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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) of the
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 12, 2002

	Robert Half International Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	1-10427 (Commission File Number)	94-1648752 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
	2884 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 (Address of principal executive offices)
	(650) 234-6000 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
	NO CHANGE (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure

        On August 12, 2002, the Principal Executive Officer of Robert Half International Inc. and the Principal Financial Officer of Robert Half International Inc. each submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission the sworn statements required pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Order 4-460.

        Copies of these statements are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)

Exhibits

Exhibit	Description
99.1	Statement of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to SEC Order 4-460.
99.2	Statement of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to SEC Order 4-460.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Robert Half International Inc.
Date: August 12, 2002	By:	/s/  STEVEN KAREL
	Name:	Steven Karel
	Title:	Vice President

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Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

SIGNATURES

EX-99.1

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Exhibit 99.1

Statement under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and
Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

        I, Harold M. Messmer, Jr., state and attest that:

(1)    To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Robert Half International Inc., and except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

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no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and



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no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2)    I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee.

(3)    In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

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the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of Robert Half International Inc.



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all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Robert Half International Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and



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any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/  HAROLD M. MESSMER, JR. Harold M. Messmer, Jr.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
August 9, 2002

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Exhibit 99.1

EX-99.2

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Exhibit 99.2

Statement under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and
Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

        I, M. Keith Waddell, state and attest that:

(1)    To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Robert Half International Inc., and except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

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no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and



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no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2)    I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee.

(3)    In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

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the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of Robert Half International Inc.



•

all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Robert Half International Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and



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any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/  M. KEITH WADDELL M. Keith Waddell
Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
August 9, 2002

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Exhibit 99.2