Overview

On Thursday 10 November the IWFM People Management SIG is hosting a unique opportunity for employers and students by bringing together a host of facilities management businesses (providers, clients, recruitment, professional bodies) and students (schools and universities) to discuss apprenticeship and graduate placements in the facilities management space.

For anyone in facilities management who has or knows any students who would jump at the chance to present themselves to the companies at this event and discuss what could be available to them, this is an opportunity not to be missed! This event will also provide insight into career change opportunities for those already in facilities management or looking at FM as a career.

Crucially, at a time when facilities management has a shortage of talent joining the industry and a wealth of knowledge leaving the industry through retirement, this would be the ideal meeting place to talk to different companies and explore the scope of roles that FM has to offer.

During the afternoon we will hear from guest speakers including:

• the winner of the 2022 Newcomer of the Year IWFM Impact Award, Anthony Atkinson
• Ross Penzer, Senior Technical and Project Manager for Nike at Mace, who will speak about his career starting out as an apprentice
• Jonathan Nobbs, IWFM speaking about the importance of skills and  qualifications.

We will also be running CV writing workshops with Claudio Rojas to help students understand how a well-crafted CV can get you noticed and how to write one.

This is the first time we have run such an event and the very strong interest from our participating companies who are keen to speak to students about actual opportunities, shows that events such as this (almost a job fair) are much needed.

We already have committed numbers from schools and university, so please book quickly to guarantee your place.

With grateful thanks to Sheffield Hallam University for hosting and to this year's People Management SIG sponsors: Workplace Group, Premium Support Services and Gratte Brothers Ltd

Light refreshments are being sponsored by Just Eat.

Special thanks to Class of Your Own for their support and collaboration and also to Uptree for their promotional support.

 

Event programme

1pm: Arrival, light refreshments, engaging with represented organisations

2pm – 3.30pm: Speakers

• Paul Wyton – Sheffield Hallam University
• Jonathan Nobbs – IWFM – skills and qualifications
• Anthony Atkinson – Winner of IWFM Impact Award ‘Newcomer of the Year 2022’
• Ross Penzer – Senior Technical & Project Manager for Nike at Mace

CV writing workshops will be run before and after the speakers, led by Claudio Rojas
 

3.30pm – 5.30pm: Engaging with represented organisations

 

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IWFM’s Career of Choice programme 

Click here if you are interested in finding out more about IWFM’s ‘Career of Choice programme’ which is helping to develop the next generation of workplace and facilities management professionals, young people who will create better workplaces for the benefit of businesses, the economy and wider society. 

 

Participating Companies

Wates and Wellcome Genome Campus
Arcadis
Office of Government Property, Cabinet Office
Catch 22
Xenon recruitment
Vinci
Gerald Eve
Gardiner & Theobald
CBRE
Atalian Servest
CIBSE
IWFM
Sodexo
Royal Mail PFS
NHS England Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Mace