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    Can Service Learning enhance Graduate Capital? Evidence from Sri Lankan State Universities
    (Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya., 2021) Wijayanama C.; Ranjani R.P.C.; Mohan D.U.
    Employability of graduates has been a topic of high interest among graduates, academics, employers and economists alike for decades. Researchers argue that the responsibility of preparing graduates for their first job roles, has not been adequately owned by the universities nor the employers. The graduates themselves, give less attention to the issue and usually ill prepared for their first job roles. Service Learning (SL) is a futuristic andragogical strategy that changes the receiver and the giver of the service. In this study, the researcher examines how SL can be adopted as an enhancer of employability potential for graduates. Since the SL is new to the academic world in general and also to the Sri Lankan education system, this inductive study adopted the Grounded Case Study method using theoretical sampling to study the influence of SL as a strategy for enhancing graduate employability potential – Graduate Capital (GC) in state universities of Sri Lanka. The findings of the study include the features of SL practiced in Sri Lanka, GC attributes and the extent of enhancements of GC attributes due to partaking in SL program. The current study concludes that SL provides overall improvement to GC attributes.
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    'Employer’s perception on employability skills and attitudes of new graduates’: Qualitative insights from the employer’s in Sri Lanka
    (Department of Commerce and Financial Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Galhena, R.D.; Dasanayake, D.H.C.U.K.; Piyasekara, G.M.T.N.; Ranaweera, W.G.K.H.; Samaraweera, P.P.M.; Wickramarathna, U.V.G.A.U.; Wijerathne, W.A.D.M.; Wimalasiri, R.K.H.S.
    The concept and definition of employability of employees has been discussed for a number of years but there has been a growing interest in graduate employability over the last decade. As the interest in promoting graduate employability has increased numerous studies have produced detailed breakdowns and taxonomies of particular skills and attitudes required to promote graduate employability. The purpose of this research is to identify what skills & attitudes Sri Lankan employers expect from a fresh commerce stream graduates when recruiting to a company. Interview was used as the research method of this study and the sample consist of executive level officers from telecommunication, media, FMCG, finance, accounting, technology, construction sectors. Finally, from this study it was identified that team work, interpersonal skills and planning & organizing skills are the main skills that are highly considered when recruiting a new graduate and positive, loyalty, flexibility, professionalism/ work ethics are the main attitudes that they are highly valued in a graduate.