Employee Participation

Fifty-seven percent of employees are moderately or highly engaged in the workplace, up from 47 percent in 2011.

U.S. employers added 157,000 jobs in January, and hiring was much stronger at the end of 2012 than previously thought, providing reassurance that the job market held steady even as economic growth stalled.

To create a competitive advantage, the more successful employers are turning to work force segmentation as a solution for talent management, but there is still much room for growth.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose sharply last week but remained at a level consistent with moderate hiring.

Forty-seven percent of workers say an employers online reputation is equally as important as whats included in a job offer, and 45 percent of workers say an employers social media site is an influential employment factor, according to a survey by Spherion Staffing Services.

As women make up half of the U.S. work force and business owners as well as 57 percent of household top earners, the economic recovery is dependent on the productivity and innovation of women in the workplace, according to a new book by Apollo Research Institute.