Handwriting Analysis and the Employee Selection Process: A Guide for Human Resource Professionals

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Written specifically for personnel managers, this volume is designed to help those involved in the selection of new employees find out how handwriting analysis can help them learn more about the people they plan to hire and promote. As the author notes at the outset, handwriting analysis is beginning to enjoy widespread acceptance in the USA as a valuable adjunct to other pre-employment tests. Sackheim suggests how managers can best work with a professional graphologist, shows how to find a consultant with the proper credentials, and demonstrates how to evaluate the various traits revealed by handwriting analysis according to how they affect business situations. Numerous case studies and handwriting samples are included to illustrate points made in the text. Sackheim begins by placing graphology into historical perspective, tracing its development from the time of Aristotle to the present. Part 1 covers the process of graphology and moves from a general discussion of handwriting through such specifics as slant, rhythm, pressure and size; spacing, writing speed, and style; and straight lines, circle letters and i-dots. The second section presents case studies of sales people, managers, presidents, and other jobs and demonstrates how handwriting analysis can be an effective tool in evaluating candidates for various types of positions. In the third section, Sackheim provides a survey of graphology literature. Her review encompasses virtually every study written in English since 1919 as well as over 50 articles in psychological journals. The final chapter addresses the legal issues involved and discusses discrimination laws and the right to privacy, US Supreme Court decisions, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission requirements.

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.,."Legalities are covered, with the court precedents listed in detail. The book tells human resource professionals what they need to know about selecting a graphologist and how to work with one. Handwriting Analysis and the Employee Selection Process is a step in the right direction."-AHAF Journal
.,."This well-documented book serves not only the human resource professionals, as the title suggests, but also those of us who want to see how a successful analyst arrives at graphological judgments."-AAHA Dialogue
...Legalities are covered, with the court precedents listed in detail. The book tells human resource professionals what they need to know about selecting a graphologist and how to work with one. Handwriting Analysis and the Employee Selection Process is a step in the right direction.-AHAF Journal
...This well-documented book serves not only the human resource professionals, as the title suggests, but also those of us who want to see how a successful analyst arrives at graphological judgments.-AAHA Dialogue
..."This well-documented book serves not only the human resource professionals, as the title suggests, but also those of us who want to see how a successful analyst arrives at graphological judgments."-AAHA Dialogue
..."Legalities are covered, with the court precedents listed in detail. The book tells human resource professionals what they need to know about selecting a graphologist and how to work with one. Handwriting Analysis and the Employee Selection Process is a step in the right direction."-AHAF Journal

Author Bio

KATHRYN K. SACKHEIM is President of Sackheim Associates, which provides handwriting analysis services to companies throughout the U.S. and Canada. She is a life member of the International Graphoanalysis Society, and received the President's Citation of Merit in 1985.