If a Recruiter contacts a candidate directly, that is. An ad is a communication. No more, no less. Websites are ads. Telephone calls are ads.
Email is an ad.
Intellectually, we are tempted to say that all public communication has some advertising component. If you want to establish a policy of never Recruiting a currently employed professional, we can understand why. A policy that limits the labor source to the currently unemployed is a recipe for disaster. Strictly applied, it all but prohibits the use of any form of advertising. The thing is, the Internet is radically changing the definition of advertising.