I feel like 'poaching' makes sense, I see it used when the recruiters are 'hunting' not in the open market of job seekers, but only 'hunting' within the flocks

I feel like 'poaching' makes sense, I see it used when the recruiters are 'hunting' not in the open market of job seekers, but only 'hunting' within the flocks of their competitors. That's like hunting an animal you're not allowed to hunt = poaching. I think the place where you're doing the recruiting (another company's staff versus the public) is what makes hiring a person from another company poaching in one case, while the same person being recruited from the general job market wouldn't be.