Which is better for IT roles, Experis or Robert Half?

Experis, if the requirement is purely IT: it is a dedicated technology brand with global reach and managed-services depth. Robert Half Technology suits companies already hiring finance roles through Robert Half who want one vendor. For fee-sensitive IT hiring, Hyring places the same roles at a flat 14% with AI coding screens.

Which is better for finance and accounting roles?

Robert Half, by a wide margin. Finance and accounting recruitment is its founding business, with dedicated divisions and consultants who place controllers daily. Experis does not compete in finance. Hyring covers finance roles with scenario-based AI interviews at the same flat 7% or 14% fee as tech.

What do Experis and Robert Half charge?

Neither publishes fees. Buyers report 20 to 25% of first-year salary at Experis for tech perm hires, 20 to 30% at Robert Half with senior finance at the top, and 40 to 60% markups on contract staff at both. Hyring publishes a flat 7% in India and 14% in the US and rest of world.

How fast can each deliver a shortlist?

Consultant-led shortlists typically take one to three weeks at both firms. Hyring delivers AI-screened shortlists with recordings and calibrated scores in 48 to 72 hours because screening starts the day candidates apply.

Can IT and finance roles run remotely from India?

Many can. Software, cloud, data, QA, and back-office finance functions like AP, AR, and reporting run well remotely. Hyring employs the team in India, handles payroll and compliance, and keeps engagements transparent through Insight by Hyring time tracking.

How is Hyring different from Experis and Robert Half?

Hyring is an AI-native recruitment agency with flat, published fees: 7% of CTC in India and 14% in the US and rest of world. AI screening backed by 900,000+ interviews covers every candidate, thousands of recruiting partners work each role, and one portal shows both funnels with Insight on augmented teams. Book a call to price your open roles.

Agency Comparison

Experis vs Robert Half: Global IT Brand or Finance-First Recruiter?

Q: Can one vendor cover both IT and finance hiring?

Robert Half markets that consolidation, and Hyring delivers it with a different engine: AI coding interviews for engineers, scenario-based finance interviews for accountants, one portal, and one flat fee across both role families.

Two firms that rarely appear on the same shortlist, until a company needs tech and finance hiring at once. What each does best, what each typically charges, and the flat-fee model that covers both role families.

Last updated on: July 19, 2026Read time: 9 mins

Written byAdithyan RKFact checked bySurya N

75+

Countries in the Experis network

Robert Half in US finance recruiting

7% / 14%

Hyring flat fee, India / rest of world

48–72h

Hyring AI-screened shortlist

Companies usually meet these two firms in different meetings. Experis shows up when the CIO needs IT contractors or a managed service, carrying ManpowerGroup's machinery across 75+ countries. Robert Half shows up when the CFO needs a controller, carrying the deepest finance recruiting bench in the US plus a technology division that rides along. The comparison only becomes real when one company needs both kinds of hiring, which is more companies than either firm admits.

Hyring takes the third column. We are an AI-native recruitment agency with US, India, and Dubai delivery, we publish our fee, and we cover both role families through one portal, coding interviews for engineers, scenario-based interviews for finance, same flat rate. That combination is the actual alternative to running two percentage-fee vendors, and the numbers below make the case.

Quick Verdict

Experis wins dedicated global IT staffing, Robert Half wins US finance recruitment, and Hyring covers both role families at a flat fee.

Pick Experis

When the need is purely IT: contractors, perm tech roles, or managed services across multiple countries on ManpowerGroup paper.

Pick Robert Half

When the hire is senior finance or accounting in a US metro and specialist bench depth justifies the premium.

Pick Hyring

When tech and finance hiring should share one flat-fee vendor: 14% US, 7% India, AI-screened shortlists in 72 hours for both.

Who Are Experis and Robert Half?

Experis is ManpowerGroup's dedicated IT talent brand; Robert Half is the finance-first US professional staffing leader with a technology division.

Experis packages the resources of ManpowerGroup, which places roughly 485,000 workers a day across its brands, into an IT-only offer: resourcing, perm recruitment, and managed services under SLA. Its strength is consistency across borders; its weakness is that it has no answer for the rest of your hiring.

Robert Half is the mirror image. Roughly $5.4 billion in revenue, 300+ locations, seven straight years atop Forbes' professional recruiting rankings, all built on finance and accounting. Robert Half Technology extends the client relationship into IT; it is competent there, not dominant. The firm's real product is CFO trust, and it prices accordingly.

What Do Experis and Robert Half Cost?

Buyers report 20 to 30% permanent fees and 40 to 60% contract markups across both firms, against Hyring's published flat 7% and 14%.

Permanent placement: 20 to 25% typical at Experis for tech, 20 to 30% at Robert Half with senior finance at the top of the band.
Contract staffing: 40 to 60% markups over pay rate at both.
Managed services: custom pricing at Experis; Protiviti consulting rates at Robert Half's advisory arm.

