How to Identify Qualities Employers Want - The Top Ten Traits as
shown in Handwriting
A look at the traits most in demand with Employers, and how to
identify them from handwriting.
If you hire staff, you know how difficult it is to know from a
resume and interview who is the best person for the job.
It's easy enough to establish credentials and even identify
"hard" skills (such as keyboarding speed, mechanical skills
etc). However, measuring the "soft" skills (communication
skills, attitude and other personal qualities) is much harder.
These skills are easily identifiable from writing, and as a
Handwriting Analyst I help employers "read" the writing of their
job applicants.
Below is one list of soft skills, or personal qualities, much in
demand with employers and how to identify them from handwriting.
The brief descriptions include only the most obvious traits for
each. A total report for an employer as to which candidates
possess the greatest degree of these skills, would involve many
more traits and an in depth evaluation.
Employers want someone who can:
1. Communicate Effectively
* Emotional responsiveness shown in moderate right hand slant *
Ability to communicate verbally shown in some open circle
letters * Good listener shown in some closed circle letters *
Empathy, shown in cup shaped base connections
2. Commit to the job including honesty, dependability and
enthusiasm
* Honesty shown in clean, un-looped circle letters * Rhythm or
stability shown in a even rhythm of the writing * Enthusiasm
shown in long sweeping t-bars * Loyalty shown in round dots on
"i"
3. Learn new tasks willingly - demonstrate initiative and
maintain productivity
* Open minded shown in open "e" * Initiative shown in t-bars
sweeping out to the right from the base of the letter (other
indications also_ * Good memory - "i" dotted, t crossed * Energy
- writing that is written with obvious energy * Determination -
long, firm down strokes on y,j,g,f
4. Accept responsibility - evaluate your own work, use time
effectively, and have pride in the quality of your work
* Willingness to accept responsibility shown in huge initial
loop on M, N, or other letter structures * Clear thinking - lack
of lead in strokes in writing * Analytical - v-shapes at the
baseline between or in letters * Pride - t and d stems twice the
height of lower case letters
5. Excellent Interpersonal Skills - work co-operatively with
others, have a positive attitude, accept constructive
criticism
* Optimism shown in up slanted t-bars and lines of writing *
Co-operative shown in mild yielding, lower case s with no angles
* Little or no sensitivity to criticism - no loops on stems of t
or d
6. Make Decisions - organize tasks, contribute new ideas
* Organization shown in equal balanced upper and lower part of
"f" * Abstract Imagination - shown in upper loops * Decisive -
shown in blunt endings where pen leaves page
7. Flexibility - - adapt to changing requirements
* Yielding (as above) * Change and variety, shown in long and
wide lower loops * Open-minded (as above) * Generous shown in
long final strokes
8. Leadership Potential - demonstrate persistence, self
motivation, try to improve performance
* Persistence shown in anti-clockwise loop often on t-bar,
capital A or H, or other letter structures * Self Motivation -
shown in heavy t-bars * Pride (as above) * Ambition shown in
high t-bars
9. Grow in the job - show willingness to further skills and
train
* Investigative, wanting to know more, shown in inverted V
formations in m and n * Energy (as above) * Open minded (as
above)
10. Ability to handle personal problems without letting them
interfere with work
* Moderate Emotional Responsiveness - right hand slant no too
pronounced