2026 Global Workforce Trends Report 2Parts

Part One: Priorities and Outlook from HR Leaders and Job Seekers Part Two: Building Trust With Millions of Data Points

Trust has become a defining requirement of modern hiring. As organizations accelerate hiring and expand across borders, they must move beyond point-in-time background screening and identity verification to continuously build trust throughout the employee lifecycle. 

This report examines that shift through two distinct but connected lenses. Part One captures the voice of the market by drawing on global insights from hiring professionals and recent job seekers to reveal how expectations for speed, transparency, and verification are changing. 

Part Two brings those expectations into focus through real-world data and customer experiences. Using millions of anonymized screening transactions across the First Advantage global network, it shows how organizations are translating trust into action across pre- and post-hire workflows. 

Together, these findings illustrate that building workforce trust now requires both insight and infrastructure. Organizations that align the two will be better positioned to move faster, reduce risk, and create more confident hiring experiences