Like many I/O Psychologists, I often make use of the handy Dictionary of Occupational Titles, as well as its sexier sibling, O*NET. Both of these resources aim to provide a comprehensive description of every job in the world economy. If people do it, they want you to be able to look it up and get a list of tasks accomplished by a person in that job. Nifty.
While looking up a rather mundane job today, I started flipping through just to see what kinds of stuff they have. Turns out the authors of the DOT included some wacky occupations in the name of completeness. Check out the job descriptions for…
And of course, I/O Psychologist. Cyberathlete was nowhere to be found.
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