Career Development

A white paper published by the Sustainable Facilities Management Index (SFMI) provides FM organisations with a framework that can help propel them to leading sustainability status.

Food service business Compass Group UK & Ireland has signed up to the Race at Work Charter in partnership with Business in the Community (BITC).

A year to the week since it rebranded from BIFM and resolved to upskill and standardise the profession, the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management has introduced the 'Level 6 Diploma in Workplace Leadership, Insight and Change', a degree-level qualification supporting IWFM's aspiration to become a chartered professional body.

One in every eight company employees in the UK has taken time off work for stress in the last year, according to research.

Companies expect to be using artificial intelligence (AI) within their businesses within the next few years, but are lagging behind in discussions of the ethics surrounding it, found research by technology company Genesys.

Three in 10 office workers (29 per cent) are considering moving jobs in the next year, driven by the need for a better work-life balance, higher pay and flexible hours, reports recruitment consultancy Robert Half UK.

At least 90 per cent of workers believe that the manager-employee relationship is an important factor to remaining in their current jobs, according to research by two workforce consultancies.

IWFM Market Outlook Report: Hard to recruit workers with right skills

Lack of career opportunity is the most frequently cited reason why certain facilities management professionals plan to leave their current employer within the next year, reveals IWFM's 2019 Pay & Prospects survey.

Salary remains the most important factor for those working within facilities management, according to the IWFM's 2019 Pay & Prospects research.