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For the quarter ended June 2026, Robert Half (RHI - Free Report) reported revenue of $1.34 billion, down 2.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.26, compared to $0.41 in the year-ago quarter.

The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.33 billion, representing a surprise of +0.78%. The company has not delivered EPS surprise, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.26.

While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how Robert Half performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

Service Revenues- Permanent placement talent solutions: $117.99 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $115.42 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +2.9%.Service Revenues- Protiviti: $470.97 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $469.51 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -4.9%.Service Revenues- Total contract talent solutions: $747.41 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $741.15 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -1.6%.Service Revenues- Contract talent solutions- Technology: $162.2 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $170.3 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +2.4%.Service Revenues- Contract talent solutions- Finance & Accounting: $551.72 million versus $532.76 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -0.7% change.Service Revenues- Contract talent solutions- Administrative and customer support: $154.86 million versus $156.29 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -6.5% change.Service Revenues- Contract talent solutions- Elimination of intersegment: $-121.38 million compared to the $-120.12 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +1.3% year over year.View all Key Company Metrics for Robert Half here>>>

Shares of Robert Half have returned +35.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.

Robert Half NYSE: RHI reported second-quarter 2026 revenue and earnings above the midpoint of its guidance, as management pointed to improving hiring demand in its Talent Solutions business but continued pressure at consulting subsidiary Protiviti from changes in the U.S. financial services regulatory environment.

, /PRNewswire/ -- Robert Half Inc. (NYSE: RHI) today reported revenues and earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026.

For the three months ended June 30, 2026, net income was $26 million, or $0.26 per share, on revenues of $1.336 billion. For the three months ended June 30, 2025, net income was $41 million, or $0.41 per share, on revenues of $1.370 billion.

For the six months ended June 30, 2026, net income was $40 million, or $0.40 per share, on revenues of $2.637 billion. For the six months ended June 30, 2025, net income was $58 million, or $0.58 per share, on revenues of $2.722 billion.  

"For the second quarter of 2026, global enterprise revenues were $1.336 billion, down 2 percent from last year's second quarter on a reported basis and down 3 percent on an adjusted basis," said M. Keith Waddell, president and chief executive officer of Robert Half. "Talent solutions delivered its third consecutive quarter of sequential revenue growth on an adjusted basis, while its permanent placement operations also posted adjusted year-over-year revenue growth of 2.5 percent. Global enterprise revenues and earnings exceeded the midpoint of our second-quarter guidance.

"Hiring demand continues to improve, and market conditions are increasingly more supportive of our business. Our unique combination of award-winning high-tech capabilities and high-touch expertise positions us well to help clients navigate a dynamic business environment and connect them with the specialized talent and consulting services they need.

"We would like to thank our global workforce for their continued dedication. Their commitment to excellence was recently recognized as Robert Half earned the No. 1 ranking among Forbes' America's Best Professional Recruiting Firms," Waddell concluded.

Robert Half management will host a conference call at 5 p.m. ET. The prepared remarks for this call are available now in the Investor Center of the Robert Half website (www.roberthalf.com/investor-center). Simply click on the Quarterly Conference Calls link. The dial-in number is 800-330-6710 (+1-213-279-1505 outside the United States and Canada). The confirmation code to access the call is 6715269.

A recorded replay of the call will be available for audio replay beginning July 23 and will remain accessible for 12 months at https://webcasts.com/RobertHalfQ22026. The conference call also will be archived in audio format on the Company's website at roberthalf.com.

Robert Half is the world's first and largest specialized talent solutions and business consulting firm, connecting highly skilled job seekers with rewarding opportunities at great companies. We offer contract talent and permanent placement solutions in the fields of finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support, and we also provide executive search services. Robert Half is the parent company of Protiviti®, a global consulting firm that delivers internal audit, risk, business and technology consulting solutions. In the last 12 months, Robert Half has been recognized as one of America's Most Innovative Companies by Fortune and, with Protiviti, has been named as a Fortune® Most Admired Company™ and one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For.

Certain information contained in Management's Discussion and Analysis and in other parts of this report may be deemed forward-looking statements regarding events and financial trends that may affect the future operating results or financial positions of Robert Half Inc. (the "Company"). Forward-looking statements are not guarantees or promises that goals or targets will be met. These statements may be identified by words such as "anticipate," "potential," "estimate," "forecast," "target," "project," "plan," "intend," "believe," "expect,"  "should," "could," "would," "may," "might," "will," or variations or negatives thereof or by similar or comparable words or phrases. In addition, historical, current and forward-looking information about the Company's corporate responsibility and compliance programs, including targets or goals, may not be considered material for the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") or other mandatory reporting purposes and may be based on standards for measuring progress that are still developing; on internal controls, diligence or processes that are evolving; on representations reviewed or provided by third parties; and on assumptions that are subject to change in the future. Forward-looking statements are estimates only and are based on management's current expectations; currently available information; and current strategy, plans or forecasts, and involve certain known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict, often beyond the Company's control and are inherently uncertain. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and outcomes, or the timing of these results or outcomes, to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the statements.

These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: changes to or new interpretations of United States of America ("U.S.") or international tax regulations; the global financial and economic situation; changes in levels of unemployment and other economic conditions in the U.S. or foreign countries where the Company does business, or in particular regions or industries; reduction in the supply of candidates for contract employment or the Company's ability to attract candidates; the development, proliferation and adoption of artificial intelligence ("AI") by the Company and the third parties it serves; the entry of new competitors into the marketplace or expansion by existing competitors; the ability of the Company to maintain existing client relationships and attract new clients in the context of changing economic or competitive conditions; the impact of competitive pressures, including any change in the demand for the Company's services, or the Company's ability to maintain its margins; the possibility of the Company incurring liability for its activities, including the activities of its engagement professionals, or for events impacting its engagement professionals on clients' premises; the possibility that adverse publicity could impact the Company's ability to attract and retain clients and candidates; the success of the Company in attracting, training and retaining qualified management personnel and other staff employees; the Company's ability to comply with governmental regulations affecting personnel services businesses in particular or employer/employee relationships in general; whether there will be ongoing demand for Sarbanes-Oxley or other regulatory compliance services; the Company's reliance on short-term contracts for a significant percentage of its business; litigation relating to prior or current transactions or activities, including litigation that may be disclosed from time to time in the Company's SEC filings; the impact of extreme weather conditions on the Company and its candidates and clients; the ability of the Company to manage its international operations and comply with foreign laws and regulations; the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; the possibility that the additional costs the Company will incur as a result of health care or other reform legislation may adversely affect the Company's profit margins or the demand for the Company's services; the possibility that the Company's computer and communications hardware and software systems could be damaged or their service interrupted, or that the Company could experience a cybersecurity breach; and the possibility that the Company may fail to maintain adequate financial and management controls, and as a result suffer errors in its financial reporting.

Additionally, with respect to Protiviti, other risks and uncertainties include the fact that future success will depend on its ability to retain employees and attract clients; there can be no assurance that there will be ongoing demand for broad-based consulting, regulatory compliance, technology services, public sector or other high-demand advisory services; failure to produce projected revenues could adversely affect financial results; and there is the possibility of involvement in litigation relating to prior or current transactions or activities.

A summary of additional risks and uncertainties can be found in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and in the Company's other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Because long-term contracts are not a significant part of the Company's business, future results cannot be reliably predicted by considering past trends or extrapolating past results. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update information in this report, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, and notwithstanding any historical practice of doing so.

A copy of this release is available at www.roberthalf.com/investor-center. 

ATTACHED: 

Summary of Operations

Supplemental Financial Information

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

ROBERT HALF INC.

SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

Three Months Ended
June 30,

Six Months Ended
June 30,

2026

2025

2026

2025

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

Service revenues

$            1,336,365

$            1,369,743

$            2,636,544

$            2,721,650

Costs of services

862,338

860,269

1,682,608

1,713,131

Gross margin

474,027

509,474

953,936

1,008,519

Selling, general and administrative expenses

536,326

507,934

979,324

968,097

Operating (loss) income

(62,299)

1,540

(25,388)

40,422

(Income) loss from investments held in employee deferred
     compensation trusts (which is completely offset by related costs and
     expenses)

(100,878)

(57,654)

(92,651)

(37,483)

Interest income, net

(2,013)

(2,239)

(4,771)

(5,811)

Income before income taxes

40,592

61,433

72,034

83,716

Provision for income taxes

14,274

20,465

31,926

25,398

Net income

$                 26,318

$                 40,968

$                 40,108

$                 58,318

Diluted net income per share

$                     0.26

$                     0.41

$                     0.40

$                     0.58

Weighted average shares:

Basic

99,941

100,410

99,783

100,537

Diluted

100,307

100,539

100,104

100,776

ROBERT HALF INC.

SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION

(in thousands)

Three Months Ended
June 30,

Six Months Ended
June 30,

2026

2025

2026

2025

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

SERVICE REVENUES INFORMATION

Contract talent solutions

Finance and accounting

$    551,722

$    555,626

$ 1,090,475

$ 1,118,559

Administrative and customer support

154,859

165,591

304,194

331,218

Technology

162,202

158,403

315,960

310,945

Elimination of intersegment revenues (1)

(121,378)

(119,812)

(238,208)

(237,709)

Total contract talent solutions

747,405

759,808

1,472,421

1,523,013

Permanent placement talent solutions

117,991

114,713

226,995

226,804

Protiviti

470,969

495,222

937,128

971,833

Total service revenues

$ 1,336,365

$ 1,369,743

$ 2,636,544

$ 2,721,650

(1)

Service revenues for finance and accounting, administrative and customer support, and technology include intersegment revenues, which represent revenues from services provided to the Company's Protiviti segment in connection with the Company's blended business solutions. Intersegment revenues for each functional specialization are aggregated and then eliminated as a single line.

June 30,

2026

2025

(Unaudited)

SELECTED BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION:

Cash and cash equivalents

$    324,714

$    380,547

Accounts receivable, net

$    821,442

$    826,872

Total assets

$ 2,858,499

$ 2,832,196

Total current liabilities

$ 1,456,057

$ 1,322,626

Total stockholders' equity

$ 1,207,659

$ 1,311,918

Six Months Ended June 30,

2026

2025

(Unaudited)

SELECTED CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

Depreciation

$      24,639

$      25,608

Capitalized cloud computing implementation costs

$      16,169

$      13,217

Capital expenditures

$      15,651

$      27,573

Open market repurchases of common stock (shares)

—

1,128

ROBERT HALF INC.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

The financial results of Robert Half Inc. (the "Company") are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") and the rules of the SEC. To help readers understand the Company's financial performance, the Company supplements its GAAP financial results with the following non-GAAP measures: adjusted gross margin; adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses; adjusted operating income; and adjusted revenue growth rates.

The following measures: adjusted gross margin, adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses and adjusted operating income, include gains and losses on investments held to fund the Company's obligations under employee deferred compensation plans. The Company provides these measures because they are used by management to review its operational results.

Adjusted revenue growth rates represent year-over-year revenue growth rates after removing the impacts on reported revenues from the changes in the number of billing days and foreign currency exchange rates. The Company provides this data because it focuses on the Company's revenue growth rates attributable to operating activities and aids in evaluating revenue trends over time. The impacts from the changes in billing days and foreign currency exchange rates are calculated as follows:

Billing days impact is calculated by dividing each comparative period's reported revenues by the number of billing days for that period to arrive at a per billing day amount. Same billing day growth rates are then calculated based on the per billing day amounts. Management calculates a global, weighted-average number of billing days for each reporting period based upon inputs from all countries and all functional specializations and segments. Foreign currency impact is calculated by retranslating current-period international revenues, using foreign currency exchange rates from the prior year's comparable period. The non-GAAP financial measures provided herein may not provide information that is directly comparable to that provided by other companies in the Company's industry, as other companies may calculate such financial results differently. The Company's non-GAAP financial measures are not measurements of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to amounts presented in accordance with GAAP. The Company does not consider these non-GAAP financial measures to be a substitute for, or superior to, the information provided by GAAP financial results. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures is provided on the following pages.

ROBERT HALF INC.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

ADJUSTED GROSS MARGIN (UNAUDITED):

(in thousands)

Three Months Ended June 30,

Relationships

Six Months Ended June 30,

Relationships

As Reported

As Adjusted

As Reported

As Adjusted

As Reported

As Adjusted

As Reported

As Adjusted

2026

2025

2026

2025

2026

2025

2026

2025

2026

2025

2026

2025

2026

2025

2026

2025

Gross Margin

Contract talent solutions

$  292,422

$  297,367

$  292,422

$  297,367

39.1 %

39.1 %

39.1 %

39.1 %

$  574,175

$    594,300

$  574,175

$    594,300

39.0 %

39.0 %

39.0 %

39.0 %

Permanent placement talent
     solutions

117,823

114,551

117,823

114,551

99.9 %

99.9 %

99.9 %

99.9 %

226,549

226,412

226,549

226,412

99.8 %

99.8 %

99.8 %

99.8 %

Total talent solutions

410,245

411,918

410,245

411,918

47.4 %

47.1 %

47.4 %

47.1 %

800,724

820,712

800,724

820,712

47.1 %

46.9 %

47.1 %

46.9 %

Protiviti

63,782

97,556

87,170

110,357

13.5 %

19.7 %

18.5 %

22.3 %

153,212

187,807

174,596

196,569

16.3 %

19.3 %

18.6 %

20.2 %

Total

$  474,027

$  509,474

$  497,415

$  522,275

35.5 %

37.2 %

37.2 %

38.1 %

$  953,936

$ 1,008,519

$  975,320

$ 1,017,281

36.2 %

37.1 %

37.0 %

37.4 %

The following tables provide reconciliations of the non-GAAP adjusted gross margin to reported gross margin for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:

Three Months Ended June 30, 2026

Three Months Ended June 30, 2025

Contract talent

solutions

Permanent
placement talent
solutions

Total talent
solutions

Protiviti

Total

Contract talent

solutions

Permanent
placement talent
solutions

Total talent
solutions

Protiviti

Total

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

Gross Margin

As Reported

$ 292,422

39.1 %

$ 117,823

99.9 %

$ 410,245

47.4 %

$ 63,782

13.5 %

$ 474,027

35.5 %

$ 297,367

39.1 %

$ 114,551

99.9 %

$ 411,918

47.1 %

$ 97,556

19.7 %

$ 509,474

37.2 %

Adjustments (1)

—

—

—

—

—

—

23,388

5.0 %

23,388

1.7 %

—

—

—

—

—

—

12,801

2.6 %

12,801

0.9 %

As Adjusted

$ 292,422

39.1 %

$ 117,823

99.9 %

$ 410,245

47.4 %

$ 87,170

18.5 %

$ 497,415

37.2 %

$ 297,367

39.1 %

$ 114,551

99.9 %

$ 411,918

47.1 %

$ 110,357

22.3 %

$ 522,275

38.1 %

The following tables provide reconciliations of the non-GAAP adjusted gross margin to reported gross margin for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:

Six Months Ended June 30, 2026

Six Months Ended June 30, 2025

Contract talent

solutions

Permanent
placement talent
solutions

Total talent
solutions

Protiviti

Total

Contract talent

solutions

Permanent
placement talent
solutions

Total talent
solutions

Protiviti

Total

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

Gross Margin

As Reported

$ 574,175

39.0 %

$ 226,549

99.8 %

$ 800,724

47.1 %

$ 153,212

16.3 %

$ 953,936

36.2 %

$ 594,300

39.0 %

$ 226,412

99.8 %

$ 820,712

46.9 %

$ 187,807

19.3 %

$        1,008,519

37.1 %

Adjustments (1)

—

—

—

—

—

—

21,384

2.3 %

21,384

0.8 %

—

—

—

—

—

—

8,762

0.9 %

8,762

0.3 %

As Adjusted

$ 574,175

39.0 %

$ 226,549

99.8 %

$ 800,724

47.1 %

$ 174,596

18.6 %

$ 975,320

37.0 %

$ 594,300

39.0 %

$ 226,412

99.8 %

$ 820,712

46.9 %

$ 196,569

20.2 %

$        1,017,281

37.4 %

(1)

Changes in the Company's employee deferred compensation plan obligations related to Protiviti operations are included in costs of services, while the related investment (income) loss is presented separately. The non-GAAP financial adjustments shown in the table above are to reclassify investment (income) loss from investments held in employee deferred compensation trusts to the same line item that includes the corresponding change in obligation. These adjustments have no impact on income before income taxes.

