Microsoft and LinkedIn are working to fight the rise of unemployment by identifying the top in-demand jobs and offering free online training to help job seekers land positions in those roles. Software developer, sales representative, project manager, IT administrator and customer service specialist topped LinkedIn's current most in-demand jobs.

It is a good time to up your networking and start sending cold emails to prospective employers because hiring managers might have extra time to virtually meet or correspond. "Building relationships now and being front of mind will set you up to be in the best position when hiring resumes," suggests Frances Bridges.

Although most business trips and conferences have been tabled during the pandemic, there are still ways to forge business relationships and make new connections in the virtual world, write executive coaches Alisa Cohn and Dorie Clark. They suggest tracking down people you would have been interested in meeting at canceled industry events and finding a common interest before reaching out via email or LinkedIn, and taking the opportunity to ask high-level leaders to join remote working group meetings.

As technology in the workplace advances, new roles such as HR data detective, work-from-home facilitator and algorithm bias auditor will emerge, according to Cognizant's 21 HR Jobs of the Future report. Other roles that could develop include distraction prevention coach, human network analyst or chief climate response leader.

Several hotels in New York City are renting out rooms as temporary office space to workers who need a quiet space away from home or to a company that is downsizing in space. Four hours at the NoMo Soho will set your back $89.

Workplaces forced to adopt remote work because of the coronavirus pandemic might believe the shift will yield higher productivity, but the lack of personal contact can inhibit idea creation, create a lack of perspective and leave people in a sea of loneliness, write Michael Lee Stallard and Katharine Stallard. "Lacking meaningful connection to help us cope, ongoing stress and loneliness impairs how clearly we think, our quality of sleep and our willpower to eat a healthy diet and exercise," they write.

There are biological reasons why prolonged stress, especially in these times, makes it difficult to get much accomplished. "This chronic stress is one of the main drains to our productivity and connected to a critical brain function, the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis, which is tied to our psychological well-being," writes neuroscientist Tara Swart.

Genichi Mitsuhashi spent two years studying the ways of the ninja in order to earn the world's first master's degree in ninja studies. The 45-year-old even moved to the mountainous province of Iga, Japan, to better understand the farming traditions of ninjas, but Mitsuhashi isn't done yet; he plans to pursue a Ph.D.