Sri Lanka: Vacancy sources

Job websites

• expatriates.com - Sri Lanka jobs  
• The Graduate Job  
• Jobs Abroad  
• Jobsnet Sri Lanka  
• ReliefWeb  
• Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)  

Recruitment agencies

• Manpower - Sri Lanka  
• Job Envoy  

Recruitment agencies can also be found through Lanka Business Directory Online  and the Sri Lanka Yellow Pages . 

The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment  is a government body that also provides a searchable database of employment agencies.

Newspapers

The following newspapers include business news and may include job vacancies.

• Kidon Media-Link  - for a list of newspapers in Sri Lanka.
• The Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka  
• The Island  
• Sunday Observer Sri Lanka  
• The Sunday Times - Sri Lanka  
• Virakesari Online  

Other sources

Employers may target universities for all vacancies. The Jaffna Education Fair  is one of the leading education fairs in Sri Lanka, held at Jaffna Central College. Biz Trade Shows  has details about this and other events.

Hidden vacancies

Building contacts through networking may provide opportunities in some areas of work. Networking events are common in Sri Lanka, especially in the banking sector. People do not usually make speculative applications for jobs, however. Many vacancies are advertised in Sri Lanka’s Sunday Observer newspaper, which has a large job section every week. This paper has a very wide readership in Colombo.