Harvey Gretton, Managing Director at Blayze Group offers expert advice on meeting the challenges of recruiting within the built environment The UK construction industry is facing a serious skills shortage in both professional and practical roles, with young people, ethnic ...
Read More »Right behaviour
How can recruiters balance a cultural fit with diversity? Through a more behavioural led recruitment strategy says David Bernard, CEO of predictive hiring firm, AssessFirst Warnings have come from the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) of a huge recruitment challenge. ...
Read More »No jab, No job?
More than 30 per cent of large UK firms have signalled that staff may be asked for proof of vaccination before they can physically return to work. Karen Holden, CEO of A City Law Firm looks at the legal issues ...
Read More »Across the divide
Ross McCaw, Founder and CEO of OurPeople, shares his best communications practices to keep work processes moving at a time of disconnect and unpredictability The success of the UK vaccine programme means that workers are expected to return to offices ...
Read More »Virtual onboarding
Nicolas Speeckaert, Co-Founder and Director of skeeled, a provider of AI predictive talent acquisition software, on the benefits of virtual recruitment in the ‘hybrid workplace’ The UK is forging ahead with its COVID-19 vaccine programme and most businesses and employees ...
Read More »Inclusive for all
FMJ spoke to committee members Sharon Slinger and Colin Kimber of the LGBT+ in FM network which brings together a group of individuals from organisations within the FM sector to foster inclusiveness and respect within FM It’s been estimated that ...
Read More »International Women’s Day – Are women the future of the security industry?
The aspiration: ‘Collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world’; the message for International Women’s Day, as groups across the globe come together today, on 8 March, to celebrate women’s achievements and #ChooseToChallenge with this year’s theme. Diversity and ...
Read More »Breaking down barriers
Louie-Mae Gibson, Estate Director and Operations Board Member for Business balance at Knight Frank Promise (KFP) focusing on Women in Business, is using her considerable experience to fulfil a commitment to advancing the opportunities for women in property and FM ...
Read More »Power of difference
Kate Cooper, Head of Research, Policy & Standards at The Institute of Leadership & Management discusses its recent research, ‘Workplace neurodiversity: the power of difference’(i) Writing in Business Insider(ii) recently, Bank of America’s Chief Information Security Officer Craig Froelich urged ...
Read More »Engineered for success
Between 20–30 per cent of all UK engineers are employed in FM, but the UK faces an engineering skills shortage. Sara Searle, Head of HR & Payroll and Julie Connell HR Generalist at Liebherr, explain how a long running National ...
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