New starter no-shows | Over a quarter of UK employers have been ghosted by new recruits on day one

More than a quarter of UK employers have experienced new starters failing to show up for their first day of work, a new study reveals.

New research from the CIPD and Omni RMS shows that 27% of firms who have attempted to fill vacancies in the last 12 months have had new starters fail to turn up on their first day at work, commonly referred to as being ‘ghosted’.