[amerkhalid]

> Our contracts with our clients prevent "solicitation" i.e. trying to encourage some to leave us to join them.

I have seen same thing, it is no solicitation but if someone joins on their own then it is not a breach of contract. In fact, I learned about this because once I asked one of our vendor (also friend) to apply for a job in our company, in front of my boss. My boss immediately corrected me that we cannot make such a comment.

Later she told me it is totally fine if he applied on his own but any hint of solicitation from us will disqualify him or get us in trouble.

Also with the same vendor, I had seen their people joining our company quite a bit. And they continued to do business with us.