A mentor can provide support and guidance in your career, Jimmy Okuszka writes. The relationship doesn't need to be formal, and looking to professionals outside your industry can be beneficial, he notes.

Professionals may be able to develop leadership skills by temporarily embracing the role of a follower, suggests a study in the British Journal of Psychology. In the study, military recruits who saw themselves as followers were more likely to emerge as leaders in infantry training than were recruits who considered themselves natural leaders.

LinkedIn has launched a new design for the "Experience" section of users' profile pages. The design allows multiple positions to be listed under the same organization within a single section.

A CareerBuilder report says 58% of employers plan to provide raises for employees this year, with 24% of companies planning raises of at least 5%. More employers -- 63%, compared with 60% a year ago -- say they expect to hire full-time workers in the second half of 2018.

Writing a short, positive thank-you note that mentions something not said during an interview can help land the job, writes Natalie Lundsteen of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Candidates also should send thank-you notes to contacts who helped set up an interview or secure the job, she advises.

A Yale University study has found that 10 minutes of meditation helped improve a person's cognitive ability compared to a control group. "You don't have to spend weeks practicing [meditation] to see improvement," said Hedy Kober, a senior author of the study.

A large Roman library has been found underneath Cologne, Germany. Archaeologists found holes in the walls of the structure, which may have held as many as 20,000 scrolls.