Jerks Need Not Apply
How Recruitment Can Head Off Workplace Bullies
By: Christine Hirsch

We've all encountered them -- rude, backstabbing, belittling -- those aggravating, two-faced, lying, cheating colleagues known as jerks. Nobody likes 'em, so whey do we keep hiring them? Jerks come through the front door just like everybody else. A natural place to fortify your company's defenses against jerk-kind is through the hiring process. Recruitment is the first place your company makes contact with bullies and should also be the last.

First let's review what it means to be a jerk. According to Robert Sutton, a professor at Stanford University, and author of the "The No A - Rule," a jerk is someone who leaves a trail of people feeling demeaned and de-energized." Jerks often feed off power dynamics. They suck up to those above them and actively work to sabotage those below them. Worse, their behavior is often contagious. A jerk, if left unchecked, can take a fun, cooperative work environment and turn it into a box of pain.

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