There is a difference between non-solicitation and non-compete. In the US, the former obligation might be acceptable while the later might not.

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throwaway2037 6 hours ago | parent [-]

The "non-solicitation" agreements are so stupid. There is a cottage industry in headhunters where you tell your next employer who you want to recruit, then they ask a 3rd party recruiter to go track down that person after X months... and invite them to interview. I have seen it so many times in career.

	▲	ghaff 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's definitely fuzzy. I mean, someone like an account rep or a financial advisor (and their clients) can't unknow somebody. So even if someone isn't taking their client list and calling/emailing everyone, there's inevitably going to be an element of client "poaching" so long as they're still in the same business.