Robert Half Finance & Accounting

This company is trash… They have you come speak to two people gas you up about possible job opportunities and you leave there excited… Well it’s been three months still haven’t heard from them. I called and emailed and still got nothing.

I think Ann M. needs to get off her high horse. She belittles people when she speaks to you. She wasn’t really nice to begin with, honestly was not interested in any of the roles after meeting her. Recruiters need to know you have to be engaging with your candidates. We would like to have more engaging conversations, although we know you don’t care at least act like it. Through out our conversations, she was pushy and often heard her bad attitude and tone via phone and email. She simply does not care what role you would like but instead try to make you go for whatever is available. Had to cut her off because the first experience was already a mess, change from onsite to phone then phone to onsite.

I have worked with Robert Half in Grand Rapids, MI and was not impressed. I was being told what they thought I wanted to hear, even if it wasn’t the truth. I caught the recruiter in numerous inconsistencies (lies) and when I called her out on it, she would completely change her story. I was told by my references that when she called them she was very rude and unprofessional. NOT a good representation of the company. I would not reccomend this agency to others. There are too many other reputable ones in the area.

I’ve called at least 10 times and I’ve reached someone one time but the email address didn’t work. When it comes to customer service I will have to say this is the worse I’ve ever experienced. They pick up and redirect and most of the time with a nasty attitude. I expected so much more from a distinguish large company. This was back in 2012 when I was looking forward to temporary positions in accounting to get more experience.

I have a feeling that half of the job ad posted on their websites were fake intended to collect people’s resume, address and information .They called me in June saying they have a job match for me and I got ready for it. But a day before the actual interview they called in to tell me that the job was in Delaware and I live in NY. My address was on my resume, cover letter and my reference letters. How could you not have seen it the first three times. By reading the reviews on Unilocal,I found alot of other people were scammed the same way. And let’s not forget about their scam emails. The worst agency I have ever worked with.

Worst employment service agency on the planet, they give lots of excuses why they won’t refer you to the jobs they have posted. Employers do yourself a favor, with Robert Half you get a big bill for a limited number of applicants, use anyone else.

Do not waste your time with this staffing agency, here is my experience.
I was contacted by Caitlin at the 125 Park Ave location. I applied for an Accounting Manager position so she contacted me about my resume and informing me that I am qualified for a similar position she knows of (not the one I applied for). She spoke with me on the phone as well as through FaceTime to find out some information about my work background and what I’m looking for. She contacted me the next day with an interview date at their office with their client/​company, which I was really excited about. She said she would send me some prep info to prepare for the interview. She never sent me the info, I had to follow up with an email to get the info. The day of the interview I met Caitlin as well as Robert Half’s Assistant Vice President Joel. The both of them went over some information regarding the company I’m interviewing with, the people I’m meeting, and some potential interview questions. I had to wait quite some time because the client was running late, which I was ok with since I took the day off from work. The interview went great, after I left the office Caitlin called me a few hours later letting me know the company is interested in me and would like to schedule a ROUND 2 interview with their CPA. I agreed, she said she would send me the confirmation email with the address and time. Waited a few days, never received an email from her, I had to email Caitlin to follow up on the info. The 2^nd interview was scheduled for the next week, I took another day off from work in order to do the 2^nd interview. Met the CPA, he asked some general questions, I thought it went pretty alright. Called Caitlin again since I’m supposed to let her know how each interview goes. She asked if I would be willing to do a ROUND 3 interview if I was selected as final 2 candidate. I was a little confused because who else is there to meet? Plus I already took 2 days off from work, I didn’t want my employer to get suspicious. Caitlin explained the company possibly wants me to see their office, etc. I agreed once more because I felt like it was a really good job opportunity. Meeting with the CPA was on a Tues, he had 2 more interviews on Wed and Thurs, so Caitlin said she would let me know the results on Fri.
I waited until Tues the following week but did not hear back from Caitlin, so I emailed her to follow up and find out if the company chose their final candidates. She didn’t reply so I emailed the assistant vice president Joel as well. He also did not respond to me. I am very disappointed with how unprofessional they are. The least they can do is let me know what the company decided that way I can know if I should move on and apply to other jobs. I’m annoyed that I took 2 days off from work and wasted my time with this staffing company. Please don’t waste your time with these people.

Please… stop… spamming me… I simply cannot stop their emails. They harass me regardless of my efforts to unsubscribe or redirect the flow of their messages or spam or block the domain… I have tried everything short of contacting consumer protection agencies or consulting an attorney… nothing works. I’ve unsubscribed from all. I’ve tried blocking their email address.
I think the trick is that they email from
on behalf of
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or whatever the case may be… They all harass me to death and I just want it to end. I need to look up what the law is on this… This is a joke.
One star for not respecting the wishes of those you email market to. That is simply unprofessional… and devious… Stay away from these spam artists!

