I just learned that a recruiter coached and provided a precedent business plan to one associate on my team to compete against me while helping him to find a job elsewhere. The recruiter also condoned the associate’s stealing of documents. This recruiter recruited a more junior associate to my team two years ago. It seems inappropriate (perhaps even unethical if recruiter’s had ethical rules). I would appreciate thoughts of recruiters.

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You compete with your peers every day. There is nothing wrong with a recruiter coaching their clients on how to get the job they are going after. Stealing documents is obviously a problem but I doubt the recruiter told them to do that lol

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Other than coaching to steal documents, not sure what the issue is here (don’t get me wrong - that’s a big, big issue). But in terms of poaching - They placed someone two years ago. Non-solicits are 6 months to 1 year old.

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Name and shame

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Seems a bit grimy, if not downright shady and unethical. But unfortunately, it’s not like recruiters owe fiduciary duties to applicants, and the industry is often a bit of a Wild West since there aren’t really meaningful professional/ethical standards governing the profession. Their incentive is simply to get placements

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Might have better luck in the Ask a Recruiter - Law bowl.

Seems like a super weird situation all around, with not much precedent. For one, while there isn't anything beholden them pulling this associate after an appropriate amount of time, there may be some language in fee agreement disallowing them to use certain proprietary info learned, perhaps this kind of thing. Idk what recourse would be, but it's at least an ethical issue. Also seems weird overall to help an associate write such a business plan, both being they are an associate and in such a smarmy fashion.

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