OK. Well, its not like I am an anti-cursive activist. I never even thought about it until this thread. Nor have I ever filled out a job-application form, as I have always just emailed a resume and a cover letter. The fact is though, that I have never used cursive since school.
I also rarely get letters in cursive, and when I do I often find them hard to read. Not because I can't read cursive, but because cursive is so different from one person to the next.
Well, I taught my students to be fluent in as many disciplines as possible because there are avenues of employ that would be otherwise closed to them if particular skill were lackng. I wanted to allow them the opportunity to walk through any door that was opened to them.
I work in a large municipal police department where dispatchers must be able to type and write quickly, and under intense pressure, when taking emergency calls-for-service. If one cannot write effectively, even that job is closed to the him. (/her....PC filter)