Global workforce market map

Global workforce markets

One place to start, wherever your workforce needs to work.

Search any country, choose several markets or begin before the location is decided. Gracemark shapes the recruiting, employment, payroll or delivery route around the work.

Global coverage, one accountable partner

Choose the part of the world where the work happens.

Hire in any country, or several at once. Pick a region to see what businesses and partners ask us for there, then answer two questions to see your options.

51 markets

Selectable in The Americas

Two questions

Where and who. That is all.

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The Americas

North America and Latin America under one workforce relationship.

For enterprise and in house teams

Recruit, employ and pay people across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina and the wider region, with one accountable partner instead of a provider in every country.

  • National staffing and direct hiring in the United States and Canada
  • Employment, payroll and contractor arrangements across Latin America
  • Nearshore teams working inside your own team, in your time zone

For agencies, MSPs and service partners

Add recruiting, employment, payroll or managed delivery behind your brand where your own footprint stops, with the client relationship and commercial basis written out for review.

Recruiting and direct hireEmployment and payrollFlexible staffingManaged deliveryMarket entry

Two questions to your preview

Start with the market and the work.

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Most requested in The Americas

The category, defined

What global workforce orchestration is, and when each model is the right one.

Global workforce orchestration is the coordination of recruiting, employment, payroll, flexible staffing, managed delivery and market entry for one company across multiple countries, under a single accountable partner and a single plan, instead of separate vendors in each market.

Comparison of global workforce models, when to use each and who carries responsibility
Workforce modelUse it whenWho carries responsibilityWhat Gracemark runs
Direct hiring with your own entityYou already have a legal entity in the market and long term headcount there.Your company is the employer and carries local obligations.Recruiting support, payroll and local administration.
Employment through a provider, often called EORYou want people employed in a market where you have no entity, or not yet.The local employing entity holds the employment relationship, you direct the work.Employment, payroll, benefits administration and local compliance handling.
Staff augmentation and flexible capacityYou need skills for a defined or changing period inside your own team.Gracemark arranges the workforce, your managers direct the day to day work.Sourcing, workforce arrangement, payroll and ongoing support.
Managed delivery, scope basedYou want an outcome delivered rather than people to manage.Gracemark carries delivery responsibility for the agreed scope.Team, supervision, delivery management and agreed reporting.
Market entry and expansion supportYou are deciding where to operate, or setting up in a new country.Responsibilities are split by phase and confirmed in your plan.Market and cost comparison, first hires, employment route and scale up path.

Availability of each model depends on the country, the role and your contract. Your reviewed workforce plan confirms which model applies to your requirement.

One hire in a new country

Employment through a provider is usually the shortest route, because it avoids setting up an entity for a single role.

A team you already work with

The question is not who to hire, it is which employment and payroll arrangement fits the market and the existing agreements.

Work with a deadline, not a headcount

Compare flexible capacity against managed delivery. The deciding factor is who should carry delivery responsibility.

Several markets at once

Compare markets on total cost structure, available employment routes and time to first productive hire, not on salary alone.

A client requirement behind your brand

Partner delivery keeps the client relationship with you while recruiting, employment, payroll or delivery runs underneath.

Find the market your business needs.

Selecting a country starts the planning journey. It does not claim that every service or arrangement is identical everywhere. Your preview shows the cost structure and the decisions that must be confirmed for that market.

Compare multiple markets or choose not sure yet