The phrase "a global work force" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a labor pool that spans multiple countries or regions, emphasizing the international aspect of employment.
Example: "In today's economy, companies are increasingly relying on a global work force to meet their diverse needs."
Alternatives: "an international labor pool" or "a worldwide workforce".
The report bases its estimates on the projection of a global work force of 3.5 billion by the year 2020, compared with 2.9 billion today.
Even as schools aim to better prepare students for a global work force, fewer than one in three American students are proficient in geography.
Using a broad definition of "professional" adopted by the International Labor Organization, LinkedIn says there are an estimated 640 million professionals out of a global work force of approximately 3.3 billion, leaving plenty of room for the site to grow.
The report, prepared by the accounting firm Deloitte, estimated that Facebook, which has a global work force of about 3,000, indirectly helped create 232,000 jobs in Europe in 2011 and enabled more than $32 billion in revenues.
ST-Ericsson said the fate of 1,600 employees not being repatriated by the two parent companies — roughly 37 percent of the venture's work force — would depend on the outcome of a global work force review.
Since December, Motorola has announced a series of cutbacks and sales of operations that are set to eliminate 22,000 positions from a global work force of 147,000.
American universities last year had 73,350 students from South Korea, which has less than half of Japan's population, "There is an awareness that Japan's competitiveness is falling, and we need a more global work force," said Kazunori Masugo, head of the Senri International School in western Japan and a member of a central government committee on education and training.
A 2012 global work force study of 32,000 employees by the consulting company Towers Watson found that the traditional definition of engagement — the willingness of employees to voluntarily expend extra effort — is no longer sufficient to fuel the highest levels of performance.
The I.B.M. long-term game plan has included aggressive expansion into higher-growth markets abroad and a buildup of its global work force.
Humbled by a year of problems at home and abroad, Coca-Cola said yesterday that it would cut 6,000 jobs, or a fifth of its global work force of 30,000, in the biggest reductions ever by the company.
As anticipated, wearable leader Fitbit kicked off the week by announcing a 6percentt reduction in global work force, following disappointing fourth quarter financials.
