Facility managers are feeling the talent shortage, but where should recruitment begin? In this bonus episode of Facilities in Focus, host Mackenna Moralez talks with Caroline Horton on the reasons she chose to obtain her master’s degree in facilities management and the way her thesis encourages industry leaders to work with local schools to recruit new talent from a young age. She discusses the reason outreach matters and steps facility managers can realistically take to raise awareness of facilities management careers. This conversation offers facility managers fresh ideas for talent development and a new perspective on strengthening the pipelines for the next generation.
“Reaching students in high school and even middle school is where real awareness of facilities management begins,” Horton says. “If students don’t know facilities management exists, they can’t choose it as a career.”
The Facilities in Focus podcast publishes bi-weekly. The fifth season will cover healthcare facilities with new episodes premiering in June.
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