Sri Lanka, July 9 -- The Chartered Institute of Personnel Management, Sri Lanka (CIPM) recently hosted a roundtable discussion with 30 stakeholders from government, academia, vocational training providers and corporate bodies to examine Sri Lanka's skills-gap landscape.

The mismatch between industry requirements and workforce competencies has become a challenge to economic growth and competitiveness. Technological change, migration of skilled professionals, shifting labour market dynamics and gaps in education and vocational training have intensified shortages across sectors including IT, tourism and hospitality, construction, manufacturing, healthcare and engineering. At the same time, youth unemployment and underemployment continue to ...