Robert Half
An international staffing and human-resources consulting company specializing in professional talent placement and related advisory services.
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Overview
Robert Half is an international human-resources consulting and professional staffing company founded in New York City in 1948 by Robert Half and his wife, Maxine. The business began as the Robert Half Personnel Agency and developed a specialization in placing accounting and finance professionals, including temporary accountants through the Accountemps concept. That specialization became the foundation of a broader professional staffing platform serving employers and job seekers across accounting, finance, technology, administration, customer service, creative work, and legal services. The company operates through a portfolio of specialist service lines. Its accounting and finance activities have included Accountemps, Finance & Accounting, and Management Resources, covering temporary, project-based, and permanent placements. Robert Half Technology has focused on software, applications, information technology infrastructure, and operations professionals. OfficeTeam has addressed administrative and customer-service staffing, while The Creative Group has served design, artistic, and other creative disciplines. Robert Half Legal has provided staffing for legal professionals and, historically, related legal consulting services. Robert Half became a public company in 1987 and expanded into Europe in 1993. It later broadened its business through acquisitions, new specialty practices, and the development of Protiviti. Founded as a subsidiary in 2002 after the recruitment of former Arthur Andersen personnel, Protiviti provides consulting in internal audit, risk, technology, operations, governance, and related areas. The subsidiary has also expanded into data forensics, cybersecurity, and legal consulting. In 2022, Robert Half transferred its legal consulting service line to Protiviti, aligning that activity with the subsidiary's broader advisory platform. The company combines temporary and contract staffing with permanent recruitment, professional search, project services, and consulting. Its staffing model is designed to give organizations access to specialized personnel for short-term workloads, interim assignments, business projects, and longer-term hiring needs. This approach positions Robert Half between a conventional recruitment agency and a broader professional-services provider, with staffing brands serving specific occupations and Protiviti supplying higher-value risk, audit, technology, and operational consulting. Robert Half has maintained a substantial international branch network and is described as having more than 345 locations worldwide. Its principal customer groups include corporations, professional practices, public-sector organizations, and other employers requiring accounting, finance, technology, administrative, creative, legal, or advisory expertise. The brand's market positioning rests on professional specialization, a large candidate network, local recruiting coverage, and the ability to combine workforce placement with consulting capabilities. Its present status is active, although the supplied reference material does not specify current executive leadership, current financial results, or a precise current geographic breakdown.
History
Robert Half traces its origins to 1948, when Robert Half and Maxine Half established the Robert Half Personnel Agency in New York City. The company developed around a focused proposition: supplying employers with qualified accounting and finance personnel, including temporary accountants. The Accountemps concept became an important part of this specialization and helped establish the company's identity in professional temporary staffing. The business broadened its geographic and occupational scope over the following decades. It became publicly traded in 1987, providing a platform for continued expansion. In 1991, the company acquired The Affiliates and renamed the operation Robert Half Legal, adding a dedicated legal-professional staffing capability. The company expanded into Europe in 1993, beginning a wider international development that eventually produced a network of more than 345 locations worldwide according to the cited reference material. Robert Half subsequently added specialist practices beyond accounting and finance. Its portfolio came to include technology staffing through Robert Half Technology, administrative and customer-service recruitment through OfficeTeam, creative recruitment through The Creative Group, and legal staffing through Robert Half Legal. The company also developed or operated Finance & Accounting and Management Resources activities for accounting, finance, interim, and project-based requirements. This multi-brand structure allowed the organization to address distinct professional labor markets while retaining a common corporate platform. In 2002, Robert Half created Protiviti as a subsidiary focused on consulting rather than conventional staffing. Protiviti was built through the recruitment of former Arthur Andersen personnel and provided services in internal audit, risk, governance, technology, finance, and operations. The move extended Robert Half's activities into advisory work and gave it a business capable of serving complex organizational and control requirements. In 2003, Robert Half bought back the last few independent franchise operations, bringing those activities under greater corporate control. Protiviti continued to expand its specialist capabilities. In 2006, it acquired the assets of PG Lewis & Associates, a company associated with data forensics and cybersecurity services. The financial terms were not disclosed in the cited material. The transaction strengthened Protiviti's ability to address technology-enabled investigations and information-security issues. In April 2022, Robert Half moved its legal consulting service line to Protiviti. This decision aligned legal consulting with Protiviti's existing advisory model and allowed the subsidiary to expand its legal consulting practice, while Robert Half continued to operate as a broad professional staffing and human-resources services company. The resulting organization combines occupation-specific recruitment with temporary, permanent, and project staffing and a substantial consulting subsidiary. Its service portfolio covers accounting, finance, technology, administration, customer service, creative work, legal personnel, internal audit, risk, governance, cybersecurity, and operations. The supplied sources do not establish a complete current leadership roster, current revenue figures, or a definitive list of all active brand names, so those details are not inferred here.
- 2022
Legal consulting moves to Protiviti
[1]Robert Half transfers its legal consulting service line to Protiviti to support the subsidiary's expansion in legal consulting.
- 2006
Protiviti acquires PG Lewis & Associates assets
[1]Protiviti acquires assets of the data-forensics and cybersecurity provider PG Lewis & Associates; financial terms are not disclosed in the cited source.
- 2003
Remaining independent franchise operations are bought back
[1]Robert Half reacquires the last few independent franchise operations, consolidating the remaining franchise network.
- 2002
Protiviti is founded
[1]Robert Half establishes Protiviti with former Arthur Andersen personnel to provide internal-audit, risk, technology, governance, finance, and operations consulting.
- 1993
European expansion begins
[1]Robert Half expands operations into Europe as part of its international development.
