According to the Randstad Employee Confidence Index, worker confidence grew by 3.8 points in September after three consecutive months of decline.

Milwaukee-based ManpowerGroup says statistics should be revised from the zero growth rate in August to instead reflect a gain of 57,000 jobs, with the temporary staffing industry creating 53,000 jobs over the last three months.

The average base salary for a CEO is $338,300 per year, an uptick of 1.6 percent from last year, according to the Executive Compensation 2011/2012 survey by Compdata Surveys.

Hiring this month is expected to be even weaker than in October 2010, especially with the difficulties in recruiting and higher compensation levels, according to a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management.

Middle market firms have remained resilient throughout the down economy, according to a study by Ohio State Universitys Fisher College of Business and GE Capital.

Eighty-six percent of employers use social media, with 72 percent of employers using it for recruiting purposes, according to a survey conducted by SelectMinds.

According to the newest Regus Business Confidence Index, employers expect to hire new graduates, freelancers and remote workers, as they try to increase their employee numbers while remaining flexible and rapidly scalable in this economy.

Job openings throughout the U.S. have increased for the third consecutive month, with a 0.7 percent uptick month-over-month and 9 percent from last year, finds SimplyHired.coms October Employment Outlook.