“Shaun, as a hiring manager, do you ask for non-competes when interviewing candidates? I have a non-compete and I am trying to decide do I bring up it up in the interview process or wait to be asked? Lastly, what do you think of non-competes?” Henry L.
Henry, thanks for three part question.
First, I only ask candidates for non-competes, if they are currently em
ployed by a direct competitor. If they work at a competitor and have a non-compete, I will send to our attorney to review. Then I will have a call with our attorney to evaluate our risk of the candidate joining our company in a specific role. In most cases, even with director competitors, we will offer the position and the person may not be able to call on certain accounts for a set period of time or in extreme cases not be able to sell products, also for a specific period of time.
Second, if you are interviewing with a competitor, I would bring up the non-compete early in the interview process. You don’t want to be seen as hiding the non-compete or springing on the hiring manager after they have made you a job offer.
Third, on my opinion of non-competes, check out my blog post from earlier this year:
http://closerq.blogspot.com/2009/04/wednesday-april-1st-2009-non-compete.html
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Henry, thanks for three part question.
First, I only ask candidates for non-competes, if they are currently em
ployed by a direct competitor. If they work at a competitor and have a non-compete, I will send to our attorney to review. Then I will have a call with our attorney to evaluate our risk of the candidate joining our company in a specific role. In most cases, even with director competitors, we will offer the position and the person may not be able to call on certain accounts for a set period of time or in extreme cases not be able to sell products, also for a specific period of time.Second, if you are interviewing with a competitor, I would bring up the non-compete early in the interview process. You don’t want to be seen as hiding the non-compete or springing on the hiring manager after they have made you a job offer.
Third, on my opinion of non-competes, check out my blog post from earlier this year:
http://closerq.blogspot.com/2009/04/wednesday-april-1st-2009-non-compete.html
‘Good Interviewing', Reader Feedback, please click the comments below to give ‘Henry' additional recommendations and I want your feedback on my response, Shaun Priest at shaun@closerq.com.
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