{"id":319,"date":"2010-12-28T05:16:24","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T10:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/?p=319"},"modified":"2010-12-27T13:01:37","modified_gmt":"2010-12-27T18:01:37","slug":"do-you-run-across-jerks-in-your-job-search-networking-or-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/do-you-run-across-jerks-in-your-job-search-networking-or-in-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you run across jerks in your job search, networking or in life?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/do-you-run-across-jerks-in-your-job-search-networking-or-in-life\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jibberjobber.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/27\/how-to-network-with-a-complete-jerk\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHow To Network With A Complete Jerk\u201d<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jibberjobber.com\/about_us.php \" target=\"_blank\">Jason Alba<\/a>,\u00a0offers some great advice, exercise choice and use a simple solution.<\/p>\n<p>So often I hear from people in a job search or working hard to hire talent that really do struggle with how to handle a JERK.\u00a0 There are situations when \u201cYou don\u2019t.\u201d is the best solution.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, we are all faced with a JERK that for one reason or another, we must deal with at least on some level.\u00a0 Or at least I am from time to time.<\/p>\n<p>Are you faced with a JERK that is hard to avoid?\u00a0 What about a JERK at an event?\u00a0 Would \u201cignore\u201d or \u201cdon\u2019t\u201d always work?<\/p>\n<p>Here is a quick tip for handling either a JERK or a person you would like to connect with in future, however, here and now is not the best time.\u00a0 Exercise the choice of when and how to connect.\u00a0 Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0&#8211; offer a connection method and time that fits the situation and person,<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; then excuse yourself,\u00a0this allows\u00a0you to continue to network.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When you do encounter a JERK, you do wish to connect with now or in the future, you can politely exercise the choice of excusing yourself.\u00a0 It is okay to say, \u201cI don\u2019t believe I can assist you, good luck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I agree with Jason Alba, it is a very empowering to exercise the choice.\u00a0 You\u00a0do control\u00a0who, where, when or if you elect to network with someone.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What is your solution?\u00a0 Feel free to share it.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have a situation you need help with or a job search question?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Give me a call or join me for the monthly Q &amp; A calls and get your burning questions answered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So often I hear from people in a job search or working hard to hire talent that really do struggle with how to handle a JERK.  There are situations when \u201cYou don\u2019t.\u201d is the best solution. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[11,141],"class_list":["post-319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-networking","tag-build-a-network","tag-networking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}