Worst agency I’ve ever worked with! Akil who was the first person who contacted me was lazy and lacked personality. This was in June. He called me one day to say he had set me up for an interview with a company. Sent me all the details and then contacted me the day of (which was literally less than 24 hrs later) saying the company was no longer hiring. Then 6 months later, a lady named Sara called me telling me about a position that had the potential to go perminant. Sent me on the interview I aced it, but 2 months later I’m off assignment because «I wasn’t meeting expectations». They never advocated for me and further more, the position itself was not what I initially wanted but I know I Gave it my best performance. Worked everyday, was on time all the time and respected the people and management around me. Not to mention, a week or two into the same assignment, Robert Half failed to do a drug test and background check on me which resulted in me being out of work for a week until that was complete. Prior to the call not to return to my assigment, I briefed Sara on the unrealistic expectations the company had of us in a month’s time and she stated your job is not in jerpordy as per HR. Literally days after she called me with the bad news. I followed up with them and someone named Andrew told me he would be finding an assignment for me right away. I have yet to hear from them regarding a new assignment but got the weirdest followup call came a week after I’m off assignment with questions about the company who had let me go a week prior! Lol
These guys are ridiculous and have become the laughing stock of Temp Agencies. If anyone is looking for temp work, contact Tami F. At Windsor Resources!!! She rocks her staff rocks and she works super fast!!! I got placed with a great company and real potential to grow in my skill! Tell her I sent you!

I feel bad reading the previous reviews–
I’ve done a couple rounds with them, once when I first moved to the city and again early this year
Compared with other agencies they call you a lot with possibly less applicable leads– but in a way its good to know youre on their radar.
Got a job from another agency the first time but am working through them now
It’s a good way to get a paying job quickly as well as get into different industries, both are which can be a lot harder through more traditional routes.

do not use this company. bottom line is that they get your resume on monster, indeed, etc. call a potential company and market you… they call call and call your cell phone. they ask you your current salary and tell you that you have a great resume and they have a great opportunity set up for one of there clients. what is your current salary? i will get your resume over to them today, you never hear a word back from them. when you call three days later, they say… thank you for your call… an following up… but the company has held off on offering this positon. lol… this happened three times to me. it is a shame. people say craigslist is bad. this firm is terrible and needs to be stopped. they do not have companies calling them for there service. it is cheeper and more honest to post on craigslist. they grab our resumes on line… call a company and say ” i have a perfect match for this job” …but what is becoming known, employers do not need to pay a third party to find good hard working, employees. robert half is the most hatted agency in america. they are the biggest scam artists around. it is a shame that the unemployed fall for there bullshit, they are a scam and try to succeed on your unemployed status. do not take there calls… we all need to report this to the better bureau. it is a shame. it is about time that hey close there operations and stop letting this drag on… «craigslist is more professional» i feel for all the staff working for this company! god love you… what dead end street.

These guys are worse than spammers. I made a mistake contacting them years ago and now I am harassed almost daily by constant phone calls and emails. They’ve gotten sneaky too, all calls come from an «unknown number».
Multiple requests to stop contacting me resulted in MORE calls and emails.
Avoid them at all costs.

LOL I knew this was gonna be a joke the moment I got here and they gave me a form asking me to authorize them to do a background check. Really? How about no.
I didn’t give them any info except name address & employment history. Don’t give them your social and don’t give them authorization to do a background check on you UNLESS they actually have a job for you.
The recruiter I met with seemed nice, but she made sure to tell me that I’m too overbearing and that I will scare off potential employers. She also was saying she wants to place me in a place I’ll be «happy». Really? In this economy? Please. Anyway I knew this was gonna be a joke so now I’m glad I never put my hopes into this.
If you want to find a job, keep looking for it yourself. These b/​s agencies just want you in their resume stack for whatever commissions they gotta make.

Nice busy office full of recruiters and nobody knows what the other person is doing. They want you to put your social security number on everything including the bathroom pass (just kidding about the pass) but then they have all of your personal information sitting in some pile or file until God knows when.
Good luck getting someone for temp or temp-​to-​perm to help you out.
I understand many people are looking for work and the recruiters may be overwhelmed but that’s no excuse to be completely rude and not reply to emails or phone calls. If it’s so busy, HIRE HELP!!!
They have no real organization and are pretty useless as far as I’m concerned.
I won’t be back.

