Robert Half Stock

Robert Half Inc. (Robert Half) provides specialized talent solutions and business consulting services through the Robert Half and Protiviti company names.

The company has broadened the scope of its services by expanding product offerings to include administrative and customer support, technology, financial project, consulting, legal, and marketing and creative talent solutions.

Segments

The company operates through Contract Talent Solutions, Permanent Placement Talent Solutions, and Protiviti segments.

Contract Talent Solutions

Robert Half’s contract talent solutions business specializes in the provision of contract engagement professionals in the fields of finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative (both Marketing and Creative and Legal functional specializations are reported within Finance and Accounting), legal (both Marketing and Creative and Legal functional specializations are reported within Finance and Accounting), and administrative and customer support. Operationally, the company’s contract talent solutions are organized into each of these functional specializations.

Finance and Accounting offers customers a reliable and economical means of dealing with uneven or peak workloads for accounting, finance, and accounting operations personnel caused by such predictable events as vacations, taking inventories, tax work, month-end activities, special projects, and such unpredictable events as illness, staff turnover and emergencies. Finance and Accounting also provides senior-level engagement professionals in the accounting, finance, and business systems fields, including chief financial officers, controllers, senior financial analysts, internal auditors, and business systems analysts, for such tasks as financial systems conversions, business process re-engineering, business systems performance improvement and post-merger financial consolidation.

Technology provides information technology contract professionals and offers managed services in areas ranging from multiple platform systems integration to end-user technical and desktop support, including specialists in software and application development, networking and cloud, systems integration and deployment, database design and administration, and security and business continuity.

Marketing and Creative includes the provision of creative professionals in the areas of creative, digital, marketing, advertising, and public relations in a variety of positions, such as creative directors, graphic designers, web designers, media buyers, front-end developers, copywriters, digital marketing managers, marketing analytics specialists, brand managers, user experience practitioners, and public relations specialists.

Legal provides legal contract talent, including attorneys and paralegal professionals. The legal profession’s requirements (the need for confidentiality, accuracy and reliability, a strong drive toward cost-effectiveness, and frequent peak caseload periods) are similar to the demands of Finance and Accounting clients.

Administrative and Customer Support provides contract office and administrative personnel, ranging from executive and administrative assistants to receptionists and customer service representatives. Administrative and Customer Support operates in a similar fashion to Finance and Accounting.

Permanent Placement Talent Solutions

The company’s first division was Robert Half Finance & Accounting, which specialized in the placement of full-time accounting, finance, tax and accounting operations personnel. The permanent placement talent solutions business (previously referred to as permanent placement staffing) is the modern incarnation of this pioneering business and encompasses the company’s full-time finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support placement business. Permanent placement talent solutions operates under the Robert Half company name.

Protiviti

Protiviti is a global consulting firm that helps companies solve problems in finance, technology, operations, data, digital, legal, HR, governance, risk and internal audit, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. Protiviti has enabled the company to enter the market for business consulting and internal audit services, and this market offers synergies with its traditional lines of business.

Protiviti provides a broad range of consulting and managed solutions to leaders in finance, technology, operations, data, analytics, digital, marketing, legal, HR, governance, risk and internal audit. Protiviti and its independently owned member firms work collaboratively with their clients in over 25 countries to help them achieve their business objectives and deliver confidence in an ever-evolving and dynamic business world. Serving organizations across industry sectors, clients range from high-growth, pre-public/transactional established start-ups to the largest global companies and government entities. The Protiviti business was formerly referred to as the company’s risk consulting and internal audit services segment.

Artificial Intelligence

The company utilizes a proprietary artificial intelligence (‘AI’) engine to match candidates to jobs in order to assist talent solutions professionals with quickly providing skilled and experienced contract talent to clients, as well as through email marketing recommendation campaigns that proactively promote highly placeable talent to clients. The company also uses AI to assist with improving lead generation amongst past clients and determining which candidates are most likely to work on an assignment in the near term. The company is also evaluating how generative artificial intelligence tools could enhance the business.

Protiviti is expanding service offerings to include AI-enabled solutions, and is navigating clients through this complex and rapidly evolving technology with a particular focus on responsible AI. Many engagements begin with identifying opportunities for and applications of AI to accelerate positive business outcomes. In addition to developing technology solutions, these engagements evolve into helping clients identify potential risks, defining their specific policies for AI, developing and enacting governance mechanisms to apply those policies, and incorporating these principles into technology selection and architecture.

Marketing and Recruiting

The company markets its contract talent and permanent placement services to clients and employment candidates via both national and local advertising activities, including radio, digital advertising, job boards, alliance partners, and events. The company also markets its services via its website, blog and mobile app, as well as through targeted online tactics, email, and social media. Direct marketing to customers is a significant portion of the company’s total marketing efforts. The company also actively seeks endorsements and affiliations with professional organizations in the accounting and finance, technology, legal, and creative and marketing fields. The company also conducts public relations activities designed to enhance public recognition of the company and its services.

Protiviti markets its business consulting services to a variety of global clients in a range of industries. Industry and competency teams conduct targeted marketing efforts locally, nationally, and globally, including digital advertising, search advertising, email marketing, production and distribution of thought leadership, social media, and live and virtual speaking events. Protiviti regularly conducts a variety of programs to share its insights with clients on current and emerging business issues. Protiviti also markets its capabilities through its broad partner ecosystem of professional associations and complementary service and technology providers. It conducts public relations activities, including distributing news releases, sharing proprietary research findings and providing subject-matter experts for media interviews designed to enhance recognition of Protiviti’s brand and reputation, establish its expertise in key issues surrounding its businesses and promote its services. Protiviti promotes its brand name through digital and out-of-home advertising and its professional golf brand ambassador program. Protiviti regularly updates the services, value-added content, and digital experience on the Protiviti websites globally.

The company and its subsidiaries own many trademarks and service marks, including the Robert Half Finance & Accounting, Accountemps, OfficeTeam, Robert Half Technology, Robert Half Management Resources, Robert Half Legal, The Creative Group and Protiviti marks, which are registered in the United States and in a number of foreign countries.

Seasonality

The company’s talent solutions business is generally more active in the first and fourth quarters of a calendar year. Protiviti is generally more active in the third and fourth quarters of a calendar year (year ended December 2023).

History

The company was founded in 1948. It was incorporated in 1979. The company was formerly known as Robert Half International Inc. and changed its name to Robert Half Inc. in July 2023.