A memo was sent to Twitter employees on Thursday informing them to prepare for notifications today of mass firings, with up to half of the company's over 7,500 workers at risk. A lawsuit was filed in response in San Francisco's federal court on behalf of five Twitter workers, alleging a breach of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which stipulates large employers must give 60 days notice for mass layoffs.

More transparency and communication from potential employers would ease hiring for both sides, according to a survey by job search engine Adzuna. Frustrations to avoid include ghosting, long interview processes and vague salary information, says Adzuna executive Paul Lewis, who offers advice on what to do instead.

Providers of retirement plans including Fidelity Investments and ForUsAll have moved ahead with initiatives to allow cryptocurrency investments, and some employers are offering this option. Fidelity, for example, declined to provide specific details but said that some of the 24,500 401(k) plans it administers include bitcoin as an investment choice.

By recognizing the potential for women to be leaders in the recovery from Ebola in Sierra Leone in 2015, Libby Hoffman, founder and president of Catalyst for Peace and co-founder of Fambul Tok, writes that they uncovered the power of "invitational leadership." Hoffman outlines four advantages of such leadership development, including how it can be embedded in an organization and reap benefits in the long term.

After finding herself checking her phone and social media apps every minute, Antonia Hoyle writes that she now pays for an app that blocks her access to the addicting programs for one to six hours every day. "Without my nose glued to the screen I've stopped ignoring my children and even manage to speak to my husband every now and again," Hoyle writes.