22.12.2023

THE NUMBER OF FOREIGN WORKERS WHO WILL BE ABLE TO WORK IN ROMANIA WILL REACH 140,000 NEXT YEAR

The number of foreign workers who will be able to work in Romania in 2024 will reach 140,000, or 40 percent above the threshold for this year according to an analysis published this week by an online recruitment platform.

According to EJOBS, most employers are in the retail, hotel and restaurant business, services, construction, transport and logistics or tourism, as well as "initial positions", which require a maximum of two years of experience.

Of the nearly 350,000 jobs announced from the beginning of January to the end of November, 86,000 were announced by employers from the retail sector, 51,000 from the Services sector, 40,000 of the food industry, 37,000 from tourism, 32,000 from transport and logistics, and 28,000 from construction employers.

According to Salario (Salario), the IDDS unit to compare wages, the average net salary at a national level for an employee who occupies a low, starting position in these sectors is between 2600 and 3600 lei as follows: 3000 lei for the employees in the trade At retail, 3600 lei for construction workers, 3000 lei for workers in the food and hotel and restaurant industry, 3100 lei for employees in transport and distribution, 2600 lei for employees in tourism.

"2022 is the year in which the number of work permits provided to workers from non-EU countries has increased most, given that in 2021 the contingent of newly adopted foreign labor market is It was 50,000, which is twice the previous year. According to official data, over 96,000 employment contracts for workers from non-European countries have been registered last year," the media reports.

The EJOBS platform, established in 1999, is the first to recruit staff in Romania, which since 2012 is part of the Ringier AG group, an international media company with the Headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.

Currently, the platform offers 24,000 jobs, of which nearly 6,500 are from employers in the retail sector, 2,000 - in construction, 3 300 - in the services, 2,600 - in transport and logistics, and 2,200 - in tourism, hotel and restaurant.