You can learn more during temporary assignments by setting short-term goals and using the feedback you get to improve, writes John Coleman. Make sure to actively seek out mentors and keep a journal of what you learn during your short-term assignments.

To find the right career coach, you must know exactly what kind of help you want and conduct quality research beforehand, writes Lisa Quast. Do a search on the names you find and look for qualities such as extensive experience and education before speaking with the coach personally.

When discussing professional matters with others, look for signals like crossed arms and legs that often indicate the listener is closed off to what you're saying, writes Travis Bradberry. Excessive nodding or tightness in a person's jaw or neck can also indicate stress and discomfort, adds Bradberry.

A report from Goldman Sachs indicates that the expected increase in drilling activity as the oil comeback continues could lead to a wave of job creation. Between now and the end of 2018, the report predicts that between 80,000 and 100,000 jobs will need to be added.

Habits are easier to form when you like what you're doing and keep a consistent schedule, writes Laura Vanderkam. "Many people flounder with habits because they allow exceptions for things such as travel, or special occasions, that eventually become common enough not to be exceptions," she notes.

Adult male Cardiocondyla ants mark young males with a kind of kiss of death that signals worker ants to kill the potential rival, according to findings published in Entomological Science. The older ants grasp the younger males in their mandibles and slather them in gut juices that attract the worker ants, which proceed to tear them apart, though sometimes the younger ant will survive and launch a counter strike.