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Professional Staffing Permanent Placement Count

measures the number of candidates successfully placed into permanent roles, separating hiring demand from changes in the fee earned per placement.

By Lee BaileyPublished Sep 28, 2026

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Research date: Sep 28, 2026Use the dated article and cited sources for the definition, examples, and stated limitations.
Operating-model context: 10 connected conceptsPart of the reviewed Professional Staffing & Talent Solutions Economics; issuer definitions remain distinct where disclosed.
Company examples: 2 reviewed companiesRelationships reflect supported examples, not a normalized cross-company KPI ranking.

Count is the volume leg of permanent recruiting
Fewer placements can still produce revenue growth
Part of the Professional Staffing & Talent Solutions Economics
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Professional staffing permanent placement count is the number of candidates successfully placed into permanent roles during a period.

Kforce completed 309 placements in the second quarter of 2026, up from 269 a year earlier. Robert Half said its placement count declined 2.6% year over year in the same quarter.

Count is the volume leg of permanent recruiting

Permanent-placement revenue is primarily driven by the number of placements and the fee earned on each successful hire.

That makes placement count analogous to billable hours in contract staffing: it is the activity measure that should be separated from price.

Fewer placements can still produce revenue growth

Robert Half's second-quarter permanent-placement revenue increased despite lower placement volume because its average placement fee rose 5.5%.

The count therefore gives investors a cleaner read on hiring demand than permanent placement revenue alone.

Primary sources: Kforce second-quarter 2026 results and Robert Half second-quarter 2026 Form 10-Q.

Part of the Professional Staffing & Talent Solutions Economics

Connect contract staffing volume, billing rates, calendar normalization, worker-pay spreads, gross margin, and permanent-placement count and fee economics.

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Where this concept fits

Permanent placement and contract-to-hire economicsCurrent relationship
Permanent-placement revenue is driven by successful placement count and average fee, while conversion revenue captures a separate contract-to-hire path that can contribute high-margin fee revenue without adding contract hours.
Average Placement Fee Staffing Conversion RevenuePermanent Placement CountCurrent conceptPermanent Placement Revenue
Contract staffing volume, rate, and calendar
Billable hours measure delivered labor volume, average bill rate captures pricing and assignment mix, billing-day adjustment normalizes the calendar, and the volume-rate bridge explains how those pieces combine into contract revenue growth.
Staffing Average Bill Rate Staffing Billable Hours Staffing Billing-Day Adjustment Staffing Volume-Rate Bridge
Contract staffing spread and gross margin
The pay-bill spread captures the gap between customer billing and worker pay, while contract gross margin incorporates payroll taxes, benefits, reimbursable expenses, conversion revenue, and other direct-cost effects around that spread.
Staffing Contract Gross Margin Staffing Pay-Bill Spread

Staffing Average Bill Rate
Average Placement Fee
Staffing Billable Hours
Staffing Billing-Day Adjustment
Staffing Contract Gross Margin
Staffing Conversion Revenue
Staffing Pay-Bill Spread
Permanent Placement CountCurrent concept
Permanent Placement Revenue
Staffing Volume-Rate Bridge

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KFRCOpen operating-model research →10 of 10 reviewed concepts in Professional Staffing & Talent Solutions EconomicsPermanent placement and contract-to-hire economics4 of 4 bridge concepts supportedContinue through this bridge:Average Placement Fee Permanent Placement Revenue Staffing Conversion Revenue
RHIOpen operating-model research →10 of 10 reviewed concepts in Professional Staffing & Talent Solutions EconomicsPermanent placement and contract-to-hire economics4 of 4 bridge concepts supportedContinue through this bridge:Average Placement Fee Permanent Placement Revenue Staffing Conversion Revenue

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Compare successful candidate placements separately from changes in average fees and role mix.

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