The median household income in the US rose 1.8% last year, as more people found jobs and more part-timers moved to full time, the Census Bureau said. However, incomes are barely above where they were in 2007, and they are essentially the same as in 1999 when adjusted for inflation, the Census Bureau said.

The White House is focusing on technology including artificial intelligence and automation to refurbish employee skills for the future federal workforce. A symposium by the Office of Management and Budget has tapped the brains of industry experts, with the goal of improving human-capital strategies.

Embezzlement can take several forms, as unscrupulous employees may pay fake vendors, take money from the petty cash drawer or pocket money from customers, writes accountant Dalia Cantor. Cantor explains the warning signs to watch for and offers nine tips for stopping embezzlement.

Typical hiring approaches focus on what compensation a job candidate would be willing to accept, as opposed to what would satisfy the candidate. That may be counterproductive, writes Chris Stiemert, who suggests an alternative that includes defining your compensation strategy and making your best offer upfront.

Russian customers quickly took up a challenge presented by a Domino's franchise owner by getting visible tattoos of the pizza chain's logo in exchange for 100 free pizzas for 100 years. However, Domino's had to limit the number of winners to 350 when it found that so many customers were willing to ink themselves for up to 10,000 pizzas.