logo type public traded as nyse rhi s & p 500 component industry professional services founded new york city march 1948 1948 03 founder robert half headquarters menlo park ca united states number of locations more than 450 2014 key people harold m. max messmer jr. ceo m. keith waddell cfo services human resource consulting revenue usd 5.09 billion 2015 net income usd 358 million 2015 total assets usd 1.7 billion 2015 number of employees 16 100 2015 website www.roberthalf.com footnotes references number of locations 1 foundation 2 robert half is an american human resource consulting firm based in menlo park california . it is a member of the s & p 500 credited as being the world s first and largest accounting and finance staffing firm 3 with over 400 locations worldwide . in 2012 the company was ranked first in the temporary help industry on fortune magazine s list of world s most admired companies 4 and 9th by staffing revenue . 5 the company was founded as the robert half personnel agency in march 1948 in new york city . 2 founder robert half had previously managed the hiring of accounting staff for a sizeable textile manufacturing concern and saw an opportunity as no placement firm was focusing on this sector of the market . 2 in the mid 1980s rh led the broader staffing field in moving from its prior focus on undifferentiated temporary staff for clerical and unskilled labor needs to targeting more specialized roles requiring specific training for particular industries . 6 having grown to over 150 locations in the united states and launched an aggressive campaign to re purchase many of the separate franchises the firm went public in 1987 then expanded its operations into europe in 1993 . 7 in addition to their accountemps brand the firm expanded to include specialty groups focusing on technology legal and creative services personnel . inroads into the legal sector began with the company s 1991 acquisition of the affiliates a southern california based staffing company that focused on paralegals and other law firm support needs . robert half has established itself as a key information provider for government agencies and others seeking statistics and trends regarding employment with its market specific salary guides being used as a resource by the u.s department of labor in the preparation of their own forecasts . founder robert half s tradition of authoring respected books on the industry such as making it big in data processing and how to get a better job in this crazy world has also been continued by current ceo max messmer in the form of works like job hunting for dummies . 8 in 2003 the company was finally able to buy back the last of the few remaining independent franchise operations . in addition to their main staffing line of business rh also provides independent risk consulting internal audit and information technology consulting services via its protiviti subsidiary which was founded in 2002 with the acquisition of former employees of arthur andersen . 9 since then the group has grown from 700 to over 2 900 staff and continues to be led by andersen alumni . 10 references edit about us . robert half . archived from the original on march 29 2014 . retrieved march 29 2014 . a b c history and values . robert half . archived from the original on june 21 2013 . 30 companies will be represented at the job fair . 12 . archived from the original on july 8 2009 . retrieved august 13 2009 . robert half international named to world s most admired . bloomberg . march 17 2009 . archived from the original on october 22 2013 . world s largest staffing companies pdf . staffing industry analysts . 2009 . archived from the original pdf on february 16 2010 . note results reflect revenue for 2008 or most recent fiscal year for which information is available . https web.archive.org web 20131004222336 http roberthalf.com history . archived from the original on october 4 2013 . retrieved october 4 2013 . missing or empty title help history of robert half international inc. fundinguniverse . fundinguniverse.com . retrieved 2015 05 15 . international directory of company histories 2005 wernick ellen ; gariepy jennifer copyright 2006 thomson gale jordon steve new risk consulting firm lures ex andersen employees omaha world herald june 6 2002 . protiviti about page . protiviti . retrieved 2016 07 05 . external links edit san francisco bay area portal companies portal official website robert half personal at library of congress authorities with 9 catalog records 1981 1993 works by or about robert half in libraries worldcat catalog robert half international and robert half legal at lc authorities rh international and rh legal at worldcat retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title robert half international & oldid 739534374 categories human resource management consulting firmscompanies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies based in menlo park californiaemployment agenciescompanies established in 19481948 establishments in new yorkhidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlsofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 15 september 2016 at 07 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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