The rise and rise of defined FM Training Pathways “What changes have you experienced in the Facilities Management (FM) sector in the last ten years and what do you see as the future trends?” One of the most common interview questions we all face when looking for new roles, designed to showcase if the candidate has a strategic understanding of the sector they operate within. October 2018 marks my ten-year anniversary within the FM industry, and the biggest change I’ve experienced is the definition of FM career pathways, more specifically the rise of a defined path for FM training. When I joined the sector in 2008, it struck me that is was near impossible to compare people within the sector in
This month, we sat down with Andrew Hulbert, managing director of Pareto FM, to chat all things FM and workplace. Hulbert joined the industry as an undergraduate and, shortly after, won PFM’s Young Manager of the Year Award in 2010. He is also the co-founder of Tomorrow Meets Today, a charity that aims to promote diversity and inclusion in the facilities management sector, which is now in its fourth year. Earlier this year, Magenta invited a group of senior corporate real estate and facilities management professionals, including Hulbert, to a special roundtable event to discuss the future of the commercial property lease with new trends like co-working now looming large. Hulbert provided som
So after 7 years in the Workplace Services team at ITV, in July I decided to take a leap of faith. I parted ways with a great team and big company to chase my dreams and progress my career in the way I felt I needed to. I had a great new job lined up (so I thought) and was due to start the Monday after having an emotionally traumatising last day at ITV on the Friday. It all fell over last minute, due to no fault of my own and I had to take the risk and turn them down as I just knew it wasn't the right step for me to take, even though I had nothing on the other side of it at that time. Meanwhile, I'm in touch with Andrew @ Pareto who's been a great mentor for me since meeting him at a You
