People & Talent
Contract Staffing Singapore
Function-transfer contract staffing for project-based and surge hiring
The contract worker is on our payroll and works to your instructions. CPF, SDL, self-help group and work injury compensation contributions, payroll, statutory leave and the compliance that goes with all of it sit with us, as does the risk if someone has to be replaced. The usual reasons to use it are a project ramp, a maternity cover, or a stretch of demand you do not want to hire permanently against.
24+ years
of Singapore HR experience
2,000+ companies
Trusted across SEA
15 industries
Specialist sector coverage
5 markets
SG · MY · TH · VN · ID
How it works
1
Brief
Define role scope, deployment duration, headcount, and skill requirements.
2
Source
Match candidates from our active contract talent pool across 15 industries.
3
Onboard
Handle employment contracts, statutory enrolment, briefing, and deployment logistics.
4
Manage
Day-to-day payroll, leave, claims, performance issues - handled by us. You manage the work.
Contract Staffing Singapore - built on 24+ years
Contract staffing Singapore is about more than supplying hands. Every contract worker - whether a warehouse supervisor for peak season, a finance temp covering parental leave, or an operations team for a six-month project - joins your workflow and reflects on your brand. People Profilers has deployed contract talent for 24+ years, operated through People Profilers (Services) Pte. Ltd. since our founding partnership in 2002. That heritage means a pre-screened candidate pool, transparent billing-rate commercials, and statutory administration handled end-to-end so your managers focus on output, not paperwork.
How our billing-rate model works
One billing rate, quoted monthly for longer deployments and hourly for short cover. It folds together the worker's salary, every statutory contribution owed on it, and our margin into a single line, set out in the engagement letter before anyone starts.
Monthly Billing Rate
- ✓Salary, statutory, and margin in one rate
- ✓Includes CPF, SDL, SHG, WIC contributions
- ✓Statutory leave provisions covered
- ✓Suitable for deployments three months and above
Hourly Billing Rate
- ✓For short-term, project-based, or peak-season deployments
- ✓Same statutory cost inclusions as monthly
- ✓Transparent hourly rate, no hidden costs
- ✓Suitable for deployments under three months
Conversion Option
- ✓Engage a deployed contractor as your direct employee
- ✓Conversion fee documented before deployment begins
- ✓Calculated on deployment duration completed
- ✓Standard market protection, agreed upfront
Statutory costs are covered inside the rate, and every deployment carries a minimum engagement period. If you take on a deployed contractor directly inside the introduction validity period, the conversion fee in your engagement letter applies.
What makes contract staffing succeed
24+ years of putting contract staff into Singapore workplaces has made three things clear about which engagements run smoothly.
Right-sized brief
A brief written for the contract, not lifted from a permanent job description. How long, what has to be delivered, and what a good three months looks like. Permanent specifications ask for career trajectory and produce shortlists that miss the point.
Statutory clarity
One rate with everything in it. CPF, SDL, self-help group contributions, work injury compensation, statutory leave and the MOM obligations are all inside the number you are quoted, and no separate statutory invoice arrives later.
Continuity options
Decide up front what happens at the end. Conversion to permanent, an extension, or cover if the person leaves: all three belong in the engagement letter on day one rather than being negotiated in the week they become urgent.
Engagement model
You direct the work day-to-day; we manage employment, benefits, and replacement risk.
Function-transfer contract staffing for project-based and surge hiring · Project ramps, maternity covers and surge capacity · Five Southeast Asian markets
Industries & Functions We Cover
Contract demand looks different from one sector to the next. A yard hiring against a docking window, a hospital covering a rostered absence, a bank staffing a remediation programme with an end date: the work, the screening and the urgency are not comparable. 24+ years of deploying into Singapore employers is what lets us shortlist against the situation rather than the job title.
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 (Services) Pte. Ltd.?
People Profilers (Services) Pte. Ltd. is the contract workforce arm of People Profilers, a Singapore-headquartered HR group founded in 2002. We act as the direct employer of contract personnel deployed at client sites across Singapore and the region.
What contract staffing roles do you cover?
Operations and administration, customer and technical support, finance and accounting support, logistics and warehouse, engineering and technical trades, healthcare administration, and project-based roles across most sectors.
Contract works best where the work has a shape and an end: a system migration, a seasonal peak, a named person's leave. Where the role is genuinely permanent and the contract is only a way of deferring the decision, we will usually say so.
How is your billing rate calculated?
It is the worker's salary plus every statutory contribution owed on it, plus our margin, expressed as one number. Nothing is added afterwards. What moves the rate is the seniority of the role, how scarce the skill is, and how long the deployment runs, and it is fixed in the engagement letter before deployment.
What's the Conversion Fee if we hire a contractor permanently?
If you take on a contractor as your own employee during the introduction validity period set in your engagement letter, a conversion fee applies. It exists because we carried the cost of finding and employing that person.
The fee reduces the longer the contractor has been deployed with you, and past the end of that period there is none. Converting a good contractor is a normal outcome rather than something to penalise, so the terms are written to make it straightforward.
How quickly can you deploy contract workers?
For operations, administrative and support roles where our pool is deep, candidates usually within days and a start inside a week or two, depending on notice.
Technical and licensed roles take longer, and anything requiring background screening or a work pass runs to that process rather than ours. We give a timeline against your actual role at briefing rather than quoting a figure that averages across all of them.
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