Thirty-five percent of American companies are maintaining a smaller work force than before the recession, and in an effort to remain competitive, 36 percent of employers are expected to use staffing and recruiting companies to hire temporary workers in 2012.

According to Allison & Taylor, a professional reference-checking company, job seekers should be aware of the seven employment trends if they are to find a new job.

CEO confidence experienced the largest quarterly gain in the fourth quarter of 2011 at 98.8, up from 83.5 in the third quarter, according to the Vistage CEO Confidence Index.

Single, childless women in their 20s are more likely than men of the same demographic to graduate from college, suggesting women could be a large talent source in the future, finds a study by Inforum, a network for professional women, and Sphere Trending, a consulting and forecasting firm based in...

According to a new study from the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, although a college degree gives job seekers an advantage, the unemployment rate varies by degrees.

Between the baby boomers, Generation Xers and millennials, todays work force is filled with a wide range of employees who all come from various backgrounds and operate with different styles. That, of course, means managing these many employees takes an understanding of each generations values, says Stephen Coco, principal at...

According to data by SurePayrolls Small Business Owner Optimism Survey, 50 percent of small business owners say they plan to hire in 2012, and 56 percent expect to raise pay for some or all employees while only 2 percent say they anticipate cutting wages.

The newly launched IHT World LLC was created in an effort to counter the high costs of health care by offering custom packages for employer self-funded plans and using medical tourism and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to help businesses cut their health care costs.