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Scientists Can Predict Your Job By Your Social-Media Personality

People soon might be able to identify career options that truly fit their personality traits and values, based on the digital traces that they leave through their online behaviors.Photo Illustration by Billion Photos / Shutterstock

or many of us, finding the “right” career can feel like an impossible feat. When my little sister was in her last year of high school, she took a career aptitude test. Her top career? Chimney sweep. Luckily, things look to be working out for my sister. She’s now training to become an engineer, but who knows whether she will move on to something else: The average person today will about 12 jobs in their lifetime. At any given moment, one in three employees for their current roles, while one in four are overqualified. Globally, the vast majority of people feel at work. Winding up in the seems to be a surprisingly common experience.

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