EY urges junior staff back to the office as AI puts a premium on human skills

What this means for your job search: Expect interviewers to increasingly assess your communication, collaboration, and client-facing potential, not just technical abilities. Be ready to articulate how you develop these interpersonal skills and demonstrate enthusiasm for in-person team engagement, especially for junior roles. EY is urging its junior consultants to return to office working more often, with senior partners arguing that the interpersonal skills that win and keep clients are best learnt in person, and will only become more valuable as artificial intelligence takes over more of the routine technical work.