Derek Zeller has SourceCon has summed up a number of the changes that are soon to be affecting OFCCP contractors.   In short, the changes relate to:

• Keeping track of your hiring practices in regards to positions filled by persons with disabilities
• Updating statements of non-discrimination to keep up with protected status.
• Saving data on the search terms that you use when searching for resumes on resume databases

Read through the summary at SourceCon and check out further information at the OFCCP website.

Courtesy of Bloomberg.

Employees are normally keen to share their ideas and take part in new initiatives, but business leaders need to make sure that they are encouraging this participation. [Vice president of strategy and advisor relations at FirstSource, Michael] Roy notes that companies with the highest participation rates tend to be ones which encourage employees to contribute. He recommends that business leaders identify how the improvements will impact staff and then highlight the findings to get additional buy-in.

Cynthia Clark at 1 to 1 Media on the value of engaging your employees for crowdsourcing ideas.

Medium writer Robyn Scott suggests taking 30 seconds after an important meeting to write down the strongest takeaways...The goal here isn't to take detailed notes or remember every specific thing. That's what note-taking during the meeting is for. Instead, take those 30 seconds to write down the strongest impressions you have or the most notable things you felt afterwards.

Great lifehack for business meetings and conferences.

The messaging service [WhatsApp], founded in 2009, has been so successful because it understood from the start the importance of embracing mobile technology. That's something Facebook struggled with, notably going public without any revenue from mobile devices. Facebook now gets more than half of its revenue from advertising on smartphones and tablets, but it still is looking to expand its mobile reach.

On the $19 billion price tag of Facebook's latest acquisition.  Via CNN.