A job interview provides an opportunity to learn about the company and to highlight your skills. To improve your chances of landing a position, follow these three suggestions, including asking questions throughout the conversation.

Make "positive gossip" a practice by, for example, highlighting good work, advises Global Happiness Council member Jennifer Moss, who also recommends robust mental health programs and policies. "When organizations focus on what they have versus what they don't have, people's attitudes change," Moss says.

Companies that put people first rather than profits stand to benefit, writes Jeet Kumar of In Time Tec, who recommends a four-part priority hierarchy of people, project, process and profit. Kumar writes that our word choices reflect our priorities and suggests asking, "Do you need anything from me?" rather than "What sales have you made lately?"

The US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit has lifted an injunction issued last month that blocked the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine and testing requirements for businesses with 100 or more workers. According to the ruling, OSHA has "demonstrated the pervasive danger that COVID-19 poses to workers -- unvaccinated workers in particular -- in their workplaces."

The latest annual report by the Financial Stability Oversight Council indicates that many Americans have regained their financial security thanks to government COVID-19 relief programs, but some, especially those in sectors greatly affected by the pandemic, remain in financial distress. The report's findings include the ratio of households' debt to disposable income dropping "well below its 2007 peak and slightly below pre-pandemic levels," and a record high in household net worth after a 5.6% decline during the first quarter of 2020.

Florida's manatee population has declined this year, due in part to water pollution that kills seagrass, the animals' main food source, but state wildlife officials are addressing the problem with a new temporary feeding program, the first of its kind. There are an estimated 8,000 manatees in the Florida waters, although a record 1,000 died in 2021.