The Panel runs a Candidate Sentiment Survey twice yearly to assess the attitudes of candidates to specific topics. Here are the parameters: 1,796 candidates completed the survey. The candidates surveyed were from junior management to the “C” suite level in the IT, finance, accounting, legal, HR, banking, and ESG professions. The candidates were presented with a multiple-choice answer for every question, bar question one, where they chose every answer applicable to them. Where the same question was asked in our Autumn 2023 survey, we compare it to Autumn 2024. The survey was conducted after the U.S. presidential election and before…