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What Really Matters in an Interview
Korn Ferry CEO Gary Burnison highlights what job seekers must get across when they meet with potential employers.
The New Survival Strategy: More Meetings
As mid-career office workers strive to keep their jobs, they’re homing in on the one arena where human skills still reign supreme: meetings.
6 Ways to Handle Decision Fatigue
Managing all the back-and-forth business shifts going on right now can take its toll.
April 28, 2026
Sixty-one percent of employees are ‘languishing’ as a tough job market and looming tech brings a loss in purpose.
Open floor plans correlate with 67% higher incidence of bullying, according to a new study. What’s an office manager to do?
Two in five white collar workers who changed jobs at year-end took pay cuts of more than 10%. After the big raises of the past, are firms seeking a ‘salary recovery?’
April 24, 2026
New research suggests workers are starting weekends sooner and sooner. Should leaders be frustrated?
April 23, 2026
In such a tough job market, more workers are taking any job they can find—regardless of their interest in it. How that can corrode a firm’s culture and mission.
April 22, 2026
With their pick of candidates, some firms are asking for Sunday interviews or extending ‘work trials.’ What’s next?
May 23, 2023
A new study found that traders working from home were less likely to commit securities fraud than those in the office. Why leaders calling for a return to office should take note.
May 17, 2023
Artificial intelligence hasn’t taken over organizations just yet. These 3 areas hint at what could be next for everyone else.
May 16, 2023
Handling difficult managers remotely is a challenge. In-person becomes a tougher challenge as more workers return to the office.
May 15, 2023
With tech companies faltering, some workers are hitting pay dirt in these five unexpected sectors.
An acute shortage of both entry-level and senior accountants has an industry—and its clients—worried.
May 12, 2023
How the world's greatest generational transfer of wealth could be impacting when people quit or decide to return to the office. Plus, Korn Ferry highlights what executives should read and watch this summer.
As the tech industry retrenches, several surprising high-paying fields are growing fast. Plus, how to deal with a bad boss.
Why the big decline in people quitting has some leaders yearning for the days of the Great Resignation. Plus, how to negotiate for a better job title.
May 9, 2023
The rate at which employees are quitting is nearly back to pre-pandemic levels. But the end of everyone quitting poses its own set of issues for corporate leaders.
One in five cars sold globally last year was an EV, a remarkable increase for a technology that is still relatively new. Can the momentum continue?
May 8, 2023
The youngest cohort is far less satisfied at work than older generations were at their age, but best-selling author Dan Goleman says companies can help improve the situation.