According to a recent survey by the Society for Human Resource Management, 73 percent of employers do not provide training to employees who are responsible for social media duties.

Job postings for higher education positions grew 16.5 percent in the third quarter of 2011, compared to 63.2 percent in 2010, according to a recent report from HigherEdJobs, a source for academic jobs and career information.

According to Arnold Kling, a former economist for the Federal Reserve Board, employment trends could be moving to extreme economic restructuring, calling for new approaches to career planning as well as skill development, and this could put clerical positions, which have been a key part of the U.S.s economy for...

Spending on talent acquisition grew 6 percent to roughly $124 million in 2011, with a greater portion of those funds being used on professional networks, social media and customer relationship management technology, rather than job boards and recruiting agencies, according to a study by Bersin & Associates, a human resources...

Forty-six percent of established small businesses created new jobs, and 57 percent increased revenue over the last year, finds a new report by Interise, a nonprofit that specifically focuses on the growth and success of established small businesses.

For a human resources department, sometimes dealing with benefits just on the U.S. side can be complicated enough.

Ninety percent of employers offer wellness programs and are finding ways to encourage employee participation in an effort to control health care costs, finds the Advertising Specialty Institute.

According to ManpowerGroup, employers can improve their talent retention rates by defining success upfront, which is outlined in its recent paper "Hire and Retain the Best Talent With Success Mapping.