04.11.2021

Now hiring! Overcoming the challenge of recruiting for soft services

It’s notoriously difficult to recruit for certain soft FM services. Challenges include hiring the right skill level, keeping people motivated, and making the job appealing, all whilst delivering what the business needs.

This problem seems to be more profound in a post-Covid workplace. So what can FMs do to try and help with their recruitment for soft services?

FMJ has teamed up with leading outsourced communications provider Moneypenny to host a webinar which will see an a panel of industry experts discuss the current skills shortage in a number of FM areas, ways to keep staff engaged in their job through brilliant culture, and how outsourcing could be a solution to the recruitment issue.

Moderator: Sara Bean, Editor FMJ

Panel:

Jess Pritchard, Head of Corporate Sector, Moneypenny
Mark Whittaker, General Manager, Thompson FM & Chair, Institute of Workplace & Facilities Management (IWFM)
Ian Wright, Soft Services Manager, University College London
David Bauld, Group Facilities Manager, Paradigm Housing
Nicola Lathbury, Managing Director, Hexagon FM