‘Handwriting Analysis’
A New Tool in
Recruitment and Selection

Handwriting Analysis: A New Tool in Recruitment and Selection.
By Vivek V Phadke(

Introduction

Effective recruitment and selection are critical to organisational success. They enable organisations to have high performing employees who are also satisfied with their job, thus contributing positively to the organisation’s bottom line. On the contrary poor recruitment and selections often results in mismatches, which can have negative consequences for the organisation. A misfit who is not in tune with the organisation’s philosophies and goals can damage production, customer satisfaction, and relationships with suppliers and overall quality of the work. S/He can also adversely affect the morale and the commitment of co-workers negating efforts towards foster teamwork. Training your way out of a wrong hire can be very expensive. Effective recruitment and selection are therefore not only the first step towards organisational excellence but are important cost control mechanism as well.

The first part of this paper covers brief spectrum of recruitment and selection processes and importance of personality assessment. Second part shares knowledge on Handwriting Analysis, its use in understanding personality and its relevance in recruitment and selection.

Challenges in Recruitment and Selection:
Following are the major challenges in Recruitment and Selection.

Labour Market Competition -Whether the national economy is healthy or weak; staff turnover and attrition necessitate organisations to constantly search for talents.

Talent Shortage, Competition, increased employee turnover. Brain drain to developed countries, insufficient homespun expertise, poor ‘Challenges to Pay’ ratio, has proved recruiting to be a daunting task.

While Recruitment is extremely trying in a tight Labour