Staffing service
Contract & Temporary Staffing for US & Canadian Employers
Skilled contractors on our payroll, on your team — one all-in hourly bill rate.
Overview
What is Contract & Temporary Staffing?
Contract & Temporary Staffing is one of 6 staffing services Harbor Recruitment offers employers in the United States and Canada.
Contractors work on your projects under your direction while employed by Harbor as W-2 employees. Payroll taxes, workers' compensation, and insurance are on us and quoted as one all-in bill rate — no surprise line items.
When to use Contract & Temporary Staffing
Project surges, backfills, seasonal peaks, parental-leave coverage, or specialized skills you need for months rather than years.
What you get
- Qualified contractors, often within days
- One all-in hourly bill rate — taxes, workers' comp, and insurance included
- Timesheet management and weekly contractor payroll handled by Harbor
- Extend, release, or convert as your needs change
Typical timeline
First candidates typically presented within 2–3 business days.
How pricing works
Contract staffing is quoted as a single all-in hourly bill rate: the contractor's pay plus payroll taxes, workers' compensation, and insurance. One number, one invoice, no surprise line items.
Every engagement is quoted in writing before anyone starts work.
Get an exact quoteHow it works
From kickoff to day one
Four steps, one account manager, and a search that stays on course from the first call to the first follow-up.
Tell us who you need
A focused intake call covers the role, the team, the pay range, and what success looks like. You leave with a named account manager and a committed shortlist date.
Shortlist in 3–5 business days
You meet a handful of vetted candidates — interviewed, reference-checked, and genuinely interested — instead of a stack of resumes to sort yourself.
Interviews & assessments
We schedule every round, run any skills assessments you want, and debrief both sides within a business day so momentum never stalls.
Offer, onboarding & follow-up
We help you shape an offer that lands, manage the notice period, and stay close through onboarding — with scheduled check-ins across the first 90 days.
Practice areas
Practice areas we staff
Contract & Temporary Staffing is available in every one of our ten practice areas, each run by recruiters who work that market every day.
Related services
Other ways to engage Harbor
Most clients mix models over time — a contract backfill today, a retained search next quarter. The same account manager runs all of it.
- Direct HirePermanent employees, recruited and vetted for you — you pay only when your hire starts.Direct Hire details
- Contract-to-HireTry before you hire — evaluate on the job, convert when you're sure.Contract-to-Hire details
- Executive SearchRetained, confidential searches for the leaders who change your trajectory.Executive Search details
- High-Volume Workforce ProgramsRamp a facility or a season — dozens to hundreds of workers, one accountable partner.High-Volume Workforce Programs details
- RPO & Payroll ServicesYour recruiting engine or your payroll of record — run by Harbor, branded as you.RPO & Payroll Services details
Client stories
What employers say
Fill rates and retention numbers matter — but so does what it's like to work with us.
“Harbor filled nine engineering roles for us across Austin and New York last year. The shortlists arrive inside a week and the quality is consistent — our 12-month retention on their hires is the best of any agency we use.”
Rachel KimVP People, Northwind Software “They staffed our Calgary plant expansion — engineers and skilled trades — while we stayed focused on the launch. One bill rate, no compliance surprises, and their coordinator handled every start date.”
Tom VandermeerOperations Director, Ironline Manufacturing “The confidential search for our operations lead was handled with total discretion. Three finalists in five weeks, all strong enough to hire. We signed the retainer for our next search the same month.”
Alexis MoreauManaging Partner, Beacon Ridge Legal
Start a Contract & Temporary Staffing engagement
Tell us who you need. You'll leave the intake call with a named account manager and a committed shortlist date — vetted candidates in 3–5 business days.