Human Resources Online, Southeast Asia Q4 - Special Edition 'Vendors of The Year Singapore 2024'
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EDITOR’S NOTE
HONOURING HR’S VALUABLE PARTNERS
Dear Reader,
We are excited to bring to you the 2024 special edition of our annual HR Vendors of the Year e-magazine!
This year has whizzed by – and as we reflect on all the conversations we’ve had in the region, it’s become clear that the role of HR has evolved, and with it, the solutions supporting HR leaders. Today’s workplaces demand adaptability, innovation, and a focus on creating environments where people feel engaged and empowered.
Behind these strides is a network of dedicated vendors who are hard at work taking the load off HR’s shoulders. And that’s why our annual HR Vendors of the Year listing is back to recognise their efforts. In its 19 th year, this prestigious platform continues to honour HR partners and solution providers in the region, by showcasing their contributions, innovations, and ideas to the HR support ecosystem.
In the pages ahead, you’ll find the best-in-class solution providers, as assessed by our regional jury members, covering everything from recruitment to wellness, and leadership development to culture-building. So, whatever the solutions you’re looking for, this is your go-to guide. As you browse the pages, go ahead and mark your favourites, and reach out – because every success story needs the right partners.
We at HRO would like to share our deepest gratitude to our jury members who have judged every entry with meticulousness and dedication, and devoted time and care to sharing their inputs. Please meet them on page 5.
With a new year fast approaching, we’re making a conscious effort to set aside time to reflect, relax, and get refreshed for a future of growth and opportunities – and we hope you do too!
Here’s wishing you the best – may 2025 be one of your most productive and happiest years!
We thank you for all your support, and we look forward to serving the HR community across Asia with the most cutting-edge and compelling content in the year to come.
Enjoy the read.
Aditi Sharma Kalra Editor-in-Chief
METHODOLOGY RAISING A GLASS TO SINGAPORE’S TOP HR SOLUTION PROVIDERS
Nineteen years of spotlighting HR’s best! With 18 expert jurors in 2024, and 33 award categories, discover how the HR Vendors of the Year awards have evolved into a powerhouse celebration of excellence.
Singapore’s digital transformation is reshaping the business landscape, with organisations rapidly adopting AI, automation, and data analytics. As HR leaders work to integrate these technologies to enhance employee engagement, skills development, and recruitment, the demand for expert HR solution providers has surged.
These partners are now essential in helping HR navigate complex challenges, from aligning talent strategies with business goals to driving workforce innovation.
The HR Vendors of the Year continues to be a highly respected annual ranking, recognising the leading HR solution providers in Asia. With a consistently rigorous judging criteria, the list highlights vendors that are not only innovative, but deliver real value for organisations investing in the future of HR.
THREE NEW CATEGORIES
This 19 th edition of the research sees winners and finalists ranked across 33 award categories, carefully designed to identify the vendors that have delivered excellence in serving the HR community. We heard you, and based on your feedback the past year, we have, introduced three new categories:
• Best Remote Work Solutions Provider, which honours solution providers that stand out in delivering comprehensive and high-impact remote work solutions, with a particular focus on fostering seamless collaboration and virtual work for corporates.
• Best Employee Feedback and Recognition Platform, which recognises vendors offering platforms that facilitate real-
time employee feedback and recognition within corporate environments.
• Best Gig Workforce Management Platform, which awards HR vendors offering specialised platforms for effective gig workforce management.
A DILIGENT SEARCH FOR THE BEST OF THE BEST
Keeping in mind the range of categories finalised this year, we continued to keep our vendor judging process truly robust and effective. The HR Vendors of the Year 2024 awards were based on a twotier selection process.
For the first step, Human Resources Online conducted an online survey to gather a list of category front-runners. Each of these contenders then provided us with a submission form, detailing their prowess in terms of the 4Ps – performance, product, people, and perspective.
For the next step, an esteemed jury of 18 senior heads of HR evaluated and scored the finalists’ profiles based on a comprehensive set of judging criteria. These criteria encompassed key facts, milestones, achievements, challenges, and solutions, allowing judges to assess each entry based on evidence and experience.
The industry practitioners making up the jury bring a depth of experience to the process, and represent some of the most respected employers in Asia.
After the rounds of judging, scores obtained from the judges led us to identifying gold, silver, and bronze winners across a majority of the categories, along with a list of finalists.
The hugely coveted awards, with gold, silver, and bronze trophies to be taken home, were then handed out at a gala dinner in November.
JURY FOR HR VENDORS OF THE YEAR 2024, SINGAPORE
NAME DESIGNATION
Ruchika Pal Verma
Group Head – HR
Jocelyn Chan HR Director
Oi Sin Chok Director, Group Human Resources
Yah Leng Goe Head of Human Capital
Tommy Loy Head of People and Capability
Ying Hui Tan Head of People Development and Learning
Jack Ang Head of People
Stanley Tok GM HR / Agile Transformation
Cher Whee Sim Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition and Talent Mobility
Vinita Menon Senior Director, Human Resources, Southeast Asia
Luigi Bellopede VP HR & Organisation APAC
Jolene Huang Chief Talent Officer Singapore & Southeast Asia
COMPANY
Apollo Tyres
Aspial
Carro
F&N Foods
Kmart & Target Australia
Sourcing Asia
L’Oréal
Lucence
M1
Micron Technology
Otis Southeast Asia & Singapore
Prysmian
Publicis Groupe
Angelina Chua Head of People & Culture, Asia Pacific South SIG Group
Celine Tan Head of People Experience, Southeast Asia
Ilja Rijnen Senior Director, Global Learning & Leadership
Jocelyne Loh Chief People Officer
Jennifer Yuan HRBP Vice President
Willis Phua Vice President, HR Business Partner
Sime Darby Motors Singapore
Suntory Global Spirits
Trust Bank
UPS Asia Pacific Region
Varian
BEST CORPORATE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
Companies in this category offer the most comprehensive, high-quality healthcare solutions for corporate clients. Judges sought providers that supplied a wide range of healthcare services, including preventive care, wellness programmes, and access to medical professionals; and evaluated the quality of care provided.
AIA SINGAPORE
AIA Singapore is a wholly owned subsidiary of the AIA Group, which was established in Shanghai in 1919. AIA Singapore has been serving generations of Singaporeans for more than 90 years. Its brand purpose to help people live ‘healthier, longer, better lives’ is at the heart of everything the team does. This mantra guides the decisions it makes and the actions it takes –empowering and enabling people to understand and manage their health, while meeting their long-term savings and protection needs.
APRIL INTERNATIONAL
APRIL’s group health insurance is designed to meet the needs of employers and employees. The company provides premier health benefits and international assistance services for clients' teams in a choice of flexible packages. Clients can design a unique health plan with its module-driven MyHEALTH Business, or for larger groups, a fully bespoke scheme chosen from YourHEALTH Benefits’ menu. APRIL's medical experts and worldwide resources offer a seamless service, dedicated case management, and sustainable premiums.
SAFE SPACE
Safe Space is a trusted B2B2C digital mental health ecosystem partner serving clients in APAC, EMEA, and ANZ. It strengthens mental resilience by providing fast and affordable access to quality mental health therapy care, preventive education, and a tailored EAP programme that is hyperlocal and scalable globally. Its mission is to empower workplaces with comprehensive tools and resources that promote a culture of mental wellbeing, ensuring that employees thrive both professionally and personally.
Website: https://aia.com.sg/
Email: Dawn-MY.Teo@aia.com
Website: https://www.april-international.com/
Email: contact.sg@april.com
Website: https://getsafespace.com/
Email: contact@safespace.sg
CIGNA HEALTHCARE SINGAPORE
Cigna Healthcare is a division of The Cigna Group, a global health company committed to creating a better future built on the health and vitality of every individual and every community. It is a health benefits provider that advocates for better health through every stage of life. The team guides its customers through the healthcare system, empowering them with the information and insights they need to make the best choices for improving their health and vitality.
Website: https://www.cigna.com.sg
Email: daria.schoina@cigna.com
Helping people and businesses thrive
At Mercer, we believe in building brighter futures. For over 75 years, we’ve provided trusted advice and solutions to build healthier, more sustainable futures for our clients, colleagues and communities. Today, we work with clients in 130 markets worldwide.
Welcome to a world where economics and empathy help people and businesses thrive.
Careers
Together, we enable your people to be the best versions of themselves: refining total rewards strategies, re-imagining work, transforming skills, reforming work cultures to future-proof your firm’s HR function to deliver sustained success.
Health
Mercer Marsh Benefits simplifies benefits management. Our data and analytics tools provide a clear view of your program and costs, helping you develop efficient and effective well-being strategies that enhance employee health and engagement.
Wealth
Our tailored investment solutions help you capture opportunities and manage risks. Our services encompass OCIO solutions, strategic research and a focus on sustainable investments, all aimed at helping you achieve your financial goals.
Visit us at mercer.com
AIA’S COMMITMENT TO HELPING YOU LIVE HEALTHIER, LONGER, BETTER LIVES
AIA Singapore stands by our promise to serve and protect the Singapore workforce.
Placing our customers at the heart of everything we do, we want to create a positive impact to your lives by being a trusted partner, journeying with you through your good or challenging times. By leveraging on technology and our ecosystem of partners, we are committed to providing a joyous experience for you and your employees.
At AIA, we are continually innovating, continually investing, to fulfill our purpose to help you and your employees live Healthier, Longer, Better lives.
One of the most comprehensive wellness programmes for individual and corporate customers. It motivates members with weekly rewards and exclusive partner benefits including insurance premium discounts on selected AIA plans.
Strengthening and cultivating mental resilience and well-being of your workforce through proven mindset programmes grounded in neuroscience and research.
Southeast Asia's leading omnichannel healthcare firm providing on-demand General Practitioner (GP), Specialist (SP), Mental Wellness (Psychology & Psychiatry), and allied care services including Think Well (a one-stop personalised mental wellness solution).
Empower your workforce with Tribe Flex Solutions. Tailored to every generation's needs, our employee benefits drive engagement and growth across your organisation.
We are truly honoured to be voted as the Best Employee Insurance Provider (Gold) in Singapore for the past 18 consecutive years. This serves as a testament of our commitment to stand by the human resource community as your preferred employee benefits partner.
Partner us in protecting and enabling your employees to lead better lives for a better workplace. Contact us at sg.eb.customer@aia.com to find out how we are turning this vision into reality.
BEST CORPORATE WELLNESS PROVIDERS
This category recognises solution providers that excel in promoting physical and mental wellness among employees of corporate clients. Judges evaluated their approach to wellness, including their use of technology and data to track employee health metrics and their ability to provide personalised wellness plans. They also looked at the range of wellness services offered and the vendors' track record of success in improving employee health and wellbeing.
Mercer believes in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and wellbeing in the over 130 countries it operates in. Its solution, Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB), combines HR consulting, people risk advisory, and disruptive benefits technology. MMB brings local expertise to many places, working side-by-side with its clients, and colleagues around the world. Mercer is a business of Marsh McLennan, a leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy, and people.
