Trend Setters
Of the challenges that befall the base oil and lubricants industry, many surround the products themselves – brought on by pressure from legislators and original equipment manufacturers for greater and new kinds of technical performance – and are solved by legions of talented chemists, engineers and support staff.
Yet there is another challenge that affects this and many other industries, and that is human resources. A growing vacuum is opening up as veteran employees, with their immeasurable years of accumulated experience, retire or exit the business, leaving a skills gap and a lack of mentoring opportunities for younger employees.
In partnership with ABN Resource, a specialized lubricants industry recruitment company, we set about getting to the bottom of these issues facing the industrys workforce in a survey that we sent out to 9,000 people around the world.
Our partnership and the survey have borne fruit in the form of the upcoming Workplace Trends Report. Make your way to this months Last Word at the back of this issue for a short summary of some of the findings. And visit www.LubesnGreases.com/workplace-trends for more information on how to acquire your copy of this invaluable resource.
– Howard Briskin
HBriskin@LubesnGreases.com