My journey at Hydrogen: stories and insights from our career changers
Thomas Hartwell • 14 October 2021
Welcome to our series of interviews with our Legal team members!
As we're celebrating 20 years of Hydrogen's Legal Practice, we interviewed some of our career changers to find out what careers they pursued before joining the recruitment industry, what attracted them to Hydrogen, and what's the best thing about recruitment. They also shared with us some of the most memorable and funny moments at Hydrogen. Let's hear what they had to say...
You can watch the full interviews here:
Get in touch with us if you would like to discuss more business or job opportunities in the Legal sector or if you would be interested to join our Legal recruitment team.
Our latest insights
For a long time, the war for talent was a skills race. Which candidate had done the launch, led the transformation, shipped the product. The logic was simple: find the person who has already done the thing you need done. That logic no longer holds.
Ask most HR leaders to describe strategic workforce planning and you'll get a familiar answer: forecasting headcount, modelling future demand, identifying gaps.
Pushback from leadership is often framed as resistance to HR. In practice, it usually points to something else. It signals that HR is not yet shaping decisions at the level it could be.
As we move further into 2026, fresh from recent travels and conversations, it’s increasingly clear that the market is shifting even faster than many expected.