This week, we kicked off our special series: Chemical Industry Workforce: Shaping Tomorrow's Talent. 

CP Executive Editor Jon Katz kicked off the series with a spectacular in-depth look at the state of the chemical industry workforce and its future. This first article includes interviews with workers, experienced and new, who offer their perspective into the complexities of the current labor market.

If this doesn't grab you by the collar and drag you in, I'm not sure what will: "Attention operations team: Your new material loader was stocking shelves at Walmart yesterday.

If that scenario seems far-fetched, it’s not, according to one plant production manager for a $30 billion chemical manufacturer." 
-- Traci Purdum, editor-in-chief