- 1991
The Affiliates is acquired and renamed Robert Half Legal
[1]The transaction expands Robert Half's presence in legal-professional staffing.
- 1987
The company becomes publicly traded
[1]Robert Half goes public, creating a listed corporate platform for subsequent growth and expansion.
- 1948
Robert Half Personnel Agency is founded
[1]Robert Half and Maxine Half establish the Robert Half Personnel Agency in New York City, initially focusing on professional staffing with a strong accounting and finance orientation.
Products and positioning
A globally distributed professional staffing and human-resources consulting platform that combines occupation-specific recruiting with temporary, permanent, project-based, and advisory services.
Accounting and finance staffing
Accountemps
Accountemps was created to supply temporary accountants and became one of Robert Half's principal accounting and finance staffing concepts. It addresses short-term and interim workforce requirements by connecting organizations with accounting professionals for assignments that can support routine operations, reporting cycles, workload peaks, and other temporary needs.
Professional staffing
Finance & Accounting
The Finance & Accounting practice serves employers seeking accounting and finance professionals. Its scope includes staffing and recruitment for financial roles and complements Robert Half's temporary, permanent, and project-oriented employment services in the company's historic core discipline.
Interim and project staffing
Management Resources
Management Resources is a Robert Half service line associated with accounting and finance professionals, particularly interim, project, and management-level requirements. It extends the company's traditional temporary-staffing model toward specialized assignments requiring experienced financial personnel.
Technology staffing
Robert Half Technology
Robert Half Technology supplies software, application, information-technology infrastructure, and IT-operations professionals. The practice addresses organizations that need specialized technology talent for temporary assignments, projects, or longer-term recruitment.
Administrative and customer-service staffing
OfficeTeam
OfficeTeam focuses on administrative and customer-service staffing. Its service area supports employers requiring personnel for office administration, coordination, clerical functions, and customer-facing operational work.
Creative staffing
The Creative Group
The Creative Group specializes in design, artistic, and other creative talent. It gives organizations access to professionals working across creative functions, supporting temporary, project, and recruitment needs in design-oriented disciplines.
Legal staffing · 1991
Robert Half Legal
Robert Half Legal was created after the acquisition and renaming of The Affiliates in 1991. It provides staffing for legal professionals and represents the company's specialist approach to serving a distinct professional labor market.
Professional consulting · 2002
Protiviti
Protiviti is Robert Half's consulting subsidiary, founded in 2002 with former Arthur Andersen personnel. It provides internal-audit, risk, governance, technology, operations, financial, data-forensics, cybersecurity, and legal consulting services. Its role broadens Robert Half beyond staffing into advisory work for complex organizational and control issues.
Brand decisions
2022
Transfer legal consulting to ProtivitiStrategyBackground
Robert Half had a legal consulting service line while Protiviti operated as the group's broader consulting subsidiary.
Action taken
In April 2022, Robert Half moved its legal consulting service line to Protiviti.
Aftermath
The transfer enabled Protiviti to expand its legal consulting practice and aligned the service with its wider advisory activities.
2006
Acquire PG Lewis & Associates assetsM&ABackground
Protiviti sought to strengthen its capabilities in data forensics and cybersecurity.
Action taken
Protiviti acquired the assets of PG Lewis & Associates, a provider of data-forensics and cybersecurity services.
Aftermath
The transaction expanded Protiviti's specialist advisory capabilities. The supplied source does not disclose the purchase price.
2003
Consolidate remaining franchise operationsStrategyBackground
A small number of independent franchise operations remained in the Robert Half network.
Action taken
The company bought back the last few remaining independent franchise operations.
Aftermath
The move increased corporate control over the remaining network, although the source does not provide further operational details.
2002
Create Protiviti as a consulting subsidiaryStrategyBackground
Robert Half sought to extend its professional-services activities beyond recruitment and staffing. The subsidiary was formed with former Arthur Andersen personnel and focused on internal audit, risk, governance, technology, finance, and operations.
Action taken
Robert Half established Protiviti as a subsidiary providing independent risk and business consulting services.
Aftermath
Protiviti became the group's principal consulting platform and later added data forensics, cybersecurity, and legal consulting capabilities.
Recent events
Reported
Robert Half reports third-quarter 2026 financial results[3]
Robert Half reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of $1.359 billion and net income of $50 million, or $0.49 per share.
Reported
Robert Half promotes Trisha Plovie to senior vice president[4]
Robert Half promoted Trisha Plovie to senior vice president, Future of Work, where she will lead strategy for the company’s flexible, hybrid and fully remote talent solutions.
Reported
Robert Half Mobile App wins w3 Awards[5]
The Robert Half Mobile App received Gold awards for Best User Experience and Best Practices, and Best in Show for Best User Interface at the annual w3 Awards.
- Unconfirmed
Reported
Robert Half Mobile App named a Gold Stevie Award winner[6]
The Robert Half Mobile App was named the winner of a Gold Stevie Award in the International Business Awards, receiving the top honor for Mobile Sites and Apps in the Professional Services category.
Sources7 sources
- 1Robert Halfen.wikipedia.org
- 2Robert Half official websiteroberthalf.com
- 3Robert Half公布2026年第三季度财务业绩elliotlakestandard.ca
- 4Robert Half晋升Trisha Plovie为高级副总裁prnewswire.com
- 5Robert Half 移动应用荣获 w3 Awardsprnewswire.com
- 6Robert Half移动应用获评金奖Stevie奖得主prnewswire.com
- 7ROBERT HALF REPORTS THIRD-QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTSnewswire.ca
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