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What your profession reveals about your personality

Researchers have investigated the question of how personality traits shape - and can be shaped by - our careers.(Bild: pixel-shot.com (Leonid Yastremskiy))

Stereotypes about which personality traits are associated with different professions are largely true, according to an extensive study by psychologists. A test reveals what your own job reveals about your personality - and which one might suit you better.

Why do some people succeed in creative professions, while others work in nursing and counseling and still others aspire to management positions? Researchers have investigated this question and, in the largest study of its kind to date, analyzed the personality profiles of almost 70,000 people in 263 professions to find out how personality traits shape - and can be shaped by - our careers.