Keith Waddell
President and Chief Executive Officer, Robert Half
Replay available
Robert Half Inc. (NYSE: RHI) Q2 2026 earnings conference call, held 2026-07-23. Replay captured from the company's public earnings webcast.

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Hello and welcome to the Robert Half second quarter 2026 conference call. Today's conference call is being recorded. If you'd like to ask a question during the Q&A portion of the call, please press star and the number one on your telephone keypad. Our hosts for today's call are Mr. Keith Waddell, President and Chief Executive Officer of Robert Half, and Mr. Michael Buckley, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Waddell, you may begin. Hello, everyone. We appreciate your time today. Before we get started, I'd like to remind you the comments made on today's call contain forward-looking statements, including predictions and estimates about our future performance. These statements represent our current judgment of what the future holds. However, they're subject to the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties are described in today's press release in our most recent 10-K and 10-Q filed with the SEC. We assume no obligation to update the statements made on today's call. During this presentation, we may refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures as adjusted. Adjusted revenue growth excludes the impact of building day variations and foreign currency exchange rates. adjusted gross margin, SG&A, and operating income reflect the combining of investment gains and losses related to employee deferred compensation plans with corresponding changes in those obligations. These items have no impact on reported net income. Reconciliations and additional information are included in the supplemental schedules to our earnings release. For your convenience, I've prepared remarks for today's call. are available at the investor center of our website, roberthalf.com. For the second quarter of 2026, ...