Robert Half Kicks off Ninth Annual Suit Drive to Help Job Seekers Suit up for Career Success
MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert Half International will hold its ninth annual suit drive benefitting Dress for Success and other nonprofits beginning today, Aug. 8, through Friday, Aug. 19. Dress for Success is an international not-for-profit organization that provides professional attire and career development tools to disadvantaged women.
Since 2002, more than 170,000 items of interview-appropriate attire have been donated by clients, job candidates and employees of Robert Half to benefit Dress for Success and other organizations with a similar mission.
Participating Robert Half branches in the United States and Canada will be accepting new or nearly new business-appropriate suits, shoes and accessories, including handbags and jewelry, for donation to local nonprofit organizations. For more information on the drive or to locate an office near you, visit www.rhi.com/philanthropy.
Robert Half International, the exclusive national staffing services sponsor of Dress for Success Worldwide since 2005, received the organization's Corporate Leadership Award in 2006 and was recognized at the Dress for Success 2010 Something to Share gala for its longtime support of the organization.
About Dress for Success
Dress for Success is an international not-for-profit organization that promotes the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. Since starting operations in 1997, Dress for Success has expanded to more than 110 cities in the U.S., Australia, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, the U.K. and the West Indies. To date, Dress for Success has helped more than 600,000 women work toward self-sufficiency. Visit www.dressforsuccess.org to learn more.
About Robert Half
Founded in 1948, Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI) is the world's first and largest specialized staffing firm. The company's specialized staffing divisions 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 temporary administrative support personnel; Robert Half® Technology, for information technology professionals; Robert Half® Legal, for legal personnel; and The Creative Group®, for interactive, design, marketing, advertising and public relations professionals. Robert Half serves its clients and candidates through more than 350 specialized staffing services offices worldwide and through online job search services at its divisional websites, all of which can be accessed at www.rhi.com.
SOURCE Robert Half International Inc.
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