In October, candidates active on the online recruiting platform Bestjobs sent 1.1 million applications, thus marking a new monthly record for the whole year, Bestjobs recruiting company announced. Moreover, candidates intensified their searches, each of them applying for 8-9 jobs, on the average, significantly more than at the beginning of the year, when they applied for 6-7 jobs. The number of new resumes is also rising, being in October 15% higher than in the previous month. Fiekds with most applications in October were Sales, Engineering, IT, Financial-Accounting and Call center/BPO. However, a considerable evolution versus September could be noticed in the cas of IT, where the volume of applications went up by 10%, Legal/Public sector by 20%, Marketing, Sales and Transports by 5% each. Moreover, students and entry-level candidates became more active in October on Bestjobs, their application representing 26% of the total volume, at similar level at as the beginning of summer, when they applied for part time jobs. Moreover, remote jobs or those with flexible progOctober offers for such jobs attracted over 120,000 applications and more than 90,000 searches had as subject the expressions “remote”, “work from home”, “work from the distance”, or “work at home”. Remote and hybrid jobs represent 15% of total jobs available on Bestjobs. At the same time, the expression “part time” accumulated over 45,000 interrogations on Bestjobs platform. According to the recruiting platform, that thing is due to the period in which students become active in looking for new opportunities and the efforts of full time employees to increase their incomes, a recurrent tendency in the past year. About Bestjobs Bestjobs is one of the most important online recruiting platform in Romania. Anytime, there are over 35,000 jobs and 4.6 million professionals connected to the labor market.
Romanian deep-tech startup .lumen, the developer of what it says are the world’s first AI-powered glasses for the blind, has secured a new investment from EIT Urban Mobility, the European innovation community focused on advancing sustainable and inclusive urban mobility solutions. The value of the new funding round was not disclosed. The investment aligns with […]
The health spending per capita in Romania was the lowest in the EU, with spending less than half the EU average in 2023, the recently released report, State of Health in the EU - Romania Country Health Profile 2025, shows. At the same time, life expectancy in Romania is 5.1 years below the EU average, […]
Romania’s annual inflation rate stood at roughly 9.8% in November 2025, similar to October, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). Food prices increased by 7.6% last month, while services rose roughly 11% and non-food goods climbed 10.7%. The consumer price index rose by 0.42% in November compared with October, while […]
Three French soldiers deployed in Romania as part of NATO’s Multinational Battle Group at Cincu intervened to save a truck driver following a serious traffic accident on the A3 Bucharest–Ploiești motorway, the Romanian Ministry of Defense said. The incident occurred earlier this week as the soldiers were traveling toward Ploiești and witnessed the truck crash...
Eight contemporary art galleries will present the works of the artists they represent at the third edition of the Smallest Art Fair in Town, an event dedicated to works on paper. This edition showcases works “investigating the state of wandering, disorientation, and rediscovery in the face of uncertainty.” Under the title In Dark Woods, A […]
Parents everywhere are asking an important question: What skills will truly prepare a child for a world defined by rapid change, global uncertainty, and the rise of artificial intelligence? For decades, schools focused entirely on academics. Today, research from neuroscience, performance psychology, and leading universities shows a different reality: The students who thrive long-term are […]
