CUSTOM CONTRACT EDUCATION for FM PROFESSIONALS

摘要

Facilities managers are hard to find, says Diane Levine, executive director of the IFMA Foundation. Growing them professionally is even harder. "There were 6,500 openings last year in facilities management just in California alone, and there were more than 39,000 in the U.S. That's just five titles," Levine explains. "The average facilities manager is 49 years old, and many of them are retiring in the next five to 10 years. We've got a bit of a crisis on our hands." Attracting new people to the field and upskilling current facilities professionals are the keys to combating this crisis, Levine adds. A new partnership, the Facilities Management Talent Development Pipeline, aims to do just that by using customized education to change the way companies nurture their facilities staffs.