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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.

Though Ive been down on my own generation for a while now, some new news made me a little proud.

The economy is weak and the job market brutal.

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.

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.

President Barack Obama inherited a wreck of an economy, "put a floor under the crash" and laid the foundation for millions of good new jobs, former President Bill Clinton said Wednesday night in a Democratic National Convention appeal aimed directly at reassuring millions of voters struggling to get by in...