Most people are in the middle of all the trades, very few are extreme in some of them. Different jobs require different profiles, in some jobs some are very important.

The big 5 can help predict outcomes like job performance, the Big Five Model is better than many others for predicting outcomes.

• Openness to Experience

Flexible, creative, curious, imaginative, willing to try new things -> The most heterogeneous one (low openes-> not bored with repetetive tasks)

• Conscientiousness

Careful, dependable, self-disciplined, diligent, hard-working -> Most highly correlated with good performance in most jobs

• Extroversion

Outgoing, talkative, sociable, gregarious, assertive -> Most highly correlated with success in leadership positions

• Agreeableness

Courteous, caring, empathic, affable, friendly, kind, helpful

• Neuroticism (Opposite: Emotional Stability)

Anxious, hostile, moody, irritable, depressed, capricious, morose