http://www.wbjournal.com/article/20120903/PRINTEDITION/308309983/non-compete-agreements-may-restrict-employees-mobility-but-experts-say-they-have-benefits http:

http://www.wbjournal.com/article/20120903/PRINTEDITION/308309983/non-compete-agreements-may-restrict-employees-mobility-but-experts-say-they-have-benefits http://www.wbjournal.com/article/20120903/PRINTEDITION/30830... says otherwise, as do other resources I've checked. Now, you usually have to be a bigger fish to get a non-compete enforced, or you have to threaten business. Most places that have a contract with HP will still have a contract even after hiring an expert. Fortune 1000 companies have better lawyers that know how to craft jobs to avoid exactly these scenarios.