It's not just work: For young people, employment status shapes their identity

Twentysomethings with stable employment had better identity synthesis and experienced less identity confusion compared to those with unstable employment, researchers say. — Freepik

WE LIKE to think that there’s more to life than work.

Yet when we meet new people, we often ask them what they do for a living. Indeed, work can shape our personal identity, especially when just starting out in the professional world.