Ronald Porter

Jan 20, 2025 | kornferry.com | Shanda Mints |Ronald Porter |JP Sniffen

It’s a figure that will make job hunters do a double take, then shake their heads: For every five roles firms advertise online, they likely aren’t filling one of them. That’s the conclusion of hiring platform Greenhouse, which works with multiple organizations on job postings. After examining its own data, Greenhouse reports that about one out of every five jobs advertised online is for a role that companies will never fill.

Aug 28, 2024 | kornferry.com | Maria amato |Dennis Deans |Paul Fogel |Ronald Porter

The factors in people’s decisions to come into the office can be endless, whether it’s length of commute, family-care issues, or the need to attend in-person meetings, among many others. Recently, a new type of seemingly unrelated crime has become an issue. Thanks to a new crime wave known as “porch piracy,” some 44 million Americans have had a package stolen in the last three months, according to data from Security.org—in all, a total of $8 billion annually in lost goods.

Aug 21, 2024 | kornferry.com | Ronald Porter |Maria amato |Dennis Deans

As markets continue to fluctuate amid economic woes—and as AI disrupts industry after industry—it’s not surprising that firms and analysts believe layoffs will continue into fall and winter. What is surprising is the factor leaders blame for this development: employee performance. One year after they cited overhiring as the primary cause of layoffs, some 30% of HR leaders, in a new report, blame underperformance for cutbacks—placing it in a tie with overhiring as the number-one factor.

Jun 28, 2024 | kornferry.com | Maria amato |Ronald Porter |Dennis Deans |Shanda Mints

Remember when “retirement” meant leaving the workforce? These days, the options include partial retirement, semiretirement, and now flex retirement. As you may have already noted, none of these arrangements actually involves leaving the workforce. In “flex retirement,” the latest workplace euphemism, someone works on a flexible schedule, whether it’s a standard 9-to-5 with extra vacation months, a shorter workweek, or a discrete project.

Jun 12, 2024 | kornferry.com | Deepali Vyas |Shanda Mints |Ronald Porter

The manager calling the Zoom meeting could sense something was off. Most of the workers on his screen looked stressed or tired. But a few were tanned, joking, and very relaxed. He wondered: Could they be on vacations that they hadn’t formally requested? The answer might be yes.