Prepare like an external candidate when looking at getting promoted internally, especially by addressing your weaknesses. The company likely already knows your flaws, so have answers to these during the interviewing and negotiation process, writes John Gunderson.

Nobody cares about your job as much as you do, so take full ownership of it and work hard to maintain a strong path of career success, suggests recruiting expert Jack Kelly. Those who don't take full ownership of their careers through hard work, innovation and grit will fall behind or get replaced by ever-changing technology, Kelly adds.

LinkedIn is expanding into the employee-engagement space with its acquisition of Glint. Businesses use the service to gather employee feedback to then create a strategy around improving operations based on that data.

State and local governments compete well with the private sector when it comes to employee benefits, according to an analysis of data from the Society for Human Resource Management. Government employers are more likely than private-sector ones to offer on-site professional development, fitness centers and medical clinics, as well as financial advice and credit counseling.

Integrate skill-building activities during your sabbatical to stay sharp in your industry, such as learning a new language, problem solving, communication and time management. Have an end goal in mind leading up to the long time off and design the break around that goal by focusing on relevant experiences to help move you toward a career you're passionate about.

Get started with a side hustle by first recognizing a problem or need people within your network could benefit from being solved. Work toward developing a solution and then getting the word out via Upwork, Fiverr and word of mouth.

Four wellness entrepreneurs at a recent panel discussion in Brooklyn, N.Y., talked about how they balance their own wellness efforts and work demands. Day Won founder Candice Huffine says working all day every day is unhealthy for business leaders and their employees, and Y7 founder Sarah Larson Levey said she stopped trying to live up to a wellness routine that didn't fit her lifestyle, and instead learned to work what she can into her life whenever it fits.

The bones of a Neanderthal child between age of 5 and 7 were found in a cave in Poland, thought to have lived 115,000 years ago with evidence that they passed through the body of a large bird. Whether the child was killed by the giant bird or the bird found and ate the body has yet to be determined.