Macro Human Resources Management challenges in Sri Lanka Rohitha Amarapala INSTITUTE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SRI LANKA INC.

Human Capital Challenges – The Macro View of the Country Skill mismatch. Imbalance between the demand and supply of jobs Education system had not been geared to cater to the labour market needs. 02 Unemployment 4.6% in 2015 males – 3.0% Females – 7.6% Graduate Unemployment , 8.1% Graduates and A/L students 1)The age at which they complete the University education. 2) inadequate knowledge of English Language. 3)Conventional university system geared towards developing intellectual capacity rather than skill development 01 02 Brain drain losing most of the talented men and women -the best talents 03

Human Capital Challenges – The Macro View of the Country Stringent Labour Laws 06 Graduate Unemployment 02 This is a sample text. Enter your text here 04 Social Security System Due to the lack of social security systems in the private sector, employees are willing to move to public sector 04 05 Working Environment New best practices on working arrangement are not exist in Sri Lanka, (flexi work, part time work, virtual work etc) 07 Aging workforce Labour force participation rate of age group 40+ represents 53.4%)

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