I’m talking about the individual FM within an organisation, rather than the profession of FM. I was talking on the telephone to someone the other day and we were discussing the profile of FMs amongst other areas of business and how our colleagues view the job we do. In my…
Whilst I take a short breather over a cool glass of wine on a Sunday evening, I reflect on the previous week’s events in my role as a mother whose recent work-life was within FM. In both roles I have facilitated my client currently my partner (and service user children)…
Following on from my blog the other week about how other people see you. (With the illustrations of my face) I have had some interesting feedback which although put in different ways all came pretty much to the same conclusion, which is: “I would love to be myself all the…
I have always been fascinated as to how other people see you. By that I mean what do they actually see in you as a person, what is their ‘take’ on you? What do you represent in their eyes? With your family do they see a loving husband/wife, someone gentle…
Following on from our interview with some of the industry’s top recruiters last year, I caught up with Nikki Dallas from Talent FM, Ashleigh Brown from Dovetail FM Recruitment, and Simon Aspinall from Catch 22 to discuss how the market is changing and what job seekers need to know to…
I’m preparing for a talk I’m giving to a corporate’s diversity group this week, and found myself remembering some of the best and worst advice I’ve been given in terms of my career. The best: 1. know yourself and 2. be yourself And the worst (well not advice actually but…
I was lucky enough to be invited to the first Bee Craft dinner at the Wax Chandler’s Guild yesterday, where the after dinner speaker was Lord Hattersley. He spoke about his career in both politics and literature. What particularly caught my attention was the distinction he made between today’s ‘career…
If your new year’s resolution is to make that next great career move, or if you’re planning to hire new talent into your team, then this newsletter is for you. Here, five top FM recruitment consultants give us their views on the current FM job market. We asked five key…
The corporate communication teams in organisations have for the longest time controlled what messages are put out into the world about the company and its people. Oftentimes only the most senior or glamorous get to become spokespeople and the real specialists are hidden away, never getting the chance to talk…
Yesterday Women in FM hosted an event ‘Social Media and You’ with Iain Murray of Connected FM and Christine Jones of Tiger Mouth. There was great advice about creating ‘The Brand of You’ as well as how to get started on Twitter and the tools available to track your brand…
