Articles filed under Washington Post
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Study: You need 86 applicants to hire that one right personMar 19, 2017 7:13 am - Finding the right employee is not easy and a new study proves why. According to research by recruiting software service Lever, a typical small business employing fewer t...
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How to appeal your property tax assessment, save moneyMar 19, 2017 7:12 am - Forget about keeping up with the Joneses. This time of year you want your house to be as crummy as possible. Why? Because it's property tax assessment time, which means ...
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Tips for defusing heated political debates in the workplaceMar 19, 2017 7:11 am - Remember the good old days when you could log onto Facebook or have a conversation at the office water cooler without engaging in a political debate? There have been any...
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Why you shouldn't clock out for a colleagueMar 19, 2017 7:10 am - Q: Our timekeeping system is online, and we are required to clock out for breaks, lunch and at the end of the day. Sometimes we bend the rules and take a short lunch in ...
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Cushy parental leave policies don't tell America's storyMar 19, 2017 7:00 am - Many companies have been noisily publicizing their cushy parental leave policies in recent years, telling the world they're bestowing workers with an increasingly genero...
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How athletes can avoid - or at least minimize - crampsMar 18, 2017 7:30 am - Cramps are terrible. Even the word is displeasing - it's dismal and clunky - so it's kind of a perfect descriptor for when your muscles tighten but don't have enough fue...
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Colorectal cancer rates rising sharply among Gen X and millennialsMar 18, 2017 7:30 am - Rates of colorectal cancer, which overall have been declining for decades in the United States, are instead rising sharply among young and middle-aged adults, according ...
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How #DeleteUber worked in Lyft's favorMar 18, 2017 7:17 am - Call it a tale of two ride-sharing services. In the days following the announcement of President Donald Trump's immigration ban, rival companies Uber and Lyft responded ...
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What's next for wearables? Check out Google and Levi's smart jean jacketMar 18, 2017 7:15 am - Google and Levi's showed off this week a new joint project: a $350 smart jean jacket. While this jacket literally puts tech on your sleeve, it does it in a subtle way th...
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FCC wants broadband included in Trump's infrastructure packageMar 18, 2017 7:14 am - WASHINGTON - When politicians talk about infrastructure, they typically mean the basics: Roads, bridges, ports. The electric grid. Maybe rail, if it's lucky. But America...