Restrictive Covenants/Non Compete clauses when leaving a Recruitment position

Are your non-compete contractual agreements/restrictive covenants holding you back from making a career move in recruitment?

Yes, they are a pain, no bones about it, however, there are benefits to having to work to these restrictions:

✔They make you remember old contacts who you haven’t spoken to for a while.

✔Push you into refreshing skills you may not have been using of late.

✔Encourage you into building new relationships.

✔If you could deal with all your clients from day 1 you might not be able to service them as effectively as you might like. Restrictions force you to get all your ducks in a row before smashing it again!

6 months soon flies by when you are having fun in recruitment, your new employer will have invested in you for the long term and will appreciate you can’t do all you would like in those initial months.

It might be like my last 2 placements that you fancy a change in sector, then these need not apply!

If it is time for you to move companies, don’t let contractual concerns hold you back!