Country explorer

How to choose the right country to hire your remote employee

So you want to hire globally but don’t know where to look for talent?

Planning a hiring strategy is hard work, especially when you don’t know where to look. It involves planning, timing and a whole lot of research. The complexities of local labour laws, income tax and salary benchmarking could be enough to put you off.

But the team at WorkMotion have got you covered. To help you decide which countries to consider in the recruitment process, we’ve come up with resources and tools that can help.

Say hello to the Country Explorer

Cut through the confusion of global hiring. Our intelligent recommendation engine takes the guesswork out of finding the best country for your needs. Tell us what matters, and we’ll use in-depth data to pinpoint the ideal location for your next top talent acquisition.

Based on your exact hiring requirements, this tool recommends the top three countries where you should look for talent.

Get country-specific hiring playbooks

Each country you explore unlocks a free, downloadable Hiring Playbook. Think of it as a one-page cheat sheet with all the essential info for hiring success in a new market.

Employment landscape overview

Understand regulations, taxes, and legalities

Local talent pool insights

Identify where to find the best candidates

Bonus

Links to local job boards to fast-track your search

How does the Country Explorer work?

Select your search parameters

Adjusting the scales by moving from very low to very high importance according to your requirements.

Click on Recommend Countries

Take a look at the top three countries suggested for you based on the importance you indicated for the eight criteria.

Download our Hiring Playbooks

These are especially designed for each country to help you understand the general hiring landscape in a country.

Hit Clear & try again

Re-adjust the importance levels and make as many recommendations as you would like to get different results.

Take our guided tour below to see it in action

Check out our detailed Country Explorer

If you are looking for insights on what to expect in each country, we also have 100+ comprehensive country guides on our website that are specially designed to help you navigate the hiring landscape of each country.

These guides are free and easily downloadable and when you become a client of WorkMotion, we also give you access to our country guides from within our platform. These contain much more detail, so you’ll have everything you’ll need to create a smart hiring strategy in one place.

The guides provide you with up-to-date data about local holidays, labour conditions, leaves, benefits, and so much more.

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