AIA SINGAPORE
AIA Singapore is a wholly owned subsidiary of the AIA Group. As a leading insurer in Singapore, AIA Singapore has been serving generations of Singaporeans for more than 90 years. Its brand purpose to help people live ‘healthier, longer, better lives’ is at the heart of everything the team does, and this mantra guides the decisions it makes and the actions it takes as an organisation. The team understands what matters most – being financially prepared for every stage in life and having good health to enjoy life with your loved ones.
Website: https://www.mercer.com.sg
Email: huijuan.quek@mmc.com
Website: https://aia.com.sg/
Email: Dawn-MY.Teo@aia.com
Intellect is a mental health benefits company founded in Asia, with the mission to redefine speed-to-access and the quality of mental health solutions worldwide. Accessible through various platforms, the services are designed for every employee, wherever they are on the mental health spectrum – from self-paced CBT programmes to behavioural coaching sessions, counselling services, and more. Intellect serves small businesses, Fortune 500 companies, life and health insurance providers, educational institutions, not-for-profit communities, and government offices.
Website: https://www.intellect.co
Email: team@intellect.co
CIGNA HEALTHCARE SINGAPORE
Cigna Healthcare Singapore is a division of The Cigna Group, a global health company committed to creating a better future built on the health and vitality of every individual and every community. It advocates for better health through every stage of life, guiding customers through the healthcare system and equipping them with the information and insights they need to make the best choices for improving their health and vitality. It prides itself on delivering personalised healthcare solutions, and works closely with clients, partners, and medical providers to understand and address the diverse needs of every community.
ZESTY KICKZ
Founded in 2010, Zesty Kickz is a Singapore-based fitness and wellness academy that aims to enhance employee health and wellbeing through its wellness programmes. By addressing physical, mental, and emotional health, this team helps companies reduce healthcare costs, improve recruitment and retention, and foster a positive workplace culture. Initially focused on Muay Thai and personal training, Zesty Kickz has expanded its offerings to include a variety of fitness programmes such as self-defence, Zumba, yoga, Pilates, and more. The academy emphasises a holistic approach to fitness, integrating physical training with mental wellbeing.
Website: https://www.cigna.com.sg
Email: daria.schoina@cigna.com
Website: https://www.zestykickz.com
Email: info@zestykickz.com
BEST EMPLOYEE INSURANCE PROVIDERS
This category recognises solution providers that offer the best employee insurance products and services to corporate clients. Judges evaluated the quality and comprehensiveness of the insurance products offered, each vendor’s ability to tailor solutions to meet clients’ unique needs, and their track record of success in delivering cost-effective insurance solutions and providing an exceptional customer service.
AIA SINGAPORE
AIA Singapore is a wholly owned subsidiary of the AIA Group, founded in Shanghai in 1919. Today, the AIA Group has a presence in 18 markets, including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. A leading insurer in Singapore, its brand purpose to help people live ‘healthier, longer, better lives’ is at the heart of everything this winner does. This mantra guides its decisions and actions as an organisation – enabling people to understand and manage their health, while meeting their long-term savings and protection needs.
Prudential Assurance Company Singapore, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of UK-based Prudential plc, is one of Singapore’s leading life insurance companies. As a market leader in protection, savings, and investment-linked plans, Prudential has been serving the financial needs of Singapore for 93 years, delivering product offerings and professional advisory through its network of financial consultants and its bank partners. The team’s large corporate and small and medium-sized enterprise clients benefit from its specialised enterprise business solutions.
Website: https://aia.com.sg/
Email: Dawn-MY.Teo@aia.com
Website: https://www.prudential.com.sg
Email: lyndie.tang@prudential.com.sg
Cigna Healthcare Singapore is a division of The Cigna Group, a global health company committed to creating a better future built on the health and vitality of every individual and every community. It advocates for better health through every stage of life, guiding customers through the healthcare system and equipping them with the information and insights they need to make the best choices for improving their health and vitality. It prides itself on delivering personalised healthcare solutions, and works closely with clients, partners, and medical providers to understand and address the diverse needs of every community.
Website: https://www.cigna.com.sg
Email: daria.schoina@cigna.com
HOWDEN INSURANCE BROKERS
Howden comprises a group of talented insurance experts who believe in having the freedom and support to deliver for their clients. The company is one of the world’s largest independent insurance brokers with employee ownership at its heart. Its people are its biggest asset and its largest shareholder group, and everything that makes this organisation unique – its culture, the quality service it offers its clients, and its continued growth – all come from this employee-ownership model. In Singapore, Howden is a leading broker that excels in employee benefits (EB) insurance.
PACIFIC PRIME-CXA
The team at Pacific Prime-CXA transcends the role of a conventional international health insurance and employee benefits broker. It is strategically committed to maximising the complete potential of its corporate clients' most valuable resources – their personnel. With nearly 25 years of experience in the industry and 12 offices globally, it offers regional and global support. This is apparent from the considerable number of corporate clients it possesses and the robust alliances it has established with insurers throughout the years, with a mission to provide efficient and customised services.
Website: https://www.howdengroup.com/sg-en
Email: enquiries-howsg@howdengroup.com
Website: https://www.pacificprime.sg/
Email: corporate@pacificprime.com
BEST EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRMS
This category recognises solution providers that excel in their executive search services for corporate clients. Judges evaluated these winners’ abilities to identify and recruit top talent for executive positions, as well as their track record of success in placing candidates in high-level roles. They also looked at their industry expertise and their ability to provide customised search solutions for each client.
ALLIED SEARCH
ALLIED SEARCH believes that every role and position within a business function is important –from an assistant to management personnel. The company provides services at the intersection of people and networks to deliver value to its clients in this challenging landscape of talent acquisition, within a stipulated time frame. It strongly believes in equipping its recruiters with the right skill sets, and for them to stay abreast of the latest updates in the industry and job roles so they can deliver suitable, high-potential candidates to their clients.
Website: https://www.alliedsearch.com.sg/
Email: enquiry@alliedsearch.com.sg
JC Consulting is an executive search firm headquartered in Singapore with three branch offices in Shanghai, Beijing, and Chengdu. Its team is driven by a mission to empower people and enable businesses by identifying and delivering accurate human capital. It provides tailored HR and business solutions that leverage its extensive global talent network, deep knowledge about APAC markets, and understanding of its clients. Its services include mid to senior-level executive search and recruitment across global markets and industries, with a key focus on the APAC region.
Established in 2003, TransFingo Group of Companies is a consulting & outsourcing company dedicated to helping businesses of all sizes navigate industry transitions and maintain competitiveness. Its focus on outsourcing noncore activities enables companies to reallocate resources toward their core competencies, ensuring sustained success in dynamic markets. From business process transformation to risk management, the team possesses the insight and acumen needed to drive meaningful change and deliver tangible results.
Website: https://www.jcconsulting.sg/
Email: shuyun.tan@jcconsulting.sg
Website: https://transfingo.com/
Email: leesum.tian@transfingo.com
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BEST HR MANAGEMENT CONSULTING FIRMS
This category recognises solution providers that offer exceptional consulting services for human resource management. Judges evaluated each vendor's ability to provide strategic guidance and innovative solutions for clients across a range of HR issues, including workforce planning, talent management, and employee engagement. They also looked at the consultancy's track record of success in delivering measurable results for clients.
MERCER SINGAPORE
Present in more than 130 markets, Mercer believes in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and wellbeing. Its portfolio of solutions and products spans the themes of health, wealth, and careers, and the team believes it is strategically positioned to address its clients’ needs in a holistic way. Mercer is a business of Marsh McLennan, a leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy, and people.
SHL is a global market leader in talent insights. It seeks to transform businesses by leveraging the power of people, science, and technology. Its talent solutions apply across the employee life cycle. SHL equips organisational leaders, people managers, and HR professionals with people insights at an organisation, team, as well as individual level, accelerating growth and decision making, enabling talent mobility, and inspiring an inclusive culture with gamechanging agility that allows organisations to stand out amidst the competitive business landscape and talent marketplace.
VISI INTERGROUP
VISI Intergroup is steadfastly dedicated to revolutionising the recruitment landscape by connecting exceptional talent with forward-thinking organisations. Guided by the principle that talent is the cornerstone of success for any business, its suite of recruitment solutions is tailored to meet the evolving needs of both employers and jobseekers. What sets the team apart is its unwavering focus on fostering meaningful connections. By understanding the unique aspirations, skills, and culture fit of each candidate and organisation, the team aims to create synergistic relationships that transcend mere job placements.
Website: https://www.mercer.com.sg
Email: huijuan.quek@mmc.com
Website: https://www.shl.com/
Email: LearnMore@shl.com
Website: https://visigrp.com/
Email: admin@visigrp.com
SHL
BEST HR OUTSOURCING PARTNERS
Winners in this category have been lauded for providing top outsourcing solutions for human resource management. They have demonstrated an ability to manage HR processes and functions for clients, including recruitment, payroll, and benefits administration; as well as showcased a track record of success in delivering costeffective outsourcing solutions and providing exceptional customer service.
Acknowledged as a leading HR consulting firm, and based in Vietnam, Talentnet has also planted its flag in Singapore, providing total HR solutions and services, including HR outsourcing, payroll, executive search & selection, HR consulting, the Talentnet-Mercer Salary Survey, and corporate services. With nearly two decades of experience in the local labour market, enhanced by international methodologies from its global partners, Talentnet offers tailored approaches that can fit various business goals and requirements. This team is on a mission to make a difference to the lives of every employee and business.
Links International is recognised as one of Asia’s leading HR service providers, specialised in delivering 100% in-country payroll services and tech. As a one-stop for HR services, Links’ solutions include payroll outsourcing, visa application, PEO/EOR secondment, recruitment, employee assistance programmes, and outplacement services. Newly updated features on Links One, its proprietary payroll platform, include the launch of Links Infinite for infinite testing and fraud detection, Workforce Asia for time & roster management, and the Links One Marketplace.
Cornerstone Global Partners (CGP Group) is an Asia-centric recruitment solutions firm with a global reach through various offices worldwide (China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, New Zealand, the Middle East, and the US) and a network presence in 40 other markets. This organisation provides a range of HR services through its industry-specialised recruiting team. Its team of specialists is committed to helping clients find suitable talent as well as connecting its candidates with the right opportunities across several sectors and functions.
This category recognises providers who excel in designing and delivering effective training programmes to develop the skills of managers. They have demonstrated the impact of their training programmes on clients' business results, as well as their ability to tailor training to meet the specific needs of their clients.
SCOTWORK ASIA
Scotwork has been leading leadership development for almost three decades in Singapore and Southeast Asia, and for almost five decades globally. This winner understands the need for global best practices to be locally applied. It invests in local talent to understand the local culture and how to do business. Originally rooted and defined in academic research, Scotwork’s methodologies are continually being refined by working with its customers to give them added value in highly competitive markets.
People Potential traces its lineage to three pioneering consultancies, one of which was rebranded as People Potential in the late 1990s. Headquartered in KL, it has a presence in Singapore, licensees in Europe and Asia, and has served high-profile organisations in different parts of the world. Its leadership and management development programmes are tailored to address specific client needs and are grounded in research and practical experience to achieve sustainable performance improvements.
