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The bar chart illustrates the number of male employees hired for senior development position in three companies ( IBM, Microsoft, and Apple) from 1980 to 2010.

The bar chart illustrates the number of male employees hired for senior development position in three companies ( IBM, Microsoft, and Apple) from 1980 to 2010.
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Overall
, the percentage of male employees hired for
this
position
 in all companies had
present
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 an upward trend.  
At
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 the end, 
IBM
 had the largest portion of senior development positions filled by males and
Apple
 had the least one.  In the first 15 years,
Apple
 hired the largest amount of male employees for the
position
, around 15%. It was
near
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 8 times
as
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apply
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that of IBMI with
near
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 2% in 1985 and 1990 respectively.
Then
IBM
 dramatically increased hiring males in 1990, close to
Apple
 and Microsoft,
around
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 12% individually.  After 1990,
although
 all three companies hired more male staff for
this
position
,
IBM
 had the highest speed, with
near
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 25% in 1990 and above 60% in 2010. There was close to three times increase. Microsoft
also
 presented
similar
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a similar
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 speed as that of
IBM
, with 10% in 1990 and over 40% in 2010.
However
,
Apple
had
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hired
least
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the least
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 males for
this
position
 as
comparing
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 with
other
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the other
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 two, with a slight drop in 2000 to below 20% and
then
rose
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 to 25% in 2010.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words position, ibm, apple with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "present" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
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