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    Reflection of University Extra-Curricular Activities of a Candidate in Employee Selection: A Descriptive Study of HRM Related Jobs
    (Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Siriwardhana, P.N.K.; Weerasinghe, T.D.
    The main purpose of this study was to identify whether there is a significant value given to the graduates who have engaged in university extracurricular activities in the selection process for a Human Resource Management related job. Further, the current study was designed to identify the industry perception about graduates those who have engaged in extracurricular activities, and who did not. This is a cross sectional descriptive research in nature. A standard questionnaire was used to collect primary data through a survey. The respondents were the professionals those who are directly engaging in the selection process selected from 40 private sector organizations in Sri Lanka. Descriptive statistics, paired sample t-test and one-way ANOVA were used to analyze the data and make conclusions. Findings revealed that the private sector organizations significantly believe that graduates who have engaged in university extracurricular activities might have developed more skills, good personal qualities and other relevant employability behaviors than graduates those who haven't engaged. Thought the belief was that, further, it was identified the engagement in extracurricular activities is not a significant reason to get selected for a HR related job in the industry. It was found that the perception regarding undergraduates who have not engaged in extracurricular activities is not varying from industry to industry. But, findings revealed that the perception, and the given due recognition for undergraduates who have engaged in extracurricular activities is industry specific.
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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.
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    Reflection of University Extracurricular Activities of a Candidate in Employee Selection: A Descriptive Study of HR Related Jobs
    (Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Siriwardhana, P.N.K.; Weerasinghe, T.D.
    The main purpose of this study was to identify whether there is a significant value given to the graduates who have engaged in university extracurricular activities in the selection process for HR related job. Further, the current study was designed to identify the industry perception about graduates those who have engaged in extracurricular activities, and who did not. A self-developed questionnaire was used to collect the primary data. The respondents were the officers who are directly engaging in the selection process selected from 40 private sector organizations in Sri Lanka. Descriptive statistics, paired sample t-test and one-way ANOVA were used to analyze the data and make conclusions. The findings revealed that the private sector organizations significantly believe that graduates who have engaged in university extracurricular activities might have developed more skills, good personal qualities and other relevant employability behaviors than graduates who have not engaged in extracurricular activities. Thought the belief was further that it is identified that engaging in extracurricular activities is not a significant reason to get selected for a HR related job in the industry. It was found that the perception regarding undergraduates who have not engaged in extracurricular activities is not varying from industry to industry. But, the findings revealed that the perception, and the given due recognition for undergraduates who have engaged in extracurricular activities is industry specific.