Leading with integrity
2025
February
Forbes' America's Best Large Employers 2025
January
Fortune® Most Admired Companies™ (28th consecutive year and only company in its industry to be included)
Paul Gentzkow and Dawn Fay named to Staffing Industry Analysts’ North America Staffing 100 list
2024
December
Newsweek’s America’s Most Responsible Companies (second consecutive year)
Best Workplaces for Parents™ by Fortune & Great Place to Work® (third consecutive year)
October
Forbes' World's Top Companies for Women
Fortune® Best Workplaces for Women™
Forbes World's Best Employers (fourth consecutive year)
September
Fortune's Best Workplaces for Consulting and Professional Services (fourth consecutive year)
August
PEOPLE Companies that Care
July
Forbes' list of America's Best Employers for Women (sixth consecutive year)
Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion
Fortune's Best Workplaces for Millennials (second consecutive year)
TIME’s list of America’s Best Midsize Companies
June:
#1 Best Place to Work in the Bay Area (500+ employees) by the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal (third consecutive year)
May
Stevie® Award for AI and Machine Learning
Ranked #1 on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Professional Recruiting Firms (sixth consecutive year), also named one of America’s Best Temporary Staffing Firms and America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firm
April
Forbes’ list of America’s Best Employers for Diversity (six consecutive year)
Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®
March:
CIO 100 Award Winner
February
President and Chief Executive Officer M. Keith Waddell and president and CEO of talent solutions Paul F. Gentzkow named to Staffing Industry Analysts’ North America Staffing 100 list
Forbes list of America’s Best Large Employers (fourth consecutive year)
January
Fortune® Most Admired Companies™ (only company in its industry to receive this honor for 27 consecutive years)
Explore accolades from Protiviti, a wholly owned subsidiary
2022: Robert Half achieves record global revenues of $7.24 billion.
2019: Max Messmer, Robert Half Chairman and CEO for 33 years, retires from his position as CEO and continues as Executive Chairman. Messmer is succeeded as CEO by M. Keith Waddell.
2008: Robert Half is listed for the first time on the FTSE4Good Responsible Investment Index.
2008: Robert Half opens its first staffing location in the Middle East, in Dubai, UAE.
2007: Robert Half opens its first staffing location in Latin America, in São Paulo, Brazil.
2002: Protiviti launches, growing to become a global leader in internal audit, risk, business and technology consulting.
2000: Robert Half is the first staffing firm to be added to the S&P 500 Index.
1998: Robert Half opens its first office in the Asia-Pacific region, in Sydney, Australia.
1990: Robert Half is accepted into the New York Stock Exchange.
1989: Robert Half opens its first office in Continental Europe, in Brussels, Belgium.
1987: Robert Half International was formed.
1986: Max Messmer negotiates the purchase of the Robert Half business from founder Bob Half. Once finalized, this transaction sets the company on a new course, paving the way for the repurchase of the Robert Half franchises and the creation of a centralized corporate support infrastructure.
1977: Bob Half testifies before Congress on ways to reduce fraud in accounting and auditing practices.
1973: Robert Half opens its first international location in London, United Kingdom.
1973: Accountemps, the first of many professional staffing divisions, is launched, thus beginning Robert Half’s specialized approach to temporary staffing.
1963: Bob Half speaks out against discriminatory recruiting and staffing practices in a letter to the Association of Personnel Agencies of New York.
1948: Robert Half Personnel Agency founded by Bob and Maxine Half in New York City.
