Conscientiousness is high on most firms' list of traits they want in employees. Yet a recent study found that laid-off conscientious individuals are less likely to find jobs within five months than are their peers who shirked their workplace responsibilities. Each of the following, if true, helps to resolve the apparent paradox above EXCEPT: ['People who shirk their workplace responsibilities are less likely to keep the jobs they have, so there are more of them looking for jobs.', 'Finding a job is less urgent for the conscientious, because they tend to have larger savings.', 'Conscientious people tend to have a greater than average concern with finding the job most suited to their interests and abilities.', 'Resentment about having been laid off in spite of their conscientiousness leads some people to perform poorly in interviews.']