The Sunday TimeS Sunday March 27, 20164 An Advertising Supplement

A world renowned expert on Human Resources man-a g ement is in town with his new product to take the Sri Lankan

market to the next level aiming to expand the career opportunities locally and globally.

Richard Cowley is here to launch his new product- CareerLine.com, a comprehensive personal career management tool for individuals to manage and develop their careers in Sri Lanka targeting the thou-sands of youths who passed out from the universities but they don’t know what to pursue as their career.

H u m a n R e s o u r c e s f i r m WorkAmmo has introduced this career management solution, CareerLine aimed at people over the age of thirteen, the platform allows you to build your resume online and provides assistance in managing your career, irrespective of what stage you are it.

Amid his busy schedule of pres-entations to government officials, conglomerates and students on var-ious topics including career choice advice and selecting the “Right per-son for the job” Work Ammo found-er Richard Cowley agreed for a mini interview with the Education Times.

“We are here to improve the qual-ity of talent entering the workforce in the Srilankan work force market and enable individuals to take charge of their own careers.” he said.

CareerLine.com is a comprehen-sive personal career management tool that has ignited a huge aware-ness and consciousness in the way individuals manage and develop their careers.

“ As of any other country who witnessed a three decades of civil war, I see how Sri Lanka is emerg-ing to meet the global market with increasing career opportunities back in home and foreign, there is a good demand for the Srilankan work force in aboard. I am here to help those of who planning to reach their pinnacle of success through right planning and career choices.” he said.

This platform transferred owner-ship of the career journey to the

individual by empowering them to make career decisions that are informed, objective and result ori-ented, rather than leaving their processional growth to chance and manager discretion.

“ The careeline platform is help-ing the users to design their own career path with advanced plan-ning. Its servers automatically gen-erates the data of every person reg-istered with and recommends for matching with relevant companies which are looking to fill their human resources sector,” Mr Cowley said.

Unlike the most of the websites w h i c h c a r r i e s t h e t y p i c a l Curriculum Vitae (CV), the career line records the almost everything of a person’s professional life to give a clear idea of who is he and what he is capable of.

Explaining why hiring the right person for the right job is difficult and complex, Mr Cowley said as long as candidates and recruiters are people, there will always be dif-ferences of opinions and strange motivations of candidates.

This is where the Career Line.com plays a major role to connect people globally with a core struc-ture with templates, and a robust disciplined process which will make sure the best chance of selected. ,

CareerLine.com is a mobile app that helps users to update their pro-files on-the-go. The primary focus of the platform is to guide individu-als to focus on their career rather than the job.

This app claims to incorporate

simple yet effective features help-ing the individuals to learn and enhance their learning. The plat-form serves consumers with the content which can complement their interests and is based on their professional or educational history.

According to Cowley, the tool allows individuals to make job choices based on their education and preferences. It helps them to stay relevant for a long time. It pre-vents individuals from falling pray to odd jobs that has no relation to their educational and work history.

It assertively enables individuals to take control of their career, starting with young people aged thirteen at the cusp of educational choice, all the way through to post-retirees.

The tool also allows individuals to plot out their career journey-their history, present, and their future goals- all in one place, allowing them to reflect on where they have been and where they want ti go.

A private space for life, a place to define career aspirations, docu-ment career milestones, receive help to develop career and finally help to deliver career pushing jobs based on the profile and preferenc-es. CareerLine.com is for any cate-gory of employee, full-time, part-time, contingent worker.

While shifting the focus from jobs to careers, the online platform believes that with the right tools and guidance, individuals can build successful careers they love and own.

The awards day ceremony of Ilma Inter national Girls ’ School , Colombo was held at the Bishops College auditorium recently under the patronage of Principal Madam Hafeeza Ghori amidst a gathering of staff, students and distinguished guests. The ceremony commenced with prayers and welcome song sung by the school choir.

Mrs. Nirmali Wickramasinghe, educationist & former Principal of Ladies College, Colombo, graced this momentous occasion as the chief guest.

The theme of this event was “team spirit” which was highlight-ed in the Annual report read out by the Principal and this stood as testimony to the words of the school song “unity & loyalty” which is behind the success of the staff and students of the institution.

Students, who proved their stance and potential in aca-demic excellence, once again stood by the school motto “Advancement in knowledge”. The stars of the evening were awarded for the academic excellence in the interme-diate & senior category to Maryam Mubeen & Maryam Wazil respectively. Nuha Rishafy, former head girl, received the award for leadership, dedicated service & loy-alty to the school. The installation ceremony of the train-ee prefects was another event which added grace to this occasion.

The school also took pride in felicitating past pupils who have excelled in diverse disciplines offered by recog-nized institutions of Sri Lanka and abroad such as medi-cine, law, accountancy and psychology. Staff members who had rendered their dedicated service to the school were also felicitated at this occasion.

The popular ‘Avurudu Pola,’ organised by the Old Girls’ Association of the Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo, will take place once again this year on Saturday, April 2, at the school premises from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

This year, the ‘Avurudu Pola’ will feature numerous trade

stalls with something of inter-est for every member of the family. There will be bargains and textiles, household linen, ready-made garments, handi-crafts, food items, books and accessories such as costume

jewellery, handbags, shoes, etc.

For the home, there will be bargains and foliage, ceramics and many more items.

The Horror House, the Kiddies’ Corner and Games of

Skill are included as amuse-ments for the whole family. The traditional ‘Avurudu Senakeli’ will also be an attrac-tion at the event.

All proceeds will be used for school development projects

Richard Cowley to launch his new product- CareerLine.com

Ilma International Girls’ School “team spirit” pretty high

Visakha Avurudu Pola on April 2

maryam mubeen receives the award for academic excel-lence –interme-diate category

nuha Rishafy receives the trophy for student leadership, loyalty & dedicated service to her alma mater

The welcome song sung by the school choir

Chief guest ms.Kumari Wickramasinghe giving away prizes to students

Principal madam hafeeza Ghori reads out the school report

Wattala Roman Catholic Tamil Vidyalaya Prefects Day 2016 was held on March 16, 2016 at school Premises. Wattala R.C.T.V. has a history of 50 years, and was established as the solitary Tamil school in the region, where many Tamil people live.

Wattala R.C.Tamil Vidyalaya Prefects Day