Membership

You and Your Career

International Facility Management Association

• Do you feel motivated coming to work in the morning? What do you want to be in 5 years, 10 years?
• Did you think about changing to different industry? How do you know you can do it?
• Do you and your department feel subordinated in regard to the main business?

Skills

• Do you manage supplier outsourcing?
• Do you have clear definition of the scope, relationship, performance management?
• What are your biggest challenges, do you have solutions?
• Do you know what the best tools available are e.g. software?
• Does your team suffer from poor performance?
• When you hire, how do you define your needs and where do you look for the right people?

Career Development

Through increased opportunities to broaden skills and knowledge in all FM-related areas, Shanghai Chapter members are able to increase their job satisfaction and gain a clear understanding of where they are in their career and where they want to be.

Through IFMA certified education programs members are able to significantly improve their industry knowledge and broaden their skill base which will lead to increased recognition from existing and future employers.

Networking

Through networking opportunities on a regional and global scale, members are able to interact with multiple industry sectors and understand how their skills are useful outside their current positions.

Through the Shanghai Chapter’s networking opportunities, members have access to the best professionals in the industry who can help you in making the right connections.

Best-Practice Resourcing

Through access to tried and tested techniques members learn not only how to improve their management style, but also how to prove both their and their department’s value to the entire organization.

Through exposure to peers and industry experts, members have access to knowledge sharing of best practices and tools like software and processes to overcome all their career and business challenges head-on.