Working in Romania
The unemployment rate recorded in Bucharest was 0.86% in December 2023
Sorin Iordan, 18.01.2024, 14:00
The unemployment rate recorded in Bucharest was 0.86% in December 2023, slightly on a downward trend as compared to the previous month, according to the data of the Municipal Employment Agency. In November last year, the unemployment rate in Bucharest was 0.88%. The Municipal Employment Agency shows that, at the end of December 2022, 10,811 unemployed people were registered in its records, of whom 6,294 were women. Of the total number of registered persons, 1,462 were beneficiaries of unemployment benefits, and 9,349 were unemployed without benefits. The structure of unemployment by age groups reveals a high share of people in the 40-49 age group (over 2,750 unemployed), followed by the 30-39 segment – with 2,500 unemployed, and the segment between 50 and 55 years with about 2,450 unemployed. The unemployed with high school education account for the highest percentage of the total number of unemployed registered in the records of the Bucharest Municipal Employment Agency (32.23%), followed by those with higher education (28.77%) and those who graduated from vocational/arts and trades schools – 18.91%. At the same time, the unemployed with middle school education represent 17.04% of the total number of registered unemployed, those with postgraduate education are 2.17%, while people with primary education and no education at all account for 0.88% of the total. Currently, 13,335 jobs are available in Bucharest.
Romanian managers plan to increase their employees salaries in 2024, shows a specialized study carried out by the Pronext agency. Thus, 7 out of 10 managers are considering salary increases between 1% and 10% and say that they want involvement from employees. On the other hand, only 2 out of 10 company heads count on salary increases between 10 and 20 percent, while approximately 4% are thinking about increases above this level. However, there are also 8% of managers who estimate that they will not increase salaries in 2024. According to the study, more than half of those surveyed say that they will hire personnel this year, but there are also 5% who say that they will reduce the number of workers. The most important things for Romanian managers are the motivation of the coordinated team, the balance between their personal and professional life and the delegation of competences to the right people. 110 company managers from Romania answered the Pronext survey.
Almost 300 jobs are available in January in Maramureş County, most of them in the field of production and services, the County Employment Agency informed. The available positions include: brand manager, vendor, courier, carpenter, physician, caretaker, machine mechanic, driver, mechanical engineer, confectioner, car mechanic, hotel receptionist and bricklayer.
The General Inspectorate for Immigration reports that, between January 13 and 14, 43 immigration police officers from Bucharest and from another 7 structures from the west, center, south and east of the country were engaged in specific activities. Thus, during the aforementioned period, 942 requests submitted by foreigners were resolved, including 761 requests for extending the right of residence. Also, another 176 requests for the issuance of employment authorizations, 3 invitations and 2 requests for family reunification were resolved. The immigration police also checked 169 return decisions, in order to establish whether the deadline for voluntary departure from the territory of Romania was met, and the Inspectorate specifies that such activities will continue in the next period.
The border police from Nădlac, on Romanias western border with Hungary, caught 26 migrants from seven countries who tried to leave the country illegally, hiding in a minibus and a van. The two vehicles were checked at the Nădlac Border Crossing Points I and II and the drivers, a Romanian and a Czech, are now under criminal investigation for migrant trafficking. According to the waybills, the drivers were transporting car parts and polystyrene for commercial companies from Spain and the Czech Republic. Following investigations, it was found that the migrants are from Bangladesh, India, Syria, Iraq, Nepal, Egypt and Pakistan, most of them entered Romania legally on the basis of work permits. They are now being investigated for attempted fraudulent crossing of a state border. (LS)
