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                            SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

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                                   ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL INC.
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                         ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL INC.
                              2884 SAND HILL ROAD
                          MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA 94025

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                    NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

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                                   TO BE HELD
                             THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1995
                                   9:00 A.M.

To the Stockholders:

    The  annual meeting of  stockholders of ROBERT  HALF INTERNATIONAL INC. (the
"Company") will be held  at 9:00 a.m.  on Thursday, May 11,  1995 at The  Westin
Hotel--San  Francisco  Airport, 1  Old  Bayshore Highway,  Millbrae, California,
94030. The meeting will be held for the following purposes:

     1. To elect two directors.

     2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the  meeting
or any adjournment of the meeting.

    Only  stockholders of record at the close  of business on March 20, 1995 are
entitled to notice of, and  to vote at, the meeting  and any adjournment of  the
meeting.

                                          BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
                                          STEVEN KAREL, SECRETARY

Menlo Park, California
March 27, 1995

                                  --IMPORTANT--
WHETHER  OR  NOT YOU  PLAN TO  ATTEND THE  MEETING, PLEASE  SIGN AND  RETURN THE
ENCLOSED PROXY AS PROMPTLY  AS POSSIBLE IN THE  ENCLOSED POST-PAID ENVELOPE.  IF
YOU  ATTEND THE MEETING AND  SO DESIRE, YOU MAY WITHDRAW  YOUR PROXY AND VOTE IN
PERSON.
                         THANK YOU FOR ACTING PROMPTLY.
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                         ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL INC.

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                                PROXY STATEMENT
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                                  INTRODUCTION

    The  enclosed proxy is solicited on behalf of the present Board of Directors
(sometimes referred to  as the  "Board") of  Robert Half  International Inc.,  a
Delaware  corporation (the "Company"), the  principal executive offices of which
are  located  at  2884  Sand  Hill  Road,  Menlo  Park,  California  94025.  The
approximate  date on which this proxy statement and the enclosed proxy are being
mailed to the Company's stockholders is  March 27, 1995. The proxy is  solicited
for use at the annual meeting of stockholders (the "Meeting") to be held at 9:00
a.m.  on Thursday, May 11,  1995, at The Westin  Hotel--San Francisco Airport, 1
Old Bayshore Highway, Millbrae, California,  94030. Only stockholders of  record
on March 20, 1995 will be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting and
any adjournment of the Meeting. Each share is entitled to one vote. At the close
of  business on March 20, 1995 the  Company had outstanding and entitled to vote
28,342,989 shares of its common stock, $.001 par value ("Common Stock").

    A stockholder giving a proxy in  the form accompanying this proxy  statement
has  the power to revoke the proxy prior to its exercise. A proxy can be revoked
by an instrument of revocation delivered  prior to the Meeting to the  Secretary
of  the Company, by a duly executed proxy  bearing a date later than the date of
the proxy being revoked,  or at the  Meeting if the  stockholder is present  and
elects  to vote  in person.  Solicitation of proxies  may be  made by directors,
officers or employees of the Company by telephone or personal interview as  well
as by mail. Costs of solicitation will be borne by the Company.

    An  automated  system  administered  by the  Company's  transfer  agent will
tabulate votes cast at  the Meeting. Abstentions and  broker non-votes are  each
included  in the determination of  the number of shares  present and voting, and
each is  tabulated separately.  Abstentions are  counted in  tabulations of  the
votes cast on proposals presented to stockholders or with respect to election of
directors,  whereas broker non-votes are not counted for purposes of determining
whether a proposal has been approved or a nominee has been elected.

    In August 1994, the Company effected  a two-for-one stock split in the  form
of  a  stock dividend.  All  share and  price per  share  amounts in  this Proxy
Statement have been restated, as appropriate, to reflect the stock split.

                      NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

NOMINEES OF THE PRESENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    The By-Laws of the  Company provide for a  Board of Directors consisting  of
not  less than  six nor  more than eleven  directors. The  size of  the Board of
Directors is presently set at eight and there are no vacancies.

    The Board of Directors is divided into three classes serving staggered three
year terms. Currently, there are three directors in Class I, whose terms  expire
in  1997,  three directors  in Class  II, whose  terms expire  in 1996,  and two
directors in Class  III, whose  terms expire at  the 1995  Annual Meeting.  Each
Director  holds office until  the annual meeting  in the year  in which his term
expires and until his successor is elected and qualified.

    The current members of Class III, whose terms expire at the Annual  Meeting,
are Edward W. Gibbons and Todd Goodwin. Mr. Gibbons is a nominee for election at
the  Annual Meeting.  Mr. Goodwin  is not  seeking re-election  to the  Board of
Directors at the Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors, acting pursuant to  the
authority  conferred upon  it by  the Company's  By-laws, has  determined not to
nominate a new director but instead to  reduce the size of the Board from  eight
members

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to  seven members.  Without adjustment  in the  membership of  the Classes, this
would have left three directors in Class I, three directors in Class II and  one
director  in Class III. In order to keep the size of the Classes as nearly equal
as possible, the  Board of  Directors has nominated  Harold M.  Messmer, Jr.,  a
member  of Class I, for election to Class  III. Effective upon his election as a
member of  Class III,  Mr.  Messmer would  cease  to be  a  member of  Class  I.
Therefore,  effective as  of the conclusion  of elections at  the annual meeting
there will be two members of Class I, three members of Class II and two  members
of Class III.

    Proxies  cannot be voted for more than two persons. Directors are elected by
a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy
at the Meeting. Proxies solicited by the Board will be voted "FOR" the  election
of  Messrs. Gibbons and Messmer unless  stockholders specify in their proxies to
the contrary.  Although  the  Board  does  not  expect  any  nominee  to  become
unavailable  to serve as a director for any reason, should that occur before the
Meeting, proxies  will  be  voted  for  the balance  of  those  named  and  such
substitute nominee as may be selected by the Board.

    The  following table lists the  name of each current  member of the Board of
Directors, his age at March 31, 1995, the Class of which he is a member and  the
period during which he has served as a director.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                     CURRENT       DIRECTOR
                                    NAME                                       AGE    CLASS          SINCE
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<S>                                                                            <C>   <C>      <C>
Andrew S. Berwick, Jr. ......................................................   61      I        October 1981
Frederick P. Furth...........................................................   60      I          July 1983
Edward W. Gibbons............................................................   59     III       November 1988
Todd Goodwin.................................................................   63    III*         May 1989
Harold M. Messmer, Jr. ......................................................   49     I*        January 1982
Frederick A. Richman.........................................................   49     II         March 1994
Thomas J. Ryan...............................................................   70     II        February 1987
J. Stephen Schaub............................................................   54     II         March 1989
<FN>
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*  As stated above, Mr.  Goodwin will retire from the  Board of Directors at the
  Annual Meeting and Mr. Messmer has  been nominated for election to Class  III,
  following which election he would cease to be a member of Class I.
</TABLE>

    Mr. Berwick has been President of Berwick-Pacific Corporation, a real estate
development company based in Burlingame, California, for more than the past five
years.  Until March 1984, for  more than five years  he was President of Berwick
Extract Company. He is Chairman Emeritus of California Healthcare System.

    Mr. Furth has been senior  partner of the San  Francisco law firm of  Furth,
Fahrner  & Mason  for more than  the past five  years. He is  the Proprietor and
Chairman of the  Board of Chalk  Hill Winery and  Chairman of the  Board of  the
Furth Family Foundation.

    Mr. Gibbons has been a partner in Gibbons, Goodwin, van Amerongen, a private
merchant banking firm, since its founding in 1969. Mr. Gibbons is also currently
a  director of Foodmaker, Inc., Horace  Mann Educators Corporation and Bath Iron
Works Corp.

    Mr. Goodwin has been a partner of Gibbons, Goodwin, van Amerongen since  May
1984.

    Mr.  Messmer  has been  Chairman  of the  Board  since November  1988, Chief
Executive Officer since May 1987 and  President since October 1985. Mr.  Messmer
is  a director of Airborne Freight  Corporation, Health Care Property Investors,
Inc., Pacific Enterprises and Spieker Properties, Inc.

    Mr. Richman is a senior tax partner of the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers, of
which he has been a member since 1978.

    Mr. Ryan has  been Chairman of  the Board of  Directors and Chief  Executive
Officer  of ISU International,  a San Francisco-based  franchisor of independent
insurance agents, since 1979.

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    Mr. Schaub  has been  President and  owner of  J.S. Schaub  & Co.,  Inc.,  a
Spokane,  Washington firm engaged  in investments and  financial consulting, for
more than the  past five years.  Since 1984,  he has also  been Chief  Financial
Officer,  part  owner  and a  director  of  Northwest Energy  Services,  Inc., a
privately owned  Spokane, Washington,  engineering firm  specializing in  energy
audits, installation and financing of energy conservation measures.

THE BOARD AND COMMITTEES

    The  Board  of  Directors  has standing  Audit,  Compensation  and Executive
Committees. The Board currently has no standing nominating committee.

    The Audit  Committee, currently  composed of  Messrs. Berwick,  Richman  and
Schaub,  met  once  during 1994.  The  function  of the  Audit  Committee  is to
recommend to the full Board of Directors the firm to be retained by the  Company
as  its independent auditors,  to consult with  the auditors with  regard to the
plan of audit, the results of the audit and the audit report, and to confer with
the auditors with regard to the adequacy of internal accounting controls.

    The Compensation Committee, composed of Messrs. Furth, Berwick and Ryan, met
five times  during  1994. The  function  of  the Compensation  Committee  is  to
recommend  to  the full  Board of  Directors  compensation arrangements  for the
Company's senior officers and  the adoption of any  compensation plans in  which
officers  and directors are eligible  to participate. The Compensation Committee
also administers certain of the Company's employee benefit plans.

    The Executive Committee, composed of Messrs. Messmer, Furth and Gibbons, did
not meet during 1994. The Executive Committee has all of the powers of the Board
of Directors, with certain specific exceptions required by Delaware law.

    The Board met  five times during  1994 and acted  once by unanimous  written
consent.  Each of the directors attended at least 75% of the aggregate number of
meetings of the Board and of the committees of the Board on which he served that
were held while he was a member thereof.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

    The following table lists the name of each executive officer of the Company,
his or her age at March 31, 1995,  and his or her current positions and  offices
with the Company:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
               NAME                  AGE                        OFFICE
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<S>                                  <C>  <C>
Harold M. Messmer, Jr. ............  49   Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
                                            Executive Officer
M. Keith Waddell...................  37   Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
                                            Treasurer
Robert W. Glass....................  36   Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
Steven Karel.......................  45   Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Kirk E. Lundburg...................  35   Vice President, Administration
Barbara J. Forsberg................  34   Vice President and Controller
</TABLE>

    Mr.  Waddell has been Senior  Vice President of the  Company since May 1993,
Chief Financial Officer of the Company  since February 1988 and Treasurer  since
1987.  From October 1986 when he joined the Company until May 1993, he served as
Vice President.

    Mr. Glass has been Senior  Vice President, Corporate Development, since  May
1993.  He served  as Vice  President, Corporate  Development from  February 1988
until May 1993.  From 1987  until February 1988,  he served  as Vice  President,
Planning  of  the Company.  From  January 1986  until  May 1987,  Mr.  Glass was
employed as an investment analyst by the Company.

    Mr. Karel has been Vice President  and General Counsel of the Company  since
September 1989 and Secretary since May 1993.

    Mr.  Lundburg has been  Vice President, Administration  of the Company since
July 1993. For  more than  five years  prior to joining  the Company  he was  an
associate with the law firm of Latham & Watkins.

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    Ms.  Forsberg has  been Vice  President of  the Company  since May  1993 and
Controller since May 1990. For more than five years prior to joining the Company
she worked in the audit division of Arthur Andersen & Co.

    The executive officers  of the Company  are also officers  of the  Company's
wholly owned subsidiaries.

    All  of  the  executive officers  serve  at  the pleasure  of  the  Board of
Directors. Mr. Messmer has an employment agreement with the Company to serve  as
Chairman,   President  and  Chief  Executive  Officer.  In  addition,  severance
agreements have  been entered  into  with certain  executive officers.  See  the
discussion under "Compensation of Executive Officers" below.

    There  are no family relationships between any of the directors or executive
officers.

                           BENEFICIAL STOCK OWNERSHIP

    The  following  table  sets  forth  information  as  of  February  28,  1995
concerning beneficial ownership of Common Stock by (i) the only persons known to
the  Company to  be beneficial owners  of 5%  or more of  the outstanding Common
Stock, (ii) each director, (iii) the five executive officers of the Company  who
had  the  highest combination  of salary  and  bonus during  1994, and  (iv) all
executive officers and  directors as a  group. Included in  share ownership  are
shares  that may  be acquired  upon the exercise  of options  that are currently
exercisable or  become  exercisable on  or  before May  31,  1995  ("Exercisable
Options").

