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Only 23% of employees globally engaged; US 33%; disengagement costs $8.9T/yr (Gallup 2024)
Gallup State of the Global Workplace 2024 · 2024
>90% retention in neurodivergent hiring programmes
Microsoft Accessibility Blog (corporate) · 2024
22% of autistic adults in UK employment; 77% want to work (National Autistic Society 2021)
National Autistic Society 'The Autism Employment Gap' · 2021
This page exists to map validated personality profiles onto Enneagram Type 2 (The Helper). The evidence below comes exclusively from primary sources — peer-reviewed papers, government filings, court orders, and first-party institutional research — pulled from JobCannon's curated stats pack. Vendor surveys are flagged where they appear. Read it as a citation chain, not an opinion piece. Treat Enneagram Type 2 less as a fixed job description and more as a cluster of overlapping responsibilities. The validated literature below speaks to the cluster, not to a specific employer's posting language — that is the level at which research generalises. The "The Helper" framing is shorthand here — used because it disambiguates the cluster, not because it implies a single canonical interpretation. Read Enneagram Type 2 and The Helper through cohort eyes. The same hiring pipeline produces different outcomes for older workers, non-native English writers, foreign-credentialed candidates, and neurodivergent applicants — and the AI layer often amplifies those differences rather than smoothing them. Findings below are clustered by the cohort each one most directly affects, not by the platform that reported them. What the primary-sourced literature actually says, in three claims: First, Gallup State of the Global Workplace 2024 reports the following: Gallup 2024 State of the Global Workplace report found only 23% of employees globally are engaged at work; in the US, 33% are engaged, 50% not engaged, and 16% actively disengaged; disengaged employees cost the global economy an estimated $8.9 trillion per year. Second, Microsoft Accessibility Blog (corporate) reports the following: Microsoft, SAP and JPMorgan all report >90% retention from their dedicated neurodivergent hiring programmes, with JPMorgan citing 48-92% productivity gains in some roles. Third, National Autistic Society 'The Autism Employment Gap' reports the following: Only 22% of autistic adults in England are in any paid employment, while 77% of autistic people who are not working say they want to work; 36% of UK employers admit reluctance to hire autistic people despite legal prohibitions. On how the underlying instrument is constructed: Validated assessments combine self-report items with rubric-scored responses, producing a percentile profile against a normed reference sample. The strongest instruments report internal consistency above . and test-retest reliability above . over multi-week intervals, with construct validity established against external behavioural and outcome measures rather than self-judgment alone. Definitional housekeeping: where the literature uses overlapping terms — disposition, profile, archetype, classification, taxonomy, schema — we map each onto the canonical construct of Enneagram Type 2 used here. The mapping appears in the methodology block; ambiguous claims that survive multiple plausible mappings are excluded entirely from the evidence base above. What this evidence does not prove: it does not show a stable mechanism behind every correlation, nor does it isolate dose-response thresholds for the interventions studied. Several findings rely on retrospective survey instruments, which suffer well-documented recall biases; we flagged those inline. Confidence intervals tighten as sample size grows, but external validity — whether a finding extrapolates beyond its original cohort to Enneagram Type 2/The Helper — is bounded by the recruitment frame the original researchers used, not by our citation discipline. Worth knowing exists: parallel literatures on procurement-stage vendor diligence, ISO and NIST AI-management frameworks, EEOC and ICO guidance documents, and the rapidly growing case-law map around algorithmic-hiring litigation. None of those primary sources contradict the sample on this page, but several would push a recommendation differently for an enterprise buyer than for an individual candidate evaluating Enneagram Type 2. For a guided next step, take the assessment linked above. It is a brief validated instrument, not a personality quiz, and the result page surfaces the same evidence chain you see here applied to your own profile. JobCannon's whole job is to map validated personality profiles onto you specifically, using your own assessment data plus the validated catalogue of careers, skills, and traits the rest of the site is built on.
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Top 6 Career Matches for Enneagram Type 2
$90K–$180K · 85% remote
Enneagram Type 2 profiles show elevated relational-attunement motivation and empathy-oriented interpersonal focus in Riso-Hudson literature. Talent acquisition managers evaluate candidate fit, manage stakeholder relationships across hiring workflows, and navigate the acceptance-rejection dynamic—tasks Goleman EQ frameworks associate with the Empathy subscale (perspective-taking, concern for others' emotional states). Organizational engagement research (Roberts et al., 2007) documents that individuals with Type 2 relational-motivation profiles report higher retention and performance in roles where interpersonal responsiveness and understanding of individual needs directly shape role outcomes.
