Employee Participation

Among the best cities for job seekers in the first quarter are Cape Coral-Fort Meyers, Fla.; Phoenix; Tucson, Ariz.; San Francisco; Salt Lake City; Austin, Texas; and El Paso, Texas, according to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.

As human resources professionals are preparing for 2013, they should be aware of the challenges they can expect to face in the next year. Recruiting and retention are both expected to remain problems while HR professionals must also focus on providing career development paths and improving their own business acumen.

While leadership might come more naturally to some, it is a skill that can be learned and developed. The best leaders continue to work on their leadership skills throughout their careers.

The average number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits over the past month fell to the lowest level since March 2008, a sign that the job market is healing.

Georgia labor officials say metro Atlanta's jobless rate has dropped to 8 percent.

As half of new employees regret taking their job offers this year, many employers are also unsure whether they made the right hiring decisions, particularly as one in eight new hires did not work out in the past year.