Three out of five Romanian employees have participated in a job interview this year, and the most frequent fears during the interview were emotions, the employers' high expectations and the lack of experience, according to a survey made by bestjobs , an online recruiting platform in Romania. Candidates on the recruiting platform made a new record of over 1.1 million applications in the first months of the year, intensifying searches for new jobs. In addition, more than 60% of respondents to the latest bestjobs survey declared they had participated in at least a job interview this year, while 20% intend to participate in interviews in the following period. According to the source mentioned, candidates would say “no” to a job after the interview in case the salary presented is below market level or expectations (41%), are asked whether they would like to work during legal vacations or free days (30%), realize during the interview that the job is not fit for them (27%), are asked about their intentions to have children (9%) or the recruiting process lasts too mcuh, with too many decision makers involved (25%). In this context, bestjobs introduces live ingterviews on the platform, in which candidates can have 1-to-1 talks with recruiters , without going through the application and screening stage. This kind of interview is similar to the concept of “speed dating”, when candidates have 8 minutes at their disposal to introduce themselves and learn about the respective job. After that quick interview both candidates and recruiters can vote “yes” in case the job is right and they are interested in going ahead with the recruiting process. The survey was made over October-November on a sample of 1,200 internet users in Romania. Bestjobs is one of the most important online recruiting platforms in Romania, with over 35,000 jobs available and 4.6 million professionals connected to the labour market.
Romanian president Nicușor Dan confirmed on August 20 that he is likely to pay an official visit to the United States early next year, provided preparations proceed as planned. A few days ago, foreign minister Oana Țoiu said that president Dan is expected to visit the United States and meet with president Donald Trump in the […]
European allies are pressing the United States to deploy F-35 fighter jets to Romania as part of future security guarantees for Ukraine, The Times reported, citing discussions among senior military officials. Romanian outlet
Romanian croissant producer Derpan SA has raised EUR 2 million through a private bond placement brokered by brokerage house Goldring SA, the company announced on August 20. The secured, euro-denominated bonds mature in 2030 and carry an annual coupon of 11%, Ziarul Financiar reported. ...
Romanian banks’ aggregated profit (EUR 752 million) and profitability ratios in Q2 remained around those seen in Q1, meaning slightly below the performance in the same period last year, according to data published by the National Bank of Romania (BNR). The non-performing loans (NPL) ratio, however, rose slightly to 2.8% at the end of June, […]
The Foreign Direct Investment Review Commission (CEISD) confirmed on August 20 that it had decided not to approve the transaction by which Hungarian state-owned MVM intends to acquire the gas and electricity supply division of E.ON Energie Romania. "Following the conclusions resulting from the detailed research procedure, CEISD decided to submit to the Supreme Council […]
Deputy prime minister Tanczos Barna stated on August 20, speaking for Digi24, that following the public administration reform included in the second package of fiscal measures, 40,000 positions in local and central administration will be abolished. The figure is not included in the substantiation note published by the Development Ministry along with the bill on […]
