Regional IT-BPO Career Fairs aimed at next generation Sri Lankan workforce is a joint effort of the Private Sector and Government of Sri Lanka. While it is initaited through the ICTA ICBP program, success is largely dependant on the focus and contribution from the Sri Lankan IT-BPO industry. This was proven during the IT-BPO Career Fair 2007 held at BMICH, which was an outstanding success. Now we need to join hands to take that success outside of Colombo to various regions in Sri Lanka. Here is how you can join to help...

In 2007-8, a record number of IT-BPO jobs will go unfilled or will be fulfilled by professionals who do not have the necessary skills. Less than 10% of those who sit their A/Level examinations will receive a place in university. Awareness about the IT-BPO industry and the career opportunities it offers is low or nonexistent in most of Sri Lanka.

These three facts led ICTA in 2007 to run the NICS 2007 IT-BPO career fair, at the BMICH in Colombo, for school children. This fair organised to spread awareness about the IT-BPO industry and provide individual career counselling by Ministry of Education counsellors along with IT-BPO industry personnel was a significant success with over 5,000 school children from all over Sri Lanka attending.