Staff shortage fuels 13% salaries increase
2 April 2012
A lack of skilled facilities managers has helped push up salaries in the sector by 13 per cent last year, the highest for several years, according to a survey by recruitment consultancy Facilities Recruitment.
“This is caused by increasing demand for good facilities managers, because firms want to attract and retain staff by providing excellent facilities, such as clean, smart offices, gyms and canteens,” said John Davis, director at Facilities Recruitment.
Facilities management (FM) is growing as more firms look to outside help to manage facilities. “This removes...