18 | February 2024
VETERANS NETWORK
Networking group encourages veterans to seek FM careers Recruitment solutions are being addressed by the IWFM Networking Group for Veterans through encouraging more interaction with stakeholders throughout the military services and FM industry
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here are numerous advantages from interacting with ex-service personnel, many of whom have received high levels of training and developed considerable expertise and skills during their military careers. This is not a new realisation, of course, and this view is supported by the fact that FM industry professionals frequently state they look to employ military veterans to fill vacancies before looking elsewhere. With approximately 20,000 veterans leaving their military careers every year, many of these will have skills that make them highly desirable within the FM industry.
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Increasing efforts are being launched to support the transition of ex-service personnel into FM and the latest of these is the IWFM Veterans Networking Group, founded by chair Louisa Clarke, vice chair and Integrated Estates Management (IEM) founding director Alistair Scott, Sodexo chief operating officer, Government Mark Baker, Mitie managing director Defence Charlie Antelme and PestGone Environmental director Mark Moseley, which has attracted a number of additional industry professionals – many of whom are veterans – with the aim of providing extensive levels of support for both individuals leaving the armed service and companies seeking to provide them with employment opportunities.
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