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From: jans@tekecs.UUCP (Jan Steinman)
Newsgroups: net.jobs
Subject: Re: Drug and lie detector tests
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Date: Fri, 21-Mar-86 17:35:57 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 21 17:35:57 1986
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Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR
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Keywords: Even more testing in Israel...

In article <10876@amdcad.UUCP> linda@amdcad.UUCP (Linda Seltzer) writes:
>A friend of mine, who is an engineer from Israel, said that when you apply for
>an engineering job there you have give a handwriting sample for analysis...

This happens all the time right here in the U.S.  How many times have you had
to fill out essay-type application questions on the spot?  Did they offer you a
typewriter?  Have you ever seen phrases like, "Tell, in your own writing, what
skills and qualifications you have for this position."

Many personnel people have training in graphology or grahpo-analysis.  Although
many consider it on par with fringes such as astrology or phreneology,
handwriting analysis is particularly useful in detecting mental disease,
chronic alcoholism, and criminal tendancies.  Although the results of an
analysis would probably not of itself disqualify a candidate, it might indicate
that the candidate's references should be checked with particular care.

IBM and ATT are two companies identified by Nadya Olyanova as using handwriting
analysis as a routine part of their hiring procedure, and N. M. Bunker reports
that just about anytime you apply for a job and have to fill out long
handwritten sections, your writing will be analyzed.

[1] Nadya Olyanova, <Handwriting Tells>, 1969, Bell Publishing Co., New York.
[2] M N Bunker, <What Handwriting Tells You>, 1965, Nelson Hall Co, Chicago.
(It's amazing what you can find in garage sales!)

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