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EXHIBIT 10.1

        Effective October 31, 2002, each of the Registrant's directors and
executive officers entered into a Power of Attorney and Indemnification
Agreement in the form attached hereto with the Registrant and M. Keith Waddell,
Steven Karel and Evelyn Crane-Oliver. Pursuant to Instruction 2 to Item 601 of
Regulation S-K, the individual agreements are not being filed.

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POWER OF ATTORNEY AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

        This Power of Attorney and Indemnification Agreement is entered into as
of            , 2002, by and among Robert Half International Inc. (the
"Company"),                        ("Reporting Person") and M. Keith Waddell,
Steven Karel, and Evelyn Crane-Oliver (each an "Attorney-in-Fact" and,
collectively, the "Attorneys-in-Fact").

        WHEREAS, the Company's Common Stock is listed for trading on the New
York Stock Exchange, and the Company is subject to the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act").

        WHEREAS, Reporting Person serves as a director or executive officer of
the Company.

        WHEREAS, Section 16 of the 1934 Act ("Section 16") and the rules and
regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder require Reporting Person to file
reports with respect to changes in Reporting Person's ownership of the Company's
securities, including, but not limited to reports on Form 4.

        WHEREAS, a report on Form 4 is required to be filed by Reporting Person
within two days of certain changes in Reporting Person's ownership of the
Company's securities.

        WHEREAS, it will, on occasion, be difficult for Reporting Person to
prepare and file the Form 4 within the required two day filing period.

        WHEREAS, the Company and Reporting Person would each suffer detriment if
Reporting Person were to not file a Section 16 report on time.

        WHEREAS, each of the Attorneys-in-Fact serves as an officer or employee
of the Company.

        WHEREAS, the rules and regulations of the SEC permit Reporting Person to
grant a power of attorney to one or more individuals with respect to the
execution of reports required by Section 16.

        WHEREAS, the Company and Reporting Person deem it advisable and in their
respective best interests for arrangements to be made whereby each of the
Attorneys-in-Fact would be granted a power of attorney to execute and file
Section 16 reports on behalf of Reporting Person

        WHEREAS, each of the Attorneys-in-Fact is willing to accept such
appointment on the terms and conditions stated herein.

        NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.    Reporting Person hereby constitutes and appoints each of the
Attorneys-in-Fact as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, to have full power to
act in Reporting Person's name, place and stead and on his behalf to do and
execute all or any of the following acts, deeds and things:

a.    To execute and file for and on behalf of Reporting Person reports or other
filings under Section 16 and the rules thereunder with respect to securities of
the Company, including without limitation, Forms 3, 4 and 5, including any
amendments, corrections, supplements or other changes thereto.

b.    To do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of Reporting Person
which such Attorney-in-Fact (in his sole discretion) determines may be necessary
or desirable to complete and execute any such reports or other filings and
timely file same with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority.

c.    To take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the sole opinion of such Attorney-in-Fact, may be of benefit
to, in the interest of, or legally required by Reporting Person, it being
understood that the documents executed by such Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of
Reporting Person pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such Attorney-in-Fact may approve in
such Attorney-in-Fact's discretion.

2.    Reporting Person hereby grants to each Attorney-in-Fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done (in such Attorney-in-Fact's sole discretion) in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all

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intents and purposes as Reporting Person might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that the Attorneys-in-Fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
Reporting Person acknowledges that the Attorneys-in-Fact, in serving in such
capacity at his request, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of
his responsibilities to comply with Section 16 and the rules thereunder.

3.    Each Attorney-in-Fact shall have no liability or obligation to the Company
or Reporting Person with respect to the powers granted herein except for and to
the extent of such Attorney-in-Fact's intentional misconduct. In no event shall
any Attorney-in-Fact be liable for incidental, indirect, special, consequential
or punitive damages.

4.    Reporting Person and the Company, jointly and severally, hereby agree to
protect, defend, indemnify and hold harmless each such Attorney-in-Fact (and his
respective heirs, executors, legal representatives, successors and assigns) from
and against the entirety of any and all losses, claims, causes of action,
damages, penalties, fines, costs, amounts paid in settlement, liabilities and
expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, (collectively,
"Losses") relating to or arising out of the exercise of this power of attorney
by such Attorney-in-Fact, and will reimburse each Attorney-in-Fact and any other
party entitled to indemnification hereunder for all Losses as they are incurred
by such Attorney-in-Fact or such other indemnified party in connection with any
pending or threatened claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation with
which the Attorney-in-Fact or such other indemnified party is or is threatened
to be made a party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Reporting Person and the
Company shall have no obligations to an Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to the
foregoing sentence if there has been a final determination by a court of
competent jurisdiction that the Losses have resulted solely from the intentional
misconduct of such Attorney-in-Fact.

4.    The powers granted pursuant to Section 1 and 2 hereof ("Power of
Attorney") shall remain in full force and effect with respect to each
Attorney-in-Fact until the earliest to occur of (a) revocation in writing by
Reporting Person, (b) resignation in writing by such Attorney-In-Fact,
(c) Reporting Person being no longer subject to Section 16 with respect to the
Company's securities and (d) such Attorney-in-Fact ceasing to be an employee of
the Company. Notwithstanding the termination of the Power of Attorney with
respect to one or more Attorneys-in-Fact, the Power of Attorney shall remain in
full force and effect with respect to the remaining Attorneys-in-Fact.

5.    The covenants and obligations contained in Sections 3 and 4 hereof shall
remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any termination of this
agreement or the Power of Attorney.

6.    The provisions of this agreement shall be deemed severable, and the
invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof; provided that if any
provision of this agreement is adjudged by any governmental body, arbitrator or
mediator not to be enforceable in accordance with its terms, then such
governmental body, arbitrator or mediator shall have the power to modify the
provision in a manner consistent with the objectives of this agreement such that
it is enforceable, and/or to delete specific words or phrases, and it its
reduced form, such provision shall be enforceable and shall be enforced, but in
any case, only to the extent required to make such provision enforceable.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Power of
Attorney and Indemnification Agreement as of the date first written above.

    Robert Half International Inc.
 
 
By
 

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Harold M. Messmer, Jr.
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
    

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[Reporting Person]
 
 
 
 
    

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M. Keith Waddell
 
 
 
 
    

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Steven Karel
 
 
 
 
    

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Evelyn Crane-Oliver

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POWER OF ATTORNEY AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT