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HR 420 Unit 10 DISCUSSION 1 Noncompete Agreements

Topic 1: Noncompete Agreements

Read the Human Resource Dilemma (see below) regarding Alice- quandary. She needs some advice. How should she proceed? Specifically what are your recommendations and why?
After graduation, Alice Miller interviewed and was offered a position with Medical Recruitment Specialists (MRS), a firm specializing in the recruitment and placement of physicians. As Alice started the position, she was asked to sign a noncompete agreement restricting her from opening her own recruitment business or working for a competitor for a period of one year after leaving MRS. Alice signed the agreement. Five years after starting at MRS, Alice and a recruiter from a rival firm decide to open their own recruitment business. On her final day with MRS, Alice- manager reminds her of the noncompete agreement she signed.
What would you do if you were Alice?
Respond per your Syllabus guidelines.