DEEP IMPACT
Established in 2007, Deep Impact provides leadership training programmes and solutions to help organisations build high-performance teams across 40 markets. Acknowledging that clients don’t just want programmes – they also want measurable results, it helps them achieve their goals through consulting, training, and executive coaching, which seeks to ensure training is not a one-off, but conducted holistically to drive application and development of new leadership competencies.
SOCO SALES TRAINING
SOCO/ Sales Training is a training company that helps develop managers into leaders who can build and lead high-performance teams. Leaders across Asia learn the same methodology in its management training programmes, without the barrier of borders or languages. All of its training is available in English, Indonesian, Thai, Mandarin, and Vietnamese through the help of highly skilled trainers in those markets as well as through e-learning courses in their local language.
Website: https://www.scotwork.com/sg
Email: info.sg@scotwork.com
Website: https://www.peoplepotential.com/
Email: info@peoplepotential.com
Website: https://deepimpactonline.com/
Email: coach@deepimpactonline.com
Website: https://www.socoselling.com
Email: prosper@socoselling.com
BEST LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANCIES
Firms recognised in this category specialise in helping organisations develop effective leaders. They have demonstrated the impact of their leadership development programmes on clients' business results, as well as their ability to design and deliver high-quality, personalised leadership development programmes.
PEOPLE POTENTIAL
People Potential delivers a suite of exclusive leadership and management development programmes tailored to address specific client needs and grounded in research and practical experience. It traces its lineage to three pioneering consultancies established in KL between 1977 and 1993, one of which was rebranded as People Potential. Headquartered in KL, People Potential has a presence in Singapore, licensees in Europe and Asia, and has served high-profile organisations worldwide.
SCOTWORK ASIA
Scotwork has been leading leadership development for almost three decades in Singapore and Southeast Asia, and for almost five decades globally. This winner understands the need for global best practices to be applied locally. It invests in local talent to understand the local culture and how business is done. Originally rooted and defined in academic research, Scotwork’s methodologies are continually being refined by working with its customers to give them added value in highly competitive markets.
HONG BAO MEDIA
Hong Bao Media is a communications-focused leadership development and media company, founded in 2006 by former CNBC anchor Mark Laudi. In front of the camera, the company trains and coaches senior business and government leaders in Singapore, Malaysia, and beyond, in media skills, executive presence, and crisis communications. Behind the camera, the team produces business content, and live streams virtual AGMs. Its top clients include chairmen, presidents, C-suite executives, regional presidents, and VPs, and more.
CAPABILITY GROUP
Capability Group is a learning & development consultancy based in Singapore and New Zealand, specialising in learning experiences and organisational development projects. Leveraging immersive technology and innovative learning methodologies, the team partners with clients in Asia Pacific to drive organisational transformation. It plays at the intersection of learning technology, learning design, and behavioural psychology, developing bespoke, ready-made, and technology-driven solutions.
Website: https://www.peoplepotential.com/
Email: info@peoplepotential.com
Website: https://www.scotwork.com/sg
Email: info.sg@scotwork.com
Website: https://www.hongbaomedia.com
Email: mark.laudi@hongbaomedia.com
Website: https://www.capabilitygroup.co/nz/home
Email: info@capabilitygroup.co
DEEP IMPACT
Deep Impact provides leadership training programmes and solutions to help organisations build high-performance teams across various countries. It has worked with clients across markets to achieve their goals through interventions that include consulting, training, and executive coaching. Its programmes are created to ensure that training is not one-off, but conducted in a holistic approach to ensure application and development of new leadership competencies. ‘Small steps to big changes’, its signature leadership training programme, has trained participants in 40 markets worldwide.
ENIBLE
ENiBLE believes leadership is for everyone. The ENiBLE acronym centres around the team’s key ethos of enabling (EN), innovation (i), business (B), leadership (L), and excellence (E). The company equips, enables, and empowers individuals, organisations, and communities to thrive in an evolving economy. Its mission is to provide talent development solutions for building leadership excellence through consulting, facilitation, and executive coaching. It seeks to motivate and equip every individual with essential skills to propel them to greater heights and enhance the quality of their professional lives.
Website: https://deepimpactonline.com/
Email: coach@deepimpactonline.com
Website: https://www.enible.com/
Email: Raymond@enible.com
BEST MID-MANAGEMENT RECRUITMENT FIRMS
This category recognises firms that specialise in recruiting mid-level managers. Judges looked for providers who could demonstrate a track record of successfully placing qualified candidates in mid-level management positions.
ALLIED SEARCH
ALLIED SEARCH believes that every role and position within a business function is important – from an assistant to management personnel. With a team of experienced consultants bringing specialised skills, it provides services at the intersection of people and networks to deliver value to its clients in this challenging landscape of talent acquisition, within a stipulated time frame. The team operates in high demand markets, providing support in professional searches, general staffing, temp and contract/ locum, and payroll services.
Website: https://www.alliedsearch.com.sg
Email: enquiry@alliedsearch.com.sg
CULTIVAR STAFFING & SEARCH
Cultivar Staffing & Search is built on the core values of dedication, respect, innovation, vigour, and empathy – forming the acronym D-R-IV-E. These values shape its belief that great organisations can only thrive when they have the right people in place. Its vision is to enable organisational excellence by delivering those people, while its mission centres on bringing together great talent with great opportunities. It believes when the right individuals meet the right opportunities, the impact transcends beyond professional success by positively influencing their lives and the lives around them.
VISI INTERGROUP
Founded in April 2023, VISI Intergroup provides recruitment services across the F&B, oil & gas, logistics, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing industries. Its vision is to make recruitment and staffing effective and convenient for employers and employees through humanised technology. It offers on-site recruitment services where its recruiters coordinate with all candidates to schedule interviews on the same day. It also arranges for transportation for candidates travelling from Singapore and Malaysia to the interview locations – an approach it believes enhances recruitment efficiency and the candidate experience.
Website: https://www.cultivar.asia
Email: info@cultivar.asia
Website: https://visigrp.com/
Email: admin@visigrp.com
BEST NEW RECRUITMENT FIRMS
This category recognises new recruitment firms that have been in the business for not more than five years, but have made a significant impact in the industry and delivered exemplary value and quantifiable results that have continuously impressed their prospective and existing clients. Judges looked for providers who demonstrated a unique approach to recruitment, as well as their ability to provide high-quality services to their clients.
Recruitment Central is a leading AI-driven talent acquisition firm transforming the recruitment landscape across Southeast Asia. As part of the A&B Group of Companies, it brings years of industry experience and a mission to redefine traditional recruitment practices through the strategic use of advanced AI technologies. Its AIpowered tools enable it to quickly identify top talent by analysing vast datasets, predicting candidate success, and minimising biases. This allows it to provide clients with highly qualified candidates who not only meet the technical requirements, but who also align with a company’s culture.
Website: https://recruitmentcentral.co
Email: business@recruitmentcentral.co
First Konnection stands as a leading specialist education recruitment agency, delivering tailored recruitment and business solutions to organisations within the education sector. Its expertise lies in providing specialised turnkey solutions, with services that cover a broad spectrum, designed to meet the multifaceted requirements of its clients. Whether it's sourcing top tier educators, administrative staff, or management personnel, this team believes it has the resources and capabilities to identify and engage talent that aligns seamlessly with its clients' objectives and values.
Website: https://www.firstkonnection.com
Email: serena@firstkonnection.com
Since its inception, Visi Intergroup has been dedicated to revolutionising recruitment by connecting exceptional talent with forwardthinking organisations. The team believes that talent is the cornerstone of success for any business. Guided by this principle, its recruitment solutions are tailored to meet the evolving needs of both employers and jobseekers. Its approach is characterised by a commitment to excellence, integrity, and personalised service. Leveraging technology and industry insights, Visi goes above and beyond to ensure optimal matches that drive mutual success and long-term partnerships.
Website: https://visigrp.com/
Email: admin@visigrp.com
BEST PAYROLL OUTSOURCING PARTNERS
In this category, judges were on the lookout for payroll outsourcing providers who can demonstrate a high degree of accuracy and efficiency in their payroll processing, as well as
BIPO
Established in 2010, BIPO is a global payroll and people solutions provider headquartered in Singapore. Its solutions include human capital management solutions, global payroll outsourcing, and an EOR service across over 100 global markets. BIPO’s self-developed BUTTER (EOR) Global Service Portal, and 23 payroll engines with built-in compliance, support multi-currency salary payments – so clients can maintain business alignment, and build organisational capabilities.
Links International is recognised as one of Asia’s leading HR service providers, specialising in delivering 100% in-country payroll services and tech. Links aims to enable HR teams to have more impact on their business by freeing up their time to focus on strategic HR activities. As a one-stop shop for HR services, Links specialises in delivering 100% in-country payroll services and tech. Solutions include payroll outsourcing, visa application, EOR, recruitment, employee assistance programmes, and outplacement services.
their ability to customise their services to meet the needs of their clients.
ST Engineering e-Services offers services in three main business verticals – financial and payroll; human resource and contact centre; and managed learning and training administration. Since joining the ST Engineering family in 2007, it has been extending its BPO services to clients across various sectors. Today, it is one of Singapore's largest home-grown multifunctional digital business process outsourcing service providers, backed by a proven track record of financial strength, reliability, and ethical conduct.
ARYAN SOLUTIONS
Aryan Solutions is a certified IT consulting, outsourcing, and staffing company specialising in providing IT consulting, technology services, staffing, managed services, and search to local and multinational companies across industries and geographies. Its clients are leaders in sectors such as finance, telecom, the government & public sector, and more. Headquartered in Singapore, with offices in KL, Lucknow, and Dubai, its consultants operate in Singapore, the US, UK, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Australia.
Website: https://www.eservhub.com
Email: eserv_sales_enquiry@stengg.com
Website: https://www.aryan-solutions.com
Email: Vikram@aryan-solutions.com
EMPLOYMENT HERO
Employment Hero is a globally-recognised authority on employment matters, with the mission of bringing transparency to the employment marketplace. Its world-leading recruitment, HR, payroll, and employee engagement platform, alongside its employment super app, Swag, is making employment easier and more valuable for all. Its core platform has helped to reduce admin time significantly. By launching employers toward their goals, powering more productive teams, and taking employment to new heights, Employment Hero aims to revolutionise the employment marketplace.
Website: https://www.employmenthero.com
Email: shereen.gill@employmenthero.com
INFO-TECH SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS
Since 1996, Info-Tech has focused on simplifying complex HR challenges, including payroll management for businesses. This strategy has prompted it to make its products accessible to companies of all sizes and locations, providing a deep understanding of each market’s unique needs. With a solid reputation as a payroll outsourcing partner, Info-Tech delivers exceptional payroll services to businesses, supporting many companies and processing employee payrolls monthly in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia.
QUICKHR
QuickHR by Enable Business is a leader in cloudbased human resource management systems (HRMS), dedicated to revolutionising the way businesses handle their HR functions. Since 2013, QuickHR has driven a shift from traditional server-based HRMS to the realm of cloud-based HRMS, providing accessibility anytime, anywhere. Its innovative platform enables seamless control over payroll, leave, claims, attendance, scheduling, and every facet of the HR life cycle, freeing up valuable time for organisations to concentrate on strategic initiatives.
RAMCO SYSTEMS
Part of the Ramco Group, Ramco Systems focuses on accelerating HR digital transformative initiatives through its services. Its commitment to environmental, social, and governance principles extends to every aspect of its delivery strategy, encompassing a range of continually evolving and increasingly integrated initiatives. Ramco Global Payroll Software uses tech and AI-driven workforce management to offer advanced and comprehensive solutions to global organisations, ultimately aiming to automate tasks while ensuring accuracy in its delivery.
This category recognises companies that provide high-quality psychometric testing services to organisations. Judges looked for providers who could demonstrate the validity and reliability of their testing tools, as well as their ability to customise their services to meet the needs of their clients.
SHL, a global market leader in talent insight, transforms businesses by leveraging the power of people, science, and technology. Through highly validated talent solutions applicable across the employee life cycle, this winner partners businesses in identifying, developing, and leveraging their talent potential to create a high-performance workforce and maximise business outcomes. It equips organisational leaders, people managers, and HR professionals with people insights at an organisation, team, and individual level, accelerating growth and decision making, enabling talent mobility, and inspiring an inclusive culture.
Mercer believes in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and wellbeing. Mercer Assessment Solutions is a leading provider of comprehensive psychometric assessments for recruitment, learning & and development, and talent management. Its suite of psychometric tools provides organisations an avenue to make evidence-based talent decisions. The team has partnered with large organisations as well as sector skill councils/government departments, and a range of educational institutions across more than 90 markets to deliver its assessment solutions.
Website: https://www.shl.com/
Email: LearnMore@shl.com
Website: https://www.mercer.com.sg
Email: huijuan.quek@mmc.com
WORKPLACE ASIA CONSULTING
Workplace Asia is a boutique HR consulting firm specialising in psychometric assessments and leveraging a data-driven approach to HR management. Previously known as Distinctions Asia (Singapore), Workplace Asia was founded in 2005 by a team of experienced business leaders as well as human capital and organisational development consultants from Singapore, Hong Kong, China, and Thailand. One of its best-selling products, WorkPlace Big Five ProfileTM , is an assessment and report suite in Singapore, widely recognised for its scientific rigour and practical application in aligning personality traits with workplace demands.
Website: https://www.workplaceasia.com.sg/
Email: support@workplaceasia.com.sg
TALOGY
Talogy is a global leader in talent management solutions and stands out with its unique approach in helping organisations optimise their workforce. Its suite of tools and services includes psychometric assessments, employee development programmes, leadership coaching, and performance management systems. Talogy’s diverse offerings cater to various industries and organisational sizes, from small businesses to multinational corporations. Its services support the entire employee life cycle, from recruitment and selection to development and retention, providing customised solutions that drive measurable results.
THE TALENT GAMES
The Talent Games is a gamified talent solutions company that utilises gamified assessments (such as psychometric tests) and development tools to help organisations attract, engage, develop, and retain top talent. Its solutions include customised gamified assessments (enterprise), ready-to-launch gamified tests (enterprise), social media employer branding, virtual assessment centres, and end-to-end virtual recruitment. The team’s technology stacks and games are EU-data and GDPR compliant. As well as having the ISO certification to its name, it has also become an official SAP Store member.
Website: https://talogy.com/
Email: michael.wines@talogy.com
Website: https://www.thetalentgames.com
Email: daniyal@thetalentgames.com
BEST RECRUITMENT PROCESS OUTSOURCING PARTNERS
Companies in this category specialise in providing recruitment process outsourcing services to organisations. Judges sought providers who could demonstrate a high degree of efficiency and effectiveness in their recruitment processes, as well as their ability to customise their services to meet the needs of their clients.
MORGAN MCKINLEY TALENT SOLUTIONS
Morgan McKinley is part of the Org Group. Its team is spread across 19 offices in APAC, Europe, and the UK. Its core areas of expertise include permanent recruitment process and procurement, and management of its clients’ non-permanent workforce; executive search; permanent recruitment and contractor provision; and customer solutions, where it maximises the customer experience and back-office efficiencies via its IT-managed solutions and BPO function.
ARYAN SOLUTIONS
Aryan Solutions is a certified IT consulting, outsourcing, and staffing company. Its RPO business, Aryan Solutions RPO, is built on an innovative approach and client-centric focus. Headquartered in Singapore, it has grown into a regional organisation, serving clients across diverse industries and geographies. The team specialises in offering end-to-end RPO services, seamlessly integrating into its clients' operations and providing tailored solutions to optimise their talent acquisition processes.
TALENTNET CORPORATION
Talentnet is a Vietnam-based HR consulting firm providing total HR solutions and services, including HR outsourcing (HRO), payroll, executive search, and selection. At the tip of its HRO spear is RPO, a service that manages its clients’ entire recruitment process and related talent management functions. It believes it doesn’t ‘deliver services’, but acts as an in-house recruitment team, supporting, growing, and influencing a culture of empowerment, inclusion, and accountability to its clients as partners.
VISI INTERGROUP
Founded in April 2023, VISI Intergroup focuses on providing recruitment services across the F&B, oil & gas, logistics, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing industries. Among its solutions, it offers on-site recruitment services where its recruiters co-ordinate with all candidates to schedule interviews on the same day. Additionally, it arranges transportation, including buses, for candidates travelling from Singapore and Malaysia to the interview locations, which it believes enhances the candidate experience.
This debut category lauds companies for their comprehensive and high-impact remote work solutions, especially in fostering seamless collaboration and virtual work. They have facilitated dynamic remote collaboration, created engaging virtual work environments, and helped to significantly increase productivity.
VIALTO PARTNERS
Vialto Partners is a market leader that provides globally integrated solutions which support global workforce mobility, including immigration, tax, managed services, and digital solutions.
As a trusted advisor in compliance, consulting, and technology services to multinational corporations, the firm seeks to solve complex, cross-border workforce mobility challenges with an aim to ensure that its clients and their employees have a consistent and compliant global mobility experience.
THE WORKING CAPITOL
The Working Capitol is a co-working and lifestyle hub anchoring the Keong Saik, Ann Siang, and Telok Ayer neighbourhoods. It has weekly community activities such as morning mingles, happy hours, sustainable gardening workshops, batik painting workshops, diversity & inclusion learning sessions, meditation events, wellness talks, floral arrangements, and art jamming. With these, the team aims to take co-working to the next level by collaborating not just with its vendors, but also its tenants and partners.
Website: https://www.vialto.com
Email: vialto_marketing@vialto.com
Website: https://theworkingcapitol.com/
Email: work@theworkingcapitol.com
INFO-TECH SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS
Founded in 1996, Info-Tech has been at the forefront of simplifying personnel management.
Initially launched as a Windows-based programme, it has since evolved into a cloudbased HRMS recognised for its innovative solutions. Over the years, Info-Tech has also introduced cloud accounting software tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises. Both the HRMS and accounting software are interconnected, offering seamless access via desktop or mobile devices.
VISI INTERGROUP
Founded in April 2023, VISI Intergroup provides recruitment services across the F&B, oil & gas, logistics, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing industries. This team offers on-site recruitment services where its recruiters co-ordinate with all candidates to schedule interviews on the same day. Additionally, it arranges transportation, including buses, for candidates travelling from Singapore and Malaysia to the interview locations – an approach it believes enhances recruitment efficiency and the candidate experience.
Website: https://www.info-tech.com.sg
Email: robin.shen@info-tech.com.sg
Website: https://visigrp.com/
Email: admin@visigrp.com
BEST SALES TRAINING PROVIDERS
This category recognises providers who specialise in delivering effective sales training programmes to organisations. Judges looked for providers who demonstrate success in improving sales performance, as well as customise their training programmes to meet the needs of their clients.
SOCO SALES TRAINING
SOCO/ Sales Training is an award-winning sales optimisation company that helps build highperformance sales teams in organisations in Asia and around the world through a modern approach to learning. The team imparts the same methodology across markets without the barriers of borders or languages. All of its training, covering sales, negotiation, management, and coaching, is available in English, Indonesian, Thai, Mandarin, and Vietnamese through its sales trainers in those markets as well as e-learning courses in their local language.
SCOTWORK ASIA
Scotwork has been leading leadership development for almost three decades in Singapore and Southeast Asia, and for almost five decades globally. This winner understands the need for global best practices to be locally applied. It invests in local talent to understand the local culture and how to do business. Originally rooted and defined in academic research, Scotwork’s methodologies are continually being refined by working with its customers to give them added value in highly competitive markets.
HONG BAO MEDIA
Hong Bao Media is a communications-focused leadership development and media company, founded by former CNBC anchor Mark Laudi in 2006. In front of the camera, the team trains and coaches senior business and government leaders in Singapore, Malaysia, and beyond, in media skills, executive presence, and crisis communications. Behind the camera, it produces business content, and live streams virtual AGMs. Its top clients are chairmen, presidents, C-suite executives, regional presidents, VPs, and upper middle management at blue-chip companies across industries.
Website: https://www.socoselling.com
Email: prosper@socoselling.com
Website: https://www.scotwork.com/sg
Email: info.sg@scotwork.com
Website: https://www.hongbaomedia.com
Email: mark.laudi@hongbaomedia.com
BEST SERVICED APARTMENT / CORPORATE STAY PROVIDERS
This category recognises providers that specialise in supplying high-quality serviced apartments or corporate stay solutions to organisations. Judges looked for providers who could demonstrate a commitment to providing excellent customer service, as well as their ability to customise their services to meet the needs of their clients.
FRASER RESIDENCE RIVER PROMENADE
Designed by award-winning architecture firm SCDA, Fraser Residence River Promenade, Singapore comprises 72 serviced apartments that are well-maintained and impeccably designed. Located along Robertson Quay, the serviced residence faces the Singapore River amid a unique modern historic setting where contemporary architecture co-exists with three conservation warehouses that were built in 1919. Managed by Frasers Hospitality, the serviced residences cater to savvy business and leisure travellers seeking a new riverfront living experience in a self-contained community that encourages social interaction.
SYNERGY
Synergy is a leading international serviced accommodation provider delivering over a million turn-key housing solutions in more than a 100 countries. Its core competency exists in its expertise in collaborating with local and global organisations across technology, financial services, entertainment, pharmaceuticals, and more, to provide end-toend accommodation programme management solutions, which supports their business travel objectives. With 15 offices worldwide, including in Singapore, India, China, England, Ireland, and the US, Synergy provides local expertise and tailored solutions in the markets it serves.
FAR EAST HOSPITALITY
Far East Hospitality is an international hospitality owner and operator with a portfolio of unique and complementary brands of hotels, serviced residences, and apartment hotels, including Oasia, Rendezvous, Village, and Far East Collection, to name a few. It owns more than 10 hospitality assets and operates a combined portfolio under its management across more than 100 hotels and serviced residences in 10 countries – Australia, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Switzerland, with more in its development pipeline.
This category recognises firms that excel in providing staffing services to organisations. Judges looked for providers who demonstrated a track record of successfully placing qualified candidates in a variety of positions, as well as their ability to customise their services to meet the needs of their clients.
