OPA organises Education and Career Fair 2005

by Ramani Kangaraarachchi

The Organisation of Professional Associations (OPA) will expose hidden fields of professional career paths to the younger generation through the Education and Career Fair 2005 to be held at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Centre (SLECC) from May 12 to 15.

President OPA H. H. Subasinghe said the OPA has thirty nine professional bodies under its membership and they will have stalls at the exhibition to explain to the participants about each profession and on how to get qualified and their future prospects etc.

The Company of Master Mariners, International Group of Hotel and Catering, Institute of Quantity Surveyors, Council of Archaeologists are some of the hidden professions that high salaried job opportunities are available but our younger generation select only few common professions as they are unaware of the new opportunities.

Therefore this exhibition will pave the way for those who look for new pathways, Subasinghe said. The exhibition is positioned to help both education and recruitment sectors.

It will be an unique gathering of the entire gamut of academic, professional learning, training and facilitators reaching out to the diverse market of knowledge seekers further extending to a highly conducive platform for recruitment agencies, foreign employment agencies to source for talents in a huge pool of potential job applicants from fresh graduates to those already in the workforce.

The exhibition facilitates students and parents to assess the educational opportunities and potential available in varied fields whilst job seekers could fulfil their career aspirations free of charge.

OPA has organised this exhibition for the sixth year and over 150 local and foreign exhibitors will participate in this which is sponsored by American College of Higher Education, Asia Pacific institute of Information Technology and the Chartered Institute of Management.