in employment opportunities in the industry, understand qualifications required and figure-out entry paths. In addition to the seminars conducted, there will be a dedicated career counseling sessions planned for students to participated one-on-one basis.

Career Counseling will be done by selected counselors from the Ministry of Education and from the IT/BPO Industry. Counselors will get trained in different aspects of the industry, so that they will be equipped with vital information required to share with the students.

Following are the main areas to be trained. This training kit is available to download in Microsoft PowerPoint format.

Career Counsellor Manual - Part 1 (PowerPoint Presentation 1.8MB)
Introduction to Career Fairs and Counseling

Career Counsellor Manual - Part 2 (PowerPoint Presentation 1.6MB)
About IT and BPO Industries

Career Counsellor Manual - Part 3 (PowerPoint Presentation 325K)
About Fous Areas and Logistics

Complete Career Counsellor Manual is available to download in compressed zip format 2.85MB. This includes the contents of all above presentations. 

Information Technology (IT) is a fast growing dynamic industry sector

Demand for IT professionals is growing world wide at an unprecedented rate. IT is fast becoming one of the most exciting career options available around the world. Over the last 3 years, number of people entered the IT industry in Sri Lanka grew over 20%. And with the ever increasing world wide demand for IT services, a career in IT will remain one of the most exciting and rewarding careers for years to come. The opportunities for career advancement, self development and financial reward in the IT industry are excellent.

What is BPO?

BPO is defined as the act of outsourcing to a third party, the responsibility of running a business process that would otherwise be conducted internally (source, The Nasscom McKinsey Study, 2005).

Outsourcing is the delegation of work from an organization / company to a service provider company, where the service provider company typically carries out the same work cheaper and more effectively than the company which is outsourcing. Companies outsource work primarily to gain cost advantages, efficiencies and expertise. Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is the act of transferring some of an organization's repeated business processes to an outside service provider to achieve cost reductions while improving service quality. The outsourced business process can be a core or a non core function to the company.