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       SHARES OF      PERCENT
                                                     COMMON STOCK        OF
                                                     BENEFICIALLY      COMMON
             NAME OF BENEFICIAL OWNER                  OWNED(A)        STOCK
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<S>                                                 <C>               <C>
FMR Corp. ........................................  4,111,700(b)      14.5%
  82 Devonshire Street
  Boston, MA 02109
Putnam Investments, Inc. .........................  3,056,699(c)      10.8%
  One Post Office Square
  Boston, MA 02109
Andrew S. Berwick, Jr. ...........................     92,000(d)       0.3%
Frederick P. Furth................................    931,100(e)       3.3%
Edward W. Gibbons.................................    261,945(f)       0.9%
Todd Goodwin......................................     41,856(f)       0.1%
Harold M. Messmer, Jr.............................    531,980(g)       1.9%
Frederick A. Richman..............................      5,500(h)      0.02%
Thomas J. Ryan....................................     77,106(d)       0.3%
J. Stephen Schaub.................................    978,098(i)       3.5%
M. Keith Waddell..................................    213,828(j)       0.8%
Robert W. Glass...................................    137,872(k)       0.5%
Steven Karel......................................     46,423(l)       0.2%
Kirk E. Lundburg..................................     12,197(m)      0.04%
All executive officers and directors as a group
  (13 persons)....................................  3,354,774(n)      11.6%
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(a)  Named  persons have sole  voting and investment  power, except as otherwise
     indicated.

(b)  Information is  as  of  February  13,  1995,  the  latest  date  for  which
     information  is available to the Company. According to a Schedule 13G filed
     by FMR Corp., these shares are held  indirectly by FMR Corp. and Edward  C.
     Johnson  3d  (Chairman  and a  significant  stockholder of  FMR  Corp.) and
     directly by various  entities controlled by  FMR Corp., including  Fidelity
     Management &
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>  <C>
     Research  Company, Fidelity  Magellan Fund,  Fidelity International Limited
     and Fidelity Manage-
     ment Trust Company,  all of which  own such shares  in their capacities  as
     investment advisers, investment companies or investment managers. According
     to  the Schedule 13G, sole dispositive power is held with respect to all of
     such shares and sole voting power is  held with respect to 100,400 of  such
     shares.

(c)  Information  is  as  of  January  23,  1995,  the  latest  date  for  which
     information is available to the Company. According to a Schedule 13G  filed
     by  Putnam Investments,  Inc. these  shares are  held indirectly  by Putnam
     Investments, Inc.  and its  parent, Marsh  & McLennan  Companies, Inc.  and
     directly  by  various  entities  controlled  by  Putnam  Investments, Inc.,
     including Putnam  Investment  Management,  Inc.  and  The  Putnam  Advisory
     Company,  Inc.,  all  of  which  own such  shares  in  their  capacities as
     investment advisers.  According to  the  Schedule 13G,  shared  dispositive
     power is held with respect to all of such shares and shared voting power is
     held with respect to 512,990 of such shares.

(d)  Includes   44,000  shares  that  may  be  acquired  upon  the  exercise  of
     Exercisable Options.

(e)  Includes  50,800  shares  owned  by  the  Furth  Foundation,  a  charitable
     foundation  of which Mr. Furth is a  director, as to which shares Mr. Furth
     has shared voting  and dispositive powers,  and 44,000 shares  that may  be
     acquired  upon  the exercise  of Exercisable  Options. Also  includes 1,500
     shares owned by Mr. Furth's wife, as to which shares he has sole voting and
     dispositive power.

(f)  Includes  24,000  shares  that  may  be  acquired  upon  the  exercise   of
     Exercisable Options.

(g)  Includes  257,336  shares  that  may  be  acquired  upon  the  exercise  of
     Exercisable Options, 255,405  shares acquired pursuant  to Company  benefit
     plans, as to which shares Mr. Messmer has sole voting power but as to which
     disposition  is  restricted pursuant  to the  terms  of such  plans, 14,971
     shares as to which Mr. Messmer shares voting and dispositive power with his
     wife and 3,000 shares held by Mr. Messmer as custodian for his children, as
     to which shares Mr. Messmer has voting and dispositive power but  disclaims
     beneficial ownership.

(h)  Includes 2,500 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of Exercisable
     Options.

(i)  Includes 4,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of Exercisable
     Options, 8,058 shares owned by Mr. Schaub's children as to which shares Mr.
     Schaub  disclaims  beneficial ownership,  24,454 shares  owned by  the John
     Jerome  Schaub  Trust,  of  which  trust  Mr.  Schaub  is  co-trustee   and
     co-beneficiary,  and 11,000  shares held  by the  Schaub Foundation,  as to
     which shares Mr. Schaub shares voting and dispositive power but in which he
     has no pecuniary  interest. Also includes  458,214 shares as  to which  Mr.
     Schaub has voting power and a right of first refusal but in which he has no
     pecuniary  interest. Does not include,  and Mr. Schaub disclaims beneficial
     ownership as to, 814 shares owned  by investment clients of Mr. Schaub,  as
     to which shares Mr. Schaub shares dispositive power.

(j)  Includes   93,953  shares  that  may  be  acquired  upon  the  exercise  of
     Exercisable Options and 104,474 shares acquired pursuant to Company benefit
     plans, as to which shares Mr. Waddell has sole voting power but as to which
     disposition is restricted pursuant  to the terms of  such plans and  15,401
     shares as to which Mr. Waddell shares voting and dispositive power with his
     wife.

(k)  Includes   88,560  shares  that  may  be  acquired  upon  the  exercise  of
     Exercisable Options,  41,618 shares  acquired pursuant  to Company  benefit
     plans,  as to which shares Mr. Glass has  sole voting power but as to which
     disposition is restricted pursuant  to the terms of  such plans, and  7,114
     shares  as to which Mr. Glass shares  voting and dispositive power with his
     wife.

(l)  Includes  24,317  shares  that  may  be  acquired  upon  the  exercise   of
     Exercisable  Options and 18,452 shares acquired pursuant to Company benefit
     plans, as to which shares Mr. Karel  has sole voting power but as to  which
     disposition is restricted pursuant to the terms of such plans.
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>  <C>
(m)  Includes 3,320 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of Exercisable
     Options  and 8,877 shares acquired pursuant to Company benefit plans, as to
     which shares Mr. Lundburg has sole voting power but as to which disposition
     is restricted pursuant to the terms of such plans.

(n)  In addition  to  the  shares  held  by  directors  and  executive  officers
     described  in the table, as to which  information is contained in the other
     notes to this  table, includes an  aggregate of 24,869  shares held by  one
     other executive officer of the Company, including 14,679 shares that may be
     acquired  upon the  exercise of Exercisable  Options and  9,476 shares that
     were acquired pursuant  to Company benefit  plans, as to  which shares  the
     officer  has sole  voting power but  as to which  disposition is restricted
     pursuant to the terms of such plans.
</TABLE>

                           COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

    Each director receives an annual fee of $20,000 for services as a  director,
$1,000  for each board  meeting attended, and  an annual fee  of $3,000 for each
committee on which he  serves as a member.  All directors receive  reimbursement
for travel and other expenses directly related to activities as directors.

    The  Outside  Directors'  Option Plan,  which  was  adopted in  1989  on the
recommendation of Towers, Perrin, and approved by the Company's stockholders  in
1990,  provides for the automatic granting  of options to non-employee directors
(currently all directors other than  Mr. Messmer) of the  Company on the day  of
each  Annual Meeting  of Stockholders. On  such day,  each non-employee director
will receive  an option  for the  purchase  of 4,000  shares. However,  if  such
individual  has not previously been granted an  option by the Company, the grant
will be  for  the purchase  of  10,000 shares,  rather  than 4,000  shares.  The
exercise  price for all options is 100% of  the fair market value on the date of
grant. Payment for option exercises may be by cash, by delivery of shares of the
Company's Common  Stock that  have been  owned for  at least  six months  or  by
delivery  of  a full-recourse  interest-bearing promissory  note secured  by the
acquired shares. All options are  for a term of ten  years and will vest at  the
rate of 25% per year for each of the first four years. However, all options vest
automatically  and immediately  upon the occurrence  of a Change  in Control (as
defined in the plan). No option may be exercised until at least six months after
its grant date. Unvested options terminate on the day that an individual  ceases
to be a director. Vested options may be exercised for a limited period following
termination.  Options for  a total  of 200,000  shares are  authorized for grant
under the Outside Directors' Option Plan. Each of the directors (other than  Mr.
Messmer, who is not eligible to receive options under the plan) was, pursuant to
the  terms of the Outside  Directors' Option Plan, granted  an option on May 12,
1994 (the date of the 1994 Annual Meeting of Stockholders) at an exercise  price
of  $17.75 per share, the fair  market value on the date  of grant. Each of such
grants was for an option to purchase  4,000 shares, except for the grant to  Mr.
Richman, which was for an option to purchase 10,000 shares.

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                       COMPENSATION OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

    The  following tables provide information as to compensation for services of
the five executive officers  of the Company who  had the highest combination  of
salary and bonus with respect to 1994.

                           SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                       LONG TERM
                                                                                     COMPENSATION
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------------
                                                 ANNUAL                               SECURITIES
                                              COMPENSATION         RESTRICTED         UNDERLYING
          NAME AND                       ----------------------       STOCK             STOCK            ALL OTHER
     PRINCIPAL POSITION         YEAR       SALARY    BONUS (A)       AWARDS            OPTIONS        COMPENSATION (C)
- ----------------------------  ---------  ----------  ----------  ---------------  ------------------  ----------------
<S>                           <C>        <C>         <C>         <C>              <C>                 <C>
Harold M. Messmer, Jr.......       1994  $  364,900  $  523,056  $  2,453,061(b)      186,135 shares    $    114,501
  Chairman and Chief               1993  $  354,917  $  398,571  $    309,458         115,802 shares    $     94,331
  Executive Officer                1992  $  345,000  $  266,390  $    286,197          63,950 shares    $     36,295
M. Keith Waddell............       1994  $  190,000  $  267,271  $    912,032(b)       85,652 shares    $     53,250
  Senior Vice President            1993  $  179,583  $  176,833  $    155,407          66,270 shares    $     39,931
                                   1992  $  165,000  $  118,501  $    160,169          19,060 shares    $     13,776
Robert W. Glass.............       1994  $  140,000  $  128,690  $    359,588(b)       25,853 shares    $     31,493
  Senior Vice President            1993  $  129,583  $   97,916  $     73,993          33,030 shares    $     25,324
                                   1992  $  115,000  $   65,607  $     65,378           8,600 shares    $      8,715
Steven Karel................       1994  $  122,000  $   42,256  $    108,045(b)       11,115 shares    $     18,901
  Vice President                   1993  $  120,333  $   32,151  $     29,605          15,622 shares    $     16,377
                                   1992  $  118,000  $   21,496  $     40,205           5,722 shares    $      6,133
Kirk E. Lundburg (d)........       1994  $  120,000  $   26,174  $     51,160(b)        5,952 shares    $     14,500
  Vice President
<FN>
- --------------------------
(a)  Includes,  in addition to bonuses  paid in cash, the  fair market value, on
     the date of grant, of stock granted in lieu of cash bonus.
(b)  In May 1994, the Compensation  Committee made special grants of  restricted
     stock  to Messrs. Messmer,  Waddell, Glass, Karel  and Lundburg of 100,000,
     40,680, 16,140, 3,522 and 1,000  shares respectively, having market  values
     on  the grant date of $1,750,000,  $711,900, $282,450, $61,635 and $17,500,
     respectively. Discussion regarding these  grants appears under the  caption
     "Board  Compensation  Committee  Report on  Executive  Compensation." These
     grants vest at various times between December 31, 1996 and January 1, 1999.
     The remainder of the amounts reported  reflects the January 1994 grants  of
     restricted   stock  in  connection  with  the  annual  year-end  review  of
     compensation. These grants were of  55,142, 15,248, 6,050, 3,640 and  2,640
     shares   to   Messrs.  Messmer,   Waddell,   Glass,  Karel   and  Lundburg,
     respectively, and  had  market  values  on  the  grant  date  of  $703,061,
     $200,132,  $77,138, $46,410 and $33,660, respectively. These grants vest at
     the rate of 25% per year in each of the first four years following grant.
     At December 31, 1994, Messrs.  Messmer, Waddell, Glass, Karel and  Lundburg
     held  an aggregate of 255,405, 104,474,  41,618, 18,452 and 7,980 shares of
     restricted stock,  respectively, having  a  market value  on that  date  of
     $6,129,720,  $2,507,376, $998,832, $442,848 and $191,520, respectively. All
     restricted stock awards vest automatically upon the occurrence of a  Change
     in  Control. The executive officers have the right to receive any dividends
     paid on restricted shares.
(c)  The amounts in this column relating to 1994 consist of (a) $12,627,  $1,400
     and  $675 paid for  life insurance for Messrs.  Messmer, Waddell and Glass,
     respectively, and  (b)  $101,874,  $51,850, $30,818,  $18,901  and  $14,500
     allocated  in the  Company's records  for the  benefit of  Messrs. Messmer,
     Waddell, Glass, Karel and Lundburg, respectively, pursuant to the Company's
     Deferred Compensation Plan. The Company's  Deferred Compensation Plan is  a
     defined contribution plan which pays the benefits allocated thereunder only
     upon   the  executive   officer's  retirement,  death   or  termination  of
     employment.
(d)  Mr. Lundburg was first elected an executive officer in 1994.
</TABLE>

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                       OPTION GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              INDIVIDUAL GRANTS
                                               -----------------------------------------------
                                                            % OF TOTAL
                                                NUMBER OF     OPTIONS
                                               SECURITIES   GRANTED TO                                GRANT
                                               UNDERLYING    EMPLOYEES   EXERCISE                     DATE
                                                 OPTIONS     IN FISCAL    OR BASE   EXPIRATION       PRESENT
                    NAME                       GRANTED(A)      YEAR        PRICE       DATE         VALUE(B)
- ---------------------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ---------  ----------  -----------------
<S>                                            <C>          <C>          <C>        <C>         <C>
Harold M. Messmer, Jr........................     100,000(c)      12.5%  $  17.50      5/17/04  $      892,375(d)
                                                   79,062(e)       9.8%  $  24.00     12/30/04  $    1,051,995(f)
                                                    7,073(g)       0.9%  $  24.00     12/30/04  $       94,113(f)
M. Keith Waddell.............................       5,082(h)       0.6%  $  15.00      2/17/04  $       36,622
                                                   40,680(i)       5.1%  $  17.50      5/17/04  $      363,018(d)
                                                   36,289(e)       4.5%  $  24.00     12/30/04  $      482,860(f)
                                                    3,601(g)       0.4%  $  24.00     12/30/04  $       47,915(f)
Robert W. Glass..............................      16,140(i)       2.0%  $  17.50      5/17/04  $      144,029(d)
                                                    7,572(e)       0.9%  $  24.00     12/30/04  $      100,753(f)
                                                    2,141(g)       0.3%  $  24.00     12/30/04  $       28,488(f)
Steven Karel.................................       3,522(i)       0.4%  $  17.50      5/17/04  $       31,429(d)
                                                    6,283(e)       0.8%  $  24.00     12/30/04  $       83,601(f)
                                                    1,310(g)       0.2%  $  24.00     12/30/04  $       17,431(f)
Kirk E. Lundburg.............................       1,000(i)       0.1%  $  17.50      5/17/04  $        8,924(d)
                                                    3,786(e)       0.5%  $  24.00     12/30/04  $       50,376(f)
                                                    1,166(g)       0.1%  $  24.00     12/30/04  $       15,515(f)
<FN>
- ------------------------
(a)  All  grants  entitle  the  holder to  satisfy  tax  withholding obligations
     resulting from  exercise by  reduction in  the number  of shares  otherwise
     deliverable. In addition to the specified vesting schedule, (i) the options
     granted  to  Messrs.  Messmer,  Waddell,  Glass  and  Karel  may  vest upon
     termination of  employment under  certain circumstances  pursuant to  their
     respective  severance  agreements  described below,  (ii)  all  grants vest
     automatically upon  death, disability  or  the occurrence  of a  change  in
     control  and (iii)  all grants  are subject  to accelerated  vesting at the
     discretion of the Compensation Committee.
(b)  Calculated in accordance with the  Binomial Model for estimating the  value
     of stock options, which estimates the present value of an option based upon
     assumptions  as to future  variables such as interest  rate and stock price
     volatility. The  Binomial calculations  assumed an  expected volatility  of
     between  29% and 34%,  depending upon the  grant date, an  interest rate of
     between 6% and  7.8%, depending on  the grant date,  no dividends, and  the
     indicated  expiration  date.  The actual  value,  if any,  realized  on the
     exercise of an option will depend on the excess of the fair market value of
     the stock over the exercise price on the date the option is exercised,  and
     may  be substantially  different from the  value estimated  by the Binomial
     Model.
(c)  In May 1994,  the Compensation  Committee, as discussed  under the  caption
     "Board  Compensation  Committee  Report  on  Executive  Compensation"  made
     special grants of  stock options.  This grant  vests in  four equal  annual
     installments  on each of December 31, 1996, December 31, 1997, December 31,
     1998 and January 1, 1999.
(d)  In order for the assumed values to  be realized, the total market value  of
     all outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock would have to increase
     by approximately $243,610,000 from its value on the grant date.
(e)  Vests  in  four  equal  annual  installments  on  each  of  the  first four
     anniversaries of the grant date.
(f)  In order for the assumed values to  be realized, the total market value  of
     all outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock would have to increase
     by approximately $374,636,000 from its value on the grant date.
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>  <C>
(g)  Vests  in  four equal  annual installments  on each  of December  31, 1995,
     December 31, 1996, December 31, 1997 and December 31, 1998.
(h)  Vests in four equal installments on each of December 13, 1994, December 13,
     1995, December 13, 1996 and December 13, 1997.
(i)  In May 1994,  the Compensation  Committee, as discussed  under the  caption
     "Board  Compensation  Committee  Report  on  Executive  Compensation"  made
     special grants of stock options. This grant  vests as to 50% of the  shares
     covered  thereby on December 31,  1997 and as to  25% of the shares covered
     thereby on each of December 31, 1998 and January 1, 1999.
</TABLE>

                AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
                       AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION VALUES

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 NUMBER OF                     VALUE OF
                                                           SECURITIES UNDERLYING             UNEXERCISED
                                                                UNEXERCISED                  IN-THE-MONEY
                                SHARES                            OPTIONS                      OPTIONS
                               ACQUIRED                      AT FISCAL YEAR-END           AT FISCAL YEAR-END
                                  ON          VALUE      --------------------------  ----------------------------
            NAME               EXERCISE     REALIZED     EXERCISABLE  UNEXERCISABLE   EXERCISABLE   UNEXERCISABLE
- -----------------------------  ---------  -------------  -----------  -------------  -------------  -------------
<S>                            <C>        <C>            <C>          <C>            <C>            <C>
Harold M. Messmer, Jr........    100,000  $   1,737,500     197,343        338,968   $   3,506,762  $   2,964,272
M. Keith Waddell.............          0              0      71,475        152,209   $   1,252,725  $   1,289,461
Robert W. Glass..............          0              0      78,646         61,190   $   1,457,642  $     607,288
Steven Karel.................          0              0      18,059         28,426   $     319,342  $     284,000
Kirk E. Lundburg.............          0              0       3,320         15,912   $      40,890  $     129,170
</TABLE>

    Harold M. Messmer, Jr., Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive
Officer, has an employment agreement  with the Company terminating December  31,
1998.  Under the terms of  the employment agreement, Mr.  Messmer will receive a
base annual salary  of not  less than $375,847  and will  receive certain  other
benefits, including life insurance and tax planning. In the event the employment
of  Mr. Messmer is terminated involuntarily other than for cause, or voluntarily
within thirty (30)  days following a  change in  control of the  Company, he  is
entitled  to  receive  severance  compensation.  The  amount  of  such severance
compensation shall be, at Mr. Messmer's election, either (i) his base salary, at
the rate in effect on the date of termination, plus an equal amount annually  in
lieu  of a bonus, through  the stated expiration date  of his agreement, or (ii)
the present value of such payments.  Any severance payments under the  agreement
are subject to the limitation that Mr. Messmer will not receive any amount that,
without  regard to compensation  received in respect of  stock options and other
rights granted to such executive officer, would not be deductible by the Company
under applicable  provisions of  the  Internal Revenue  Code. If  Mr.  Messmer's
employment is terminated by reason of death or disability, he or his estate will
receive  only  75%  of his  base  salary  through the  termination  date  of the
agreement and  will not  receive any  amount in  lieu of  bonus. The  employment
agreement provides for automatic renewal for an additional year on each December
31.

    Severance  agreements, which  were recommended  by Towers  Perrin, have been
entered into  with Messrs.  Messmer, Waddell,  Glass and  Karel. Each  severance
agreement provides that the employee will be paid between six and 24 months base
salary  (depending  upon  length of  service)  if his  employment  is terminated
without cause, as defined  in the agreement. The  terminated employee will  also
receive  a pro rata share of any bonus he would otherwise have received pursuant
to any bonus plan if his employment  had not been terminated, such amount to  be
paid  when bonuses are generally paid pursuant to the plan. (Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no individual shall receive salary and bonus payments under both this
agreement and any other  agreement. Instead, only the  greater of such  benefits
provided  by  either agreement  shall  be paid.)  On  the termination  date, any
unvested stock  or options  would  become fully  vested,  as would  any  amounts
accrued  for  the employee's  benefit under  the  Deferred Compensation  Plan (a
defined contribution  plan that  pays benefits  only upon  retirement, death  or
other termination of employment).

    The  Company  had  in effect  a  key  executive retirement  plan,  which was
terminated in  1987. Participants  in the  plan prior  to its  termination  will
continue to receive benefits thereunder. The only

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current  employee participating in the plan is  Mr. Messmer. Under this plan, if
Mr. Messmer's employment  is terminated (whether  voluntarily or  involuntarily)
for  any reason other than certain acts of  misconduct set forth in the plan, he
is to receive monthly benefits commencing  the month following the later of  his
fiftieth  birthday or  the date of  his employment  termination. Monthly benefit
payments are a specified percentage, depending upon his age at retirement,  (the
"Retirement  Percentage")  of the  sum of  $2,500  plus the  greater of  (a) his
highest monthly base salary (exclusive of bonuses, commissions and other special
payments) in effect within 18 months prior to such termination or (b) the amount
calculated by increasing  $28,750 annually on  each May 31  (commencing May  31,
1992)  on a  compound basis  by the annual  percentage increase  in the Consumer
Price Index (but  not by  more than 10%  or less  than 4%) through  the date  of
retirement.  The  Retirement Percentage  (which was  established at  its current
levels on the recommendation of Towers Perrin) is 30% if Mr. Messmer retires  at
age  50, and  increases by 3%  for each  year Mr. Messmer  delays his retirement
beyond age 50, to a maximum  of 66% if Mr. Messmer  retires at or after age  62.
Notwithstanding  the foregoing, the Retirement Percentage  is 66% if a Change in
Control (as defined in the plan) occurs prior to Mr. Messmer's retirement.  Such
monthly  benefits will be  increased annually thereafter by  the increase in the
consumer price index, but  not more than 7  1/2%, and are to  be paid until  his
death. For the first 15 years of his retirement, Mr. Messmer will also receive a
supplemental  monthly  benefit that  varies depending  upon his  retirement age,
which benefit will be $6,241 per month if he retires at age 50, and increases by
8%, compounded, for each  year he delays his  retirement beyond age 50  through,
but  not beyond, age 62. The plan  also provides that if a participating officer
dies before  his employment  is  otherwise terminated  or after  his  employment
terminates  but before receiving  180 monthly payments, such  payments are to be
made  to  his   designated  beneficiary  beginning   the  month  following   the
participant's  death until an  aggregate of 180 monthly  payments has been made.
Mr. Messmer's current  annual base  salary is $375,847.  In 1988  and 1991,  the
Company  purchased annuities on  Mr. Messmer's behalf  that commence payments to
Mr. Messmer when he is 50 years old and had aggregate current actuarial  values,
on  the date of purchase, equivalent to  the then current actuarial value of Mr.
Messmer's anticipated benefits under the retirement plan, assuming retirement at
age 50. The amount of benefits payable under the retirement plan will be  offset
by  amounts  paid  under the  annuities.  Pursuant to  Mr.  Messmer's employment
agreement, the Company will on his request, but not more than once in any  three
year  period, purchase additional annuities to  cover any then unfunded portions
of the Company's obligations to him pursuant to the retirement plan.

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<PAGE>
          COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
                            AND CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

    The Compensation  Committee is  composed of  Frederick P.  Furth, Andrew  S.
Berwick, Jr., and Thomas J. Ryan.

    ISU Insurance Services of San Francisco has acted as broker and paying agent
for  the Company  with respect to  certain of the  Company's insurance policies.
Total payments received  by ISU Insurance  Services of San  Francisco for  these
services  (net of  amounts paid  to ISU Insurance  Services and  remitted to the
insurance carriers) aggregated approximately $253,000  in 1994 and are  expected
to  aggregate a similar amount  in 1995. Mr. Ryan  is President of ISU Insurance
Services of San Francisco, the stock of which is owned by members of Mr.  Ryan's
family.  ISU  Insurance  Services  of  San  Francisco  is  a  franchisee  of ISU
International, a corporation  of which  Mr. Ryan is  Chairman of  the Board  and
Chief Executive Officer and a majority of whose stock is owned by Mr. Ryan.

    As  part  of  a June  1987  restructuring, all  of  the common  stock  of BF
Enterprises,  Inc.  (then  a  wholly  owned  subsidiary  of  the  Company)   was
distributed  as a dividend to the Company's stockholders. In connection with the
restructuring, BF Enterprises  assumed the obligation  for certain  subordinated
debentures  issued by a predecessor of the Company, although the Company remains
contingently liable for these debentures. As part of the June 1987 restructuring
and in connection with  its assumption of the  obligation for such  subordinated
debentures,   BF  Enterprises  agreed  to   pledge  to  the  Company  collateral
(consisting of real estate, marketable securities and bank letters of credit) if
the net worth of BF Enterprises falls below certain minimum levels. At  December
31,  1994, approximately $3.6 million  of these subordinated debentures remained
outstanding. The Company  has been  advised by  BF Enterprises  that letters  of
credit  have been furnished by BF Enterprises to the trustee of the subordinated
debentures with respect to approximately $3.4 million of such amount. Mr.  Furth
owns  approximately 18%  of the outstanding  common stock of  BF Enterprises. In
addition, Mr. Schaub, who  is not a member  of the Compensation Committee,  owns
approximately 5% of the outstanding common stock of BF Enterprises.

    Frederick  A. Richman, a nominee for director,  is a partner in the law firm
of O'Melveny & Myers,  which has performed legal  services for the Company  from
time  to time. Amounts  paid by the Company  to O'Melveny &  Myers have not been
material.

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<PAGE>
         BOARD COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set  forth in any of the  Company's
previous  or future filings under  the Securities Act of  1933 or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that might incorporate by reference this Proxy Statement or
future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in whole or in part,
the following report shall  not be deemed to  be incorporated by reference  into
any such filings.

    The   Compensation  Committee,   after  consultation   with  and   upon  the
recommendation of Towers  Perrin, developed the  philosophy statement set  forth
below,  which  it has  followed  in every  year since  1989,  when it  was first
adopted:

    "Compensation policies and  practices, and other  related programs, will  be
    developed  and designed in line with the following statement of compensation
    philosophy:

    The overriding objective of the  Company's compensation and benefit  program
    is  to attract, retain  and reward talented  employees through programs that
    also align with and support the Company's goals and strategies.

    A competitive compensation package will be provided for all positions:

    - Positions that participate in short-term incentive plans because of  their
      significant  impact on short-term performance  will have salaries that are
      set at the 50th percentile. Additional short-term incentive pay will allow
      total annual pay at the 75th percentile if target performance is achieved.

    - Key executives with significant impact on the long-term performance of the
      Company will also participate in  long-term incentive plans (stock  and/or
      cash plans) that will result in total target pay at the 90th percentile if
      short- and long-term performance targets are achieved.

    Survey  data reflective of relevant labor  markets will be used to determine
    actual pay levels that  are consistent with  desired competitive levels.  In
    addition  to external pay  data, internal relationships  among positions and
    differences in impact and  importance of positions  will influence pay.  All
    compensation  programs will  incorporate "pay  for performance"  concepts by
    allowing pay of individual employees  to vary according to individual,  unit
    and company performance:

    - Performance  planning  and  appraisal  systems,  together  with  incentive
      programs where appropriate, will direct and reward effort and  performance
      of employees."

    The  Committee  believes that  setting  compensation at  levels  designed to
attract and retain  key individuals is  critical to the  success of a  personnel
services  business in which  there are few  tangible assets and  in which people
represent the true "assets" of the Company. The Committee is also mindful of the
fact that the  Company's industry is  fractured with a  myriad of private  firms
owned  by entrepreneurial individuals representing  the Company's most effective
competition in  many markets.  Successful competitors  generate large  financial
rewards  to the owners as  the Company knows from  its many acquisitions of such
firms over the years. It is  imperative that the Company's compensation  program
provide  significant cash  and equity  incentives to its  key managers  so as to
compete with both public and private companies for this talent and the Committee
believes the Company's  compensation program achieves  this result. Annual  base
salaries,  bonuses, restricted stock and stock option awards are all designed to
achieve the above-specified goals. Annual  bonus awards are based upon  earnings
per  share, and each executive's bonus is increased or decreased, according to a
formula, in relation  to how  the actual earnings  per share  compares with  the
target  earnings per  share for  the year  set by  the Committee.  The Committee
believes that the emphasis placed upon equity grants (restricted stock and stock
options) aligns the interest of the officers with those of the stockholders, and
makes a significant portion of executive compensation contingent upon  long-term
positive share price performance.

    In  establishing compensation  levels for  the Chief  Executive Officer, the
Compensation Committee followed the guidelines and policies described above.  In
addition, the Committee also considered

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several  subjective factors related  to the Company's  business. These included,
among other things, the Company's elimination of all long-term bank debt and its
continued generation of strong cash flow, the Company's performance relative  to
both  its public and private competitors,  the Chief Executive Officer's ability
to develop and maintain significant business relationships for the Company,  the
Chief  Executive Officer's ability (in conjunction  with his management team) to
locate, evaluate  and  negotiate  prospective acquisitions  or  other  expansion
opportunities without significant accounting, investment banker or attorney fees
and  the complexity of managing an international service business. The Committee
also noted that  1994 was the  Company's second consecutive  year of having  its
stock price performance during the year rank in the top 50 of all New York Stock
Exchange  companies (a distinction shared with  only one other company), and the
successful completion  of  a $122  million  registered public  offering  of  the
Company's  Common Stock, which resulted in the distribution of approximately 19%
of the  outstanding  shares by  the  Company's two  largest  stockholders,  thus
increasing  the Company's  stockholder base and  improving the  liquidity of the
Company's Common Stock.

    In light of the  above factors, and in  recognition of both the  outstanding
returns  achieved for  the stockholders by  the Chief Executive  Officer and his
management team  and the  intensely competitive  nature of  the market  for  top
management,  the Compensation  Committee in 1994  made special  equity grants to
management with deferred vesting schedules. These grants will help to retain the
Chief Executive Officer and other  outstanding managers and further align  their
interests  with those  of the  stockholders by  making a  significant portion of
their  future  compensation  contingent  upon  long-term  positive  share  price
performance.

    In determining executive compensation, the Compensation Committee considers,
among  other factors, the  possible tax consequences  to the Company  and to the
executives.  However,  tax  consequences,  including  but  not  limited  to  tax
deductibility  by the Company, are  subject to many factors  (such as changes in
the tax  laws and  regulations or  interpretations thereof  and the  timing  and
nature  of various decisions  by executives regarding  options and other rights)
that are beyond the control of either the Compensation Committee or the Company.
In addition, the Compensation Committee believes that it is important for it  to
retain  maximum  flexibility in  designing compensation  programs that  meet its
stated objectives. For all of the foregoing reasons, the Compensation Committee,
while considering  tax  deductibility  as  one of  its  factors  in  determining
compensation,   will  not  limit  compensation  to  those  levels  or  types  of
compensation that  will  be  deductible. The  Compensation  Committee  will,  of
course,   consider  alternative  forms  of  compensation,  consistent  with  its
compensation goals, that preserve deductibility.

Andrew S. Berwick, Jr.
                               Frederick P. Furth
                                                                  Thomas J. Ryan

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                         COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE GRAPH

    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set  forth in any of the  Company's
previous  or future filings under  the Securities Act of  1933 or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that might incorporate by reference this Proxy Statement or
future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in whole or in part,
the following  Performance Graph  shall  not be  deemed  to be  incorporated  by
reference into any such filings.

    The  following  graph compares,  through December  31, 1994,  the cumulative
return of  the Company's  Common  Stock, an  index  of certain  publicly  traded
employment services companies, and the S&P 500. The graph assumes the investment
of  $100 at the end  of 1989 and reinvestment  of all dividends. The information
presented in  the graph  was obtained  by the  Company from  outside sources  it
considers to be reliable but has not been independently verified by the Company.

EDGAR REPRESENTATION OF DATA POINTS USED IN PRINTED GRAPHIC

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                    ROBERT HALF
                   INTERNATIONAL        PEER GROUP INDEX (A)   S&P 500 INDEX
<S>           <C>                       <C>                   <C>
                                   100                   100              100
Return 1989                      52.89                 74.57            96.89
Return 1990                      65.22                 89.17           126.42
Return 1991                      76.81                108.92           136.05
Return 1992                     152.17                120.83           149.76
Return 1993                     278.26                161.86           151.74
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(a)  This  index represents the  cumulative total return of  the Company and the
     following  corporations   providing  temporary   or  permanent   employment
     services:  Adia Services, Inc.,  CDI Corp., Kelly  Services, Inc., Manpower
     Inc., The Olsten Corporation and Uniforce Temporary Personnel, Inc. Many of
     the Company's  competitors are  privately-held, and  none of  the  selected
     corporations  specializes, as does the  Company, primarily in the temporary
     and  permanent  placement  of   accounting,  financial,  tax  and   banking
     personnel.  However, the selected corporations, which for the most part are
     general employment agencies  and therefore not  comparable to the  Company,
     constitute the best approximation of a peer group among public companies.
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                         INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

    The   Board  has  selected   Arthur  Andersen  &   Co.,  independent  public
accountants, to audit  the books,  records and  accounts of  the Company  during
1995.  Arthur  Andersen &  Co.  has acted  as auditors  of  the Company  and its
predecessor since 1977.  Representatives of  that firm  will be  present at  the
Meeting  and will have the opportunity to make  a statement if they desire to do
so. They will also be available to respond to questions.

                             STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS

    To  be  considered  for   presentation  at  the   1996  Annual  Meeting   of
Stockholders,  a  stockholder proposal  must be  received at  the office  of the
Company not later than November 28, 1995.

                                 OTHER MATTERS

    The proxy holders  are authorized  to vote,  in their  discretion, upon  any
other business that comes before the Meeting and any adjournment of the Meeting.
The Board knows of no other matters which will be presented to the Meeting.

                                          BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

                                          STEVEN KAREL
                                          SECRETARY

Menlo Park, California
March 27, 1995

    YOU  ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO  ATTEND THE MEETING IN  PERSON. WHETHER OR NOT
YOU PLAN  TO ATTEND  THE  MEETING, YOU  ARE REQUESTED  TO  SIGN AND  RETURN  THE
ACCOMPANYING PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED, POST-PAID ENVELOPE.

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                        ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL INC.
                             2884 SAND HILL ROAD
                            MENLO PARK, CA 94025


       THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

   The undersigned hereby appoints Harold M. Messmer, Jr. and Andrew S.
Berwick, Jr. as Proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and
hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse
side hereof, all the shares of common stock of Robert Half International Inc.
held of record by the undersigned on March 20, 1995 at the annual meeting of
stockholders to be held on May 11, 1995 or any adjournment thereof.





                               (CONTINUED AND TO BE SIGNED ON REVERSE SIDE.)

                                                               See Reverse
                                                                   Side
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                                                            x PLEASE MARK
                                                              YOUR CHOICES
                                                                LIKE THIS



THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY.


________________    _________________
ACCOUNT NUMBER           COMMON

THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN
BY THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE
VOTED FOR ALL NOMINEES NAMED IN PROPOSAL 1.


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<S>                                                                      <C>
1. Election of Directors:  Edward W. Gibbons, Harold M. Messmer, Jr.     2. In their discretion, the Proxies are authorized
                                                                            to vote upon such other business as may properly
                                                                            come before the meeting.
/  /   FOR all nominees listed     /  / WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
       above (except as marked          to vote for all nominees
       to the contrary below)           listed above


</TABLE>

(INSTRUCTION: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee,
write nominee's name on the space provided below.

_______________________________________________________________________

                                        Please sign exactly as name appears
                                        hereon. When shares are held by joint
                                        tenants, both should sign. When signing
                                        as attorney, executor, administrator,
                                        trustee or guardian, please give full
                                        title as such. If a corporation, please
                                        sign in full corporation name by
                                        President or other authorized officer.
                                        If a partnership, please sign in
                                        partnership name by authorized person.
                                        Date_____________________________, 1995
                                        Signature______________________________
                                        Signature, if held jointly_____________


PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE
ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
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