CORNERSTONE GLOBAL PARTNERS
Cornerstone Global Partners (CGP Group) is an Asia-centric recruitment solutions firm with a global reach. It has won multiple industry awards, which it believes demonstrates its capabilities, dedication, and efforts to deliver the best recruitment products and services. In 2020, the Ministry of Manpower’s HCP (EA) Programme recognised CGP for its efforts around investing in human capital, adopting fair and progressive workplace practices, and helping employers strengthen their Singaporean core.
ALLIED SEARCH
ALLIED SEARCH provides services at the intersection of people and networks to deliver value to its clients within a stipulated time frame, in this challenging landscape of talent acquisition. It operates in high demand markets, providing support in professional searches, general staffing, temp and contract/locum, and payroll services in major industries across all functions. Its team of recruiters is equipped with industry knowledge and function-specialty to deliver value to its clients in sourcing for the right aptitude for clients’ needs.
ARYAN SOLUTIONS
Aryan Solutions is a certified IT consulting, outsourcing, and staffing company that specialises in providing IT consulting, technology services, staffing, managed services, and search to local and multinational companies within APAC, SEA, India, and Australia. Headquartered in Singapore, it has offices in KL (Malaysia), Lucknow (India), and Dubai; and a team of highly experienced consultants working across the region covering Singapore, the US, UK, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Australia.
VISI INTERGROUP
VISI Intergroup provides recruitment services across the F&B, oil & gas, logistics, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing industries. As part of its on-site recruitment services, its recruiters co-ordinate with all candidates to schedule interviews on the same day. Additionally, it arranges transportation, including buses, for candidates travelling from Singapore and Malaysia to the interview locations. This unique approach enhances recruitment efficiency and the candidate experience.
Website: https://www.cgp-personnel.sg/
Email: contact@cornerstoneglobalpartners.com
Website: https://www.alliedsearch.com.sg
Email: enquiry@alliedsearch.com.sg
Website: https://www.aryan-solutions.com
Email: Vikram@aryan-solutions.com
Website: https://visigrp.com/
Email: admin@visigrp.com
LOCAL HEROES
This award is for businesses founded in Singapore who are currently independent (that is, no parent company, no public shareholders, and not part of an international network unless the network is also comprised of fully independent organisations). This category welcomes any type of HR partner, vendor or solution provider.
ENGAGEROCKET
Founded in 2016, EngageRocket is a cloudbased technology and advisory company that focuses on enhancing the employee experience from hire to retire. This winner’s technology enables continuous listening and real-time analytics, facilitating impactful decisions and supporting organisational change. Its signature suite of solutions includes: Belong (employee engagement/experience), Grow (360 feedback), and PerformAI (continuous performance review).
Website: https://www.engagerocket.co
Email: hello@engagerocket.co
CULTIVAR STAFFING & SEARCH
Cultivar Staffing & Search is a Singaporean homegrown, result-driven, award-winning staffing & search firm. Starting off as an executive search company focusing on recruiting chief financial officers, it has grown over the years. From covering the accounting & finance sector, it now has broader specialisations in IT & technology, engineering, and corporate support functions. The team’s solutions cover recruitment, as well as HR managed services such as Work Permit, Employment Pass, and payroll outsourcing.
ZESTY KICKZ
Founded in 2010, Zesty Kickz is a premier fitness and wellness academy based in Singapore. By addressing physical, mental, and emotional health, it helps companies reduce healthcare costs, improve recruitment and retention, and foster a positive workplace culture. Initially focused on Muay Thai and personal training, Zesty Kickz has expanded its offerings to include a variety of fitness programmes such as self-defence, Zumba, yoga, Pilates, and more, emphasising a holistic approach to fitness.
VISI INTERGROUP
Founded in April 2023, VISI Intergroup focuses on providing recruitment services across the F&B, oil & gas, logistics, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing industries. It offers onsite recruitment services where its recruiters co-ordinate with all candidates to schedule interviews on the same day. It also arranges transportation for candidates travelling from Singapore and Malaysia to the interview locations. This unique approach enhances recruitment efficiency and the candidate experience.
Website: https://www.cultivar.asia
Email: info@cultivar.asia
Website: https://www.zestykickz.com
Email: info@zestykickz.com
Website: https://visigrp.com/
Email: admin@visigrp.com
BEST AI RECRUITMENT SOFTWARE
This category recognises companies that provide cutting-edge AI-powered recruitment software. They have demonstrated the effectiveness of their software in streamlining recruitment processes, improving candidate matching, and reducing recruitment costs.
THE TALENT GAMES
The Talent Games is a virtual gamified hiring and talent development solutions provider helping organisations attract, engage, shortlist, hire, and develop top Millennial and Gen Z candidates. Its virtual hiring solutions include customised gamified assessment (enterprise), ready-tolaunch gamified tests (enterprise), an instant game creation platform (pay-as-you-go), social media employer branding, virtual assessment centres, and end-to-end virtual recruitment (allin-one solution).
SHL is a global market leader in talent insight. Its assessment tools employ AI to help organisations make better data-driven hiring decisions, provide in-depth insights into candidate talent profiles for talent management and employee development, and power an anti-cheating proctoring technology and plagiarism check to maintain the highest levels of test validity and integrity. Its AI capabilities also boost recruitment through automated assessments, providing an immersive and engaging experience for candidates.
PSYLENT
Psylent combines traditional psychometric testing with innovative technologies. Its new AI for recruitment, Nina, is an AI-driven career advisor aiming to reduce the workload for career advisors in schools and universities. Nina offers self-awareness frameworks to help students make informed career choices. For recruiters, it provides access to a pre-screened pool of candidates who match job and culture requirements. Further, students are engaged throughout the process, as well as routine inquiries are automated.
EMPLOYMENT HERO
Employment Hero aims to bring transparency to employment. SmartMatch is its AI recruitment software designed to help businesses better attract, screen, and hire talent. Embedded within Employment Hero’s HR platform, and powered by the Swag super app, SmartMatch leverages advanced AI algorithms to automate job matching, reducing the time and effort involved in traditional recruitment. It eliminates outdated recruitment stages such as writing job descriptions and manually sifting through CVs.
Website: https://www.thetalentgames.com
Email: daniyal@thetalentgames.com
Website: https://www.shl.com/
Email: LearnMore@shl.com
Website: www.psylent.ai
Email: Sjiva@psylent.ai
Website: https://www.employmenthero.com
Email: shereen.gill@employmenthero.com
PEOPLE CENTRAL
People Central stands out with its practical digitalisation and automation of HR processes, transforming the way businesses manage their most valuable asset: their people.
HIRECENTRAL is a pioneering AI-driven recruitment platform designed to automate and enhance the entire hiring process. It integrates tools including AI-powered job description generators, deep learning-based candidate matching systems, and intelligent onboarding procedures, providing HR professionals with a toolkit to streamline recruitment tasks, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness in acquiring top talent.
SG JOBS LAH
Recruiting the right talent remains one of the most pressing challenges for HR professionals in Singapore's competitive job market. Recognising this, Info-Tech Systems Integrators – a leader in HR and accounting solutions – launched Jobs Lah in June 2023. Jobs Lah offers a user-friendly
Website: https://www.peoplecentral.co
Email: business@peoplecentral.co
Website: https://www.jobslah.com
Email: marketing@jobslah.com
BEST APPLICANT TRACKING SOFTWARE
Companies listed here provide comprehensive and effective applicant tracking software solutions to organisations. Judges looked for providers who could demonstrate their software's efficiency, accuracy, and user-friendliness, as well as their ability to streamline the recruitment process, improve the candidate experience, and provide useful analytics for data-driven decision-making.
FINALIST
EMPLOYMENT HERO
INFO-TECH SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS
For 28 years, Info-Tech has been simplifying recruitment and HR challenges faced by companies and employees. Its applicant tracking system seeks to reduce the complexity and difficulty of recruitment and staff training issues. It serves as a tool for efficiently managing job applications, recruitment processes, and communication between candidates and hiring managers by streamlining the entire hiring process and providing support from the stages of initial application to the final selection.
ARYAN SOLUTIONS
Headquartered in Singapore, Aryan Solutions is a certified IT consulting, outsourcing, and staffing company that specialises in providing IT consulting, technology services, staffing, managed services, and search to local and multinational companies across regions. Its ATS, EVO AI, is a task-driven recruitment platform that automates everything from sourcing to post placement, allowing the recruiter to have a lower administrative payload.
QUICKHR
QuickHR by Enable Business is a leader in cloudbased HRMS. Since 2013, QuickHR has driven a shift from traditional server-based HRMS to the realm of cloud-based HRMS, providing unparalleled accessibility anytime, anywhere. Its innovative ATS seeks to redefine the traditional recruitment process by saving valuable time and delivering a smooth candidate experience through tools that allow access and management of all job applications in one location, a simplified process for interview scheduling, and more.
EMPLOYMENT HERO
Employment Hero seeks to bring transparency to the employment marketplace. Its ATS simplifies the hiring process, covering all recruitment stages from posting jobs across multiple platforms to scheduling interviews and tracking the candidates' progress. It offers customisable workflows, automated communication templates, and real-time collaboration features to help recruiters and hiring managers work together seamlessly, as well as analytics that provide insights into hiring metrics.
Website: https://www.info-tech.com.sg
Email: robin.shen@info-tech.com.sg
Website: https://www.aryan-solutions.com
Email: Vikram@aryan-solutions.com
Website: https://quickhr.co/
Email: business@quickhr.co
Website: https://www.employmenthero.com
Email: shereen.gill@employmenthero.com
BEST ATTENDANCE AUTOMATION SYSTEMS
This category recognises providers that specialise in attendance automation systems. Judges looked for providers who demonstrated the accuracy, efficiency, and ease-of-use of their attendance systems, as well as their ability to customise their services to meet the needs of their clients.
INFO-TECH SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS
Info-Tech is driven by a single mission: to simplify employee management. Its employee attendance application in Singapore is among the first to incorporate facial recognition and GPS location technology. The attendance module enables users to generate and allocate employee shifts while monitoring lateness, absenteeism, and overtime hours. This module fully integrates with the mobile app, allowing employees to record their attendance at their designated worksite.
QUICKHR
QuickHR by Enable Business is a leader in cloudbased HRMS, dedicated to revolutionising the way businesses handle their HR functions. Its QuickHR attendance automation system allows businesses to capture employee attendance data, accommodating diverse employee preferences and work styles. With the system, employees are able to clock in/out using various methods, including biometric devices, web interfaces, mobile apps, and integrations with existing organisational systems.
OPENSOFT
Opensoft provides payroll and HRMS solutions, with operations based in Singapore and Malaysia. Opensoft Time and Attendance has built-in biometric and mobile clocking capabilities to facilitate daily attendance tracking. It is designed to reduce time theft occurrence by applying rounding rules and restricting schedules, as well as eliminating the problem of buddy punching. HR administrators can set their own work schedules and the necessary configurations such as break hours, rest days, and overnight shifts.
PEOPLE CENTRAL
People Central provides practical digitalisation and automation of HR processes, transforming the way businesses manage their most valuable asset: their people. Time Central, a time management approach, offers precise attendance tracking and efficient scheduling to ensure optimal workforce management and productivity. Its AI-driven predictive analytics and adaptive learning algorithms not only track attendance, but also anticipate potential attendance issues before they occur.
Website: https://www.info-tech.com.sg
Email: robin.shen@info-tech.com.sg
Website: https://quickhr.co/
Email: business@quickhr.co
Website: https://www.opensofthr.com/
Email: sales@opensofthr.com
Website: https://www.peoplecentral.co
Email: business@peoplecentral.co
BEST DIGITAL WELLNESS PLATFORMS
Companies lauded in this category provide digital wellness solutions to help organisations improve their employees’ health and wellbeing. They demonstrated to the judges the effectiveness of their platform in promoting healthy behaviours and reducing stress among employees.
AIA SINGAPORE
AIA Singapore prioritises its employee health and wellbeing through its ‘WorkWell with AIA’ initiative, which includes four pillars: think well, feel well, live well, and plan well. AIA Vitality, launched in 2013, integrates wellness with insurance plans, incentivising healthy choices, and fostering a culture of wellbeing. The programme has supported a large group of members in leading ‘healthier, longer, better lives’ by rewarding positive behaviour changes. Recent enhancements include team challenges, fitness device savings, and increased points for health screenings.
Intellect is one of Asia's largest and fastest growing mental health benefits companies, offering a full continuum of solutions globally via its mobile app, telehealth, and in-person clinics. Through a single platform, the company caters to everyone, wherever they are on the mental health spectrum – from self-paced resources, coaching, counselling to clinical intervention. Intellect serves millions of users hailing from all walks of life – students, private employees, public officers, healthcare practitioners, business and industry leaders, individual advocates, and everyone in between.
SAFE SPACE
Safe Space is a pioneering and trusted B2B2C digital mental health ecosystem partner, serving hundreds of international clients across APAC, EMEA, and ANZ in 30 languages. Founded with the vision of making mental healthcare universally accessible, Safe Space provides a comprehensive suite of digital mental health services tailored to the unique needs of modern workplaces. From virtual counselling and on-demand support to customised wellness programmes, its offerings seamlessly integrate into corporate environments, promoting resilience, productivity, and overall wellbeing.
Website: https://aia.com.sg/
Email: dawn-my.teo@aia.com
Website: https://www.intellect.co
Email: team@intellect.co
Website: https://getsafespace.com/
Email: contact@safespace.sg
BEST EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SOFTWARE
This category recognises companies that provide software solutions to help organisations improve employee engagement. Judges looked for providers who demonstrated the effectiveness of their software in measuring and improving employee engagement, as well as their ability to customise their services to meet the needs of their clients.
ENGAGEROCKET
Founded in 2016, EngageRocket is an IMDAaccredited cloud-based technology and advisory company that focuses on enhancing the employee experience from hire to retire. Its technology enables continuous listening and real-time analytics, facilitating impactful decisions and supporting organisational change. The team's signature suite of solutions includes Belong (employee engagement/experience), Grow (multi-rater feedback), and PerformAI (continuous performance review).
MERCER SINGAPORE
Mercer believes in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and wellbeing. Allegro, an active listening platform, seeks to revolutionise employee listening efforts through self-service employee pulse surveys equipped with builtin analytics capabilities, real-time insights, and global benchmarking resources. The platform runs in 63 languages, with a library that spans more than 200 pre-validated questions.
QUALTRICS
Qualtrics helps HR teams demonstrate and grow their impact by engaging teams, improving manager effectiveness, and making informed people and business decisions. The purpose-built EX Management Platform enables organisations to transform their EX strategies and take an evidence-based approach to managing their end-to-end EX. It drives change through realtime alerts and integrated workflows, as well as collaborative and guided action planning capabilities for managers and their teams.
EMPLOYMENT HERO
Employment Hero is on a mission to bring transparency to the employment marketplace. Its employee engagement software, Swag, is designed to foster a connected, motivated, and high-performing workforce. It combines employee surveys, performance management tools, recognition features, and internal communication channels into a single, cohesive system. The software includes customisable pulse surveys for real-time feedback from employees, as well as a recognition feature.
Website: https://www.engagerocket.co
Email: hello@engagerocket.co
Website: https://www.mercer.com.sg
Email: huijuan.quek@mmc.com
Website: https://www.Qualtrics.com
Email: press@qualtrics.com
Website: https://www.employmenthero.com
Email: shereen.gill@employmenthero.com
BEST EMPLOYEE FEEDBACK AND RECOGNITION PLATFORMS
This category honours vendors offering platforms that facilitate real-time employee feedback and recognition in workplaces. They have been able to capture and analyse feedback, and promote a positive workplace culture. Criteria included ease of use, customisation options, and the platform's impact on employee morale and engagement.
ENGAGEROCKET
EngageRocket is a cloud-based technology and advisory company that focuses on enhancing the employee experience from hire to retire. Its technology enables continuous listening and real-time analytics, facilitating impactful decisions and supporting organisational change. Its signature suite of solutions, covering employee engagement/experience, multi-rater feedback, and continuous performance review aims to empower top organisations to retain their top talent and create a thriving workplace culture.
QUALTRICS
Qualtrics is a trusted expert partner for organisations keen to attract and retain talent, as well as cultivate and support high-performing and engaged teams, optimise operational efficiencies and investments, improve revenue, and more. Using its advanced capabilities, organisations can understand the emotion, intent, and effort behind every engagement to deliver exceptional experiences, identify unmet needs and points of friction, and build deep relationships with the people they serve to cultivate trust, engagement, and high-performaning teams.
MERCER SINGAPORE
Mercer is committed to building brighter futures by transforming the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and enhancing health and wellbeing. Allegro, its active listening platform, seeks to transform employee listening efforts with intuitive survey building and design capabilities. Available in 63 languages, it offers real-time smart results with interactive features and unique customisation options that enable leaders to drive a culture of mutual feedback and celebration of performance.
EMPLOYMENT HERO
Employment Hero's platform covers recruitment, HR, payroll, and employee engagement, while the innovative employment super app integrates career management with financial tools, simplifying and enhancing the value of employment for everyone. By helping employers achieve their goals, boosting team productivity, and elevating the employment experience, Employment Hero is transforming the employment landscape and setting new standards in the industry.
HERO
Website: https://www.engagerocket.co
Email: hello@engagerocket.co
Website: https://www.Qualtrics.com
Email: press@qualtrics.com
Website: https://www.mercer.com.sg
Email: huijuan.quek@mmc.com
Website: https://www.employmenthero.com
Email: shereen.gill@employmenthero.com
BEST GIG WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT PLATFORMS
This category recognises HR service providers who offer specialised platforms for effective gig workforce management. Judges assessed the platforms based on streamlined onboarding, real-time communication, and task management.
People Central stands out with its practical digitalisation and automation of HR processes, transforming how businesses manage their most valuable asset: their people. One of its key solutions, Time Central, is a workforce management platform specifically designed to meet the needs of the gig economy, with a focus on temporary staff management. With the primary objective to simplify and streamline gig worker management, it offers an all-in-one solution for scheduling, time tracking, payroll integration, and compliance management, tailored for organisations that rely heavily on flexible, short-term, and project-based labour.
Website: https://www.peoplecentral.co
Email: business@peoplecentral.co
EL Connect – Job Platform is an innovative online job posting platform with the primary objective of bridging the gap between hirers and jobseekers, while enhancing employability across diverse industries to match skills and preferences. It serves as a centralised hub for hirers to post part-time, full-time, and permanent part-time job opportunities across various industries. Jobseekers can search and apply for positions through a user-friendly mobile application, and receive daily payments. EL Connect streamlines the recruitment process by facilitating job postings, applicant tracking, and communication.
QuickHR by Enable Business is a leader in cloudbased HRMS, dedicated to revolutionising the way businesses handle their HR functions. Since 2013, QuickHR has driven a shift from traditional server-based HRMS to the realm of cloud-based HRMS, providing accessibility anytime, anywhere. Its solution allows businesses to efficiently manage, streamline, and automate crucial HR processes through an innovative platform. This platform enables seamless control over payroll, leave, claims, attendance, scheduling, and every facet of the HR life cycle, freeing up valuable time for organisations to focus on strategic initiatives.
Website: https://quickhr.co/
Email: business@quickhr.co
BEST HR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (ENTERPRISE)
This category recognises providers that specialise in supplying HR management systems to large enterprises (1,000 employees or more). Judges looked for providers who could demonstrate the comprehensiveness and scalability of their system, as well as their ability to customise their services to meet the needs of their clients.
QUICKHR
QuickHR by Enable Business is a leader in cloudbased human resource management systems (HRMS), dedicated to revolutionising the way businesses handle their HR functions. It offers a suite of modules tailored to the evolving needs of large enterprises, designed to handle large headcounts efficiently across the entire HR life cycle. In addition to essential modules, QuickHR seeks to meet unique enterprise needs by providing custom appraisals, learning and development, training, compensation and benefits, and more, at a lower cost with superior localisation for the Singapore market.
BIPO
Established in 2010, and headquartered in Singapore, BIPO is a global payroll and people solutions provider. Designed for businesses – from SMEs to MNCs – this winner’s total HR solutions include human capital management solutions, global payroll outsourcing, and an employer-ofrecord service across over 100 global markets. BIPO HRMS with Payroll is an all-in-one SaaS-based solution available on the cloud, hosted on AWS, and it includes a mobile app. BIPO helps companies automate the employee life cycle from onboarding to offboarding, including transactional tasks such as payroll processing and payroll management.
Website: https://quickhr.co/
Email: business@quickhr.co
Website: https://www.biposervice.com
Email: adeline.lee@biposervice.com
INFO-TECH SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS
Info-Tech’s human resource management software (HRMS) was created to simplify the challenges and intricacies of HR tasks encountered in businesses of any scale. The HRMS comprises seven modules – mobile attendance app, time attendance, payroll, leave management, claims management, performance appraisal, and project cost management. These features are integrated to create an efficient and seamless experience for all. The main objective was to have a robust and comprehensive system that would address and accommodate the needs companies are looking for in an HRMS.
Website: https://www.info-tech.com.sg
Email: robin.shen@info-tech.com.sg
IQ DYNAMICS
Established in 1994, IQ Dynamics seeks to deliver an enterprise grade HR software (HRiQ) that assists organisations in nurturing their talent pool and automating administrative tasks. This team aims to address the intricate requirements of HR policies and day-to-day compensation management with seamless automation and intuitive employee self-service features. The software integrates essential functionalities, including HR, payroll, leave management, claims processing, time sheet tracking, time attendance, and compliance tracking.
PACIFIC PRIME-CXA
Pacific Prime-CXA stands on the cusp of industry-wide transformation, where technology continues to facilitate the interplay between the recruitment and retention of talent. At the core of its technological journey is its Flex Portal, which aims to reshape HR and benefits management, providing employees with more agency and personalisation over their benefits selection. The portal enables employees to easily adjust their life and medical insurance coverage. Real-time e-wallet updates reflect points and costs, offering flexibility that boosts benefit uptake and maximises ROI for clients.
