A Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows a greater percentage of workers do some or all of their work from home, and those people are also working more hours per day. The increase is reflected in more freelance workers and flex-time opportunities, but also an increase in full-time telecommuting management positions.

Google's 2-year-old diversity push hasn't moved the needle much, with little growth in minority hiring and an increase of only 1% in women on staff. "It's a journey," said diversity coordinator Yolanda Mangolini. "We're a 60,000-person company, and culture change takes time."

In the coming years, HR may include a "mindset coach" who helps employees focus on healthy behaviors, according to Kavi Guppta. Other jobs might include specific people for learning, engagement and talent recruitment.

Male and female biotechnology company leaders have roughly the same incomes, but female biotech leaders are generally more highly educated than their male counterparts, according to Thelander Consulting's 2016 Private Company Compensation Report. The researchers compared base pay for 155 male and 19 female CEOs in biotech, clean tech, medical devices and other technologies and found that biotech was the only sector in which there was no gender-based wage gap. Nearly 90% of female biotech CEOs have at least a master's degree and 51% have at least a doctorate, compared with 84.7% and 36% of men, respectively.

College graduates don't have to let student debt drown their hopes of starting their own business, entrepreneur Daniel Wesley explains in this commentary. "Channel the work ethic and determination that helped you succeed in college to stay on the path to your business goals," Wesley writes.

Managers and companies continue to make basic errors when hiring, starting with outsourcing the work to less-informed recruiters, Art Petty writes. He offers advice on how managers can become more involved, accountable and aware of their biases when hiring.