ROBERT HALF INC.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

ADJUSTED SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES (UNAUDITED):

(in thousands)

Three Months EndedJune 30,

Relationships

Six Months Ended June 30,

Relationships

As Reported

As Adjusted

As Reported

As Adjusted

As Reported

As Adjusted

As Reported

As Adjusted

2026

2025

2026

2025

2026

2025

2026

2025

2026

2025

2026

2025

2026

2025

2026

2025

Selling, General and

  Administrative Expenses

Contract talent solutions

$  343,038

$  318,871

$  274,618

$  278,944

45.9 %

42.0 %

36.7 %

36.7 %

$  610,119

$  595,083

$  547,058

$  569,186

41.4 %

39.1 %

37.2 %

37.4 %

Permanent placement talent
     solutions

115,999

111,218

106,929

106,292

98.3 %

97.0 %

90.6 %

92.7 %

217,805

217,353

209,599

214,529

96.0 %

95.8 %

92.3 %

94.6 %

Total talent solutions

459,037

430,089

381,547

385,236

53.0 %

49.2 %

44.1 %

44.1 %

827,924

812,436

756,657

783,715

48.7 %

46.4 %

44.5 %

44.8 %

Protiviti

77,289

77,845

77,289

77,845

16.4 %

15.7 %

16.4 %

15.7 %

151,400

155,661

151,400

155,661

16.2 %

16.0 %

16.2 %

16.0 %

Total

$  536,326

$  507,934

$  458,836

$  463,081

40.1 %

37.1 %

34.3 %

33.8 %

$  979,324

$  968,097

$  908,057

$  939,376

37.1 %

35.6 %

34.4 %

34.5 %

The following tables provide reconciliations of the non-GAAP adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses to reported selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:

Three Months Ended June 30, 2026

Three Months Ended June 30, 2025

Contract talent

solutions

Permanent
placement talent
solutions

Total talent
solutions

Protiviti

Total

Contract talent

solutions

Permanent
placement talent
solutions

Total talent
solutions

Protiviti

Total

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

Selling, General and

  Administrative Expenses

As Reported

$ 343,038

45.9 %

$ 115,999

98.3 %

$ 459,037

53.0 %

$ 77,289

16.4 %

$ 536,326

40.1 %

$ 318,871

42.0 %

$ 111,218

97.0 %

$ 430,089

49.2 %

$ 77,845

15.7 %

$ 507,934

37.1 %

Adjustments (1)

(68,420)

(9.2 %)

(9,070)

(7.7 %)

(77,490)

(8.9 %)

—

—

(77,490)

(5.8 %)

(39,927)

(5.3 %)

(4,926)

(4.3 %)

(44,853)

(5.1 %)

—

—

(44,853)

(3.3 %)

As Adjusted

$ 274,618

36.7 %

$ 106,929

90.6 %

$ 381,547

44.1 %

$ 77,289

16.4 %

$ 458,836

34.3 %

$ 278,944

36.7 %

$ 106,292

92.7 %

$ 385,236

44.1 %

$ 77,845

15.7 %

$ 463,081

33.8 %

The following tables provide reconciliations of the non-GAAP adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses to reported selling, general and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:

Six Months Ended June 30, 2026

Six Months Ended June 30, 2025

Contract talent
solutions

Permanent
placement talent
solutions

Total talent
solutions

Protiviti

Total

Contract talent
solutions

Permanent
placement talent
solutions

Total talent
solutions

Protiviti

Total

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

Selling, General and

  Administrative Expenses

As Reported

$ 610,119

41.4 %

$ 217,805

96.0 %

$ 827,924

48.7 %

$ 151,400

16.2 %

$ 979,324

37.1 %

$ 595,083

39.1 %

$ 217,353

95.8 %

$ 812,436

46.4 %

$ 155,661

16.0 %

$ 968,097

35.6 %

Adjustments (1)

(63,061)

(4.2 %)

(8,206)

(3.7 %)

(71,267)

(4.2 %)

—

—

(71,267)

(2.7 %)

(25,897)

(1.7 %)

(2,824)

(1.2 %)

(28,721)

(1.6 %)

—

—

(28,721)

(1.1 %)

As Adjusted

$ 547,058

37.2 %

$ 209,599

92.3 %

$ 756,657

44.5 %

$ 151,400

16.2 %

$ 908,057

34.4 %

$ 569,186

37.4 %

$ 214,529

94.6 %

$ 783,715

44.8 %

$ 155,661

16.0 %

$ 939,376

34.5 %

(1)

Changes in the Company's employee deferred compensation plan obligations related to talent solutions operations are included in selling, general and administrative expenses, while the related investment (income) loss  is presented separately. The non-GAAP financial adjustments shown in the table above are to reclassify investment (income) loss from investments held in employee deferred compensation trusts to the same line item that includes the corresponding change in obligation. These adjustments have no impact on income before income taxes.

ROBERT HALF INC.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

ADJUSTED OPERATING INCOME (UNAUDITED):

(in thousands)

Three Months EndedJune 30,

Relationships

Six Months Ended June 30,

Relationships

As Reported

As Adjusted

As Reported

As Adjusted

As Reported

As Adjusted

As Reported

As Adjusted

2026

2025

2026

2025

2026

2025

2026

2025

2026

2025

2026

2025

2026

2025

2026

2025

Operating (Loss) Income

Contract talent solutions

$   (50,616)

$   (21,504)

$    17,804

$    18,423

(6.8 %)

(2.8 %)

2.4 %

2.4 %

$   (35,944)

$        (783)

$    27,117

$    25,114

(2.4 %)

(0.1 %)

1.8 %

1.6 %

Permanent placement talent
     solutions

1,824

3,333

10,894

8,259

1.5 %

2.9 %

9.2 %

7.2 %

8,744

9,059

16,950

11,883

3.9 %

4.0 %

7.5 %

5.2 %

Total talent solutions

(48,792)

(18,171)

28,698

26,682

(5.6 %)

(2.1 %)

3.3 %

3.1 %

(27,200)

8,276

44,067

36,997

(1.6 %)

0.5 %

2.6 %

2.1 %

Protiviti

(13,507)

19,711

9,881

32,512

(2.9 %)

4.0 %

2.1 %

6.6 %

1,812

32,146

23,196

40,908

0.2 %

3.3 %

2.5 %

4.2 %

Total

$   (62,299)

$      1,540

$    38,579

$    59,194

(4.7 %)

0.1 %

2.9 %

4.3 %

$   (25,388)

$    40,422

$    67,263

$    77,905

(1.0 %)

1.5 %

2.6 %

2.9 %

The following tables provide reconciliations of the non-GAAP adjusted operating income to reported operating (loss) income for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:

Three Months Ended June 30, 2026

Three Months Ended June 30, 2025

Contract talent

solutions

Permanent
placement talent
solutions

Total talent
solutions

Protiviti

Total

Contract talent

solutions

Permanent
placement talent
solutions

Total talent
solutions

Protiviti

Total

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

Operating (Loss) Income

As Reported

$         (50,616)

(6.8 %)

$   1,824

1.5 %

$         (48,792)

(5.6 %)

$         (13,507)

(2.9 %)

$         (62,299)

(4.7 %)

$ (21,504)

(2.8 %)

$  3,333

2.9 %

$ (18,171)

(2.1 %)

$ 19,711

4.0 %

$    1,540

0.1 %

Adjustments (1)

68,420

9.2 %

9,070

7.7 %

77,490

8.9 %

23,388

5.0 %

100,878

7.6 %

39,927

5.2 %

4,926

4.3 %

44,853

5.2 %

12,801

2.6 %

57,654

4.2 %

As Adjusted

$          17,804

2.4 %

$ 10,894

9.2 %

$          28,698

3.3 %

$            9,881

2.1 %

$          38,579

2.9 %

$  18,423

2.4 %

$  8,259

7.2 %

$  26,682

3.1 %

$ 32,512

6.6 %

$  59,194

4.3 %

The following tables provide reconciliations of the non-GAAP adjusted operating income to reported operating (loss) income for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:

Six Months Ended June 30, 2026

Six Months Ended June 30, 2025

Contract talent

solutions

Permanent
placement talent
solutions

Total talent
solutions

Protiviti

Total

Contract talent

solutions

Permanent
placement talent
solutions

Total talent
solutions

Protiviti

Total

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

$

% of
Revenue

Operating (Loss) Income

As Reported

$         (35,944)

(2.4 %)

$   8,744

3.9 %

$         (27,200)

(1.6 %)

$   1,812

0.2 %

$         (25,388)

(1.0 %)

$     (783)

(0.1 %)

$   9,059

4.0 %

$  8,276

0.5 %

$ 32,146

3.3 %

$  40,422

1.5 %

Adjustments (1)

63,061

4.2 %

8,206

3.6 %

71,267

4.2 %

21,384

2.3 %

92,651

3.6 %

25,897

1.7 %

2,824

1.2 %

28,721

1.6 %

8,762

0.9 %

37,483

1.4 %

As Adjusted

$          27,117

1.8 %

$ 16,950

7.5 %

$          44,067

2.6 %

$ 23,196

2.5 %

$          67,263

2.6 %

$ 25,114

1.6 %

$ 11,883

5.2 %

$ 36,997

2.1 %

$ 40,908

4.2 %

$  77,905

2.9 %

(1)

Changes in the Company's employee deferred compensation plan obligations are included in operating (loss) income. The non-GAAP financial adjustments shown in the table above are to reclassify investment (income) loss from investments held in employee deferred compensation trusts to the same line item that includes the corresponding change in obligation. These adjustments have no impact on income before income taxes.

