Bryan Power has been named by Yahoo as Senior Vice President of Human Resources and will report directly to the company's CEO Marissa Mayer. So reports Business Wire.

Human Resource Executive has put out its list of the top 15 most powerful women in HR, noting that, in general, women are at the helm of big-company HR departments at a growing clip. So reports Human Resources Executive Online.

With so many professionals navigating the waters of their careers both in the full-time work force and on their own, inter-personal skills like cultivating contacts and meaningful networking are perhaps more important than ever. But with so much of our communication done electronically – and even short-handed with Twitter hashtags, abbreviations and emoticons – a lot of simple etiquette that used to be considered good form or simply “professional” have gone by the wayside. So reports blog LoveLifeEat.

In its first meeting of 2015, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and its new chair, Jenny Yang, announced the formation of a brand new task force dedicated solely to workplace harassment. So reports the National Review.