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Chemical Industry Recruitment Insights
Independent publications exploring developments across the chemical industry through the lens of recruitment, capability and leadership.
Chemical Industry Recruitment Insights
Independent publications exploring development across the chemical industry through the lens of recruitment, capability and leadership.
Latest Issue

ISSUE 02 | September 2026
Chemical Industry Recruitment Insights
Building Capability for Tomorrow
The second issue of Chemical Industry Recruitment Insights considers how chemical organisations can build, protect and strengthen the capabilities they will need for the future.
This edition explores whether today’s talent shortages may also reflect longer-term development challenges, the loss of organisational capability when experienced people leave, the growing value of hybrid technical-commercial talent and the importance of earlier succession planning.
These observations are informed by our experience supporting international recruitment, executive search and talent mapping across the chemical industry.
Rather than simply examining current hiring conditions, this issue considers how organisations can develop, transfer or acquire the expertise needed to support future growth, resilience and leadership.
Previous Issues

ISSUE 01 | July 2026
Chemical Industry Recruitment Insights
The inaugural issue of Chemical Industry Recruitment Insights brings together independent observations on developments across the chemical industry through the lens of recruitment, capability and leadership.
This edition explores the recruitment implications of the EU Pay Transparency Directive, the growing influence of artificial intelligence, the importance of developing hybrid technical-commercial talent, and wider industry developments including investment, restructuring, relationships and evolving market dynamics.
These observations are informed by our experience supporting international recruitment, executive search and talent mapping across the chemical industry.
Rather than simply reporting the news, it considers what these developments may mean for organisations attracting, developing and retaining talent across the chemical sector.
Building specialist chemical teams requires more than access to candidates. It requires market knowledge, long-term industry relationships and an understanding of where specialist talent can be found.
The insights in these publications are informed by our experience supporting organisations across the chemical industry through:
