Firm profile
Robert Half
Robert Half was named in 1 of the 8 executive search firms questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 12 of the 175 AI responses sampled across those questions (6.9%).
Robert Half is strongest on “Our executive search is not working. Who can take over?”, where it was named in 12 of 175 responses (6.9%), placing it in tier 4 of that report.
What Robert Half is surfaced for in executive search firms
Based on the measured answers, Robert Half is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Our executive search is not working. Who can take over?”.
How the answers describe the firmRecruits executives and board directors for private companies through network-based searches.
In this sample, Robert Half was named on 1 of the 7 executive search firms ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:
- Failed executive search — named in 12 of 175 responses (6.9%), tier 4.
This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.
Every question in executive search firms
Robert Half was named on 1 of these 7 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.
| Question | Leader | Robert Half |
|---|---|---|
| What are the best executive search firms?175 answers | Egon Zehnder100% | — |
| Which firms specialise in the role we are hiring for?175 answers | Korn Ferry91% | — |
| Which search firms know our industry?175 answers | Spencer Stuart96% | — |
| Which search firms work with venture-backed startups?175 answers | True35% | — |
| Who runs board and chief executive searches?175 answers | Spencer Stuart87% | — |
| Which search firms deliver genuinely diverse candidate slates?175 answers | Russell Reynolds Associates61% | — |
| Our executive search is not working. Who can take over?175 answers | Spencer Stuart66% | 7% · tier 4 |
| How much does an executive search firm charge?pricing · 175 answers | what firms charge | — |
Who leads executive search firms overall: Spencer Stuart tops 3 of 7 · Egon Zehnder tops 1 of 7 · Korn Ferry tops 1 of 7 · Russell Reynolds Associates tops 1 of 7 · True tops 1 of 7. See all reports.
Where Robert Half was named
| Question | Tier | Responses | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our executive search is not working. Who can take over? | 4 | 12 of 175 | 6.9% |
What Robert Half gets named for
Across the 8 executive search firms questions measured, Robert Half is named most often on “Our executive search is not working. Who can take over?” — it appears in 12 of the 175 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 6.9% of them.
That is the only question in this set where Robert Half cleared the reporting threshold, so its visibility is concentrated in one kind of buyer question rather than spread across the category.
What Robert Half’s tier placings mean
On “Our executive search is not working. Who can take over?”, Robert Half sits in tier 4 of 4, named in 12 of 175 responses (6.9%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 65.7% of responses against Robert Half’s 6.9%. It shares tier 4 with Stanton Chase, DHR Global, JM Search and SLATE, which the sample cannot separate from it.
What this page is, and is not
- It is a count of how often AI assistants named Robert Half when asked buyer questions about executive search firms. Nothing here is a review, a rating, or an assessment of the firm’s work.
- Robert Half did not submit this listing, was not contacted about it, and cannot pay to change it, move up, or be removed.
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