Robert Half is a professional staffing and business consulting company. The staffing business, called talent solutions, places specialized professionals with employers on either a contract or permanent basis. Contract staffing is the larger of the two — Robert Half places professionals on fixed-term assignments and charges clients an hourly bill rate only for hours worked. Permanent placement generates a one-time fee upon a successful hire. The primary focus is finance and accounting, though Robert Half also places professionals in technology, legal, marketing, and administrative roles. The staffing business skews toward small and mid-sized businesses, which Robert Half estimates account for roughly 70% of talent solutions revenue. The second business, Protiviti, is a global consulting firm focused on internal audit, risk, compliance, technology, and finance consulting, with financial services as its largest industry vertical. A key feature of the combined model is that Protiviti staffs its engagements using contract professionals sourced from the Robert Half talent solutions network, giving Protiviti flexible, just-in-time capacity without a fixed headcount burden. Both businesses are cyclically sensitive, though Protiviti's regulatory and compliance work provides some resilience. Robert Half's growth strategy focuses on shifting its contract staffing mix toward higher-skilled, higher-bill-rate roles, investing in proprietary AI matching tools, and recovering Protiviti margins through better utilization. The company returns substantially all excess free cash flow to shareholders via dividends and buybacks, and does not pursue a leveraged balance sheet.