06.11.2013

The hiring outlook in Romania will weaken by 3 percentage points in the third quarter of 2013 compared with the previous quarter and by 7 percentage points compared with the similar interval a year more

03.12.2013

The hiring climate in Romania will remain favorable in the second quarter of 2013 as 21% of local companies, particularly in the manufacturing and wholesale sectors, plan to hire more employees, more

03.08.2013

The share of private sector employees to the total population is just 13.7% in Romania, placing the country near the bottom of the European ranking. more

12.11.2012

Only 17% of employers in Romania will be hiring new staff in the next three months and hiring plans are more pessimistic than three months ago, according to a survey by ManpowerGroup Romania. more

10.09.2012

Romania's unemployment rate rose to 5.01% in September, from 4.9% a month earlier, the country’s employment agency ANOFM said Tuesday. more

09.03.2012

Six of the ten largest insurance companies performed double-digit staff cuts during the crisis to keep spending in check after policy sales had collapsed. The ten largest insurance companies had more

08.22.2012

Almost EUR20 billion could go towards consumer spending and the state budget if the 2.5 million Romanians aged over 18 working abroad were employed in Romania, according to ZF calculations taking into more

06.26.2012

The human resource services market is estimated at EUR150 million in 2011, when it rose by 21%, as companies resumed growth after 2008 and 2009 when three of the top players posted decline of up to more

05.30.2012

Almost one in two Romanian employers (45%) says they have problems recruiting for their jobs because of the “lack of technical skills,” a percentage significantly higher than the global average, more

05.28.2012

One year after the entry into force of Romania’s new Labor Code, the economy has recovered only 100,000 jobs of more than 650,000 it had lost during the crisis. However, one in three Romanians is more

05.24.2012

The Labor Ministry has enough statistics to solve deficiencies on the labor market, but it needs to find simple methods to increase budget revenues and to direct the money to areas where there is more

04.19.2012

Romania's Government will continue to downsize the public sector, by hiring only one person for each seven vacant positions, but will allow a certain amount of flexibility in order to prevent more

03.29.2012

Human resources managers in 2012 are tired of signing layoff decisions. It is time to reinvent themselves and find new solutions to boost performance and motivate employees through simple things, and more

03.21.2012

Romania’s European Affairs Minister Leonard Orban on Wednesday said he will propose the Government increase the number of jobs by nearly 500 within central structures in charge of managing European more

03.20.2012

The Romanian ministries in control of structures responsible for EU fund management will be allowed to hire temporary employees, according to a draft ordinance published on the website of the Ministry more

03.19.2012

Romania’s temporary employment services market rose 11% on the year in 2011, to over EUR100 million, and is seen growing by 5% to 10% in 2012, according to estimates by local recruitment and more

03.16.2012

Three out of four public sector employees “laid off” over the last three years actually went into retirement. That is how Romania managed to get to 1.2 million employees in this sector, as the more

02.08.2012

Romania will develop a national job creation plan, will team up with agencies that monitor the labor market and will give incentives to employers who hire women with children younger than six, more

02.02.2012

This year’s high-paying jobs (upwards of EUR1,000 a month) require candidates to be Polytechnic University graduates and speak German or French well besides English. IBM, Xerox, Oracle, Microsoft, more

02.01.2012

Romania's Government is preparing a bill to permit hiring in public institutions that run programs financed from EU funds, arguing that allowing these exceptions from the hiring restrictions will more

01.20.2012

More than 30,000 jobs have been advertised on the best-known recruitment sites since the beginning of the year. The most dynamic employers are those in the IT, outsourcing and automotive sectors, as more

12.29.2011

Italy has decided to lift all labor market restrictions for Romanians and Bulgarians on December 31, 2011, the Romanian Labor Ministry said Thursday. more

12.29.2011

Romania's Government has decided to limit the number of work permits for foreigners to 5,500 in 2012 (the same as this year), and has reduced the number of authorizations for permanent and more

12.07.2011

Siveco, the largest local software developer, has doubled the number of employees in the past year, so it now has 1,200 people working for it. more

11.30.2011

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Wednesday appointed Elvira Rodica Andronescu in the position of head of the National Employment Agency (ANOFM). more