When Janice was offered a job doing public relations for the tourism board of one of her favourite countries a few years ago, she was ecstatic. It was a dream role where she would get to use the skills, experience, and connections she had developed over 15 years to promote a locale where she had cultural ties.
But her elation soon turned to anger and despondency after a former employer tried to block her from doing the work.
The PR firm she had previously worked for informed her that it would seek to enforce a non-solicitation agreement that would bar her from performing any duties that were core to her old position. That meant no writing press releases or pitching story ideas to journalists — almost certainly a deal-breaker for her new job offer.
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