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title: "Spotlight on Recruitment 2021 research report: Mind the Trust Gap?"
description: We conducted research on 500 HR and Talent professionals from SMEs with 5-5,000 employees. What did our research discover?
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# Spotlight on Recruitment

# 2021 research report: Mind the Trust Gap 

We conducted research with 500 HR and Talent professionals from businesses with 5-5,000 employees.

What did our research discover?

- Recruitment is broken - 57% of all hires are not working out to some degree
- Key themes around the biggest challenges in recruitment
- Important priorities for recruitment in the coming year
- Recruitment solutions that businesses are either using or looking to use within the next 24 months
- The role technology plays in the future of recruitment 

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## What does the research report cover?

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#### Findings from research conducted with over 500 HR and Talent leaders across a variety of sectors  

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#### The three key reasons why recruitment isn’t working 

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#### What HR Leaders need to do to fix recruitment in their business 

We’re now at the beginning of a crucial period of change for HR and talent acquisition. So to understand the pressures, pain points and priorities of an era marked by post-pandemic recovery, rapid digitalisation and workplace evolution, we are taking an in depth look in our new annual research series, Spotlight on Recruitment. 

![Mind the Trust Gap](https://resources.thomas.co/hubfs/Trust-in-Hiring-A4-Landscape-Mockup-vol2.jpg "Mind the Trust Gap")

“When recruitment activity surges, the risk of getting it wrong increases too.”   
*Jayson Darby, Head of Science* 

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