Building the next generation for the building materials industry
by Building Materials Careers
30 July 2019
Attracting
and developing talented people into the industry is one of the BMF’s
main strategic goals. With this front of mind, the BMF has thoroughly
restyled and refreshed its
careers website which now highlights the wide
range of careers available in both merchant and supplier businesses.
With its fresh focus on the roles available across the whole building
materials industry, the website also has a new name,
Building Materials Careers.
The
relaunched careers website follows policy research with members who
told the BMF they wanted the Federation to help promote the broadest
possible range of job opportunities in the industry, fostering diversity
and inclusion and helping members to recruit a workforce from a wide
range of backgrounds and experience.
The new website not only
promotes apprenticeships and life-long learning, it also gives members
the opportunity to upload and manage their job advertisements free of
charge using the ‘
Advertise A Job’
facility. Potential apprentices and employees can easily locate these
roles using the region, sector and location search filters.
Job
seekers will be inspired by the range of roles available in our
industry, no matter what educational qualifications they achieved at
school or university. The
Building Materials Careers website
features
video profiles of a number of merchant and supplier employeesexplaining how they came to work in the materials supply industry and
what they like about their specific job.
Don’t forget to explore the new website at
www.buildingmaterialscareers.com or follow updates on social media – just search for
Building Materials Careers on Twitter, Facebook, Linked In and Instagram.
Are you an Ambassador?
We
are looking for more volunteers within the industry to become
Ambassadors and help us with our campaign to attract talented young
people.
Our latest website encourages careers advisers to
contact us to find someone to share their own work experience with
students considering their first career steps. To facilitate this we
are looking to grow our
BMF Ambassador network. This is a great
opportunity for BMF members to join the 34 people already committed to
the
Ambassador programme currently working with us to promote their
passion for the industry to the next generation.
BMF Ambassador
responsibilities include: being a spokesperson for the industry, sharing
their personal testimonials at schools and colleges and attending
apprenticeship and careers fairs.
Ambassadors will also have
opportunities to be featured in local and regional media coverage.
If
you feel you or somebody else in your company would make a excellent
Ambassador or have any questions in regards to programme, please contact
Paige Godsell, Training Coordinator at
[email protected].or
call 02476 854989.
Visit the Building Materials Careers Website at www.buildingmaterialscareers.com
This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 edition of Professional Builders Merchant (PBM)