No. The overwhelming majority of our placements come from proactive recruiting and direct sourcing activity rather than inbound job applicants.
Key metric: 81.29% of our placements came from direct sourcing channels.
This reflects one of the core differences between Pacific Executive Search and many traditional recruiting approaches. Many firms rely heavily on inbound applications, job boards, LinkedIn Easy Apply traffic, and reactive recruiting.
Our model is built around:
- Targeted outreach
- Passive candidate recruiting
- Long-term relationship networks
- Specialized Accounting & Finance market knowledge
This is particularly important in accounting and finance because many of the strongest candidates are already employed and are not actively applying online. Industry research consistently notes that passive candidates make up a substantial portion of the professional workforce and often require proactive outreach strategies.
How we calculate this metric: We classify placements into Direct, Inbound, and Unknown categories, then divide direct placements by total placements.