EXHIBIT 10.7
 
                    TENTH AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
 
    This  Tenth Amendment to Employment Agreement is made and entered into as of
January 1, 1996, by and between Robert Half International Inc. (formerly  Boothe
Financial  Corporation), a  Delaware corporation, ("Corporation")  and Harold M.
Messmer, Jr. ("Officer").
 
    1.  The last sentence of Section 3.1 of the Employment Agreement dated as of
October 2, 1985, as  amended, between Corporation  and Officer (the  "Employment
Agreement") is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
 
        "Effective  as of January 1, 1996, the  Base Salary shall in no event be
        less than $387,122 per annum."
 
    2.  In all other respects,  the Employment Agreement is hereby ratified  and
confirmed.
 
    IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  parties  hereto  have  executed  this  agreement
effective as of the day and year first written above.
 
                                          ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL INC.
                                          By:        /S/ M. KEITH WADDELL
 
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                                                      M. Keith Waddell
                                                    Senior Vice President
 
                                                 /S/ HAROLD M. MESSMER, JR.
 
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                                                   Harold M. Messmer, Jr.