There are many ways to keep focused during your job search, including not spending too much time formatting your resume and interviewing at jobs that aren't where you want to work. And if you don't get a job, stay in touch with those you interviewed with and ask them what you can work on to become a better candidate.

Frank Collective founder and CEO Jiffy Iuen offers tips of how female leaders can counter the stereotypes they too often get cast into of either being "overly critical and unfair" or motherly. "The challenges are real, but there are ways to be empathetic and thoughtful about your employees and responsible for a successful business," Iuen writes.

Smart managers focus on talent, starting with the hire and continuing through support, skills development and helping them find a career path, writes Bev Kaye, who buckets these ideas into three main areas. "They also link their people to other feedback providers, coaches, mentors, colleagues and leaders up the ladder," she writes.

Using Bureau of Labor Statistics data from the start of the pandemic, Hispanic men remained the most employed group of workers, followed by Asian men; but those with the lowest employment were Hispanic women. While workers earning up to $19.47 an hour lost jobs, those earning more than that actually gained jobs.

Approximately one year ago, companies across the US started sending employees home, embracing the idea of remote working as the pandemic took hold. Now, as vaccines roll out and case counts start to sink, companies must be prepared to pivot again as they consider when -- and how -- to recall staff to the office. Even companies that plan to revive an office-based workplace should prepare to adapt to the "next normal" by weighing if they really need staff at their desks every day, considering flexible work arrangements and having open, honest conversations with employees.

The Biden administration's $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill will produce a "very strong" economic recovery and return the country to full employment by next year, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said. If the spending triggers excessive inflation, "there are tools to deal with that, and we'll monitor that closely," she said.

A Wisconsin school district plans to use drones fitted with cellphone signals to provide high-speed internet to students in rural areas where broadband and cell service aren't reliable. Wisconsin Telelift uses drones that can stay up for weeks and are tethered to a ground-based power source rather than relying on battery power.