You are down to the last two candidates for a position you want to fill and you find it hard to choose which candidate will fit in best with your company. Both appear to be hard working, capable and honest people, on paper. You go with your gut feel and make a logical and "obvious" choice.

Not too long after he starts working for your company you get that sneaky feeling that maybe you have made the wrong decision. The person is not what you expected and does not perform as promised. The promised sales performance does not materialise and it is just too obvious that this person just simply does not have the character to fit in with your company. Where did you go wrong?

You did not use one resource that you had at your disposal … Handwriting Analysis or otherwise called "Graphology". Think about it. The candidate can manipulate normal personality tests if he/she knows what type of person will fit into the position. Handwriting analysis does not lie. There is no way to fake it and it is like a fingerprint. Each person has his or her own way of writing. It comes from the subconscious mind and has been shaped by your life up to date. Your handwriting will change as your state of mind changes and are a window to your soul.

Thousands of American corporations use Graphology to profile and employ people. Up to 80% of the top 500 companies in France uses it to screen prospective employees. The FBI uses it to do personality profiles on criminals (child molesters and serial killers, amongst other things) and even where they might strike again. Even Osama Bin Laden was profiled in this way (they actually found that the man is neurotic and worried that some of his followers might be after his position of power). Even schools use it to quickly identify problems a child might have or a problem child, enabling them to act on the problem before it gets out of hand. Psychologists use Graphologists to get a profile on a patient that might otherwise have taken them weeks of therapy to pin down. The list continues and is endless, so why not a small business owner?

As a small business owner you can learn a lot about potential employees by looking at their handwriting. For example, by looking at the letter "t", it can be seen if the candidate is stubborn or if he or she suffers from low self-esteem. From this letter it can be ascertained whether he is she is sarcastic, domineering, a dreamer, self-castigating, procrastinating, depressed or enthusiastic. The "i" can show that a candidate does not complete projects properly and tends to jump from the one project to the next. It can also show that he or she has a good memory and pays attention to detail. Once again, the possibilities are endless and the traits are as clear as daylight in one's handwriting.

So next time, when you look at someone's handwriting, I hope this article will make you pay more attention to the actual writing and not what is said. Pay attention to the strokes and the letter formation. You will be amazed.

Now for the next question … What if you change your handwriting to incorporate some positive strokes and letter formation? But that is a subject entirely on it's own. It fits in with the personal life coach category. Change your writing change your life. It is called Brain Writing.

Putting Rudi to the test...

We decided to put Rudi to the test and sent him a copy of the webmaster's handwriting. This is what he had to say, with the webmaster's comments in red:

Your writing is neither really tiny or really large, this aspect of your writing is not a significant piece of your personality puzzle. I can see you are not as intense as those tiny writers and you aren't as "flighty" as some of those really large writers. So, you fall into the middle-of-the-road on this character trait. Yup, I'm a pretty stable person!
Concerning the letter slant of your sample (slant reveals emotional outlay)... you show a midway between vertical and hard right-slant. Your emotional outlay is exactly halfway between an introvert and an extrovert. So, you have the best of both worlds: the ability to think logically and make hard decisions and at the same time you can still be very emotional... which means that you can spend time and get along with both types of people. Right again!
Your emotions are stirred by sympathy and heart rendering stories. In fact, you can be kind, friendly, affectionate and considerate of others. And even put yourself in the other person's shoes. When convincing you to buy a product or an idea, a heart rendering story could mean a great deal. You're an expressive person and aren't afraid to outwardly show your emotions. You probably cry when you hear a sad story, and you always take a box of Kleenex to the wedding... I cry when I see a wedding on TV! But when it comes to buying things I want to know about guarantees, costs, functionality, etc. (probably my CA hubby's influence!)
Looking at the letter "i", the i-dot is just about normal. This is a good trait to have, because it shows loyalty... a true commitment to stand by those people or ideas that you truly believe in. I stand by what I believe in!
I detected that the tops of the humps in the letters "m" and "n", you indicate a variation between rounded and pointed letters. This is the best of both kind of thinkers. You can process information both in a cumulative or procedural fashion and also in a comprehensive or fast fashion. This means that you can adapt to the people around you. If you're with a slow talker for example, you can slow down and explain every detail. If you're talking to someone who only wants the "bottom-line", big picture facts, you can speed up your thinking. Very true... But I am a woman after all and can use both sides of my brain at once! :-)
Your speed of writing seems to be average … tells me that you are a slower more methodical and cautious thinker. Remember I mentioned earlier that you tend to think before you act? Now there you go. This backs it up. Wow right again! All I can say is - thank goodness for word processors!

Rudi charges R200 for a 6 page profile. He can be contacted on 083 408 8132 or click here to email.

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