Scientific studies have been done on careers and personality types for schools, university students, the armed services, the emergency services and more.
They show that in some professions certain types predominate. (Others suit a variety of personality types.)
They show that if you have certain skills or habits, certain careers are options, and some on the list may be new to you, or have lower entry requirements than the more crowded careers or popular university courses.
Statistical relevance varies.
You can use systems which are more accurate, nearer 100%. They are more costly to administer and harder to understand.
For example, recruiting for emergency services and the army,
They spend a long time with paper and real life testing how you behave normally and how you behave in a crisis. (Fight or flight, calm or panic-stricken, whether you follow orders or make up your own mind.)
Sometimes as little as 10% can be useful. Many catalogue companies and most on line dating agencies are profitable if they convert as little as under 15 or 10 per cent of readers into buyers. They have to know that group - the elderly with low income wanting comfortable cushions, or the businessman who must be on time needing a watch or a diary.
My son worked in recruitment where the company only wanted 10% for his shortlist for a job. For example - being on time and teetotaller and honest answers would be vital or advantageous for a pilot, or indeed a bus driver.
Good spelling is helpful for a secretary. Incidentally, recent news of a survey finding that a high number of people applying for jobs as teachers can't spell explains a lot.
To find whether honeymoon couples expect the man or woman to make the hotel booking, whether he goes for price or romance, etc, can make the difference between the hotel or hotel group's profit and loss, and means keeping the market researcher employed because he has increased sales by 10%.
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