Where Smiles Are the
ROI
UPlay is a one-stop social and recreation concierge for your HR team. We help empower organisations to enhance employee engagement and well-being, ensuring every initiative delivers meaningful results. From team bonding retreats, family days, to corporate events, we manage every detail.
UPlay’s customisable solutions cater to diverse organisational needs while fostering team collaboration. We provide access to exclusive venues and experiences to suit your goals, leveraging strategic partnerships and real-time tracking to deliver measurable program effectiveness.
Talk to us today to find out more. sales@uplay.com.sg
Website: https://www.iqdynamics.com
Email: sales.sg@iqdynamics.com
Website: https://www.pacificprime.sg/
Email: corporate@pacifiprime.com
BEST HR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (SMB)
This category recognises providers that specialise in providing HR management systems to small and medium-sized businesses (100999 employees). Judges looked for providers who could demonstrate the ease-of-use, affordability, and functionality of their systems, as well as their ability to customise their services to meet the needs of their clients.
Info-Tech’s HRMS was developed to simplify and address employers' and employees' intricate HR-related concerns. It has six key components that have helped SMBs increase production and efficiency: time attendance, payroll administration, claim, leave, performance rating, and mobile attendance. The primary goal was to create a solid, all-encompassing solution that would handle and consider the demands of SMBs in an HRMS. Info-Tech has developed several HRMS features tailored to the needs of the customer, particularly for SMBs, by anticipating market trends and listening to its clients.
Website: https://www.info-tech.com.sg
Email: robin.shen@info-tech.com.sg
BIPO HRMS is an all-in-one SaaS-based solution available on the cloud, hosted on AWS, and it includes a mobile app. It helps companies automate the employee life cycle from onboarding to offboarding by streamlining HR processes, simplifying workflows, and delivering actionable insights. Key features include 23 payroll engines that support multicurrency salary payments and multi-language capabilities that ensure seamless payroll processing across different regions. It also integrates with various LMS and ERP solutions to create a one-stop HR ecosystem, enhancing the overall employee experience.
Website: https://www.biposervice.com
Email: adeline.lee@biposervice.com
Pacific Prime-CXA is at the forefront of a transformative shift in the industry, where technology is redefining how businesses attract and retain top talent. Its solution, Flex Portal, is a multifunctional benefits management system that enables employees to manage their benefits at their fingertips. Developed with the goal of improving HR operations for small businesses and employees, it emphasises convenience through self-service modules, enabling employees to choose their insurance benefits plans. The portal has recently had its UX/UI revamped to provide a more intuitive and efficient user experience.
Website: https://www.pacificprime.sg/
Email: corporate@pacifiprime.com
EMPLOYMENT HERO
Employment Hero's HR management system has been designed to meet the unique needs of SMBs. It integrates essential HR functions such as onboarding, employee data management, leave tracking, performance reviews, and compliance management into a single, user-friendly interface. This approach allows businesses to manage their HR tasks more efficiently, freeing up valuable time and resources to focus on strategic growth initiatives. The platform also offers customisable dashboards, automated workflows, and detailed reporting tools for quicker and more confident data-driven decisions.
OPENSOFT
Opensoft is a payroll and HRMS solutions provider with operations based in Singapore and Malaysia. Comprising payroll, leave, claims, appraisal, and mobile time attendance modules, OpensoftHR is equipped with employee self-service functions, a real-time dashboard that features a visual snapshot of the workforce, and a data export function to serve workforce analytical needs. One unique feature of OpensoftHR is the Query Report, which is a platform-wide data export function that facilitates the exporting of a wide selection of clean data fields to Excel for further analysis by HR teams.
People Central stands out with its practical digitalisation and automation of HR processes, transforming the way businesses manage their people. Its AI-driven solutions aren't just theoretical, but are backed by realworld results that streamline recruitment, employee management, time tracking, expense management, and onboarding. With its vision to revolutionise HR management, the team developed People Central HRMS, an HR management system that integrates all HR functions, providing a seamless experience from onboarding to payroll.
QUICKHR
QuickHR by Enable Business is a leader in cloudbased HRMS, dedicated to revolutionising the way businesses handle their HR functions. Since 2013, QuickHR has driven a shift from traditional server-based HRMS to the realm of cloud-based HRMS, providing accessibility anytime, anywhere. Its comprehensive solution enables businesses to manage, streamline, and automate crucial HR processes efficiently. Its innovative platform enables seamless control over payroll, leave, claims, attendance, scheduling, and every facet of the HR life cycle, freeing up valuable time for organisations to concentrate on strategic initiatives.
Website: www.employmenthero.com
Email: shereen.gill@employmenthero.com
Website: https://www.opensofthr.com/
Email: sales@opensofthr.com
Website: https://www.peoplecentral.co
Email: business@peoplecentral.co
Website: https://quickhr.co/
Email: business@quickhr.co
PEOPLE CENTRAL
BEST INNOVATIONS FOR HR
This category recognises companies that have developed innovative solutions to help organisations improve any aspect of their HR processes. Judges looked for providers who could demonstrate the uniqueness, effectiveness, and practicality of their innovations, as well as their potential impact on the HR industry.
Mercer believes in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and wellbeing. Its proprietary solution – ‘HR Accelerator’, is a digital tool designed to facilitate sustainable HR transformations while enhancing HR efficiency. The HR Accelerator comprises two core aspects: evaluating the current state, i.e. benchmarking the organisation to identify areas of opportunities and improvements; and designing a tangible future state blueprint, i.e. incorporating cuttingedge technology and insights.
UPLAY VENTURES
NTUC Club, the entertainment & leisure division of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), was founded in December 1986 with the mission of offering accessible lifestyle amenities for unions and their members. Over the years, it has curated a distinguished portfolio of venues. In 2023, NTUC Club introduced UPlay, a phygital (physical plus digital) concierge designed to elevate members’ wellbeing both physically and mentally by providing a diverse array of lifestyle and recreational experiences. Unions and companies can leverage its event-organising and team-building services to cultivate a positive and connected work environment.
EMPLOYMENT
HERO
Employment Hero is a global authority on employment, bringing transparency to the employment marketplace. It is a world-leading recruitment, HR, payroll, and employee engagement platform, alongside its employment super app, Swag. Swag combines career management, financial wellness, and employee engagement into a single, user-friendly app that empowers employees to take control of their careers and wellbeing. Its AI-driven recruitment features streamline the hiring process by automating candidate sourcing, screening, and matching, significantly reducing time-to-hire and improving the quality of hires.
Website: https://www.mercer.com.sg
Email: huijuan.quek@mmc.com
Website: https://www.uplay.com.sg
Email: serene.loh@ntucclub.com.sg
Website: https://www.employmenthero.com
Email: shereen.gill@employmenthero.com
LINKS INTERNATIONAL
Links International is a leading HR service provider specialised in delivering 100% in-country payroll services and tech. It aims to enable HR teams to better impact their business by freeing up their time to focus on strategic HR activities. Links offers end-to-end solutions such as payroll outsourcing, visa application, PEO/EOR secondment, recruitment, employee assistance programmes, and outplacement services. Its flagship product, Links One, is a secured cloud-based multi-country payroll solution that enables leaders to efficiently run their regional HR functions, creating the best-in-class experience for employees.
PEOPLE CENTRAL
People Central stands out with its practical digitalisation and automation of HR processes, transforming the way businesses manage their most valuable asset: their people. Its innovative solution, ReimburseME (REME), is an AI-powered expense management system that seamlessly integrates with WhatsApp, revolutionising how expenses are processed and managed within organisations. By harnessing optical character recognition and advanced machine learning algorithms, REME automates the extraction, categorisation, and approval of expenses submitted in a few simple steps.
PSYLENT
Psylent combines traditional psychometric testing with innovative technologies. The team’s new AI for recruitment, Nina, is an AI-driven career advisor which reduces the workload for career advisors in schools and universities by four hours per student. Nina offers self-awareness frameworks to help students make informed career choices, guiding them towards long-term success, and setting them up to be high performers. For recruiters, it provides access to a pre-screened pool of candidates who match job and culture requirements. It also aims to keep students engaged throughout the recruitment process, as well as automate routine inquiries.
THE TALENT GAMES
The Talent Games is a provider of virtual gamified hiring and talent development solutions. Its innovative platform combines gamified hiring with talent development solutions. Its technology allows HR professionals to conduct unlimited candidate assessments remotely while enhancing the candidate experience, reducing costs, and saving time. Additionally, the team provides tools for continuous talent development, helping employees grow and succeed within their roles. In short, it is transforming how HR leaders attract, assess, hire, and develop talent through engaging, gamified technology.
This category recognises companies that provide payroll software solutions to organisations. Judges looked for providers who could demonstrate the accuracy, efficiency, and compliance of their software, as well as their ability to customise their services to meet the needs of their clients.
BIPO
Established in 2010, and headquartered in Singapore, BIPO is a global payroll and people solutions provider. Designed for businesses – from SMEs to MNCs – this winner’s total HR solutions include human capital management solutions (HRMS), global payroll outsourcing, and an employer of record service across more than 100 global markets. BIPO HRMS with Payroll is an all-in-one SaaS-based solution available on the cloud, hosted on AWS, and inclusive of a mobile app. It helps companies automate the employee life cycle from onboarding to offboarding, including transactional tasks such as payroll processing and payroll management.
RAMCO SYSTEMS
Part of the Ramco Group, Ramco Systems was formed with a focus on accelerating HR digital transformative initiatives through its services. Its commitment to environmental, social, and governance principles extends to every aspect of its delivery strategy, encompassing a range of continually evolving and increasingly integrated initiatives. Ramco Global Payroll Software uses tech and AI-driven workforce management to offer advanced and comprehensive solutions to global organisations, ultimately aiming to automate tasks while ensuring accuracy in its delivery.
DAYFORCE
Dayforce is a global human capital management (HCM) company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Toronto, Ontario, and, together with its subsidiaries (collectively, “Dayforce”), has operations across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific Japan region. Its eponymous cloud HCM platform is trusted by thousands of customers around the world. The platform provides accurate, real-time data, enabling organisations to make more intelligent business decisions. It optimises management and unifies data across the entire employee life cycle while reducing the administrative burden on HR teams.
Employment Hero is a global authority on employment, bringing transparency to the employment marketplace. Its payroll software is an advanced, cloud-based solution that simplifies payroll management for businesses of all sizes. Designed to handle the complexities of payroll in diverse regions, including Malaysia and Singapore, the software automates calculations, tax filings, statutory contributions, and end-ofyear reporting. It integrates seamlessly with its HR platform, ensuring that employee data is synchronised across all HR functions.
Website: https://www.employmenthero.com
Email: shereen.gill@employmenthero.com
INFO-TECH SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS
Info-Tech Payroll Software was designed in 1996 to simplify and overcome the complex challenges of managing payroll processing tasks within businesses of any size. This organisation’s payroll software has several benefits, including automating administrative and repetitive operations while maintaining accuracy. The software accurately computes salaries, taking into account CPF, CDAC, SINDA, and MBMF contributions, guaranteeing that employees get precise and timely payments. This automation streamlines payroll management by minimising manual input, resulting in a smooth and efficient process with minimal effort.
