Only 20,000 jobs were added to nonfarm payrolls in February, falling short of economists' expectation of 180,000 jobs and making it the weakest month for job creation since September 2017, according to the Labor Department. Wages showed improvement, meanwhile, and the unemployment rate declined to 3.8%.

Women of color can be helped in advancing their careers by having employers who highlight their contributions, give them honest feedback and focus on their potential, write Zuhairah Washington and Laura Morgan Roberts. "Tracking the performance of women of color and the velocity and rate at which they're hired and promoted versus their peers is the only way to measure progress in creating a more diverse leadership bench," they write.

The Labor Department has proposed a $35,308 annual-salary threshold, below which an employee is entitled to receive overtime pay. The current threshold of $23,660 was established in 2004.

Jenny Dearborn, CEO of Actionable Analytics Group and former chief learning officer at SAP, says it's important for companies to keep up with changing technology and to teach technical skills to employees. "As a country, our problem isn't a lack of jobs, it's not enough workers with the right skills to fill all the open jobs," she says.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver shared concerns about the mental health of professional athletes during the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Silver noted the role social media and mobile devices play in isolating players from not only fans but also teammates.