Romania's staff shortage is driven by the decreasing share of high school graduates and workforce migration, to which adds the mismatch between market demands and the education offer - a trend that is also noticeable in Western Europe, shows a survey by brokerage house XTB Romania."In June, the nationwide average gross salary was 6,854 RON in industry, 15,110 RON in IT and communications (especially the IT area), and 12,948 RON in financial intermediation and insurance services. Two years before, the gross salary was 5,321 RON in industry, 11,481 RON in IT, and 9,720 RON in finance. Whereas the IT and communications salary was 115.7 percent higher in June 2021 versus industry salaries, the difference increased to 120.5 percent in June this year," the survey shows.Thus, although insufficiently statistically captured, the difficulty of finding tradesmen such as electricians, plumbers, painters is reflected in the rates charged and the incomes that progressively close the gap to IT or finance pays. But the slower response, for the time being, from other areas has allowed IT salaries to take off compared to industry pays.With continued progress of artificial intelligence, OpenAI recently announced the development of an enterprise version of ChatGPT intended for companies."It will operate faster and address concerns about the use of companies' data, with the promise that they will not enter the corpus of the model used in such a way as to become, indirectly and without the consent of the owners, public information or accessible to other users," the survey states.Thus, AI adoption by companies could speed up, the effect being the multiplication of its practical applications. The complexity of the problems that can be addressed is increasing, but important gaps remain in terms of the completeness and correctness of the answers.
Elon Musk's mother, Maye Musk, re-shared a post about the Craiova Christmas Market on X on Monday, December 1. She described the event as "beautiful" and included three emojis in her caption. The original post highlighted that the Craiova Christmas Market was taking place in a safe environment. "No concrete barriers. No armed guards. No […]
Real estate developer Globalworth has begun construction on Green Court D, the fourth building in its Green Court office complex in Bucharest’s Aurel Vlaicu area. Scheduled for completion in 2027, the project is now in its preliminary phase, which includes enclosure works and excavation for the basement structure, the company said. The new building will […]
Romania’s National Committee for Emergency Situations decided to distribute drinking water from the state reserves to 13 localities in the counties of Prahova and Dâmboviţa. The area was severely impacted by a drop in water levels at the Paltinu Dam, leading to problems in the water distribution system and affecting over 100,000 people, local hospitals, […]
Rock star Marilyn Manson will return to Romania next summer to perform at Rockstadt Extreme Fest, organizers announced on Tuesday, December 2. He is among the headliners confirmed for the local rock and metal festival, which will take place from July 27 to 31 in Ghimbav, Brașov county. “For the first time ever, Marilyn Manson […]
Romania’s government has assumed responsibility in Parliament for legislation reforming magistrates’ pensions, prime minister Ilie Bolojan announced on December 2. He said the draft law had received the opinion of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, noting that the court’s assessment was negative. It is the government’s second attempt to have the bill promulgated, […]
Romania Education Alliance (REA), the first private school network in the country, announced it has exceeded the milestone of 1,000 students enrolled across its member schools just one year after launch. "The fact that we surpassed 1,000 students in our very first year of activity shows that the REA model addresses a real need in […]
