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Health care workers at nine South Florida prisons are getting termination notices because their jobs are being outsourced.

U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in December, a steady gain that shows hiring held up during the tense negotiations to resolve the fiscal cliff.

More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, though the winter holidays likely distorted the data for the second straight week.

A private survey shows U.S. businesses sharply increased hiring in December, helped by a surge of new construction jobs to help rebuild from Superstorm Sandy.

Among the best cities for job seekers in the first quarter are Cape Coral-Fort Meyers, Fla.; Phoenix; Tucson, Ariz.; San Francisco; Salt Lake City; Austin, Texas; and El Paso, Texas, according to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.

As human resources professionals are preparing for 2013, they should be aware of the challenges they can expect to face in the next year. Recruiting and retention are both expected to remain problems while HR professionals must also focus on providing career development paths and improving their own business acumen.

While leadership might come more naturally to some, it is a skill that can be learned and developed. The best leaders continue to work on their leadership skills throughout their careers.

The average number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits over the past month fell to the lowest level since March 2008, a sign that the job market is healing.