7/27/22, 2:38 PM APAC countries reveal growing use of contingent workforce | HRD Asia
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Companies across the Asia Pacic (APAC) are utilising the
contingent workforce, with some revealing in a new study that
they plan on expanding their usage. The contingent workforce
includes short-term and xed-term contractual employees,
freelancers, and independent contractors who are outsourced
to agencies.
The latest business survey report from PERSOLKELLY, an HR
solution company, revealed that 58% APAC companies are
gradually turning to the contingent workforce to overcome
headcount shortages.
In fact, nearly half or 46% of the employers surveyed in the
report said they hired a contingent workforce for up to 10% of
their stafng needs in the last year.
Their four main reasons for adopting a contingent workforce
include:
it offers exibility to workforce planning
it lls roles without disrupting operations
brings in specic skills on short-term/project basis (from
a few months to one to two years)
allows time for evaluation prior to hiring permanently
According to the report, the following areas that have adopted
the contingent workforce:
Indonesia (67%)
Hong Kong (66%)
Malaysia (64%)
Singapore (60%)
The sectors most in favour of using a contingent workforce
are IT/Hi-Tech, Healthcare/Pharmaceutical, FMCG,
Logistics/Supply Chain, Financial Institutions/Banking,
