Amanda Mcgrory Dixon

Based on an analysis by the Institute for Women's Policy Research of the August employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, women gained 43,000 jobs, which totaled to 45 percent of the new jobs, while men gained 53,000 jobs.

Forty percent of manufacturers and 25 percent of service-sector companies expect to bring on more employees in September, according to the Leading Indicators of National Employment report from the Society for Human Resource Management.

According to ManpowerGroup, a provider of work force solutions, employers should focus on building long-term flexible work models, especially as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the overall August jobless rate fell to 8.1 percent.

Sixty-seven percent of companies rely on contingent workers, according to a new study released by Randstad.

Given the slow economy, employers are still doing more with fewer employees; however, only one-third of employers effectively manage their talent, according to a survey of global leaders by the Korn/Ferry Institute.

When workplace annoyances hit, it makes the life of employees much harder, and often employees find themselves struggling to complete their work, says Carol Fitzgibbons, an HR expert at BPI Group, a global management and human resources consulting firm in Chicago.

While the worker confidence level is more than 10 points higher from August 2011, it is 51.6 in August 2012, only 0.8 points down from July 2012, according to the most recent Randstad Employee Confidence Index.

Mercer is ranked No. 1 in human resources consulting in the Consulting Practice Area Rankings, the latest survey of more than 5,000 practicing consultants by Vault.com, a provider of career-planning research for professionals and recent graduates.