The best advice for retirement advisors? Ride out the current wave of election-time uncertainty and focus on a more positive future.

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.

The fact is, the American economy managed to churn out 96,000 jobs last month, according to the latest labor Department report. It was enough to tamp down the unemployment rate from Julys 8.3 percent to 8.1 percent.

While the worker confidence level is more than 10 points higher from August 2011, it is 51.6 in August 2012, only 0.8 points down from July 2012, according to the most recent Randstad Employee Confidence Index.