Career guides for GMP professionals, hiring guides for pharma employers and market updates on salaries and regulation in the Netherlands and Flanders.
Every QA, QC and MSAT interview in the Netherlands includes a deviation question. The eight we hear most, what a strong answer contains, and the one mistake that ends interviews.
Gregory Sivo·3 min read
QC to QA is the most common move in Dutch GMP and the most often done badly. What QA Managers actually look for in a QC candidate, what to do in your current job first, and what the pay step looks like.
Gregory Sivo·2 min read
The honest answer by discipline and site type, based on the language requirement on every vacancy we have filled in the last two years.
Gregory Sivo·2 min read
Three science parks, three very different QA careers. A comparison of employers, role types, salaries, housing and what your next job after this one looks like.
Gregory Sivo·2 min read
Validation interviews at Dutch biologics and sterile sites follow a pattern. These are the five scenarios that come up in almost every one, and what a strong answer contains.
Gregory Sivo·2 min read
The two most senior quality roles at a Dutch site are often confused. Here is what each actually does, what they earn in 2026, and how to find out whether you are QP-eligible.
Gregory Sivo·3 min read
A day-by-day account of the QA Officer role at a contract manufacturer, batch record review, deviations, client audits, and what separates people who thrive from people who burn out.
Gregory Sivo·2 min read
About 40 % of the candidates we place are international. This is the practical guide we send them: what the 30 % ruling is worth in 2026, where to live near each cluster, and how much Dutch you need.
Gregory Sivo·3 min read
Most QA vacancies read identically and attract identical applicants. Six changes that make experienced QA Officers stop scrolling, with a before-and-after example.
Gregory Sivo·2 min read
A freelance CQV Engineer at €95 per hour looks expensive next to a €75k salary. Over a twelve-month project it usually is not. Here is the arithmetic, and when each option wins.
Gregory Sivo·3 min read
The revised Annex 1 has been in force since August 2023. It changed what a sterile QA Officer needs to know, and it changed the questions you should ask at interview.
Gregory Sivo·2 min read
Which GMP roles moved in 2026, which stood still, and what the interim market did. The headline numbers from the Pharma Recruit Dutch GMP Salary Guide, with the reasons behind them.
Gregory Sivo·2 min read