Remote work can bring jobs to rural areas that have not benefited from the economic recovery, writes Sara Sutton. The practice can open opportunities for people who do not live near economic hubs and expand the pool of workers for businesses looking for new talent.

Networking with people of different ages can provide employees a broader range of perspectives that can enhance their careers and help businesses grow, writes Aviva Leebow Wolmer, CEO of Pacesetter. Understanding each group's motivation and learning how a diverse workforce can spur collaboration is the key to successful multigenerational networking.

Avoid inflammatory comments on LinkedIn and stay away from politics, writes Robert Glazer, CEO of Acceleration Partners. On a network designed to build work relationships, these and several other counterproductive types of posts can be risky for your career.

Too much reliance on personality assessments such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator can limit diversity in the hiring process by prejudging employees based on the results, writes Quinisha Jackson-Wright. Trying to evaluate employees based on personality categories can damage efforts to build an inclusive workplace by creating a rigid culture that makes it hard for many employees to fit in.

Five times as many women could become corporate leaders if U.S. businesses changed their culture, according to a survey and report by Accenture pegged to Women's Equality Day. The survey of 22,000 working men and women from 34 countries found 40 factors -- including the creation of a diverse leadership team, recruitment, and family friendly policies -- can influence advancement for women.

Becoming a mentor is an effective way to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace, writes Rebekah Bastian, vice president of Community & Culture at Zillow Group. By providing career advice, technical support and helping to create opportunities for advancement, a mentor can help create a more equitable organization.

Clear ideas, good grammar and concise language are keys to the kind of good writing that can enhance a career, according to Michelle Volpe-Kohler, founder of Yellow Comet Communications. It also helps to read a lot, write often and proofread and revise your work.

North Dakota, Alaska and South Dakota are top three in WalletHub's Hardest-Working States in America, released Monday. Among the criteria to make the list was average workweek hours, employment rate and share of unused vacation time.

In the age of social media where students can meet before college even starts, some schools are starting to go back to the old days of not letting students request roommates (or not promising to honor the requests). The idea is that the randomness -- and some of its benefits -- will return.