Robert Half (RHI: NYSE), the US-headquartered international professional staffing firm, yesterday reported revenue for the second quarter ending 30 June 2016 of USD 1.34 billion, an increase of 5.6% compared with USD 1.27 billion during the same quarter last year. 

The results came in at the low end of analysts’ guidance and growth was slower than expected. All segments decelerated with the most notable being Robert Half Technology.

“Our second-quarter results reflect continued solid demand for our professional staffing and consulting services,” Harold M. Messmer, Jr., chairman and CEO of Robert Half, said. “Our financial staffing divisions and Protiviti reported the strongest year-over-year revenue gains.”

The company breaks down revenue by specialized staffing divisions which include Accountemps, Robert Half Finance & Accounting and Robert Half Management Resources, for temporary, full-time and senior-level project professionals, respectively, in the fields of accounting and finance; OfficeTeam, for highly skilled administrative support professionals; Robert Half Technology, for project and full-time technology professionals; Robert Half also is the parent company of Protiviti, a global consulting firm that helps companies solve problems in finance, technology, operations, governance, risk and internal audit.

Robert Half operates across the world but provides no geographical breakdown of their results by region or country.

Guidance for the third quarter indicates further deceleration in growth and increased costs from IT investment (front office customer relationship management and project management systems).