Your birth order might be able to determine your career…
Now I am the first born and agree with this survey! This is a picture of me and my siblings from a few years ago!
From Left to Right: Erin (23), Jill (20), Adam (18), Kyle (22)
Your birth order might be able to determine your career. (From Careerbuilder.com):
Firstborn:
- Personality: Firstborns are ambitious, assertive, dominant and disciplined compared with their younger siblings. They’re determined to succeed yet fearful of losing position and rank, and are defensive about errors and mistakes, Dattner says.
- Compensation: A recent survey by CareerBuilder.com found that workers who were the firstborn child in their families were more likely to earn $100,000 or more annually compared with their siblings.
- Professions: The oldest tend to pursue vocations that require higher education, like medicine, engineering or law. Ohio State University researchers found firstborn children were more likely to pursue “intellectual” jobs.
Middle:
- Personality: Middle children are good at negotiation, peacemaking and compromise, Dattner says. They are easygoing and diplomatic and are usually closer to friends than family.
- Compensation: More middle children identified themselves as earning $35,000 or less per year than firstborn or youngest children, according to the CareerBuilder.com survey.
- Professions: Middles tend to have excellent negotiating and people skills — anything that employs these skills is a great fit.
Youngest:
- Personality: Youngest children love the limelight and are used to sitting in it. They are charming and creative, have a good sense of humor and manipulate others when they want to get their way.
- Compensation: Last borns were the least likely to report earning six figures, according to the CareerBuilder.com survey.
- Professions: Youngest children often gravitate toward artistic and outdoor jobs, according to the OSU survey. They’re also successful in journalism, advertising, sales and athletics.
Only children:
- Personality: Only children are similar to firstborns in that they are motivated to conform to parental expectations, Dattner says. They are also achievement-oriented and successful in school and have problems delegating work. Research shows they are more confident, articulate and imaginative than other children. They also hate criticism and tend to be perfectionists.
Twins
- Personality: Because of their equal status in terms of their age — and, if they’re identical, their genes — twins are usually treated the same and turn out similarly. They tend to have different personalities and interests, but are closer to each other than other siblings and tend to have less conflict with each other than other siblings.