ROBERT HALF INC.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

REVENUE GROWTH RATES (%) (UNAUDITED): 

Year-Over-Year Growth Rates

(As Reported)

Non-GAAP Year-Over-Year Growth Rates

(As Adjusted)

2025

2026

2025

2026

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Global

Finance and accounting

-12.3

-10.8

-9.9

-6.9

-4.3

-0.7

-10.0

-10.8

-10.7

-7.8

-6.3

-1.3

Administrative and customer support

-17.2

-13.0

-11.1

-11.4

-9.8

-6.5

-15.2

-13.3

-12.1

-12.5

-11.8

-6.9

Technology

-3.4

0.3

-1.5

-1.0

0.8

2.4

-1.3

0.4

-1.9

-1.2

-0.3

2.3

Elimination of intersegment revenues (1)

4.5

2.9

1.1

3.0

-0.9

1.3

6.8

2.5

0.2

2.2

-2.8

1.2

Total contract talent solutions

-14.0

-11.1

-10.1

-8.2

-5.0

-1.6

-11.8

-11.1

-10.9

-9.0

-6.8

-2.1

Permanent placement talent solutions

-10.2

-12.5

-10.7

-5.1

-2.8

2.9

-7.8

-12.6

-11.4

-5.9

-4.7

2.5

Total talent solutions

-13.5

-11.3

-10.2

-7.9

-4.7

-1.0

-11.3

-11.3

-11.0

-8.6

-6.6

-1.5

Protiviti

2.7

1.8

-2.6

-2.0

-2.2

-4.9

4.7

1.5

-3.4

-2.8

-3.8

-5.0

Total

-8.4

-7.0

-7.5

-5.8

-3.8

-2.4

-6.2

-7.1

-8.3

-6.6

-5.6

-2.8

United States

Contract talent solutions

-11.8

-10.7

-10.3

-9.5

-7.6

-2.1

-10.7

-10.7

-10.4

-9.2

-7.5

-1.8

Permanent placement talent solutions

-8.5

-13.2

-11.3

-5.8

-5.9

6.0

-7.3

-13.2

-11.4

-5.5

-5.7

6.3

Total talent solutions

-11.4

-11.0

-10.4

-9.0

-7.4

-1.1

-10.3

-11.0

-10.5

-8.8

-7.3

-0.8

Protiviti

2.3

-0.7

-5.5

-5.9

-6.4

-5.8

3.6

-0.7

-5.6

-5.6

-6.3

-5.5

Total

-6.9

-7.4

-8.6

-7.9

-7.1

-2.9

-5.7

-7.4

-8.7

-7.6

-6.9

-2.5

International

Contract talent solutions

-20.7

-12.5

-9.7

-4.0

4.3

-0.1

-16.2

-12.9

-12.4

-8.7

-3.4

-3.5

Permanent placement talent solutions

-14.5

-10.6

-9.0

-3.5

5.7

-4.8

-10.1

-11.2

-11.2

-7.0

-0.9

-7.1

Total talent solutions

-19.8

-12.2

-9.6

-3.9

4.5

-0.9

-15.3

-12.6

-12.2

-8.4

-3.0

-4.1

Protiviti

4.4

13.1

11.1

14.7

16.0

-1.2

7.9

10.7

7.5

9.1

8.1

-3.1

Total

-13.6

-5.3

-3.8

1.8

8.1

-1.0

-9.4

-6.3

-6.7

-3.0

0.4

-3.8

(1)

Service revenues for finance and accounting, administrative and customer support, and technology include intersegment revenues, which represent revenues from services provided to Protiviti in connection with the Company's blended business solutions. Intersegment revenues for each functional specialization are aggregated and then eliminated as a single line item.

The non-GAAP financial measures included in the table above adjust for the following items:

Billing Days. The "As Reported" revenue growth rates are based upon reported revenues. Management calculates the billing day impact by dividing each comparative period's reported revenues by the number of billing days for that period to arrive at a per billing day amount. Same billing day growth rates are then calculated based on the per billing day amounts. Management calculates a global, weighted-average number of billing days for each reporting period based upon input from all countries and all functional specializations and segments.

Foreign Currency Translation. The "As Reported" revenue growth rates are based upon reported revenues, which include the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The foreign currency impact is calculated by retranslating current-period international revenues, using foreign currency exchange rates from the prior year's comparable period.

The term "As Adjusted" means that the impact of different billing days and constant currency fluctuations are removed from the revenue growth rate calculation. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP year-over-year revenue growth rates to the "As Reported" year-over-year revenue growth rates is included herein, on Pages 10-12.

ROBERT HALF INC.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

REVENUE GROWTH RATE (%) RECONCILIATION (UNAUDITED):

Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth – GLOBAL

Q1 2025

Q2 2025

Q3 2025

Q4 2025

Q1 2026

 Q2 2026

Finance and accounting

As Reported

-12.3

-10.8

-9.9

-6.9

-4.3

-0.7

Billing Days Impact

1.3

0.4

-0.2

0.3

0.0

0.1

Currency Impact

1.0

-0.4

-0.6

-1.2

-2.0

-0.7

As Adjusted

-10.0

-10.8

-10.7

-7.8

-6.3

-1.3

Administrative and customer support

As Reported

-17.2

-13.0

-11.1

-11.4

-9.8

-6.5

Billing Days Impact

1.3

0.4

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.1

Currency Impact

0.7

-0.7

-1.0

-1.4

-2.0

-0.5

As Adjusted

-15.2

-13.3

-12.1

-12.5

-11.8

-6.9

Technology

As Reported

-3.4

0.3

-1.5

-1.0

0.8

2.4

Billing Days Impact

1.4

0.5

-0.1

0.3

0.0

0.2

Currency Impact

0.7

-0.4

-0.3

-0.5

-1.1

-0.3

As Adjusted

-1.3

0.4

-1.9

-1.2

-0.3

2.3

Elimination of intersegment revenues

As Reported

4.5

2.9

1.1

3.0

-0.9

1.3

Billing Days Impact

1.6

0.5

-0.1

0.4

0.0

0.2

Currency Impact

0.7

-0.9

-0.8

-1.2

-1.9

-0.3

As Adjusted

6.8

2.5

0.2

2.2

-2.8

1.2

Total contract talent solutions

As Reported

-14.0

-11.1

-10.1

-8.2

-5.0

-1.6

Billing Days Impact

1.3

0.4

-0.2

0.3

0.0

0.2

Currency Impact

0.9

-0.4

-0.6

-1.1

-1.8

-0.7

As Adjusted

-11.8

-11.1

-10.9

-9.0

-6.8

-2.1

Permanent placement talent solutions

As Reported

-10.2

-12.5

-10.7

-5.1

-2.8

2.9

Billing Days Impact

1.3

0.5

-0.1

0.3

0.0

0.1

Currency Impact

1.1

-0.6

-0.6

-1.1

-1.9

-0.5

As Adjusted

-7.8

-12.6

-11.4

-5.9

-4.7

2.5

Total talent solutions

As Reported

-13.5

-11.3

-10.2

-7.9

-4.7

-1.0

Billing Days Impact

1.2

0.4

-0.2

0.4

0.0

0.2

Currency Impact

1.0

-0.4

-0.6

-1.1

-1.9

-0.7

As Adjusted

-11.3

-11.3

-11.0

-8.6

-6.6

-1.5

Protiviti

As Reported

2.7

1.8

-2.6

-2.0

-2.2

-4.9

Billing Days Impact

1.5

0.4

-0.2

0.3

0.0

0.2

Currency Impact

0.5

-0.7

-0.6

-1.1

-1.6

-0.3

As Adjusted

4.7

1.5

-3.4

-2.8

-3.8

-5.0

Total

As Reported

-8.4

-7.0

-7.5

-5.8

-3.8

-2.4

Billing Days Impact

1.4

0.4

-0.2

0.3

0.0

0.1

Currency Impact

0.8

-0.5

-0.6

-1.1

-1.8

-0.5

As Adjusted

-6.2

-7.1

-8.3

-6.6

-5.6

-2.8

ROBERT HALF INC.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

REVENUE GROWTH RATE (%) RECONCILIATION (UNAUDITED):

Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth – UNITED STATES

Q1 2025

Q2 2025

Q3 2025

Q4 2025

Q1 2026

 Q2 2026

Contract talent solutions

As Reported

-11.8

-10.7

-10.3

-9.5

-7.6

-2.1

Billing Days Impact

1.1

0.0

-0.1

0.3

0.1

0.3

Currency Impact

―

―

―

―

―

―

As Adjusted

-10.7

-10.7

-10.4

-9.2

-7.5

-1.8

Permanent placement talent solutions

As Reported

-8.5

-13.2

-11.3

-5.8

-5.9

6.0

Billing Days Impact

1.2

0.0

-0.1

0.3

0.2

0.3

Currency Impact

―

―

―

―

―

―

As Adjusted

-7.3

-13.2

-11.4

-5.5

-5.7

6.3

Total talent solutions

As Reported

-11.4

-11.0

-10.4

-9.0

-7.4

-1.1

Billing Days Impact

1.1

0.0

-0.1

0.2

0.1

0.3

Currency Impact

―

―

―

―

―

―

As Adjusted

-10.3

-11.0

-10.5

-8.8

-7.3

-0.8

Protiviti

As Reported

2.3

-0.7

-5.5

-5.9

-6.4

-5.8

Billing Days Impact

1.3

0.0

-0.1

0.3

0.1

0.3

Currency Impact

―

―

―

―

―

―

As Adjusted

3.6

-0.7

-5.6

-5.6

-6.3

-5.5

Total

As Reported

-6.9

-7.4

-8.6

-7.9

-7.1

-2.9

Billing Days Impact

1.2

0.0

-0.1

0.3

0.2

0.4

Currency Impact

―

―

―

―

―

―

As Adjusted

-5.7

-7.4

-8.7

-7.6

-6.9

-2.5

ROBERT HALF INC.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

REVENUE GROWTH RATE (%) RECONCILIATION (UNAUDITED):

Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth – INTERNATIONAL

Q1 2025

Q2 2025

Q3 2025

Q4 2025

Q1 2026

 Q2 2026

Contract talent solutions

As Reported

-20.7

-12.5

-9.7

-4.0

4.3

-0.1

Billing Days Impact

0.6

1.4

0.0

0.1

0.6

-0.5

Currency Impact

3.9

-1.8

-2.7

-4.8

-8.3

-2.9

As Adjusted

-16.2

-12.9

-12.4

-8.7

-3.4

-3.5

Permanent placement talent solutions

As Reported

-14.5

-10.6

-9.0

-3.5

5.7

-4.8

Billing Days Impact

0.6

1.4

0.0

0.2

0.6

-0.4

Currency Impact

3.8

-2.0

-2.2

-3.7

-7.2

-1.9

As Adjusted

-10.1

-11.2

-11.2

-7.0

-0.9

-7.1

Total talent solutions

As Reported

-19.8

-12.2

-9.6

-3.9

4.5

-0.9

Billing Days Impact

0.6

1.4

0.0

0.1

0.7

-0.4

Currency Impact

3.9

-1.8

-2.6

-4.6

-8.2

-2.8

As Adjusted

-15.3

-12.6

-12.2

-8.4

-3.0

-4.1

Protiviti

As Reported

4.4

13.1

11.1

14.7

16.0

-1.2

Billing Days Impact

0.7

1.7

0.0

0.1

0.7

-0.5

Currency Impact

2.8

-4.1

-3.6

-5.7

-8.6

-1.4

As Adjusted

7.9

10.7

7.5

9.1

8.1

-3.1

Total

As Reported

-13.6

-5.3

-3.8

1.8

8.1

-1.0

Billing Days Impact

0.6

1.5

0.0

0.2

0.6

-0.5

Currency Impact

3.6

-2.5

-2.9

-5.0

-8.3

-2.3

As Adjusted

-9.4

-6.3

-6.7

-3.0

0.4

-3.8

SOURCE Robert Half

, /PRNewswire/ -- Robert Half Inc. (NYSE: RHI) today announced it expects to release second-quarter 2026 earnings results on Thursday, July 23, 2026, at approximately 4:05 p.m. ET. The Company will host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET on July 23, following the release.

The dial-in number for the conference call is 800-330-6710 (+1-213-279-1505 outside the United States and Canada). Participants are encouraged to dial in approximately 15 minutes before the scheduled start time. The confirmation code to access the call is 6715269.

A recorded replay of the call will be available beginning July 23 and will remain accessible for 12 months at https://www.webcasts.com/RobertHalfQ22026. The conference call also will be archived in audio format on the company's website at roberthalf.com.  

About Robert Half
Robert Half is the world's first and largest specialized talent solutions and business consulting firm, connecting highly skilled job seekers with rewarding opportunities at great companies. We offer contract talent and permanent placement solutions in the fields of finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support, and we also provide executive search services. Robert Half is the parent company of Protiviti, a global consulting firm that delivers internal audit, risk, business and technology consulting solutions. In the last 12 months, Robert Half has been recognized as one of America's Most Innovative Companies by Fortune and, with Protiviti, has been named as a Fortune® Most Admired Company™ and one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. Explore talent solutions, research and insights at roberthalf.com.

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Robert Half is upgraded to “Buy” as labor market conditions show signs of bottoming and sequential business improvement emerges. RHI expects to return to revenue growth in Q3 2026, driven by pent-up enterprise demand and stabilization in talent solutions. Cost discipline, including $30 million in annual layoffs and SG&A reductions, supports margin resilience amid gradual recovery.

Companies are rapidly changing their minds that artificial intelligence can "do it all" by rehiring employees to propel their businesses forward, as investors fret over the longevity of the ongoing AI boom happening in the financial markets.

Automaker Ford is one of the latest companies to reverse course. It is reportedly re-employing hundreds of experienced human engineers to work on quality issues automated systems couldn't address. "Artificial intelligence is a fantastic tool, but it's only as good as the information you use to train it," Charles Poon, Ford's vice president of vehicle hardware engineering, told the media.

Other companies that have walked back their hiring plans to focus more on human capital include Commonwealth Bank of Australia and software giant IBM.

Last year, CBA laid off more than 40 customer service staff and replaced them with an AI voice bot. However, the AI system was unable to cope, which led to an increase in calls, prompting CBA to reverse the job cuts. "Getting CBA to rescind these job cuts is a massive win," Australia's finance sector union said in a statement.

According to an ABC report in August last year, CBA admitted it "did not adequately consider all relevant business considerations" when announcing the redundancies and acknowledged "we should have been more thorough in our assessment of the roles required".

Similarly, IBM replaced its HR functions with AI that handled around 94% of routine requests but was unable to meet the other 6%, which included ethical dilemmas. IBM then announced plans to triple its U.S. entry-level hiring across all business units in 2026.

"If we don't continue to invest in entry-level hires, what happens in 3–5 years?," IBM chief human resources officer Nickle LaMoreaux said at a Charter AI Summit in New York. "There's no pipeline; the well simply dries up," LaMoreaux added.

These examples echo views presented by analysts that making employees redundant while using more AI may not necessarily offer the best route to business growth.

"Budgeting on 'tech to replace humans' without investing in training or upskilling left teams unprepared to leverage AI," according to a report by Intuition Labs. "Notably, among companies pushing automation, many later 'regretted' layoffs, having cut the very people needed to oversee AI," it added.