Hyring's direct hire fee is public: 7% of CTC in India, 14% flat in the US and rest of world, identical for a staff engineer and a senior accountant. A $125,000 hire in either family costs $17,500 against a typical $25,000 to $37,500. Benchmark the base first with our free salary benchmarks; percentage fees punish inflated salaries twice.

Perm fee on a $125,000 US hire, tech or finance

Competitor figures are typical reported ranges; Hyring fee is published

The Hyring fee does not change between role families, which is the whole point when you hire across both.

Full Comparison Table: Experis vs Robert Half vs Hyring

The firms barely overlap in specialism but share the same fee structure, which is exactly where a flat-fee model separates.

Head-to-head across ten buying criteria
Criteria	Experis	Robert Half	Hyring
Parent / structure	ManpowerGroup brand	Independent, NYSE-listed	Independent, AI-native
Core specialism	Global IT staffing and managed services	US finance and accounting recruitment	Tech and professional hiring, AI-led
Perm fee	~20–25% (typical)	~20–30% (typical)	7% India, 14% US, flat and published
Contract pricing	~40–60% markup (typical)	~40–60% markup (typical)	~30% below big-firm quotes
Finance hiring	No	US market leader	Yes, scenario-based AI interviews, same flat fee
Global IT reach	75+ countries	US-led, selected markets	US, India, UAE hubs, remote-first
Remote India model	Offshore inside managed services	Limited	Core: 60–70% savings, compliance handled
Screening	Consultant screens, assessments on request	Consultant interviews, references	AI coding, video, and English tests on every candidate
Time-to-shortlist	One to three weeks	One to three weeks	48–72 hours for most roles
Best for	Multi-country IT capacity	Senior US finance searches	Combined tech-and-finance hiring at flat fees

When You Need Tech and Finance Hiring Together

Running two specialist percentage-fee vendors doubles overhead, while one flat-fee AI-native vendor covers both role families in a single portal.

The scenario that makes this page real: a scaling company hiring four engineers and three finance staff this quarter. The two-vendor route means two master agreements, two account managers, two fee schedules averaging somewhere in the twenties, and two versions of the truth about pipeline status.

Our single-portal route: the AI Coding Interviewer screens the engineers, the AI Video Interviewer runs scenario-based finance interviews built from real controller and FP&A rubrics, the AI Resume Screener ranks every applicant in both funnels, and one flat fee applies throughout. Candidates flow in from the Hyring Jobs portal and the Recruiting Partners network, thousands of independent recruiters paid on placements, with the motivated ones prepping through the free Jobseeker Toolkit and interview questions library first. For back-office finance and support functions, the remote India route through our RPO stacks 60 to 70% cost savings on top, with Insight by Hyring keeping tracked hours visible to both sides, employees first.

Fact

Two-vendor overhead is measurable. Model it with the cost-per-hire calculator in the free HR Toolkit, one of 150+ free tools, and if your procurement team wants the screening methodology explained first, the Learn hub and the 1,100+ term HR Glossary were written for that review. The platform runs under SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications.

STEP 1

Brief the roles

Tech and finance in one intake. Adapt JDs from 900+ templates in the JD library.

STEP 2

AI screens both funnels

Coding interviews for engineers, scenario interviews for finance, English tests where needed.

STEP 3

Review in one portal

Recordings and calibrated scores for every role family, shortlists in 48 to 72 hours.

STEP 4

Hire at one flat fee

14% US, 7% India, tech and finance alike. Augmented teams run on Insight.

Which One Should You Pick?

Pick Experis for multi-country IT programs, Robert Half for senior US finance searches, and Hyring when both role families should share one flat fee.

Single-specialism needs go to the specialist: Experis for a twelve-country IT program, Robert Half for a confidential controller search. Mixed hiring, the common case at growing companies, deserves the one-vendor flat-fee quote before you sign two percentage agreements. One quarter's requisition list, briefed once, tells you everything.

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Adithyan RK is the Co-Founder and CEO of Hyring, an AI-native recruitment platform that has run over 900,000 AI interviews for companies ranging from early-stage startups to the Fortune 500. He has spent 18 years building technology businesses, starting with a digital consultancy in 2008 and a staff augmentation firm in 2017, before founding Hyring in 2022 to rebuild hiring around evidence instead of guesswork. Read more

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Surya N is the Co-Founder and CTO of Hyring, where he architected the AI interviewing engine that has now conducted over 900,000 interviews for companies ranging from early-stage startups to the Fortune 500. A mechanical engineer who moved into artificial intelligence, he spent 6 years building AI applications inside a technology consultancy before co-founding Hyring, and wrote the first version of its AI interviewer from scratch. Read more

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FAQs

Experis is ManpowerGroup's global IT talent brand, focused on IT resourcing and managed services across 75+ countries. Robert Half is a US-led professional staffing firm whose founding strength is finance and accounting, with technology served through the Robert Half Technology division.