
How to stop recruiters poaching your staff
Practical steps employers can take to protect their team from being headhunted by the very agencies they work with, from non-solicitation clauses to software-enforced off-limits lists.
Guides on off-limits lists, hands-off agreements, and protecting client relationships.

Practical steps employers can take to protect their team from being headhunted by the very agencies they work with, from non-solicitation clauses to software-enforced off-limits lists.

One is a legal remedy, the other is an operational control. Understanding the difference, and why you need both, saves client relationships and legal fees.

A hands-off list only works if every consultant actually checks it. Here's a practical process for keeping off-limits companies visible across your whole team.

Off-limits (or hands-off) lists are how recruitment firms protect client relationships. Here's what they cover, why they exist, and how modern teams keep them enforced.