Article
13 min read
Author
Gabriele Culot
Published
March 28, 2024
Last Update
July 10, 2024
Table of Contents
1. Strategic alignment with business goals
2. Understanding legal and cultural contexts
3. Forecasting and future planning
4. Leveraging technology for workforce optimization
5. Effective communication and collaboration
6. Employee engagement and performance management
Supercharge your organization’s global workforce planning with Deel
Workforce planning is a fundamental tool for the success of organizations that operate internationally. This approach enables companies to align their business goals with their staffing needs, ensuring they have the right people in the right places to drive success and maintain competitive advantage.
However, navigating the complexity of a global workforce requires a nuanced understanding of workforce optimization strategies and agility in adapting these practices to varying international standards and complex business environments.
In this post, we look at six pillars that support effective global workforce planning and break them down into actionable tips that can be combined and implemented into any business structure, from budding startups to established enterprises with a global presence.
What we do at Deel is very simple. We help companies go global and hire around the world. If you want to work with someone in a country where you don’t have the infrastructure to do so, whether it’s hiring contractors, employees or opening your own entity, we do all of the back office for you so you can give them a great experience and start going global.
—Alex Bouaziz,
Co-founder and CEO, Deel
The first step to ensure successful workforce planning, especially on the global stage, is ensuring your human resources strategy aligns with your overall business goals. This involves accounting for the current and future needs of the business and how the workforce can best be structured and optimized to meet those needs.
Deel is a great transitional tool to build a team that can get up and running fast to capture business opportunities.
—Joey Leung,
Director of Strategic Alliances, BBMSL
Adapting workforce planning to different legal and cultural environments is crucial for global businesses. Employment laws, cultural norms, and expectations can significantly vary from country to country, affecting everything from working hours to employee engagement strategies and the effectiveness of collaboration and processes.
Before you work on solutions, make sure you have a clear understanding of the compliance challenges companies face when growing globally.
We have a complete guide on international hiring to answer all your questions.
Effective workforce planning requires an accurate forecast of future workforce needs based on business expansion plans, market trends, and technological advancements. This involves both short-term and long-term forecasting to optimize workforce agility and ensure readiness for future business shifts.
Unrestricted talent search across borders allows us to hire and onboard in as little as two days, a process that used to take weeks or even months.
—Carmen Fan,
Head of Marketing, Floship
Automation and workforce optimization software can streamline workforce management, enhance operational efficiency, and improve decision-making. Time tracking, project management, performance management, and attendance software, apps, and all-in-one platforms enable businesses to optimize their global workforce more easily.
You can watch more tips, strategies, and examples of global expansion in our webinar “Unlock Global Talent: How to Recruit and Hire Internationally.”
Effective communication and collaboration across different time zones and cultural boundaries are essential for successful global workflows. This includes internal communication within teams and maintaining clear communication lines with stakeholders and customers.
When I hire overseas, I find that people know and trust Deel. They feel reassured because they trust the platform and it gives them peace of mind too.
—Ben Cheng,
Founder and Project Manager, Oursky
Optimizing the performance of a global workforce and ensuring high levels of engagement and satisfaction are key to maintaining productivity and reducing turnover. This involves building a positive work environment where employees feel valued and supported, regardless of location.
Expanding globally carries both opportunities and challenges, but building scalable and high-performing global teams can be easy with the right strategies and tools.
Deel gives us access to hiring people in a compliant way, anywhere. Those are people that we wouldn’t have been able to hire without Deel, as we wouldn’t be able to open an entity in every country where we wanted to hire someone. It also enables us to be close to our customers, they are all over the world, so we need to be there too.
—Sanna Westman,
Head of People, Planhat
Deel offers a host of solutions to support organizations in their expansion to the global marketplace and the future of work. From visa support and EOR solutions to help you secure top talent anywhere you may need, to a full HR suite designed around the needs of companies operating globally and remotely.
Discover the full range of Deel products and find more information on global mobility and the future of work on our blog.
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