WORST SUMMER FOR LAYOFFS

Job cuts announced by U.S. employers last month jumped 12 percent over a year ago to cap the busiest summer of downsizing in six years, according to a report released Wednesday. For full article and accompanying video, please click here.

RISING GAS PRICES IMPACT RECRUITING

Rising gas prices are impacting recruiting and retention in more ways than one these days. Will flexible employers be the ultimate winners in the war for talent now that gas prices are in the stratosphere? Employers offering transportation subsidies, telecommuting options, and virtual office arrangements may be wooing the best and the brightest candidates right now, even without the highest salaries and biggest relocation budgets in the marketplace. For complete article, please click here.