I like to think of RHT as the job seeker’s equivalent of something like bad apartment brokers who spam Craigslist with ads lifted from other sources, then you have to go through not only through the super of the building but a broker as well, just so they can get an exorbitant fee. All the while you know the fee is the only thing they are thinking of. The bad stock photography on their site should have given it away.
RHT found me on LinkedIn over a year ago, and I made the poor decision of replying to an email. After expressing interest the recruiter called me, in the middle of a work day. He insisted on speaking with me on the phone instead of via email, so I rescheduled for my lunch hour. After giving him my background and everything, he scheduled me for a lunch interview later that week and said it wouldn’t take more than that hour. In the meantime, I had to go to their barely functioning web site and fill out an awful, outdated, long employee profile.
Which leads me to my first aside: why can’t tech recruiters find someone to build a better web site?
So I rush down to their building the day of my interview, and I’m greeted by a receptionist and another clipboard basically asking for the same crap I did/​could have answered on the web site. 10 minutes of filling that out and I’m waiting for another 20 minutes before the recruiter comes and sees me.
Next aside: you would expect me to be on time for an interview. Why aren’t you on time?
The next 30 minutes were him trying to push jobs on me I didn’t want. I had programming skills but wanted to move to a UX position and he was hearing none of that. «What is UX? We are 10 years behind the times. No, work for this shitty facebook app company. No, you should do this programming job because it pays more and I make more commission.» There was no interview and it was a total waste of my lunch (two) hour (s).
I ultimately did end up going on one interview because the company sounded interesting. Recruiter called several times trying to prep me for my interview even though I interview like a boss. I told the hiring manager flat out that I didn’t want to do that job, and lo and behold, he had a UX position. So we talked about that but I didn’t have much to say since I was looking for something more entry-​level since I wanted to change my career focus.
The recruiter called literally as my interview ended to make sure his cut was in the bag. He told me he’d follow up after he talked to the hiring manager and I never heard from him again.
A month later I found the perfect job (on my own) and got it (on my own) and negotiated for a better salary and terms (on my own) than I’d have gotten with RHT. A year later and random recruiters call me during work hours and spam me with job ads because I can’t get out of their database, no matter how much I try. So beware.
You guys are right in that they certainly roll in the big bucks. When they place a client in a perm position they usually get a certain cut of their salary, or if they place temp they make a certain % of their hourly pay. I can’t speak for RHT but another temp agency I worked for charged my employer dollar for dollar for every hour I worked. So I went to my supervisor and negotiated a permanent position with much higher pay on the grounds that it would still cost less. Protip: try to find a direct hire position instead of going through these guys.

A company big on promises, but not so big on execution. They promise you the world, but REALLLY fail to deliver. Size doesnt always matter, its they way you handle your clientele and give them resasonable expectations, especially in this job market. I met with them and they promised me that I would start going on interviews within the month, that was a year and a half ago and I have yet to hear back. Horrible experience!

Robert Half is a total waste of time. I think some of the job posts are fake and simply a method for you to come to their office. I had to see two separate executive recruiters because I was unaware that the first had quit. Regardless, both recruiters that I saw were extremely unhelpful and were never able to follow up with my inquiries.
Also, I heard they have a habit of sending resumes out to their clients without your knowledge.

I came here several times, all in a past life of adult times, which I have lost many hours of my life here.
I second the previous reviewer’s motion re: the luxurious look of their office as they must bring in the big bucks to pay for such a fancy upscale office. After meeting with recruiters to be registered as a candidate and being drilled for MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, including my typing skills I was continously instructed to register online via Robert Half International’s web site. As instructed I log-​on to their web site which does NOT work properly! Ayia!
Why bother with having candidates to come in-​person to register and meet with a recruiter when you are still instructed to do the same thing but through their web site? Something so simple which can be conveyed via telephone to be instructed for registering online can surely save candidates’ time! Sadly, no one has respect for another anymore!
Robert is only HALF of what an employment agency they claim to be.

Now what can I say about Robert Half International? Well, I am aware this is the most hated agency in America (courtesy of
, check out hated reviews) but I know this agency has some good clients somewhere. If you go to their office, is amazingly beautiful. I mean, they must be rolling in the dough somewhere, hehe. Anyways, I went to them last year and was set up to meet with an older woman, who was pretty straight forward with me and I gave her much respect for that becuase I don’t like B$. Anyway, two months after I received a job offer from the devil aka ARAMARK, my recruiter called me and told me she had a HR job in the works for me and to call her immediately. And I did and broke the bad news to her, telling her that I already was working. She was disappointed but she told me if I am ever available, to keep in touch. And since I am available, I kept in touch with her two days in a row. She faintly remembers me but she told me to drop by the office whenever I can. I will do that soon. (Robert Half mainly deals with accounting placements but they have so subsidiaries like Robert Half Legal, Officeteam, Robert Half Management, etc)