About Robert Half
Robert Half International carries the full load of personnel services. The company places temporary and permanent staff through eight divisions: Accountemps, Robert Half Finance and Accounting, Robert Half Legal, OfficeTeam (general administrative), Robert Half Technology (information technology), Robert Half Management Resources (senior level professionals), – more... and The Creative Group (advertising, marketing, and Web design). The firm also publishes job reports and surveys on the latest employment trends and annual salary guides to track pay trends, and has an internal audit and risk consulting division in Protiviti. Robert Half operates from more than 350 offices in some 40 states and 20 countries.
Operations
The company operates in three business segments: temporary and consultant staffing, permanent placement staffing, and risk consulting and internal audit services. Temporary and consulting accounts for the largest portion of business (more than 80% of sales in 2011).
Geographic Reach
Robert Half's temporary and permanent staffing services business has more than 350 offices in more than 40 states, Washington, DC, and about 20 foreign countries. Protiviti has 60 offices in more than 20 states and more than a dozen foreign countries.
Sales and Marketing
The company recruits via direct marketing and print, radio, and Internet advertising. Robert Half also has joint marketing agreements with many tech-related companies to coordinate joint mailings, cooperative advertising, and other promotions.
Financial Analysis
Demand for staffing has increased as the economy continues to show signs of improvement, and Robert Half has made gains in the number of jobs it has placed for the past 3 consecutive years. It placed about 188,000 employees in temporary assignments in 2011 and 176,000 in 2010; the year before that it made some 157,000 placements. These numbers were down from 220,000 employees placed in 2008, before the recession tightened its grip on the economy.
The company benefitted from clients who previously made deep personnel cuts and needed to reinstate a portion of their workforce as business conditions improved. It also reported growth in risk consulting and internal audit services, thanks to an increase in business from foreign operations. As a result of these factors, Robert Half posted revenue gains of nearly 20%. Its net income increased by more than 125%, thanks to the revenue growth and a decrease in amortization of intangible assets.
Company Background
CEO Harold "Max" Messmer moonlights as an author and has published several popular employment books, including Human Resources Kit For Dummies. – less
Robert Half Employer Reviews
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Positve and professional
Temporary Employee (Former Employee), Houston, TX – May 22, 2013
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A variety of jobs.
Financial Assistant (Current Employee), Waltham, MA – May 21, 2013
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Big Corporate Company
Senior Technical Recruiter (Former Employee), Burlington, MA – May 21, 2013
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Fun Job
Print Center Associate (Former Employee), Pleasanton, CA – May 20, 2013
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They are excellent at taking a huge part of your salary. They are not nice.
Editorial (Former Employee), Massachusetts – May 18, 2013
Working at Robert Half
As someone who worked for this company for 3 years, I am shocked at how much they get away with, and how it keeps going on. Something needs to be done, the turnover is hor...
They have plenty of people on their books, they place ads like they have jobs galore and they are putting out to recruit more people just so you never get a call because th...
Especially in Tampa.
Reasons why not..(feel free to add as much as you like, I am curious to see what anyone elses thoughts are)
1.The people there are straight liars. ...
Hi,
I guess I made a mistake, and don't know how I can get out of this.
After 3 months tiresome job seeking, I went to the Robert and Half. While I was waiting for the int...
as a 4 yr veteran of this organization, i can tell you that their business model is based on purely numbers and creating fake job orders to lure candidates for leads, colle...
