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It’s validating when your intern supervisor wants to hire you, but there are a few reasons to think twice before accepting.

It’s validating when your intern supervisor wants to hire you, but there are a few reasons to think twice before accepting.

You crushed your internship—nice work, by the way!—so much so that the company has offered you a full-time job. For the first time in your life, you have a salary in front of you, benefits, and a fancy professional title to append to your resume. There’s no reason not to take the offer, right?

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Your brain emits “theta waves” when you’re falling asleep or waking up. Here’s how to use them for problem-solving.

Your brain emits “theta waves” when you’re falling asleep or waking up. Here’s how to use them for problem-solving.

Eat. Sleep. Solve problems. Repeat. You probably spend a large part of your waking hours tackling challenges, especially when you’re at work.

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A decade after leaving the industry, fashion’s power couple is back—and they’ve got a new name.

A decade after leaving the industry, fashion’s power couple is back—and they’ve got a new name.

Health care consumers pay a lot of money for bad design. It’s time for the device and drug companies to stop.

Health care consumers pay a lot of money for bad design. It’s time for the device and drug companies to stop.

A regular glass ketchup bottle is a poorly designed experience. To serve the ketchup you have to hold it at a 45-degree angle, tap it in a special place, insert a knife, and then it splatters not only onto your plate but also onto your lap.

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The language-learning company’s new app lets users teach and learn anything from biology to Pokémon. A look at the most popular topics.

The language-learning company’s new app lets users teach and learn anything from biology to Pokémon. A look at the most popular topics.

Since Duolingo launched in 2012, the language-learning company’s eponymous app has become a favorite, winning over 150 million users who enjoy its cheery animations and gamelike mechanics, as well as the ability to compete with friends. But they wanted more. “We saw that there has been . . . a consistency of demand for flashcards,” says Zan Gilani, a marketing associate at Duolingo. The company obliged with Tinycards, an app that applies the company’s philosophy of presenting material in multiple ways to reinforce it—as well as rewarding users with smiley faces and praise when they get something right.

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The questions interviewers aren’t allowed to ask are pretty clear-cut, but how to respond when you’re asked them anyway isn’t.

The questions interviewers aren’t allowed to ask are pretty clear-cut, but how to respond when you’re asked them anyway isn’t.

Are you married? Planning to have kids? When did you start your career? Where are you from originally? Do you celebrate any specific religious holidays?

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Personality isn’t necessarily a bad guide to leaders’ effectiveness, but there are some major red herrings.

Personality isn’t necessarily a bad guide to leaders’ effectiveness, but there are some major red herrings.

When Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine announced last week that she couldn’t bring herself to vote for Donald Trump for president, she hardly mentioned his policy positions. Instead, Collins focused on Trump’s personality. “His disregard for the precept of treating others with respect, an idea that should transcend politics,” she wrote in the Washington Post, concluding that “Trump lacks the temperament, self-discipline, and judgment required to be president.”

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Researchers find that sports reporters often refer to female athletes as “older” and “unmarried” while men are “strong,” “big,” and “great.”

Researchers find that sports reporters often refer to female athletes as “older” and “unmarried” while men are “strong,” “big,” and “great.”

After winning a match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in 2015, Canadian tennis star and Wimbledon runner-up Eugenie Bouchard buried her head in her hands following an unusual request by the male interviewer.

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This Googler explains how tech recruiting is becoming more holistic than it used to be, and what it takes to stand out.

This Googler explains how tech recruiting is becoming more holistic than it used to be, and what it takes to stand out.

The hiring experience for engineers isn’t what it used to be—and that’s partly by design. Here at Google, we’ve intentionally broadened the number of schools where we actively recruit, from 75 a few years ago to 305 today. We’re as interested in English or philosophy majors as we are in computer science degree holders. We don’t really care if you have a 4.0 GPA, and we’re not interested in whether you can figure out how many golf balls fit inside a 747.

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For the past five years, turnover among Patagonia employees who use its child care program is 25% lower than in its overall workforce.

For the past five years, turnover among Patagonia employees who use its child care program is 25% lower than in its overall workforce.

To support our families, Patagonia provides company-paid health care and sick time for all employees; paid maternity and paternity leave; access to on-site child care for employees at our headquarters in Ventura, California, and at our Reno, Nevada, distribution center; and financial support to those who need it, among other benefits. In particular, offering on-site child care, we believe, is the right thing to do for employees, working parents, and the life of the workplace.

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