In addition to LinkedIn and social media, professionals have other options for networking while industry mixers and conferences are canceled. Invite senior leaders to speak with a group of peers for an online meeting, look for opportunities and connections outside of your region, and use canceled events to find interesting people to privately reach out to, suggest business consultants Alisa Cohn and Dorie Clark.

Tory Burch held a surprise Zoom call Monday with the newest 50 women selected for this year's Tory Burch Foundation Fellows Program, an effort launched five years ago to help nurture emerging women entrepreneurs. "Now, more than ever, we need entrepreneurs with unique ideas, as well as the determination and resources to see them through," she said.

Employers should demonstrate their deep commitment and support to their workers during the coronavirus pandemic, writes Edward Jones Chief Human Resources Officer Kristin Johnson. Johnson offers suggestions for carrying this out, such as doing informal check-ins with employees -- asking about them and their families -- at the start of virtual meetings.

If you're not sure if a job posting should address your company's temporary work-from-home situation, business consultant Laurel Farrer says to include it. "To access the best talent, be open and honest about whether or not a role currently has a WFH option, how long it is expected to be so, and what the company's future remote work policy is expected to be," she writes.

No one wants to hire a toxic employee, but how can a hiring manager spot someone who will spoil a team? Communications expert Dianna Booher offers four questions hiring managers can ask candidates to elicit real, authentic responses that can help weed out the worst.

Personio, a German HR software firm, is testing a wrist-worn sensor that beeps when it comes within a certain distance of another person in order to help employees follow social distancing guidelines. The Kinexon SafeTag device uses ultra-wideband sensors that are more accurate than Bluetooth and can be adjusted to reconfigure distance and time periods.

Although keeping a journal has been associated with various aspects of improved health, many people don't take the time to write what they are thinking. This article offers four tips you can use to start putting your pen to paper or fingers to keyboard.

While there are regions where porching never went out of style, the pandemic has spurred a porching renaissance in neighborhoods where porches sat idle for years. This look at the vitality of porches also offers keen insights into architecture and neighborhood planning.