9/28/2017 Emotional stability and articulateness increase the chances of finding a job after unemployment Many people know from experience that, apart from having good grades or relevant work experience, a pleasant personality or an intelligent appearance will also affect successful job-hunting. In a current investigation, Dr. Timo Gnambs of the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories relates individual characteristics to the duration of adults’ job searches until they are successful. In fact, the study shows that emotional stability and high articulateness make the job search easier and, consequently, also shorten periods of involuntary unemployment. Read more about this in the series NEPS results compakt.
David Ausserhofer Fotografie 10/15/2026 Vortrag am 27. Oktober zum Auftakt der Diskurswerkstatt: „Bildung für alle? Teilhabegerechtigkeit zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit“
Etienne Giardet/unsplash 10/13/2026 NEPS Forschung kompakt: Wer nur auf den Schulabschluss schaut, übersieht Talente
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