Top Ten Qualities Employers Want

 

A look at the traits most in demand with Employers and how to identify them from your handwriting.

 

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

 

·         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

 

·         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, accepts 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. Show 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 a 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