Switching from a to-do list to timeboxing tasks into a calendar may improve efficiencies and help you become more productive, suggests Marc Zao-Sanders. It offers several benefits, including implementing a time aspect on tasks and providing more control over your schedule.

A modified tax-relief package was introduced to the House this week and includes provisions to allow access to 401(k) funds to pay for childbirth or adoption expenses penalty-free. If enacted, it would also expand tuition benefits for Section 529 savings plans.

Approach anyone, no matter their title or status, at the company holiday party by keeping the conversation light, warm and positive. Show gratitude and work toward building a better connection with those you work with every day, as well as people you're meeting for the first time.

A survey by Bankrate finds 62% of workers have not gotten a pay increase during the past year, up from a 2017 finding of 52%. The survey finds 91% of participants have the "same or greater confidence" in the job market than they did in 2017, but only 25% of respondents who have not gotten a raise plan to look for a different job.

Go back no further than 10 to 15 years on your resume for most industries, recommends the experts, to keep the resume length short and easy to scan. You can still highlight skills learned from past employment, but do not waste the resume space on listing jobs beyond the 15-year recommendation.

Employees are "ghosting" employers at a high rate, with applicants not showing up for interviews, hires never appearing on the first day of work and employees leaving without notice, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Analysts cite a tight labor market.

Harness the heightened awareness brought on by workplace anxiety to become more productive, rather than letting it debilitate you, suggests Julie McCarthy, lead author of a recent study on the topic. Moderate levels of anxiety can provide a motivational effect and increased concentration that is beneficial in getting things done, the study found.

In Australia 45,000 years ago, a marsupial carnivore known as T. carnifex walked the earth, and remains of the creature were discovered more than a decade ago. But scientists at Flinders University have only recently fully reconstructed a skeleton of the animal and found that its movements and hunting habits are similar to those of lions.