Temporary & Contract Recruitment

What is Temporary & Contract recruitment

Temporary and Contract recruitment can help organizations in various ways, from increasing productivity, to managing workload, and even assessing staff candidates for full-time positions.

Temporary recruitment involves hiring individuals for a short-term period to fill gaps in a company's workforce due to factors like seasonal fluctuations, employee absences, or unexpected workload surges.

Contract recruitment involves hiring individuals for a specific project or task with a defined scope and duration. These employees are typically hired on a contractual basis and possess specialized skills required for the project.

While both Temporary and Contract recruitment hire employees for a limited period, there are a few key differences:

	Temporary	Contract
Duration	Temporary recruitment durations are generally used to replace short-term workforce gaps caused by seasonal variations, staff absences, or unanticipated demand surges.	Contract recruiting is commonly used to hire people with specialized skills or knowledge for a specific project or initiative.
Contract	Temporary recruitment contracts tend to be simpler with fewer terms and conditions.	Contract recruiting normally includes a more comprehensive contract outlining the scope of work, duration, and terms and conditions.
Purpose	Temporary recruitment durations are frequently used to fill short-term gaps in the workforce. For example: Seasonal Fluctuations: When businesses experience significant seasonal variations in demand (e.g., retail during holidays, tourism during peak seasons). Unexpected Events: To address unforeseen circumstances like natural disasters, economic downturns, or sudden increases in customer orders. Employee Absences: To fill gaps caused by extended employee absences due to illness, maternity leave, or other reasons. Peak Workloads: To handle unusually high workloads during product launches or major events.	Contract recruitment is typically used to hire individuals with specialized skills or expertise.For example: Project-Based Work: For temporary projects or initiatives that require specialized skills. Short-Term Needs: When a company needs to fulfill a specific task within a limited timeframe.

Temporary

Contract

Duration

Temporary recruitment durations are generally used to replace short-term workforce gaps caused by seasonal variations, staff absences, or unanticipated demand surges.

Contract recruiting is commonly used to hire people with specialized skills or knowledge for a specific project or initiative.

Contract

Temporary recruitment contracts tend to be simpler with fewer terms and conditions.

Contract recruiting normally includes a more comprehensive contract outlining the scope of work, duration, and terms and conditions.

Purpose

Temporary recruitment durations are frequently used to fill short-term gaps in the workforce. For example:

Seasonal Fluctuations: When businesses experience significant seasonal variations in demand (e.g., retail during holidays, tourism during peak seasons).
Unexpected Events: To address unforeseen circumstances like natural disasters, economic downturns, or sudden increases in customer orders.
Employee Absences: To fill gaps caused by extended employee absences due to illness, maternity leave, or other reasons.
Peak Workloads: To handle unusually high workloads during product launches or major events.

Contract recruitment is typically used to hire individuals with specialized skills or expertise.For example:

Project-Based Work: For temporary projects or initiatives that require specialized skills.
Short-Term Needs: When a company needs to fulfill a specific task within a limited timeframe.

Both Temporary and Contract recruitment offer benefits such as flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and access to specialized skills. However, it's important to consider factors like duration of employment, employment rights, and contract terms when deciding between the two.

What do you want from your contract and temporary staff?

Someone with the credentials to undertake the project and the ability to get on with it immediately. Someone who will fit into your team and have a flexible attitude.

Staffing needs are not always of a permanent nature as business can face contingent staff requirements such as replacements for employees on maternity and/or sick leave, peak workloads and a special project requiring a specific skill set for a limited time.

For over 75 years, Manpower has recruited high quality temporary and contract employees for our clients. Our national office network allows us to match candidates to clients and clients to candidates. We have a proven track record in delivering total recruitment solutions in Singapore. Our starting point is understanding your business and matching our people to your business needs. Through our validated methodology and process we are able to supply the skilled and quality people to suit our client's needs.