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U.S. employers posted fewer jobs in July than in June, the latest evidence that hiring is weak.

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.