OPENSOFT
Opensoft is a provider of payroll and HRMS solutions, with operations based in Singapore and Malaysia. Opensoft Payroll is a cloud-based payroll software that has been specifically designed for local SMEs and is priced affordably for any business to start off, yet remains inexpensive to scale-up, and suits the needs of a business’ expansion. Aside from its ability to speed up the payroll processes of its customers, its payroll software is 100% compliant to IRAS, CPF, Bank GIRO, and MOM as well as all the relevant statutory agencies’ requirements for auto submissions.
QUICKHR
QuickHR by Enable Business is a leader in cloudbased HRMS. Its all-inclusive cloud-based payroll software seeks to transform human resources management. Seamlessly integrated with benefits, leave, claims, reports, and cost centre settings, QuickHR enables businesses to consolidate their entire HR ecosystem into a unified platform, freeing HR professionals to focus more on strategic initiatives. The software eliminates the hassle of manual data entry. Information flows seamlessly across all HR functions, ensuring automatic and error-free calculations for wages, deductions, overtime, bonuses, taxes, and benefits.
Website: https://www.info-tech.com.sg
Email: robin.shen@info-tech.com.sg
Website: https://www.opensofthr.com/
Email: sales@opensofthr.com
Website: https://quickhr.co/
Email: business@quickhr.co
BEST TRAINING & FACILITATION SKILLS
This category recognises companies that provide exceptional training experiences to organisations, and have a consistent track record of high-quality facilitation during their programmes. Judges looked for providers who demonstrated their expertise delivering effective and engaging training programmes, as well as their ability to customise their services to meet the needs of their clients.
SOCO SALES TRAINING
SOCO/ Sales Training is an award-winning training company that trains teams in organisations across Asia and around the world through a modern approach to learning. Through its sales, negotiation, management, and coaching programmes, the organisation is proud to help sales teams across the region learn the same cutting-edge methodology without the barriers of borders or languages. All of its training is available in English, Indonesian, Thai, Mandarin, and Vietnamese through the help of highly skilled trainers in those markets as well as e-learning courses in their local language.
STORYIQ
StoryIQ is a pioneering company specialising in enhancing data literacy and data storytelling skills within organisations, with a strong presence in Singapore and the broader APAC region. Recognising that each team has unique needs, its learning designers collaborate with clients to craft customised programmes that meet specific learning objectives. This ensures the training is relevant and impactful for each organisation. Additionally, StoryIQ’s facilitators are renowned data literacy experts, including TEDx speakers and authors, who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to their training sessions.
HONG BAO MEDIA
Hong Bao Media is a communications-focused leadership development and media company, founded by former CNBC anchor Mark Laudi in 2006. In front of the camera, the company trains and coaches senior business and government leaders in media skills, executive presence, and crisis communications. Behind the camera, it produces business content and live streams virtual AGMs. Its clients include senior executives and upper-middle management at leading companies across various industries such as financial services, technology, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, property, agribusiness, and logistics.
Website: https://www.socoselling.com
Email: prosper@socoselling.com
Website: https://www.storyiq.com
Email: info@storyiq.com
Website: https://www.hongbaomedia.com
Email: mark.laudi@hongbaomedia.com
ENIBLE
The ENiBLE acronym centres around the company's key ethos of enabling (EN), innovation (i), business (B), leadership (L), and excellence (E). This organisation equips, enables, and empowers individuals, organisations, and communities to thrive in an evolving economy. Through enablement and development, the company seeks to motivate and equip every individual with essential skills to propel them to greater heights and enhance the quality of their professional lives. Its vision is to be a global trusted advisor in business, and a leader to individuals, organisations, and communities.
SAFE SPACE
Safe Space is a pioneering and trusted B2B2C digital mental health ecosystem partner, serving international clients across various regions and in multiple languages. This is achieved by driving value and positive outcomes through social impact and innovation. The company strengthens mental resilience by providing fast and affordable access to quality mental health therapy care (online and offline), preventive education, and a tailored employee assistance programme that is hyper-local and scalable globally. With a high net promoter score, its employee assistance programme has a notable utilisation rate compared to global benchmarks.
This category recognises companies that provide comprehensive and user-friendly recruitment portals to organisations. Judges looked for providers who could demonstrate the effectiveness of their portal in attracting and matching qualified candidates, as well as their ability to customise their services to meet the needs of their clients.
SG JOBS LAH
Jobs Lah seeks to transform the recruitment landscape, with ambitious plans for international expansion. It offers a user-friendly platform for jobseekers to explore a wide range of opportunities. Employers benefit from flexible job posting options and a powerful AI-matching system that matches candidates with their specific needs. Jobs Lah takes pride in its rapidly growing user base, enabling businesses worldwide to find top talent through its suite of AI-powered features.
Website: https://www.jobslah.com
Email: marketing@jobslah.com
CULTIVAR STAFFING & SEARCH
Cultivar Staffing & Search is a home-grown, result-driven, staffing and search firm based in Singapore. From covering the accounting & finance sector, this winner now has broader specialisations in IT & technology, engineering, and corporate support functions. Its new recruitment portal, JobConnect, serves as the cornerstone of the team’s recruitment process. It seamlessly integrates with Cultivar’s customer relation management software and applicant tracking system, creating an ecosystem that enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of its operations.
Website: https://www.cultivar.asia
Email: info@cultivar.asia
First Konnection is a leading specialist education recruitment agency delivering tailored recruitment and business solutions to organisations within the education sector. Licensed by Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower, it caters to enterprises of varying scales. Its expertise lies in providing specialised turnkey solutions and offering advice to address its clients’ varied needs. Whether it's sourcing top-tier educators, administrative staff, or management personnel, the team believes its resources and capabilities can identify and engage talent that aligns seamlessly with clients' objectives and values.
Website: https://www.firstkonnection.com/
Email: serena@firstkonnection.com
BEST EMPLOYER OF RECORD SERVICE PROVIDERS
This category recognises solution providers that offer the best employer of record services to corporate clients. Judges evaluated these winners’ ability to manage payroll, benefits, and compliance requirements for clients operating in multiple jurisdictions. They also looked at the vendors' track record in providing timely and accurate payroll services and ensuring compliance with local labour laws.
LINKS INTERNATIONAL
With 25 years of experience providing services in-country, Links offers personalised, tailor-made employer of record (EOR) service solutions. Its dedicated account managers work to ensure swift expansion across the Asia Pacific within 48 hours. Links supports clients seamlessly throughout the entire EOR life cycle. This includes complete recruitment and candidate sourcing, immigration, visa and tax services, and end-to-end payroll processing once a legal entity is established. All EOR services are delivered entirely in-country, ensuring an optimal employee experience and engagement, superior compliance, client advisory, and service.
Established in 2010, and headquartered in Singapore, BIPO is a global payroll and people solutions provider. Designed for businesses –from SMEs to MNCs – this organisation’s total HR solutions include human capital management solutions, global payroll outsourcing, and an employer of record (EOR) service across over 100 global markets. BIPO’s advanced HR management system and Athena BI, combined with innovative global payroll outsourcing and an EOR technology platform, seek to streamline HR processes, automate workflows, and deliver actionable HR and people insights.
Website: https://www.biposervice.com
Email: adeline.lee@biposervice.com
Recruitment Central is an employer of record (EOR) service provider specialising in the Singapore market. Its mission is to simplify the complexities of employment, allowing businesses to focus on growth while it manages the legal and administrative responsibilities of hiring and managing staff in Singapore. The advanced capabilities of its talent acquisition and HRMS platforms allow for seamless employee onboarding, real-time payroll processing, comprehensive benefits administration, and ongoing compliance management, all tailored to meet the specific needs of each client.
Website: https://recruitmentcentral.co
Email: business@recruitmentcentral.co
LEADERS OF THE YEAR
This category recognises individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the HR industry and demonstrated exceptional leadership qualities. They have showcased their impact on the business, as well as their ability to inspire and lead others in the field.
GOLD ENGAGEROCKET – DOROTHY YIU
SILVER AIA SINGAPORE – KENNETH TAN
BRONZE CULTIVAR STAFFING & SEARCH – ZAC NG
FINALIST
ARYAN SOLUTIONS – VIKRAM SHERVANI
ENGAGEROCKET – DOROTHY YIU
Dorothy Yiu, CEO & Co-founder of EngageRocket, is an expert in technology, data analytics, HR, and business strategy. She believes that cultivating a culture of engagement and belonging is not only a strategic imperative, but also a moral imperative for organisations seeking sustained success. Over the past year, she has driven the enhancement of EngageRocket’s analytics capabilities, including leading the discovery process of AI features and sharing her views at various industry events.
AIA SINGAPORE – KENNETH TAN
Kenneth Tan is Chief Corporate Solutions Officer at AIA Singapore. He envisions a workplace where employees’ physical, mental, emotional, and social health are all valued and nurtured. Tan’s strategic approach in driving this vision included the successful expansion of two major pillars of wellbeing from the WorkWell proposition – the ‘Think Well’ and ‘Live Well’ pillars. The enhancement of the Think Well pillar, in particular, also saw a collaboration with WhiteCoat Holdings.
Website: https://www.engagerocket.co
Email: hello@engagerocket.co
Website: https://aia.com.sg/
Email: kenneth-kj.tan@aia.com
CULTIVAR STAFFING & SEARCH – ZAC NG
Zac Ng is the Founder and Managing Director of Cultivar Staffing & Search. He began his recruitment journey in 2012 at a micro-SME agency, managing 800 part-time staff, before becoming the managing director of a recruitment agency in 2014. By 2019, Ng founded Cultivar, initially focusing on CFO searches. In December 2022, he redefined the company’s vision, mission, and values, aiming to reshape the industry with ethical practices and a commitment towards positive community impact.
Website: www.cultivar.asia
Email: info@cultivar.asia
ARYAN SOLUTIONS – VIKRAM SHERVANI
Vikram Shervani, founder of Aryan Solutions, excels in client relations, headhunting, and expanding operations across Asia Pacific. He has introduced groundbreaking changes at Aryan Solutions, leveraging technology and strategic insights, for example, in talent acquisition, by integrating AI-powered tools for predictive hiring, reducing time-to-fill and enhancing the candidate quality. He has also championed flexible work models, which has helped boost employee morale and retention amidst evolving demands.
Website: https://www.aryan-solutions.com
Email: Vikram@aryan-solutions.com
AIA Singapore
Allied Search
APRIL International
Aryan Solutions
BIPO
Capability Group
Cigna Healthcare Singapore
Cornerstone Global Partners
Cultivar Staffing & Search Dayforce
Deep Impact EL Connect Employment Hero
EngageRocket
ENiBLE
Far East Hospitality
First Konnection
Fraser Residence River Promenade
Hong Bao Media
Howden Insurance Brokers
Info-Tech Systems Integrators
Intellect
IQ Dynamics
JC Consulting
Links International
Mercer Singapore
Morgan McKinley Talent Solutions
Opensoft
Pacific Prime-CXA
People Central People Potential
Prudential Assurance Company Singapore Psylent Qualtrics QuickHR Ramco Systems
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