Source: Hello I’m Nik / Unsplash A new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality suggests that a careful reading of someone’s LinkedIn profile can reveal true elements of their personality, but only if the reader pays attention to the right signals. “LinkedIn is considered the most effective social network website for job seekers and recruiters,” say the authors of the research, led by Sébastien Fernandez of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland. “Although LinkedIn profiles are regularly accessed to evaluate candidates, we know very little about the type of information conveyed.” To better understand the connection between profile and personality, the researchers evaluated the LinkedIn profiles of 607 graduates of a hospitality management school in Switzerland, ages 22 to 35. They coded each profile for elements they thought might be indicative of someone’s underlying personality, such as whether the person was wearing professional attire, the size of their professional network, and whether they were smiling in their profile photo. Next, they requested that participants take a personality test measuring the Big 5 dimensions of personality: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. This way, they could trace which LinkedIn profile indicators mapped onto people’s…
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