According to a report by Orgvue, 39% of business leaders made employees redundant due to AI deployment. However, among that number, 55% admit wrong decisions about those redundancies were made.

"Where AI outputs are inconsistent, inaccurate, or difficult to apply, companies often need to reintroduce human oversight," said Jessica Zhang, senior vice president of APAC at HR solutions provider ADP. "This can lead to duplicated effort, slower decision-making, and diminished productivity gains," Zhang added.

Meanwhile, 32% of U.S. hiring managers said they eliminated a role primarily due to AI and later rehired for the same or a similar position, according to data from Robert Half sent to CNBC.

"AI is changing the workplace, but it's becoming clear that organizations are finding more value in building human-AI collaboration versus replacing human work entirely," Capitol Technology University noted.

Global Transformation Survey reveals executive misalignment is slowing AI value realization, operational performance and growth outcomes

, /PRNewswire/ -- A new Protiviti Global Transformation Survey, The Alignment Advantage in Transformation, finds a significant gap between CEOs and technology leaders on the business impact of artificial intelligence (AI) as well as broader modernization initiatives, highlighting executive misalignment as a critical barrier to transformation success.

As organizations increase investment in AI, data and modernization, the findings show that there is strong correlation between executive alignment and technological maturity, and that maturity delivers higher confidence in achieving transformational outcomes.  

The survey of 852 global C-suite executives, conducted in partnership with the University of Oxford, found that organizations with strong executive consensus report significantly higher confidence in AI value realization and transformation outcomes.

"Even the most purpose-driven technology transformation strategies can struggle to produce results if leadership teams aren't aligned on what success looks like," said Kim Bozzella, Global CIO & CISO Solutions Leader at Protiviti.

Key Findings: Executive Alignment and Transformation Outcomes

Executive alignment drives transformation success

Technology leaders and CEOs report significantly different views on transformation success:

CIO/CTOs report 61% confidence in transformation outcomes vs. 34% among CEOs and boards Confidence scores are below 20% in early-stage organizations and exceed 70% in organizations at advanced stages of transformation However, 40% of COOs selected AI as the capability with the greatest potential to drive revenue growth - standing out among the executive suite for their high AI enthusiasm. These findings indicate that closer alignment across the C-suite directly correlates with higher transformational maturity and higher confidence in performance outcomes..

CEOs and boards are more skeptical of AI's business value

Despite significant AI investment, many CEOs remain unconvinced of its impact:

CEOs' and boards' confidence that AI is driving revenue growth is only 30%  For CIO/CTOs, the confidence level doubles at 61% Technology leaders consistently report higher confidence than business leaders across AI value metrics The data suggests that while organizations are shifting from AI adoption to AI value realization, the ability to demonstrate AI's business impact across leadership teams remains uneven.

Data, cybersecurity and workforce readiness remain critical

In addition to consensus challenges, organizations continue to face foundational barriers:

Data platforms and governance are the top technology investment priority Workforce skill gaps are among the most cited barriers to transformation Perceptions about cyber threats vary greatly among C-suite roles These findings reinforce that transformation success depends on both leadership consensus and foundational capabilities in data, security and talent.

Closing the AI alignment gap

To improve AI and transformation outcomes, organizations should:

Define shared success metrics linking technology to business outcomes Strengthen communication about AI enhancements, risks, and their outcomes across the organization. AI investments will fall short if enterprises fail to align their workforce, operating model, and leadership around how work is changing. Align investment strategies with long-term transformation objectives Organizations that close alignment gaps will be better positioned to realize value from AI, accelerate transformation and drive sustainable growth.

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Download the full Protiviti Global Transformation Survey here. For more information about the survey, contact Kim Bozzella at [email protected].

Methodology

The Protiviti Transformation Survey was conducted in the first quarter of 2026 and includes responses from 852 C-suite executives globally. It examines how executive alignment, AI adoption and modernization influence business outcomes and organizational maturity.

About Protiviti

Protiviti (www.protiviti.com) is a global consulting firm that helps clients transform and protect their businesses and respond to planned and unexpected events. Through a network of more than 90 offices in over 25 countries, Protiviti and its independent and locally owned member firms deliver deep expertise and tailored capabilities across technology, artificial intelligence, data, operations, finance, legal, compliance, HR, marketing, digital, risk, and internal audit – enabling organizations to accelerate innovation, navigate risks and safeguard what matters most.

Named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list since 2015, Protiviti Inc. has served more than 80 percent of Fortune 100 and nearly 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies. The firm also works with government agencies and smaller, growing companies, including those looking to go public. Protiviti Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Half (NYSE: RHI)

About Kellogg College at the University of Oxford

Kellogg College is Oxford's largest and most international graduate college, with over 1,400 full and part-time students from nearly 100 different countries.

Kellogg College is a lively and diverse academic community offering a distinctive University of Oxford experience. It welcomes graduate students and researchers from around the world, who can be found working across all four of the University's academic divisions and the Department for Continuing Education.

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Job search plans are on the rise as professionals seek better benefits, career growth opportunities and flexibility 46% say AI-generated application materials have intensified competition and made it harder to stand out , /PRNewswire/ -- New research from talent solutions and business consulting firm Robert Half shows that professionals are reassessing their careers, and many are preparing to make a move in the second half of 2026. A survey of more than 2,000 U.S. professionals found that 46% plan to look for a new job in the next 6 months, up from 38% in the first half of 2026 and 27% one year ago.

Gen Z workers (55%), as well as those who work in healthcare (56%) and technology (49%), are the most likely to explore new opportunities.

Nearly half (46%) of professionals plan to look for a new job in the next 6 months, according to research from Robert Half. What's motivating workers to change jobs?
After several years of market uncertainty and cautious job search activity, professionals are increasingly motivated to pursue new opportunities for a few key reasons:

Better benefits and perks (47%) Career advancement opportunities (43%) Remote work options (39%) Higher salary (35%) Feeling burned out (26%) "For the past few years, many workers have taken a cautious approach to career moves, often prioritizing stability amid economic and workplace uncertainty," said Dawn Fay, operational president of Robert Half. "Today, we're seeing growing confidence among professionals as they re-engage with the job market and actively pursue opportunities that offer greater career growth, flexibility and alignment with their long-term aspirations."

How has AI complicated the job search?
While professionals are exploring new opportunities, many anticipate challenges ahead, particularly as AI continues to reshape the job search. Among those looking for a new role:

46% say AI-generated applications have intensified competition for open roles. 40% are concerned about keeping their skills current as AI evolves. "AI has fundamentally changed the job search," Fay added. "It's increasingly difficult to stand out as more candidates use AI-generated materials that can make applications appear polished—but sometimes less accurate or distinctive. It's important for job seekers to have a plan and continue to evolve their skills to align with current workplace expectations."

Robert Half's latest Job Search Strategies Guide offers practical advice aligned with these insights, helping early career professionals apply this guidance as they enter today's workforce.

FAQ:
Why are more professionals planning to look for a new job?
Workers are reassessing their long-term career goals, compensation, flexibility and growth opportunities. Professionals now appear more willing to explore new roles that better align with their priorities.

How has AI changed the job search process?
AI has made applying for jobs easier, but it has also increased competition and application volume. Hiring managers are reviewing more homogenous applications, making it increasingly important for candidates to demonstrate authentic technical skills, communication abilities and measurable experience.

What can job seekers do to stand out in today's market?
Candidates should focus on clearly communicating measurable accomplishments, showcasing adaptability, and highlighting both technical and human skills. Tailoring resumes thoughtfully rather than relying on AI can also help candidates differentiate themselves.

Should professionals work with a recruiter during their job search?
Working with a specialized staffing firm can help candidates better understand hiring trends, identify opportunities that align with their skills and prepare more effectively for interviews. Recruiting experts can also provide insight into employer expectations, compensation trends and in-demand skills across industries.

About the Research
The research is gathered from a survey developed by Robert Half and conducted by an independent research firm in April 2026. The survey includes responses from more than 2,000 employed workers across the United States.

About Robert Half
Robert Half (NYSE: RHI) is the world's first and largest specialized talent solutions and business consulting firm, connecting highly skilled job seekers with rewarding opportunities at great companies. We offer contract talent and permanent placement solutions in the fields of finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, administrative and customer support, healthcare support, and human resources.

