ROMANIA – GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation:

- in south-eastern Europe;

Surface : 238.391 square km;

Population : 21 623 000 inhabitants;

(89.5% romanians, 6.6% hungarians, 2.5 rroma people, 0.3% germans, 0,3% ukrainians, 0.2% turkish, 0.6% other nationalities)

Capital : Bucharest (aprox. 2 000 000 inhabitants)

Official language: romanian

Currency : RON (romanian leu)

Official hour: GMT +2

Religion: 86.6% orthodoxism, 4.7% roman-catholicism, 3.2% protestants, 5.3% other religions

Romania is a parliamentary republic.

From 1st of January 2007, Romania had become member state of European Union / Economic European Area.

From the administrative point of view, Romania is divided in 41 counties and the Municipality of Bucharest.

For economical considerations and statistical reasons Romania is divided in 8 specific regions: North East Region, the South East Region, the South Muntenia Region, the South West Oltenia Region, the West Region, the North West Region, the Center Region and the Bucharest and Ilfov Region.

The National Agency for Employment (NAE) took over the structure of the Labour Offices within the General Directorates of Labour and Social

Protection of the Ministry of Labour

Public institution of national interest, with legal personality

set-up at January 1st, 1999

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• The National Agency for Employment (NAE), the Romanian public employment service organizes and coordinates at national level, the activity of employment as well as social protection of the unemployed by applying employment policies and strategies developed by the Ministry of Labour, Family and Equal Opportinities.

• Employment activity in Romania is conducted by NAE and private employment agencies on the basis of conditions specified in legal regulations.

NAE

ORGANISATION

Local Agencies

County Agencies for Employment

Regional Adult Training Centers

National Center for own staff training

Total no. of staff: 3517out of which at central level: 260

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Job subsidies- graduates of educational insitutions- unemployed aged over 45 or unemployed who are single parents- persons who are up to three years away from the retiring age- persons with disabilities

Main services

Measures designed for employers

Cofinancing the vocational training programs organised for their own staffPrograms envisaging temporary employment for community development Granting low-interest credits for creating new jobs;Tax incentives for hiring persons from disadvantaged categories

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From 1st of January 2007, Romania had become a member of European Union/Economic European Area.

Thus, EEA citizens can freely move, live and work in Romania, being entitled to the

same rights as the Romanian nationals. If you are an EU national, you can access any

professional activity in Romania, whether as an employee or self-employed, in terms of

salaries, working conditions, access to housing, professional training, social security and unions. This freedom of movement also

extends to their family members.

The Romanian EURES network

In Romania, the EURES network is constituted by an EURES manager and 43 EURES advisers, one for each county.

The Romanian EURES network functions within the National Agency for Employment, through its county and local agencies for employment .

Useful links:www.anofm.ro/eures/www.anofm.ro (The National Agency for Employment)

What can an EURES adviser offer you?

EURES advisers offer three main services: information, guidance and providing advices for the jobseekers and the employers from Europe.

They are trained for practical, juridical and administrative aspects concerning the vocational and geographical mobility.

They have access to various training tools, for example a data base on the living and working conditions from each Member State, mainly including on the labour market, accommodation, education, prices, health, social legislation, fiscal code, training possibilities and recognitions of the diplomas and qualifications.

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Services for the employers

• advice and guidance to the employer during the recruitment process of European citizens• promote the vacancies for all PES from the EEA and Switzerland• contact directly the other EURES advisers and partners from EEA and Switzerland• organize and facilitate the recruitment projects for the employers• additionally, EURES can verify the accuracy of the filling-up of the CVs and to set up interviews with the jobseekers

Useful links:www.eures.europa.eu

www.eures-jobs.comwww.anofm.ro/eures/

Methods of recruiting workforce from Romania - 1

- Latvian company sends the vacancy to Latvian EURES adviser

- Latvian EA contacts the EURES colleagues from this country to check the companies reliability

- In case of a positive feed back Latvian EA sends us the vacancy and we can translate and advertise these vacancies in our national EURES web site

- According to the previous agreement we can organise recruitment process

Methods of recruiting workforce from Romania - 2

- Latvian company sends the vacancy to Romanian EURES adviser

- Romanian EA contacts the EURES colleagues from Latvia to check the companies reliability

- In case of a positive feed back we can translate and advertise these vacancies in our national EURES web site

- According to the previous agreement we can organise recruitment process

Labour market informations

Active population: 9.9 million

By area:

urban : 5.4 million

rural : 4.5 million

Civil employment population: 9.3 million

By area:

urban : 5 million

rural : 4.3 million

Surpluses of the romanian labour force

• Metal, machinery and related tradeworkers (structural Metal, machinery and related tradeworkers (structural metal prepares and erectors; metal wheel grinders, metal prepares and erectors; metal wheel grinders, polishers and tool sharpeners; agricultural or industrial polishers and tool sharpeners; agricultural or industrial machinery mechanics and fitters; electrical line installers, machinery mechanics and fitters; electrical line installers, repairers and cable jointers)repairers and cable jointers)

