Todays’ guest post comes from U.S. News, written by Marty Nemko, known american career and education couch.

When seeking your true love, you had better look for someone with a compatible personality. The same thing is true when choosing your career.

As part of its Best Careers guide, U.S. News has selected the top careers for each of six personality types. Sure, everybody’s an individual, but researchers have observed that most people have certain characteristics that can be grouped into a small number of categories. We’ve used the methodology developed by respected career psychologist John Holland, who identifies six general types of people. For each, we’ve selected careers — both white-and blue-collar — with good job availability and respectable pay, in fields that offer psychological satisfaction and reasonable quality of life. Most people will recognize themselves in at least one of these categories…