Bestjobs recruiting platform announced on Tuesday that it reached the threshold of 40 000 positions opened by companies, so that the job offer in March exceeding all data recorded until now, at least since the sanitary crisis appeared in Romania. “Moreover, statistics in quarter 1, 2022 show that the job offer grew by 50% compared to the same period of 2021 and show a significant growth of activity in the labor market, on the background of lifting restrictions and returning to the work rate specific of the pre-pandemic period,”the platform shows. All that characterizes the post pandemic labor market, remote and hybrid jobs are to be found in company offers and record a higher share related to the total volume of jobs. Thus, in March alone, 10% of total jobs published by BestJobs were remote, while 14% allow flexible work, by dividing activities between house and office. The activity increase in March is seen by candidates too, as they explore with interest new jobs appeared in the labor market. 14% more job applications have been registered in the platform, 14% more applications to job offers compared to the previous month. The biggest interest was recorded in Sales, with over 89,000 applications in management, with over 62,000 applications in Finance/ Accounting, with over 46,000 applications. The top of counties with the highest volume of applications is kept in the same formula as since the beginning of the year: Bucharest and Ilfov, by about 232,500 applications , followed by Timis, with 59,500 applications and Cluj with over 38,000 applications.
Romanian prime minister Ilie Bolojan stated during an interview on Wednesday, December 17, that there should be no statute of limitations in cases of serious corruption. The statement comes after a Recorder investigation, which showed that several heads of the major institutions in the Romanian justice system allegedly delayed trials for years until wrongdoings were […]
President Nicușor Dan has challenged, before the Constitutional Court (CCR), the constitutionality of the law that requires that at least 40% of the athletes who play on a team in official national competitions be Romanian. Dan noted that the law violates the principle of non-discrimination and the free movement of workers, enshrined both in the […]
Craiova International Airport will open its new passenger terminal on Thursday, December 18, completing a major infrastructure investment aimed at significantly expanding capacity and improving air connectivity in southwestern Romania. It is part of a broader expansion and modernization project financed through the Large Infrastructure Operational Programme (POIM) 2014–2020, with a total value exceeding EUR […]
Romania is set to be connected to the Western European energy network thanks to grid investments worth EUR 30 billion. The funds will be provided by the EU by 2035, and the project will link Romania to Hungary and Austria in a joint project. Romanian energy minister Bogdan Ivan signaled the signing of the new […]
Franck Bagouet has been appointed managing director of TotalEnergies Marketing Romania SA and managing director of Automotive Southeast Europe Hub TotalEnergies Marketing. He succeeds Didier Grimault, who has accepted a new position within the TotalEnergies company. “I am glad to join this dynamic affiliate and confident that, together with our talented team, we will reinforce […]
Databricks, the data analytics and artificial intelligence company co-founded by Romanian professors Ion Stoica and Matei Zaharia, announced on Tuesday, December 16, that it is raising USD 4 billion in funding at a valuation of USD 134 billion, according to CNBC. The new valuation represents a 34% increase compared to the August round, when Databricks […]
