Austin, TX. Shutterstock From 2013 to 2014, Travis County, Texas, attracted more new net residents—nearly 62,000—than the next 10 highest-ranked counties for net migration combined, according to data from the IRS. Call it the allure of Austin. Or maybe it’s the allure of Texas in general.

Ever dream about the one celebrity leader you’d like to talk to? Trista Harris not only dreamed it, she made it happen. Trista is a philanthropic futurist and co-author of the book How to Become a Nonprofit Rockstar. She is also president of the Minnesota Council on Foundations, a network of foundations that awards almost $1 billion annually, and speaks internationally about using the tools of futurism in the social good sector.

People say “A job interview is a two-way street.” If a job interview is really a two-way street, then a job interviewer and a job applicant are equally important people in the meeting. If you want to hire great people, you have to be willing to sell them as hard as they’re selling you. If you need job applicants to grovel and beg in order for you to hire them, then you’re shooting too low.

Photo Credit: Stocksnap.IO In a news release on Wednesday, August 24, it was announced that the Small Business Administration (SBA) has partnered with the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and microlender Justine PETERSEN to develop an innovative initiative to help formerly incarcerated individuals. The initiative includes a $2.1 million fund aimed at bridging the gap between entrepreneurial education and the formerly incarcerated through microloans and training programs.

Pixabay The U.S. Travel Association reports that United States residents logged 459 million business trips in 2015. How many trips did you contribute to that astronomical number? The global nature of the workforce combined with our rebounding economy have led to an increase in business travel over the last several years. Many people get to see some pretty cool places on the company’s dime.

Rooster Punk, a UK branding agency startup, has won an international contest for best office dog. Amelie, the office’s French bulldog won the award because of how crucial she is to the company as well as her blend of humour and spunk, says Wistia, a marketing video hosting company that ran the competition. “Wow what an honour to be crowned the winner,” says Rooster Punk.

After you’ve chosen a career path, it’s easy to feel like you’re locked into that decision for the rest of your life. Maybe your job isn’t fulfilling, isn’t providing you with sufficient opportunities to develop your leadership, or you just feel like there is nothing new there for you to learn. According to a survey from Deloitte, two-thirds of all millennials plan to leave their job by 2020 and 44% say they would leave their employer in the next 2 years.

Most people imagine that working from home also entails working for yourself. But regular work-at-home arrangements among the non-self-employed have doubled since 2005, according to Global Workplace Analytics, a telecommuting research firm. That may not be a surprise in an increasingly connected world and in a society constantly talking about work/life balance. But employers may also be intrigued by research indicating worker productivity on telecommuting days increases 27%. In total, 3.

Shutterstock There’s a lot to be said about the importance of delivering constructive criticism to someone when it’s necessary, and especially when it’s uncomfortable. However, I’d argue that you’d be lying to yourself if you said there weren’t times you actively sought out opportunities to “help someone out” by letting them know about something they did wrong.

Shutterstock Why do some clearly qualified job seekers fail to impress in job interviews? In my 20+ years of recruiting, the most frustrating experience has been with candidates who are referred to me as top notch (or perhaps I’ve interviewed them before and know their potential) but they flame out during the hiring process. The candidate can clearly do the job, yet the feedback from the hiring manager comes back that the candidate is not a fit.