Emma Thornton, Marketing Manager for facilities management recruitment experts 300 North makes the case for skills-based recruitment in the FM Sector, including personality profiling Skills shortages in facilities management are still causing headaches for organisations that continue to have some ...

The infrastructure services and engineering company has been awarded the Gold Excellence Mark by Skills Builder Partnership, which recognises organisations that demonstrate best practice in embedding essential skills – such as problem solving and teamwork – into recruitment, staff development, ...

Over half of permanent employees (58 per cent) in full-time work have stated that they would consider switching to a contract role for the right pay, with 43 per cent stating that the primary driver is the current economic climate. ...

Emma Grigson, Partnership and Social Value Solutions Director of PeoplePlus explains how social recruitment positively impacts the labour market and one of the founder members of the Social Recruitment Advocacy Group, G4S HR Director Bridget Brookfield, outlines what this means ...

Head of the Mitie Foundation Mollie Green celebrates 10 years of breaking down barriers to employment Facilities management is an industry ripe with opportunities and can be a fantastic route into employment for disadvantaged groups. People with learning difficulties, veterans, ...

Recruitment giant Reed in Partnership has today (18 July) launched a new venture, Reed Environment to address the UK’s net zero skills shortage. Reed Environment’s ambition is to create one of the largest networks of green skills training providers in ...

John Nugent, Chief Executive, Green & Fortune discusses promoting a career in the service sector and why attention to retention matters The hospitality sector has faced significant challenges in recent years, with up to 200,000 people leaving the industry or ...

By Toby Feldman, Marketing Executive at Infraspeak As I wandered around the Facilities Show 2023 in the ExCeL Centre, London, chatting to managers from companies big and small, I asked people: “What is the biggest challenge impacting your operations right ...

James Deeley, Senior Business Manager at Boden Group discusses the importance of employers and recruitment experts acting together to address an FM talent shortage and help secure the future of the sector The Facilities Management industry is set to grow ...

Changes to working patterns means employers may struggle to find ways to appeal to the next generation of recruits. Dieter Wood, Managing Director of strategic workplace design and build company Interaction suggests a number of office design solutions to help ...