Getting rejected and ghosted during a job search can be discouraging, but Kathryn Vasel has tips to stay motivated. Before moving on to your next job application, Vasel suggests reviewing search tactics, asking for feedback, looking in your network and considering taking a break to re-energize.

Switching careers, returning to school or leaving a job can be risky if you depend on the income, so saving about a year before any big change is important, writes Lindsay Tigar. Additionally, use your company benefits while you can and pick up side work to boost your finances while you're between jobs.

This March is an unpredictable month for job searching with global business leaders bracing for a possible economic downturn due to the coronavirus. "If you've been thinking about broadening your job search parameters, ending a passive search in favor of a more active one or calling in networking favors you've been putting off, this is the time to pull out all the stops," she writes.

Good leaders value their credibility and work hard to cultivate trust among their employees, says Brian McNamara, chief learning officer for the International Trade Administration. "It is not always possible to keep your word, but you can always honor your word," he writes.

The acceptance rate for a job increases with the level of the interview process, according to a Glassdoor study. Tough interview questions and skills tests improve the acceptance rate, while personality or IQ tests lower it.

A Harvard sociologist says talking to strangers about some of our most personal trials and tribulations is a healthy thing to do. Conversations with complete strangers can improve mood, decrease loneliness and increase sense of belonging, according to psychologists.

Premature birth can impact the DNA methylation that takes place in a baby, and researchers at the Karolinska Institutet have found some of the changes can stay with the child all the way through adolescence.