$45K–$110K · 85% remote
Enneagram Type 2 motivation research describes orientation toward interpersonal connection and emotional attunement, which psychometric literature maps to elevated Agreeableness on Big Five scales and higher scores on Goleman EQ subscales for Empathy and Social Skills. Community-manager work involves sustained member engagement, interpersonal conflict resolution, and relationship maintenance across distributed groups — tasks O*NET and Holland codes classify as Social/Enterprise dominant. Engagement research (Roberts et al., 2007) documents that individuals showing Type 2 trait clusters report higher retention and satisfaction in roles emphasizing interpersonal structure and recognition of group emotional needs.
$55K–$130K · 90% remote
Enneagram Type 2 motivation literature documents elevated Agreeableness on Big Five scales alongside a pattern of interpersonal orientation and other-focused decision-making that organizational psychology research links to caregiving and mentoring roles. Instructional design involves analyzing learner needs, translating domain expertise into structured educational sequences, and gathering feedback to refine learning outcomes — work O*NET codes as Social-dominant with strong Investigative components. Person-environment fit research (Holland 1997, Nye et al. 2017) shows that individuals with Type 2's high Agreeableness and relationship-building orientation report higher engagement and retention in roles where helping others develop capabilities is a core structural feature rather than an incidental outcome.
$55K–$130K · 85% remote
Enneagram Type 2 motivation research documents interpersonal attentiveness and support-seeking behavior, which psychometric models map to higher Agreeableness and lower Neuroticism on Big Five scales. Customer Success Manager roles involve sustained relationship maintenance, empathetic problem-solving, and feedback-loop responsiveness—tasks organization-psychology research links to higher performance in individuals showing elevated Agreeableness and emotional-stability profiles.
$40K–$100K · 90% remote
Enneagram Type 2 profiles correlate with elevated Big Five Agreeableness (empathic concern and relationship-focus) and moderate-to-high Extraversion (social motivation), traits that map to higher Empathy subscores on Goleman's EQ model. Social media management involves building audience relationships through iterative content, reading and responding to audience sentiment, and managing community communication — tasks that require both emotional attunement to audience state and sustained engagement effort. This role-trait alignment research (Roberts et al., 2007) associates Type 2 empathic and social-oriented profiles with higher engagement and retention in audience-facing positions.
$45K–$100K · 95% remote
Enneagram Type 2 motivation research describes interpersonal attunement and recognition-seeking for helpfulness, which psychometric literature maps to elevated Agreeableness on Big Five scales. Email marketing involves audience-segmentation and response-feedback optimization—tasks where awareness of recipient needs and measurement of engagement outcomes align with the Type 2 pattern of attuning to others' reactions and seeking confirmation of impact.
Worst-fit careers for Enneagram Type 2
Type 2s struggle in roles requiring emotional detachment or competitive zero-sum dynamics. Avoid: trading floors, corporate restructuring, and roles where people are treated as numbers.
Read the full Enneagram Type 2personality profile →Frequently asked questions
- What does the research say about career fit for Enneagram Type 2?
- Gallup 2024 State of the Global Workplace report found only 23% of employees globally are engaged at work; in the US, 33% are engaged, 50% not engaged, and 16% actively disengaged; disengaged employees cost the global economy an estimated $8.9 trillion per year. (2024, Gallup State of the Global Workplace 2024 — https://www.gallup.com/workplace/349484/state-of-the-global-workplace.aspx).
- What does the research say about nd fit for Enneagram Type 2?
- Microsoft, SAP and JPMorgan all report >90% retention from their dedicated neurodivergent hiring programmes, with JPMorgan citing 48-92% productivity gains in some roles. (2024, Microsoft Accessibility Blog (corporate) — https://blogs.microsoft.com/accessibility/a-decade-of-learning-building-a-dynamic-workforce-through-neurodiversity/).
- What does the research say about nd fit for Enneagram Type 2?
- Only 22% of autistic adults in England are in any paid employment, while 77% of autistic people who are not working say they want to work; 36% of UK employers admit reluctance to hire autistic people despite legal prohibitions. (2021, National Autistic Society 'The Autism Employment Gap' — https://www.autism.org.uk/what-we-do/news/new-data-on-the-autism-employment-gap).
References
- Gallup State of the Global Workplace 2024 — Only 23% of employees globally engaged; US 33%; disengagement costs $8.9T/yr (Gallup 2024) (2024)
- Microsoft Accessibility Blog (corporate) — >90% retention in neurodivergent hiring programmes (2024)
- National Autistic Society 'The Autism Employment Gap' — 22% of autistic adults in UK employment; 77% want to work (National Autistic Society 2021) (2021)