Contract Staffing · Flexible & contract-to-hire

Contract talent,
live in days.

Skilled professionals on flexible terms — pure contract, contract-to-hire, or a managed team. We run payroll, compliance and worker classification; you get productive people in days, not weeks.

Why Rivago

Flexible capacity, without
the compliance headache.

Most agencies bench-warm a list and bill the markup. We do the opposite — one senior partner owns your contract need end to end, deploys from a pre-vetted bench, and carries payroll, tax and worker classification so you don't.

5–7d

To first contractor

Vetted, available and cleared to start.

100%

Compliance handled

Payroll, tax and classification, on us.

63%

Convert to permanent

Of contract-to-hire engagements, last year.

600+

Contractors deployed

Across four markets, to date.

One partner, full ownership

The same senior partner from brief to deployment and beyond. No handoffs to a BD desk, no account-manager relay — one name owns the engagement.

Payroll & compliance, on us

We become the employer of record for every contractor — payroll, taxes, benefits, insurance and IR35/worker classification handled in-country.

Deployed in days

A standing bench of pre-vetted, references-checked contractors means most roles are filled and productive inside a working week.

Convert when you're ready

Every contractor can move to permanent with no conversion fee after an agreed period — try before you commit, keep the ones who fit.

How contract staffing works

Three ways to add
flexible contract capacity.

01
Contract staffing
Skilled professionals for a defined period or project. Billed on a transparent day-rate — we handle payroll, tax, insurance and compliance so the worker is fully covered from day one.
  • Deployed in 5–7 days
  • Transparent day-rate, no hidden markup
  • Payroll & compliance fully handled
  • Scale the team up or down as work changes
02
Contract-to-hire
Trial the fit before you commit. The professional works on contract for an agreed period, then converts to your permanent payroll with no conversion fee once you're sure.
  • Try before you commit
  • No conversion fee after the agreed term
  • Payroll & compliance during the contract
  • 63% convert to permanent
03
Managed contract team
Need a whole squad or a statement-of-work delivery team? We stand up, run and supervise a managed contract team against your outcomes — one contract, one point of contact.
  • Full team stood up in weeks
  • SOW or managed-capacity models
  • Single contract, single invoice
  • On-site or fully remote
What we actually do

A contract engagement runs five stages.
None of them are a portal.

From signed brief to a contractor at their desk in about a week — compliance, payroll and classification handled throughout.

01
Day 0–1

Scope the engagement

A 45-minute call fixes the skills, rate band, duration and start date. You approve the spec before we go out.

You getSigned-off SOW scope
02
Day 1–3

Shortlist from bench

Pre-vetted contractors already cleared to work, plus targeted outreach where the bench is thin.

You get3–5 available contractors
03
Day 3–5

Validate & lock rate

Skills tested against the spec, references checked, right-to-work verified and the rate agreed in writing.

You getVerified, rate-locked slate
04
Day 5–7

Contract & onboard

We paper the engagement, run classification checks, set up payroll and arrange access and kit.

You getCompliant day-one start
05
Ongoing

Manage, extend, convert

Timesheets, performance check-ins and a single invoice — extend the term or convert to permanent whenever it suits.

You getOne invoice · convert anytime
Five stages. One partner runs all of them.
Industries

Specialist partners,
aligned to your sector.

Every Rivago partner runs one practice. They know which contractors are genuinely available next week, what the going day rate actually is, and who delivers without hand-holding.

Explore all industries
Customer story

Contract talent,
in their own words.

Plain English from delivery leads, engineering managers and ops directors who scaled with Rivago contractors in the last eighteen months. No pseudonyms. No doctored quotes.

US · Technology

We had a six-month platform build and no headcount to hire against. Rivago stood up four contract engineers in a week — payroll, IR35, all of it handled. We shipped on time and kept two on permanently.

RP
Ryan P.
Director of Engineering · US SaaS
Canada · Finance

Year-end always breaks our capacity. Rivago gives us five contract analysts every Q4 — same people where we can, cleared and productive on day one, off payroll again in January. Zero compliance drama.

PR
Priya R.
Finance Director · Ontario financial services
UAE · Operations

We open new sites on tight timelines and need contract teams that are compliant from hour one. Rivago became the employer of record for the whole squad — visas, payroll, insurance. We just directed the work.

SM
Samira M.
VP Operations · Dubai logistics group
Hire Talent

Tell us the roles.
We'll do the rest.

Four minutes. A senior partner reads every brief within an hour and confirms availability, rate and start date before anyone is deployed.

Deployed in 5–7 days. Vetted, available contractors cleared and ready to start.
Payroll & compliance on us. We're the employer of record — tax, insurance and classification handled.
Convert with no fee. Move any contractor to permanent after the agreed term at no conversion charge.
48-hour replacement. If a contractor isn't the right fit, we swap them fast — no extra charge.
Brief intake · ~ 4 minutes
A partner will be in touch within one business hour during business hours. By submitting you agree to our terms.
FAQ

Contract staffing, the real questions.

Yes — the margin is stated as a separate line before the engagement starts and does not change without your written agreement. You see the contractor pay rate, the employment on-costs and the Rivago margin as distinct figures rather than a single blended number.
Rivago does. We are the legal employer of record for every contract placement: we hold the employment contract, run payroll and withholding, provide statutory benefits and carry employer liability insurance. Classification determinations are made and documented by us, and we indemnify you against them.
Conversion terms are agreed at the start, not negotiated under pressure later. Typically the conversion fee tapers with time served — after a defined period, conversion is free. The schedule is written into the engagement letter so you can plan around it.
Contractors submit timesheets weekly and are approved by your manager before invoicing. You are billed on approved hours only, on standard net terms. Rivago pays the contractor regardless of when you pay us, so a delay on your side never affects the person doing the work.
Contract is an individual professional on a longer fixed term — usually months — doing specialist or project work at a professional day or hourly rate. Temporary staffing is shorter-cycle operational cover, often multiple workers, measured in days or weeks. Both sit on Rivago payroll.
Tell your partner and we replace them. Contract placements carry a replacement commitment inside the first two weeks at no cost, and we will not invoice for a contractor you have asked us to remove on performance grounds.

Tell us who you need.
We'll be back tomorrow.

A 30-minute scoping call with a partner — not a portal — and available contractors with day rates in your inbox within one business day.

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