Robert Half is the parent company of Protiviti®, a global consulting firm that delivers internal audit, risk, business and technology consulting solutions. In the past 12 months, Robert Half, including Protiviti, has been named one of the Fortune® Most Admired Companies™ and 100 Best Companies to Work For. Explore talent solutions, research and insights at roberthalf.com.

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RHI Magnesita N.V. (RHHMY) Q1 2026 Sales/Trading Call Transcript

, /PRNewswire/ -- Global talent solutions and business consulting firm Robert Half (NYSE: RHI) has ranked No. 1 on Forbes list of America's Best Professional Recruiting Firms for the eighth consecutive year. The company has also been recognized as one of America's Best Temporary Staffing Firms and one of America's Best Executive Recruiting Firms for 2026.

The America's Best Professional Recruiting Firms rankings – published annually since 2017 – are based on more than 18,000 survey responses from recruiters, hiring managers and job candidates, identifying firms with consistently strong reputations for high-quality service. Respondents evaluated organizations based on their direct experiences.

"Being named the No. 1 Professional Recruiting Firm in America for the eighth consecutive year underscores our ongoing commitment to delivering exceptional results for our clients and candidates," said M. Keith Waddell, president and chief executive officer of Robert Half. "Our people are empowered to continuously innovate and deliver world-class service. This recognition—based on feedback from clients, candidates and industry peers—reinforces our commitment to providing trusted expertise and forward-looking hiring solutions."

Robert Half connects companies with skilled talent and helps job seekers find rewarding roles by combining the expertise of its recruiters with innovative technology solutions. Its award-winning, AI-powered tools leverage advanced machine learning and proprietary data to improve candidate-match quality and help clients navigate change, deploy talent quickly and support technology-driven initiatives.

The company also uses AI to identify organizations most likely to hire or have project needs, enabling its professionals to focus on high-potential opportunities and deliver faster, more precise results.

Robert Half is one of a select few companies—and the only one in its industry—to be named a Fortune® Most Admired Company™ for 29 consecutive years. Robert Half has also been recognized by Fortune as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For and one of America's Most Innovative Companies.

FAQs
How can staffing firms help employers navigate hiring challenges?
Staffing firms help streamline candidate evaluations, reduce hiring risk and verify candidate authenticity through proprietary performance data and validation processes.

How is Robert Half using AI and technology to support clients and talent?
Robert Half leverages advanced machine learning and proprietary data to match professionals with opportunities quickly and accurately, even as generative AI reshapes how candidates present themselves.

What services does Robert Half provide?
Robert Half connects companies with skilled talent and helps job seekers find roles ranging from entry-level to executive positions. The company combines recruiter expertise with AI-powered tools and proprietary data to improve candidate matching and help clients adapt to evolving workforce needs.

About Robert Half
Robert Half (NYSE: RHI) is the world's first and largest specialized talent solutions and business consulting firm, connecting highly skilled job seekers with rewarding opportunities at great companies. We offer contract talent and permanent placement solutions in the fields of finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support, and we also provide executive search services. Robert Half is the parent company of Protiviti®, a global consulting firm that delivers internal audit, risk, business and technology consulting solutions. In the past 12 months, Robert Half, including Protiviti, has been named one of the Fortune® Most Admired Companies™ and 100 Best Companies to Work For. Explore talent solutions, research and insights at roberthalf.com.

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Robert Half International (RHI) remains a hold as total revenue growth has yet to turn positive and Protiviti's weakness persists. Staffing segment shows credible sequential improvement, especially in technology, with two consecutive quarters of positive same-day, constant-currency growth. Protiviti faces structural headwinds from reduced regulatory enforcement, leading to a 4% y/y revenue decline and ongoing uncertainty.

AI blind spots are increasing cybersecurity, operational and third‑party risk as adoption accelerates

, /PRNewswire/ -- As artificial intelligence becomes embedded across core business functions, many organizations still lack a clear understanding of how and where AI is being used across their enterprises. According to new research from global consulting firm Protiviti, nearly half (47%) of large organizations report they do not have full visibility into employee AI tool usage, creating growing challenges related to cybersecurity, governance and operational risk.

The findings come from the fourth Protiviti AI Pulse Survey, titled "No Visibility, No Confidence," which examines how C‑suite executives, board members and IT leaders are managing AI adoption, oversight and risk as usage expands across the enterprise and into third‑party platforms.

AI Adoption Is Outpacing Oversight and Governance

The survey reveals a widening gap between the pace of AI adoption and organizations' ability to govern it effectively:

47% of large organizations lack full visibility into AI tools used by employees. 65% report challenges with "shadow AI," where systems are deployed or used without proper oversight. Only four in 10 organizations have a formal AI governance framework in place. Even among large organizations, one in three lack a formal framework, underscoring that resources alone do not guarantee effective oversight. According to the survey, organizations that have a formal AI governance framework in place report:

Greater visibility into AI usage Higher confidence in managing AI-related risk Stronger recognition of AI-driven cyber and operational threats at the executive level "Organizations can't manage what they can't see," said Sameer Ansari, Global Lead, CISO Solutions at Protiviti. "As AI becomes more deeply embedded across the enterprise, leaders are often making decisions based on an incomplete picture. That lack of visibility makes it significantly harder to secure systems, enforce governance and build trust in AI-enabled outcomes."

Visibility Gaps Expose Organizations to Higher Cyber and Operational Risk

The research also highlights a disconnect between executive leadership and IT teams when it comes to assessing AI-related risk:

Close to half of IT leaders (45%) believe AI has increased cyber risk significantly, versus fewer than one in three (30%) executives and board members. IT teams, which are closer to day‑to‑day AI usage, are more likely to identify gaps that extend beyond internal systems to include vendor platforms, embedded AI tools and third‑party services. These blind spots can delay decision‑making, slow investment in controls and limit an organization's ability to respond quickly to emerging AI-driven threats.

As AI Scales, Visibility and Control Must Scale with It

As organizations move beyond early experimentation and their use of AI more significantly impacts customers, financial processes, and other critical elements of the business, the importance of scalable governance, accountability and continuous AI tool monitoring grows.

"As AI extends deeper into business processes and third‑party ecosystems, organizations need to revisit and strengthen controls," Ansari said. "Those that invest early in governance, transparency and accountability will be far better positioned to scale AI securely, respond to threats and sustain long‑term value."

Methodology

The Protiviti AI Pulse Survey was conducted in February 2026 and includes responses from approximately 345 C‑suite executives, board members and IT leaders across global organizations. The survey, the fourth in an ongoing series of surveys designed to assess the ever-evolving AI landscape, looks at how businesses are addressing AI-related cybersecurity, governance and resilience challenges.

Protiviti has also published an AI Governance FAQ guide. It provides practical, cross-functional perspectives on the governance of AI systems and data, while also addressing broader implications across compliance, cybersecurity, finance, people and culture, customer experience, operations, internal audit and board oversight.

About Protiviti
Protiviti (www.protiviti.com) is a global consulting firm that helps clients transform and protect their businesses, and respond to planned and unexpected events. Through a network of more than 90 offices in over 25 countries, Protiviti and its independent and locally owned member firms deliver deep expertise and tailored capabilities across technology, artificial intelligence, data, operations, finance, legal, compliance, HR, marketing, digital, risk, and internal audit – enabling organizations to accelerate innovation, navigate risks and safeguard what matters most.

Named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list since 2015, Protiviti Inc. has served more than 80 percent of Fortune 100 and nearly 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies. The firm also works with government agencies and smaller, growing companies, including those looking to go public. Protiviti Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Half (NYSE: RHI).

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On May 13, 2026, Robert Half Inc (RHI) shares fell 4.5% to $24.90, continuing a downward trend that has seen the stock decline 43.7% over the past year. The sha

Advancing “Flying Cowbell” as a mobility-native, distributed compute and autonomy fabric for multi-domain operations

MALVERN, Pa. & MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rajant Health (RHI), a majority-owned subsidiary of Rajant Corporation that extends its Kinetic Mesh® networking platform with distributed edge compute and autonomy capabilities, and Chord Robotics, a pioneer in collaborative control and multi-platform orchestration, today announced an expanded partnership to advance the Cowbell platform with enhanced “Flying Cowbell” capabilities.

This collaboration integrates Cowbell’s distributed edge compute and transport-agnostic networking fabric with Chord Robotics’ TEMPO™ software. The result is scalable, real-time collaborative autonomy across highly mobile and connectivity-constrained environments, enabling one-to-many control of mixed fleets operating across air, land, and sea.

