Overview
Robert Half describes itself as “the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions and business consulting firm”, offering contract talent, permanent placement and executive search, and owning the consulting firm Protiviti.[2] It is led by president and chief executive M. Keith Waddell and issues its results from Menlo Park, California.[2]
Total service revenues in 2025 were US$5,378.5 million, with net income of US$133.0 million.[2] Permanent placement talent solutions, the business most comparable with a recruiting agency, contributed US$439.5 million; contract talent solutions contributed US$2,990.1 million and Protiviti US$1,948.9 million.[2] Finance and accounting is the firm’s largest contract practice (US$2,207.2 million), and its recruiters cover the same functions for permanent hires.[2] For employers, Robert Half’s advantage is the ability to fill a role on a contract basis while recruiting for the permanent hire; the group’s total revenue overstates its size as a pure recruiting agency because most of it comes from contract staffing and consulting.
Robert Half features
- Permanent placement
- Executive search
- Contract talent in the same disciplines
- Protiviti consulting
- Finance and accounting specialism
- Finance and accounting contract talent
- Technology and administrative staffing
- Permanent placement and executive search
Robert Half pricing
Permanent placements charged as a fee based on salary; contract roles billed hourly; not published.
Robert Half strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Large permanent and contract recruiting in the same functions
- Finance and accounting depth
- Profitable in 2025
- Consulting capacity through Protiviti
- Deep finance and accounting specialisation
- Consulting arm for project work
Limitations
- Group revenue mostly from contract staffing and consulting
- Pricing not published
- Less presence in executive-level search than specialist firms
- US-weighted business
- Less suited to industrial or high-volume roles
- Protiviti revenue inflates group size relative to staffing alone
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Robert Half alternatives and competitors
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