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Do you still use paper and quill to record notes... or a laptop?

Phil

I thought I would ask the opinion of HR professionals.

Throughout my career I have hand written my investigation and disciplinary notes, some going on to 30 – 40 pages long (and a very saw hand).

What is common place now, is it still to use the old fashioned quill and paper or do people tend to use laptops?

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  • I find it almost impossible to hand write notes. I get too much wrist and hand pain if I need to use a pen for more than a minute or two and I also lose attention - I cannot stay wholly focussed on the meeting if I'm writing by hand.

    For me, typing directly works best. I type fast and don't need to see the screen to type accurately, so I can stay engaged in the meeting even though I'm typing away. I tend to just make verbatim notes and then tidy up afterwards, as that doesn't actually require any additional thought and tends to be quicker than trying to structure the notes more carefully. I will bold/italic things that need emphasis as I go with keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+b/i to trigger formatting, ctrl+space to clear formatting) and occasionally colour or highlight too.

    I do sometimes record really important meetings too (with permission) but I've had that backfire (recording corruption or files lost), plus transcription takes AGES.
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  • I find it almost impossible to hand write notes. I get too much wrist and hand pain if I need to use a pen for more than a minute or two and I also lose attention - I cannot stay wholly focussed on the meeting if I'm writing by hand.

    For me, typing directly works best. I type fast and don't need to see the screen to type accurately, so I can stay engaged in the meeting even though I'm typing away. I tend to just make verbatim notes and then tidy up afterwards, as that doesn't actually require any additional thought and tends to be quicker than trying to structure the notes more carefully. I will bold/italic things that need emphasis as I go with keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+b/i to trigger formatting, ctrl+space to clear formatting) and occasionally colour or highlight too.

    I do sometimes record really important meetings too (with permission) but I've had that backfire (recording corruption or files lost), plus transcription takes AGES.
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