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This time last year, I was sitting in the same cubicle and at the same company as I am today, but as a college intern. Turning that summer position into a full-time job wasn’t easy, though. Here are some tips that may help get you from intern to in-demand employee:

Even very brief running–just 5 to 10 minutes a day–can help people live longer, according to new research.

We have radically underestimated just how fit it’s possible to become thanks to walking desks.

"Imagine trying to hire pairs to work on a project," Bailenson said. "Give your dozen candidates a two-minute test to see which pairs synchronize and which ones don’t. So now you’ve got a basically innovative team detector."

Americans who report exercising for 30 minutes every day in the past week feel best about their physical appearance, while those who exercise no more than one day in a given week feel the worst.

After a decade of screening, interviewing and onboarding marketers, there are still some mistakes that I constantly see.

Today, more than two decades after Warren Buffett lent it to me–and more than four decades after it was first published–"Business Adventures" remains the best business book I’ve ever read. John Brooks is still my favorite business writer. (And Warren, if you’re reading this, I still have your copy.)

Companies want to hire technically skilled MBAs, and business schools are finally starting to get it.

Silicon Valley has given the world another matchmaking service — this one, to set up recent college graduates with gainful employment.

Looking for a strong writer and varsity athlete? A computer science major and Python programming whiz? Ask Collegefeed, and a short list of candidates will soon pop up in your inbox.

"When you initially learn mindfulness mediation practices, you have to cognitively work at it–especially during a stressful task."