People & Talent
General Recruitment Singapore
Mid-level to senior recruitment across 15 industry verticals, since 2002
Permanent hiring, from a first-job contributor through to senior management, run by consultants who work one set of industries rather than all of them. Fees are tiered against annual total remuneration and carry a replacement guarantee. Licensed by MOM under 02C4944 and delivered across five markets through nine locally-incorporated entities.
24+ years
of Singapore HR experience
EA 02C4944
Licensed General Recruitment Employment Agency since 2002
15 industries
Specialist sector coverage
5 markets
SG · MY · TH · VN · ID
How it works
1
Scope
Understand role, team, must-have skills, and the manager's actual decision criteria.
2
Source
Match against our active candidate network and 15-industry talent map.
3
Shortlist
Present qualified candidates with documented assessment and reference outline.
4
Place + guarantee
Offer support, onboarding handover, documented replacement guarantee period.
General Recruitment Singapore - built on 24+ years
General recruitment Singapore is about more than filling a vacancy. Every permanent hire - whether a sales executive, finance analyst, or operations manager - joins your team's rhythm and becomes part of how culture and capability compound over time. People Profilers has placed permanent talent for 24+ years, since our founding partnership in 2002, formalised through our licensed recruitment practice under MOM EA Licence 02C4944. That heritage means depth in candidate networks across 15 industries, structured shortlists matched to role and culture, and a documented replacement guarantee on every placement.
How our tiered placement fees work
One tiered placement fee, worked out as a percentage of the annual total remuneration of whoever you hire. Which tier applies, what the percentage is, and how long the matching replacement guarantee runs are all in the engagement letter before we approach a single candidate. Nothing about the commercial terms should be discovered later.
Tier 1 - Junior
- ✓Lower percentage of annual total remuneration
- ✓First-tier replacement guarantee period
- ✓Executive, Associate, and Analyst placements
- ✓Suitable for high-volume seasonal hiring
Tier 2 - Mid
- ✓Mid-band percentage of annual total remuneration
- ✓Second-tier replacement guarantee period
- ✓Manager, Senior Manager, and Team Lead placements
- ✓Our most common engagement tier across 15 industries
Tier 3 - Senior
- ✓Higher percentage of annual total remuneration
- ✓Third-tier replacement guarantee period (longest)
- ✓Director-level mandates within General Recruitment scope
- ✓Bridges to our Executive Search practice at C-suite level
Each tier carries a minimum fee and a single replacement guarantee. The guarantee takes effect once the original invoice is settled in full, applies once per placement, and does not extend to the replacement hire.
What makes general recruitment succeed
24+ years of permanent placement across fifteen industries has made three things reliably predictive of whether a search will land.
A clear role brief
A brief that says what the hiring manager will actually decide on. Which skills genuinely cannot be trained, what the team is like to work in, and what would make them choose one candidate over another. Job description boilerplate produces boilerplate shortlists.
Network depth
Relationships built over 24+ years across fifteen industries mean the first shortlist comes from people we already know rather than from whoever answers an advertisement this week. Most of the strongest candidates in any market are not reading job boards at all.
Replacement guarantee
A replacement period written into the engagement letter and set by the fee tier. If the person does not work out inside it, we run the replacement search without a further placement fee.
How we work
Mid-level to senior recruitment across 15 industry verticals, since 2002
Licensed General Recruitment Employment Agency since 2002 · Tiered placement fees · Scoped to the manager's actual decision criteria
Industries & Functions We Cover
Our consultants are organised by sector rather than spread across all of them, which is the difference between a shortlist assembled from keywords and one assembled from knowing who is worth calling. 24+ years of permanent placement into Singapore employers across these industries is what that rests on.
Aerospace & Aviation
Licensed aircraft engineers, avionics and component specialists, MRO planners and supply chain roles across Seletar Aerospace Park and Changi.
Automotive
Regional sales and aftersales leadership, parts and distribution specialists, and EV and mobility roles for distributors running Asia from here.
Banking & Financial Services
Relationship managers, compliance and AML officers, risk and quantitative analysts and operations specialists across MAS-regulated banks, asset managers and family offices.
Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical
Regulatory affairs, QA and validation, bioprocess specialists and market access roles across the Tuas Biomedical Park cluster.
Chemical
Process, plant and reliability engineers, HSE officers and technical sales across the Jurong Island petrochemical complex.
Construction & Civil Engineering
Project and site managers, structural and M&E engineers, quantity surveyors and safety officers on BCA-regulated projects.
FMCG & Retail
Regional brand and category managers, trade marketing, e-commerce and retail operations for companies running Asia from Singapore.
Healthcare
Clinical operations, nursing leadership, regulatory and medical affairs across the public clusters, private groups and device companies.
IT & Telecommunication
Software engineers, cloud and DevOps, product managers, cyber security and data specialists across one-north, Changi Business Park and the CBD.
Logistics & Transportation
Freight forwarding, customs and trade compliance, warehouse and supply chain planning roles around PSA, Changi Airfreight and Tuas Port.
Marine & Offshore Engineering
Naval architects, marine and subsea engineers, project managers and yard operations roles across the Tuas and Benoi yards.
Media & Publishing
Regional account management, content and performance marketing, design and communications roles for agencies and platforms based here.
Oil & Gas
Trading and commercial analysts, process and project engineers, HSE and terminal operations roles across the energy majors and traders.
Real Estate & Property
Investment and asset managers, leasing and property managers, facilities leads and development roles for REITs and developers.
Semiconductor
Process, equipment, test and yield engineers, packaging specialists and fab operations roles across Woodlands, Tampines and Pasir Ris.
Frequently asked questions
Who is People Profilers Pte. Ltd.?
People Profilers Pte. Ltd. is the General Recruitment arm of People Profilers, a Singapore-headquartered HR group founded in 2002. We hold MOM Employment Agency Licence 02C4944 and place permanent talent across 15 industries in Singapore, with regional capability across Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia.
What roles do you cover under general recruitment?
Permanent roles from junior contributor through to senior management, across the functions most employers here hire into: finance and accounting, sales and marketing, engineering and technical, operations and supply chain, technology, human resources, and customer-facing roles.
Director and C-suite appointments are a different discipline and go to our executive search practice, which works on a retained or success fee basis rather than a tiered placement fee.
How does your fee structure work?
A percentage of the successful candidate's annual total remuneration, banded by seniority, with a minimum fee applying at each tier. Nothing is payable unless someone is hired.
The band, the percentage and the replacement period that goes with it are set out in the engagement letter before any candidate is approached, so the fee is known at the point you decide to engage rather than at the point you receive an invoice.
What does your replacement guarantee cover?
If the person you hire leaves or does not work out within the replacement period for that fee tier, we run the search again without a further placement fee.
Two conditions attach to it. The original invoice has to have been settled in full, and the guarantee applies once per placement, so the replacement hire does not carry a fresh guarantee of its own. The exact period for your tier is in the engagement letter.
How long does a typical general recruitment search take?
For roles where the market is liquid, a first shortlist usually lands within one to two weeks, and the start date is then governed mostly by the candidate's notice period, which in Singapore is commonly one to three months.
Scarce skills and roles with a narrow candidate pool take longer, sometimes considerably. What slows searches most often, though, is not sourcing but interview scheduling on the client side, and we will say so when that is what is happening.
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