Robert Half Introduces Online Salary Calculators In Several Specialty Areas; Job Seekers Gain Access to Targeted Salary Data Customized by Occupation, Geography

MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert Half International, the world's first and largest specialized staffing firm, recently introduced online salary calculators to provide job seekers and employers with immediate access to average starting salaries in the accounting and finance, information technology, legal, administrative, and creative and marketing fields.

Since 1950, Robert Half International has conducted research on salaries in its areas of specialization and produced accompanying salary guides for hiring managers and other professionals. The salary guides also provide insight into the latest employment trends in a given field. The new salary calculators allow users to quickly determine an average starting salary range for their job title and location; job seekers also can see what a position pays in neighboring cities and search for available jobs.

The Robert Half Salary Calculators can be used to research starting salaries in the following fields:

• Accounting and finance: www.roberthalffinance.com/salarycalculator
• Information technology: www.roberthalftechnology.com/salarycalculator
• Legal: www.roberthalflegal.com/salarycalculator
• Administrative: www.officeteam.com/salarycalculator
• Creative and marketing: www.creativegroup.com/salarycalculator

Salary Calculators Methodology

Average starting salary ranges contained in the salary calculators are based on research conducted for the company's 2010 Salary Guides. Information in the guides is based on the thousands of job searches, negotiations and placements managed by Robert Half's staffing and recruiting managers, along with the company's ongoing surveys of senior executives. The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics references the guides when preparing its comprehensive Occupational Outlook Handbook.

About Robert Half International

Founded in 1948, Robert Half International is the world's first and largest specialized staffing firm with more than 360 offices worldwide. The company's professional 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 office and administrative support professionals; Robert Half® Technology, for information technology professionals; Robert Half® Legal, for project and full-time staffing of attorneys, paralegals and legal support personnel; and The Creative Group®, for creative, advertising, marketing, web and public relations professionals. For more information about the specialized staffing and recruitment divisions of Robert Half International, visit www.roberthalf.com.

SOURCE Robert Half International