LinkedIn is launching LinkedIn Live, a video service that will allow users to interact with experts in their respective industries in real time and conduct other live events. The company says the program is available to only a select group of users for now.

Keep a job offer from another employer to yourself until you make a decision or risk mistrust and resentment from your boss and co-workers, writes Scott Steinberg. If you want to pursue a counteroffer, approach your boss with a positive outlook about what you like about your job and what you need to move forward.

You'll have more success networking if you know ahead of time the people you want to connect with and plan to have substantive conversations instead of multiple business card exchanges, writes business coach Chuck Sweeney. Your goal should be getting to know others better personally as well as professionally.

The number of middle-skill jobs that require more than a high-school degree but less than a bachelor's is expected to increase by 2030, according to a new report from the Southern Regional Education Board. SREB President Stephen Pruitt says the data show there are not enough workers to fill those jobs and recommends that states put more funding toward adult-education programs.

People returning from a tour of service or mission work will transition more smoothly to the traditional workforce by building a professional network, writes career coach David Smith. They can reach out to fellow service alumni, college friends and former professors or employers to help them plan their careers.

Your LinkedIn profile will see more hits if you customize its headline, personalize your URL and write a summary that encourages readers to learn more about your experience, writes career strategist Mary Jeanne Vincent. It's important to post a professional headshot, contribute content and solicit recommendations to increase your marketability.

Making friends is as important for adults as children, says William Chopik, assistant professor of psychology. "According to self-expansion theory, when we try new activities in new relationships, it broadens aspects of ourselves and what we like to do while enhancing the shared relationship we have with other people," he says.

Scientists at the University of Maryland have developed a material that can detect heat and cold, and adjust itself to fit the current temperature. When a body radiates heat, the fabric modifies so that it releases that heat to cool down the body, and when it cools down, the fabric reverts back to its original state to preserve warmth.