The Ultimate Guide to Global Hiring 2025

Global hiring has come a long way. In 2025, companies aren’t just expanding abroad, they’re building international teams as a core growth strategy.
This guide is for companies ready to go global, whether you're hiring your first international employee or scaling into multiple markets.

From selecting the right expansion model to staying compliant and building a strong culture across borders, this report walks you through every step, realistically, clearly, and without fluff.

What You'll Learn

• Why now is the right time to build global teams, and how companies are doing it smarter, not harder
• The three main ways to hire internationally: local entities, contractors, or with an Employer of Record (EOR)
• Key compliance risks and how to avoid them, from misclassified contractors to IP issues
• How to design competitive global benefits that actually attract and retain top talent
• What it takes to onboard and support employees across time zones, cultures, and legal systems

Highlights from the Report

• 56% of U.S. companies are actively exploring international expansion
• Hiring internationally is no longer limited to big enterprises, startups and scaleups are leading the charge
• An EOR model can cut setup time from months to days, helping you get talent in-market faster
• Compliance isn’t just legal, it’s cultural: benefits, taxes, and contracts all need local expertise
• Building a team abroad means more than filling roles, it means investing in long-term growth

Who This Guide Is For

• Founders, CEOs, and COOs building or scaling global teams
• People Ops, HR, and Talent leaders looking to hire across borders compliantly
• Finance and legal teams needing to understand the costs and regulations involved
• Startups and remote-first companies wanting to stay lean while growing internationally

Why This Matters in 2025

Hiring globally used to be complicated, expensive, and full of red tape. That’s changed.
With smarter tools and better models like EORs, companies are now hiring in new markets faster and with fewer risks. But success still requires getting a lot of small details right, especially around compliance, contracts, and employee experience.

This guide gives you a practical, no-nonsense approach to doing it well.

Ready to Hire Globally?

Don’t let borders limit your growth.
Download “The Ultimate Guide to Global Hiring 2025”, and build a team that’s set up for long-term success, anywhere in the world.