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Recruitment & Selection: Graphology (Writing Analysis)

The document discusses various aspects of handwriting analysis (graphology) that are used to identify character traits and make recruitment decisions. It describes how factors like slant, size, pressure, loops, word and line spacing, and page margins can provide insights into a person's personality, goals, communication style, and tendencies towards independence, ambition, security needs, and more. Graphology has been studied for over 600 years and aims to reveal unconscious drives and personality from analyzing writing patterns.

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Recruitment & Selection: Graphology (Writing Analysis)

The document discusses various aspects of handwriting analysis (graphology) that are used to identify character traits and make recruitment decisions. It describes how factors like slant, size, pressure, loops, word and line spacing, and page margins can provide insights into a person's personality, goals, communication style, and tendencies towards independence, ambition, security needs, and more. Graphology has been studied for over 600 years and aims to reveal unconscious drives and personality from analyzing writing patterns.

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RECRUITMENT &

SELECTION

GRAPHOLOGY
(WRITING ANALYSIS)
Background

Graphology is the study of handwriting to identify the


character and motives of people and is used in support
of selection decisions.
It has been of interest from last 600 years.
Aristotle gave much weight to individuality of
handwriting.
Camillo Baldi, Italian physician published method to
recognize nature and quality of a writer from his writing.
Flandrin and Michon gave a concept of evaluation based
on writing analysis.
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Wilhelm Preyer undertook experiments to conclude


that handwriting is ‘brain writing’ and reflected
individual personality and character.
Max Pulver demonstrated how conscious and
unconscious drives are projected into writing
pattern.
Gordon Allport and Philip Vernon supported brain
writing theory.
There are two main schools of graphology:-
Gestalt graphology
Graphoanalysis
The differences between them is that former will imply
meaning directly from the writing while later will
break down the writing into measurable
components.
USED IN ………………….

Personnel selection
Forensic Work
Compatibility
Self discovery
SLANT

Right slant indicates a response to communication, but not how


it takes place. For example, the writer may wish to be friendly,
manipulative, responsive, intrusive, to sell, to control, to be
loving, supportive, just to name some possibilities.
If the handwriting is generally upright, this indicates
independence.
A left slant tendency shows emotion and reserve. This writer
needs to be true to self first and foremost and can be resentful if
others try to push for more commitment from them.
SIZE

Large size handwriting can mean extravert and outgoing, or it


can mean that the writer puts on an act of confidence,
although this behaviour might not be exhibited to strangers.
Small size can, logically, mean the opposite. Small size
handwriting can also indicate a thinker and an academic,
depending upon other features in the script.
If the writing is small and delicate, the writer is unlikely to be
a good communicator with anyone other than those on their
own particular wavelength. These people do not generally find
it easy to break new ground socially.
PRESSURE

Heavy pressure indicates commitment and taking


things seriously, but if the pressure is excessively
heavy, that writer gets very uptight at times and can
react quickly to what they might see as criticism, even
though none may have been intended. These writers
react first and ask questions afterwards.
Light pressure shows sensitivity to atmosphere and
empathy to people, but can also, if the pressure is
uneven, show lack of vitality.
UPPER LOOPS

Tall upper strokes are reaching towards goals and ambitions or, if
they are very extended, there may be unrealistic expectations of
what the person feels they must achieve.
If there are reasonably proportioned upper zone loops, this
indicates someone who likes to think things through and use their
imagination in a sensible way. Wider upper zone loops indicate
more of a tendency to dream up ideas and mull them over.
If the up-stroke goes up and then returns on top of itself, the
writer may be squeezing out imagination and keeping to the basic
requirement of getting down to the job in hand.

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LOWER LOOPS

Lower loops are also varied and have different meanings.


For example a straight stroke shows impatience to get the job done.
A 'cradle' lower stroke suggests an avoidance of aggression and
confrontation.
A full loop with heavy pressure indicates energy/money-
making/sensuality possibilities, subject to correlation with other features.
A full lower loop with light pressure indicates a need or wish for security.
If there are many and varied shapes in the lower zone, the writer may feel
unsettled and unfocused emotionally. Again the handwriting analyst
would look for this to be indicated by other features in the script.
WORD SPACING

The benchmark by which to judge wide or narrow


spacing between words is the width of one letter of
the person's handwriting.
Wide spaces between words are saying - 'give me
breathing space'.
Narrow spaces between words indicate a wish to be
with others, but such writers may also crowd people
and be intrusive, notably if the writing lacks finesse
LINE SPACING

Handwriting samples are always best on unlined paper,


and particularly for exhibiting line-spacing features.
Wide-spaced lines of handwriting show a wish to stand
back and take a long view.
Closely spaced lines indicates that that the writer
operates close to the action. For writers who do this and
who have writing that is rather loose in structure, the
discipline of having to keep cool under pressure brings
out the best in them.
PAGE MARGINS

The sides of the page each have a meaning.

The left side margin shows the roots and beginnings/family.


The right side shows other people and the future.
The top is goals and ambitions.
The foot of the page shows energy, instincts and practicality.
Therefore margins are very informative.
If the writer has a wide left margin, the interest is in moving on. If it is narrow,
caution and wanting to avoid being pushed before they are ready is indicated.
Narrow right margin shows impatience and eagerness to get out there and on
with things.
Wide right margin shows that there may be some fear of the unknown.

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