Attracting and developing talented people into the industry is one of the BMF’s main strategic goals. Here, the BMF discusses its revamped careers website along with highlighting its industry Ambassador programme.
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 employees explaining 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?
The BMF is looking for more volunteers within the industry to become Ambassadors and help with its campaign to attract talented young people. This is a great opportunity for BMF members to join the 34 people already committed to the Ambassador programme currently working 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 paige.godsell@bmf.org.uk or call 02476 854989.
Digital Marketing Programme
The BMF Digital Marketing Programme starts on 22 July and only 20 places are available. This 8-week best practice growth marketing programme will be delivered online via interactive live lessons. Developed exclusively for BMF members and their customers, this practical programme will accelerate your understanding of digital marketing and show you how to use techniques to find new customers, convert them into sales and keep them loyal.
This is a guided programme delivered through a combination of coaching, professionally produced video tutorials, slideshows, quizzes, checklists, helpful guides, live webinars and face-to-face workshops. You will even get a free audit of your current website.
By the end of the course you will know how to get your website to the top of Google so new customers can find you, make better use of social media to raise brand awareness and generate more opens, clicks and responses to email marketing campaigns and much, much more.
BMF training ranges from formal Apprenticeships, sector-specific Diplomas and a Foundation Degree in Merchant Management to online product knowledge and other specialist skills training.
For more details visit www.andrewlloydgordon.co.uk/businessgrowth.
