At Work

Millennials, plugged in 24/7, are revolutionizing the way we work — 75% eschew the 9-to-5 workday for a more flexible environment — but now a growing number of these harried, overworked professionals are turning to teletherapy to cope with burnout.

Mastercard is on a mission to inspire 1 million middle school girls worldwide to build their skills in technology. The financial services company believes women can play a pivotal role in encryption, fraud detection, biometrics and data analysis.

Internships are a great way to get your foot in the door at a thriving company. But having that advantage doesn't always automatically result in an offer letter. Here are some tips on how to go from intern to permanent employee.

A new FDA-approved exosuit worn like robotic shorts can boost worker performance and strength by 20% to 30%, researchers say.

Panera has 100% annual employee turnover, and that's success in a fast-food sector where workers leave at rates of between 130% and 150%. Panera says better training will retain workers. Others think fast food will be the first fully robot industry.

Most assume STEM jobs must be filled by STEM talent, so it's easy to see why 40% of Americans say we're in a crisis. But while skills like coding and data science are important, liberal arts grads offer other critical skills key to the digital age.

If employees don't take adequate breaks during their workday, productivity, mental well-being and overall work performance begin to suffer. Yet many American workers feel uncomfortable stepping away from their desks to take a time-out.

Facing a skills shortage and skyrocketing costs in Silicon Valley, more U.S. companies — such as Amazon, Google and Facebook — are going to Canada to tap tech talent and open satellite offices.

The U.S. is facing a recycling crisis that is burying cities and towns in tens of millions of tons of garbage a day. Companies and municipalities are turning to AI-assisted robots to help sort garbage in recycling plants and boost quality control.

IBM recently completed its biggest acquisition, a $34 billion deal for Red Hat. Deals like that don't happen overnight, but a senior IBM executive says the world is moving so fast that the company does need to be ready to make M&A decisions in hours.

Teaching entrepreneurship is key for our nation's economic future. STEEM (science, technology, engineering, entrepreneurship, and mathematics) is the academic ecosystem our nation needs to remain globally competitive.

Los Angeles is now the largest city in the U.S. to formally include LGBTQ-owned businesses in its project procurement process, following Nashville, Orlando and Baltimore. Similar changes are being considered in Chicago and New York.

New research shows that the current training methods for managers are leaving them unprepared to handle serious employee issues in the workplace, like harassment and bias. Companies need to better train managers, or face the consequences.

A study released Thursday by HoneyBook examined the vacation habits of self-employed Americans. What they found: 92% of freelancers say they work during vacation to avoid losing pay and clients.

Leaders of venture capital arms at Dell and Microsoft say that corporations have gotten a lot better at competing with Silicon Valley financial VC firms for the attention of hot start-ups, and may even have an advantage today in making investments.

40% of workers are dissatisfied with opportunities for advancement, according to data from the CNBC/SurveyMonkey Workplace Happiness Survey. Experts say hard work is no longer enough to get a promotion, and the number of promotions is declining.

CNBC's @Work is an exclusive three-part event series that examines the impact of new technology on three different disciplines — human resources, finance and IT. This edition of the @Work series, Human Capital + Finance, took place on July 16 in Chicago, and examined the critical role financial leaders play in shaping the workplace of the future.

Many Americans think manufacturing jobs are "something other people's kids do." Only 30% of Americans want to work in manufacturing, a problem that Snap-On CEO Nick Pinchuk says is a bigger threat right now than robots.

Delta says the next big area of competition in air travel is not in the passenger cabin but in the airport experience. Biometric screening at security, remodeling of terminals and the addition of tiered lounges are remaking the ground experience.

Delta is gathering more data from customers than ever before in hopes of avoiding customer service problems and increasing customer satisfaction, its CFO says.

Good sleep should not only be for the elites. Lack of sleep and sleep disorders take a steep toll on worker productivity and health. Burning the midnight oil to get ahead is the worst way for employees to think and act.

Dell and Microsoft venture capital arms are investing in AI start-ups that have products to help companies manage data and harness machine learning to gain a competitive advantage.

A new survey of American workers from CNBC reveals that offering employees a mentor is critical to workplace satisfaction. Nine in 10 workers who have a mentor say they are happy.

A new survey of American workers from CNBC and SurveyMonkey reveals that one-third of employees have considered quitting in the past three months. Just 16% of these workers say they're "very satisfied" in their current job.

A majority of workers consider the meaning of their work to be the most significant contributor to their overall happiness. However, there is a life-cycle component to what workers want from their job.

CNBC's @Work is an exclusive three-part event series that examines the impact of new technology on three different disciplines — human resources, IT and finance. This edition of the @Work series, Talent + HR, took place on April 2 in New York City, and examined how HR leaders play a critical role in shaping the workplace of the future.

CNBC's @Work is an exclusive three-part event series that examines the impact of new technology on three different disciplines — human resources, IT and finance. The third event in the series, Capital@Work, took place on December 3 in San Francisco, and examined how senior financial leaders play a critical role in shaping the workplace of the future.

Helping business leaders successfully manage their workforce amid rapid technological and demographic change.

CNBC's @Work is an exclusive three-part event series that examines the impact of new technology on three different disciplines — human resources, IT and finance. The second event in the series, Productivity@Work, took place on October 30 and examined how CIOs and CTOs are managing the transition to a digital future.

Rapid advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning and automation are reimagining today's workplace and leading to big shifts in the workforce of tomorrow. CNBC's @Work is a three-part event series that examines the impact of new technology on three different disciplines — human resources, IT and finance. The second event in the series, Productivity@Work, took place on October 30 and examined how CIOs and CTOs are managing the transition to a digital future.

Helping business leaders successfully manage their workforce amid rapid technological and demographic change.

CNBC’s @Work is a 3-part event examining the impact of new technology on human resources, IT and finance. The first event, Talent@Work, on June 20 explored how CHROs drive success by balancing the needs of the workforce with the needs of the company.

Helping business leaders successfully manage their workforce amid rapid technological and demographic change.