How AI Predicts Your Career Success from a Single Photo: Decoding the Labor Market through Facial Personality Analysis ❝ By analyzing facial images of 96,909 MBA graduates, researchers discovered that AI-extracted personality traits predict salary differences equivalent to moving up 9-12 spots in business school rankings – all while showing near-zero correlation with academic performance. ❞ 1. Why Personality Traits Matter in the Labor Market 1.1 The Overlooked Power of Non-Cognitive Skills Traditional hiring overemphasizes 「cognitive skills」 like degrees and test scores, but extensive research (Page 2) reveals: 「Personality traits」 (Big Five model) predict career achievement as effectively as IQ …