Most employers are looking for bright, dynamic individuals who are personable and can use their own initiative. Such people thrive in a challenging and stimulating environment. However they can become bored and disaffected without constant external stimulation.
There are some jobs which although requiring a high level of intelligence, are never-the-less very repetitive and demand great attention to detail. The owner of a computer company in Denmark needed people to test computers hour after hour after hour. He successfully solved this problem of finding intelligent people who are more than happy to work in a very structured and repetitive environment; he only employs men and women with Asperger's syndrome.
These people are autistic, but are not intellectually challenged. Many have a strong aptitude for mathematics and science. They are very focused and persistent to the extent of being obsessive, but find social interaction and unpredictability difficult to cope with.
Generally these people do not do well at interviews and certainly do not impress future bosses. However given the opportunity, they thrive in a very structured, controlled and repetitive environment. In short they make ideal assembly line workers who need to focus on minute and intricate details.
….And of course being a Danish company, they don’t measure the applicants’ ability through psychometric testing or elaborate interviews. They simply test their technical ability by observing how well they can play with Lego!
