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An OECD study indicates people are less likely to find a job in New Zealand if they are open and agreeable.
Being extroverted or emotionally stable doesn't help as much with employability in this country as it does in most others, but being conscientious does.
But none of those traits have as much impact on employability as being literate.
The findings come from the Survey of Adult Skills conducted in 2023 with 160,000 respondents in 31 countries, 29 of which included questions about social and emotional skills.
It measured respondents' scores in five areas - agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, extraversion, and openness to experience -
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