Research report 2025: ‘Independent Workforce on the Rise: How a Maturing Talent Economy is Reshaping Business Success in Singapore’

It’s been a long time in the making – presenting the first research study on Singapore’s freelance economy: ‘Independent Workforce on the Rise: How a Maturing Talent Economy is Reshaping Business Success in Singapore’.

Key takeaways:
👉Independent workers in Singapore are, on average, more experienced than their global counterparts
👉Organisations work with independent talents due to speed to hiring and specialised expertise
👉Organisations are hiring independent talents on a longer term basis and in senior positions
👉Talent sentiment towards independent work is very positive, with long term commitment towards this mode of work
👉Independent workers are generating comparable income to their full-time employed counterparts
👉Younger companies are the biggest adopters of the independent work model
👉The most successful independent workers treat themselves as a business instead of an individual
👉The biggest hurdles in hiring independents are still related to process, bureaucracy and inertia to change

Big thanks to our Partner at Int labs, ConnectOne, Human Cloud for an amazing collaboration!

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