How did you gain your facilities management experience?

It's vital to be clear about your specific facilities management career experience when applying for a new position. An article in FMX Magazine, looking at issues in the facilities management industry, discusses how many professionals came into the role through another route and may have had all their training on the job.

"Facilities managers tend to not have formal FM-related qualifications, so you find yourself looking solely at their experience and current position," says one of the industry experts quoted in the article entitled 'The Talent Deficit'. The British Institute of Facilities Management are encouraging more higher education establishments to offer degrees and other qualifications in facilities management. Industry is also encouraged to offer specific graduate placements.

For all staff in the profession though, there are encouraging words to end with, "Because if one thing is clear, it is that first-rate FM professionals, however they acquired their skills, are as much in demand as ever." Read the full article at www.fmxmagazine.co.uk