From Connectivity to Distributed Autonomous Execution
Cowbell is architected as a distributed edge platform where compute, storage, and applications operate directly across clusters of nodes spanning ground vehicles, maritime assets, and aerial systems. With “Flying Cowbell,” mobile nodes, UAS and USVs, become active participants in the compute and autonomy fabric rather than just network relays.

Key capabilities include:

Distributed workload execution across mobile edge nodes Dynamic cluster formation across air, land, and sea Transport-agnostic operation across heterogeneous radios Edge autonomy under intermittent or disconnected conditions Making Collaborative Autonomy Scalable
TEMPO enables intelligent one-to-many control of mixed fleets while maintaining fully distributed, edge-native autonomy.

Key TEMPO capabilities include:

Intelligent, multi-domain, one-to-many control of mixed unmanned systems across air, ground, and sea platforms Fully distributed autonomy where every vehicle understands the mission and makes independent decisions Platform-agnostic collaborative architecture that uses best-of-breed hardware, autonomy, and perceptual AI By combining TEMPO with Cowbell, the system gains the full benefit of Rajant’s InstaMesh® networking, allowing orchestration to scale seamlessly as fleets grow and networks shift, even without centralized infrastructure.

“Flying Cowbell” represents a fundamental shift from static infrastructure to mobility-native distributed systems, where aerial, maritime, and ground assets collectively form a unified compute, sensing, and autonomy fabric. This enables persistent coverage, dynamic mission adaptation, and rapid scaling from small teams to large autonomous fleets.

Executive Perspectives
“Built on Rajant’s Kinetic Mesh® networking platform, RHI’s Cowbell was designed as a distributed execution layer at the edge, not just a connectivity solution,” said Robert J. Schena, CEO of Rajant Health. “With ‘Flying Cowbell,’ we are extending that execution fabric across mobile systems, enabling applications, autonomy, and data to move with the mission rather than depend on fixed infrastructure.”

“By combining TEMPO with Rajant’s proven InstaMesh® scalable networking capabilities and their embedded Cowbell edge platform, we’re able to scale autonomous heterogeneous fleets across challenging, infrastructure-denied environments,” shares James Cooney, Chord Robotics CEO. “This partnership brings together the connectivity, compute, and collaborative autonomy needed to let a single operator orchestrate mixed fleets across all domains.”

About Rajant Health Incorporated (RHI)
RHI delivers integrated edge intelligence platforms combining resilient wireless mesh, distributed compute, applications, and AI for real-time awareness and decision support in complex, dynamic environments. Visit rajanthealth.com.

About Chord Robotics
Chord Robotics delivers TEMPO™, a collaborative control software platform enabling intelligent, multi-domain, large-scale orchestration of mixed fleet unmanned systems. Proven across multiple government and commercial programs, TEMPO provides one-to-many control of air, ground, and sea platforms, synchronizing unmanned tasks to execute complex, adaptive, and dynamic operations. Visit chordrobotics.com

On May 21, 2026, Robert Half Inc (RHI) shares rose 3.6% today, closing at $27.18. The stock has experienced a 52-week range of $21.83 to $46.69, reflecting sign

Global consulting firm named one of the 25 Best Large Companies for its people-focused culture

, /PRNewswire/ -- Protiviti, a global consulting firm, has been named to the Fortune Best Workplaces in the Bay Area 2026™ list, earning recognition among the 25 Best Large Companies headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. This marks the eighth time Protiviti has been named to the list.

"We're proud to be recognized again in one of the most competitive talent markets in the country," said Scott Redfearn, EVP, global human resources, Protiviti. "This honor reflects what we work hard to build every day: a culture where our people are listened to, supported in their growth, and trusted to do great work. When our teams feel valued and included, they bring their best to our clients and our communities."

The Fortune Best Workplaces in the Bay Area list is based on more than 70,000 confidential survey responses from employees at Great Place to Work Certified™ companies, providing a comprehensive assessment of their workplace experience. Honorees were evaluated on their ability to deliver consistently positive outcomes for their people, regardless of role, tenure or position.

"Congratulations to the Fortune Best Workplaces in the Bay Area," said Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place To Work. "By focusing on people, these companies are more resilient and effective in a business environment that demands speed, innovation, and agility."

Named in 2026 to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for 12 years, Protiviti has also been named a Glassdoor Best Place to Work and one of Forbes America's Best Midsize Employers. Additionally, the company has been recognized by Business Insider and Forbes as a top management consulting firm.

To learn more about Protiviti's employee experience, visit Life at Protiviti.

About Protiviti

Protiviti (www.protiviti.com) is a global consulting firm that helps clients transform and protect their businesses, and respond to planned and unexpected events. Through a network of more than 90 offices in over 25 countries, Protiviti and its independent and locally owned member firms deliver deep expertise and tailored capabilities across technology, artificial intelligence, data, operations, finance, legal, compliance, HR, marketing, digital, risk, and internal audit — enabling organizations to accelerate innovation, navigate risks and safeguard what matters most.

Named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list since 2015, Protiviti Inc. has served more than 80 percent of Fortune 100 and nearly 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies. The firm also works with government agencies and smaller, growing companies, including those looking to go public. Protiviti Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Half (NYSE: RHI).

Protiviti is not licensed or registered as a public accounting firm and does not issue opinions on financial statements or offer attestation services.  

All trademarks are property of their respective owners.     

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New artificial intelligence solution improves questionnaire response efficiency, consistency, and compliance through human-in-the-loop oversight

, /PRNewswire/ -- Global consulting firm Protiviti has been awarded a second U.S. patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its innovation, "Systems and Methods for Automated Data Set Matching Services."

The patented technology leverages artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to help organizations automate and streamline high-volume questionnaire response processes, including third-party risk assessments, security questionnaires, regulatory requests, and client due diligence.

The system uses machine learning to analyze, categorize and map large datasets of structured questions into relevant domains, then identifies similarities across new and historical questions to surface the most relevant preapproved responses.

Scalable use cases across industries

While initially developed for cybersecurity and third-party risk questionnaires, the AI-powered system can be applied broadly across:

Vendor and supplier risk management Regulatory and compliance reporting ESG and sustainability questionnaires Client onboarding and due diligence Internal audit and controls documentation Why it matters

Organizations across industries face growing pressure to respond quickly and accurately to large volumes of complex, repetitive questionnaires. Manual processes are time-intensive, inconsistent, and difficult to scale.

Protiviti's patented solution addresses this challenge by enabling teams to:

Automatically classify and organize questions using AI Match new questions to previously approved responses from a centralized answer library Reduce duplication and manual effort across teams Improve consistency, accuracy, and turnaround time Maintain compliance with built-in human review workflows Executive perspective

"This innovation addresses a common and costly challenge for organizations—responding to hundreds of similar questionnaires from customers, regulators, and partners," said Scott Laliberte, managing director at Protiviti and co-inventor of the patent.

"By applying AI to identify and deliver the most relevant responses quickly—while keeping humans in control—we help organizations increase efficiency, improve response quality, and reduce operational burden without sacrificing accuracy or compliance."

"We weren't trying to reinvent everything; we focused on combining new AI approaches with a better way to reuse existing knowledge," said Kalabe Haile, a Protiviti senior manager who played a key role in designing the patented technology. "That's what really unlocks scale and consistency."

Driving innovation through Protiviti's patent program

This patent reflects the continued momentum of Protiviti's Global Patent Program, launched in 2022 to accelerate innovation and develop practical solutions to real-world client challenges.

The program encourages employees to:

Identify common business pain points Experiment with AI and advanced technologies Collaborate across disciplines Transform ideas into patentable, client-ready solutions About Protiviti

Protiviti is a global consulting firm that helps clients transform and protect their businesses and respond to planned and unexpected events. Through a network of more than 90 offices in over 25 countries, Protiviti and its independent and locally owned member firms deliver deep expertise and tailored capabilities across technology, artificial intelligence, data, operations, finance, legal, compliance, HR, marketing, digital, risk, and internal audit—enabling organizations to accelerate innovation, navigate risks and safeguard what matters most.

Named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list since 2015, Protiviti Inc. has served more than 80 percent of Fortune 100 and nearly 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies. The firm also works with government agencies and smaller, growing companies, including those looking to go public. Protiviti Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Half (NYSE: RHI)

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