Many ingredients go into making up the recruitment cake - technical qualifications, the interview and handwriting are some of the raw materials that help to make the cake complete. Graphology's great advantage is that it shows strengths and weaknesses not revealed in an interview. Let' s look at the positive side, firstly for the employer and then the prospective employee.
1. By looking at the handwriting of the new recruit one can determine potential. Can the weaknesses be overcome and the strengths capitalised upon i.e. is the candidate not only willing but also able to change his ways?
2. When teamwork is required, personalities that interact well can be chosen by looking at people's handwriting. This is useful if the job requires a lot of meetings, co-ordination and co-operation. In a happy working atomosphere much more is accomplished and problems are often easier to solve when people are on the same wave length.
Looking at a different aspect, when one attends courses, some of the exercises, require people with fundamentally different characters to make up each team. If the group is missing one element or has too many of another the full benefit of the exercise may not be achieved.
3. Stress factor We all have different levels of stress. It is important for both sides that the prospective employee can handle the stress of the job without the health being affected.
If someone is under a lot of stress, the handwriting can detect this. A suitable individual can then have a chat with the writer and discuss how best he or she can be helped. Action can then be taken without waiting until things have got out of control. (heart attack or creating havoc in the department).
1. The great advantage of submitting writing is that it can be done in their own time, in a place where they feel comfortable with a pen that they enjoy using. There is no time limit and there is no-one hovering in the room waiting for the page of writing. For those who find the interview more like an interrogation, the writing can reveal the true picture of the personality - strengths which may be missing in the interview situation will show up in the writing.
2. Putting round pegs in round holes. If someone is applying for a job in a field where they are not suited, this can be picked up by the writing before one starts on the long term career and hence save many possible years of frustration.
Isn't it better to retrain and start in something where job satisfaction can be obtained, albeit a couple of years later than originally intended, rather than to work for several years before discovering this is not the rewarding career one had hoped for and then having to go back into the study situation again which is often very hard to return to.
Some months ago I was analysing a candidate's writing for the post of an accountant. The chap had no eye for detail, yet excellent communication skills and a flair for dealing with people, so I suggested to the prospective employer that the candidate would be much happier working with people rather than figures. The client was most grateful for this information and took appropriate action.
A question I am often asked is: Should the candidate be told that their handwriting is being analysed? My own personal view is that until people know more about handwriting analysis, it is preferable for them not to know. What we are looking for is the free and natural writing. Those who know nothing about graphology and who are asked to submit writing for analysis may try and write what they call - beautifully. This is obviously not the real character and usually brings out a slightly negative interpretation.
When candidates become used to the idea that handwriting is just another part of the selection process, most of them will happily submit their normal writing.
Looking at the employer's situation. Shortlisting is where I am used most frequently - it saves time, money and effort. They are keen to know about certain aspects such as reliability, responsibility, get up and go, seeing the job through, leadership potential. It is also useful to have a second objective opinion after the first interview. The graphologist never sees the candidates so can be totally objective about their characters whereas the interviewer is affected to a certain extent by chemistry. Inevitably when one meets someone there are immediate feelings. It is an unavoidable part of interviewing.
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