The Gig Economy is a business environment in which temporarypositions are common and organizations contract with independentworkers for short-term engagements. For years, economists andpundits have prognosticated that the conventional 9-to-5 job worklife would be replaced by an economy dominated by independentcontractors, freelancers and temp workers who are retained throughsmartphone apps.
Yet this new-era business environment appears to bestalling. Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reportedthat the share of Americans working in “alternative” workarrangements is shrinking rather than rising, declining from almost11% in 2005 to approximately 10% last year.
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Anthony J. LoPinto
Tony LoPinto is the Global Sector Leader of Korn Ferry’s Real Estate Practice and founder of SelectLeaders. For the past 18 years LoPinto has been serving his clients with deep knowledge and perspective on talent needs and organizational challenges to public and private companies – knowledge gained from a 25-year career in real estate. Prior to his current position, he founded and served as chief executive officer of a boutique real estate executive search firm, where he oversaw offices in New York, Chicago, Washington, DC, San Francisco and Los Angeles. He has successfully led several high profile search engagements for chief executive officers, directors and a wide-range of executive level positions across all industries and sectors. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in European history from Loyola University in Chicago.