• Labourers in construction, manufacturing, mining and Labourers in construction, manufacturing, mining and transport (assembling labourers; farmhands and labourers; transport (assembling labourers; farmhands and labourers; construction and maintenance labourers roads, dams and construction and maintenance labourers roads, dams and similar constructions; transport labourers and freight similar constructions; transport labourers and freight handlers)handlers)

• Drivers and mobile plant-operators (heavy trucks and lorry Drivers and mobile plant-operators (heavy trucks and lorry drivers; car, taxi and van drivers)drivers; car, taxi and van drivers)

• Population in rural agricultural areas, situated at more than 50 km from urban areas, where there are no job offers on the labour market

Shortages of the romanian labour force

In July 2007, there were 7800 vacancies, declared in recurrent way In July 2007, there were 7800 vacancies, declared in recurrent way by the employers. by the employers. If an employer has vacancies it is obliged by law to If an employer has vacancies it is obliged by law to declare and to register it in the National Agency of Employment declare and to register it in the National Agency of Employment database.database.

Top of these Top of these vacanciesvacancies : :

• Assembling labourersAssembling labourers• Textile and related products assemblersTextile and related products assemblers• Building construction labourersBuilding construction labourers• Manufacturing labourersManufacturing labourers• Construction and maintenance labourers roadsConstruction and maintenance labourers roads• Shop sales personsShop sales persons • Protective services workersProtective services workers• Freight handlersFreight handlers

Conclusions:

The unemployment statistical situations from the previous years show that the deficit is registered in the following sectors:

Construction Services Tourism Textiles

Why deficit ? the low level of salary received (in July the average net

salary on construction sector was 270 euro) many Romanians work abroad

although the demand and the offer seems to be similar, by occupational point of view, the territorial structure of work force is unbalanced

Solutions: Increasing the salaries in Romania, gradually Import workers from nonEU states (Moldova, Ukraine,

Turkey, China) More vocational training adapted to the Romanian

labour market demand

Economical activities:agriculture 42.7 %services33.7 %industry and constructions 23.6 %

Shortages: textile operator , sale person, bricklayer, carpenterSurpluses:

farm-hand

Economical activities:agriculture 42.7 %services33.7 %industry and constructions 23.6 %

Shortages: textile operator , sale person, bricklayer, carpenterSurpluses:

farm-hand

NORTH EAST REGION

Economical activities:services35.8%agriculture 35%industry and constructions 29.2%

Shortages: carpenter , polisher, garment assembler

Surpluses: farm-hand, mecanic

Economical activities:services35.8%agriculture 35%industry and constructions 29.2%

Shortages: carpenter , polisher, garment assembler

Surpluses: farm-hand, mecanic

NORTH WEST REGION

Economical activities:services39.3%industry and constructions 34%agriculture 26.7%

Shortages: sale person, textile operator, bricklayer, carpenter

Surpluses: farm-hand, labourer road

Economical activities:services39.3%industry and constructions 34%agriculture 26.7%

Shortages: sale person, textile operator, bricklayer, carpenter

Surpluses: farm-hand, labourer road

CENTRE REGION

Economical activities: services 37.3% agriculture 35.3% industry and constructions 25.6%

Shortages: welder, painter, sale person, electrician

Surpluses: farm-hand, polisher

Economical activities: services 37.3% agriculture 35.3% industry and constructions 25.6%

Shortages: welder, painter, sale person, electrician

Surpluses: farm-hand, polisher

SOUTH EAST REGION

Economical activities:services38.8%industry and constructions 34.5%agriculture 26.7%

Shortages: labourer road, garment assembler

Surpluses: farm-hand, mecanic

Economical activities:services38.8%industry and constructions 34.5%agriculture 26.7%

Shortages: labourer road, garment assembler

Surpluses: farm-hand, mecanic

WEST REGION

Economical activities:agriculture 39.8 %services32.2 %industry and constructions 28 %

Shortages: textile operator, building construction labourer

welderSurpluses:

farm-hand, polisher, garment assembler

Economical activities:agriculture 39.8 %services32.2 %industry and constructions 28 %

Shortages: textile operator, building construction labourer

welderSurpluses:

farm-hand, polisher, garment assembler

SOUTH MUNTENIA REGION

Economical activities:agriculture 42.1 %services32 %industry and constructions 25.9 %

Shortages: carpenter, bricklayer, textile operator, bus driver

Surpluses: farm-hand, mecanic, garment assembler

Economical activities:agriculture 42.1 %services32 %industry and constructions 25.9 %

Shortages: carpenter, bricklayer, textile operator, bus driver

Surpluses: farm-hand, mecanic, garment assembler

SOUTH WEST OLTENIA REGION

Economical activities:services64 %industry and constructions 31.5 %agriculture 4.5 %

Shortages: garment assembler, sale person, plumber,

welder, bricklayer, electrician, carpenter

Surpluses: mecanic, polisher, computer assistance

Economical activities:services64 %industry and constructions 31.5 %agriculture 4.5 %

Shortages: garment assembler, sale person, plumber,

welder, bricklayer, electrician, carpenter

Surpluses: mecanic, polisher, computer assistance

BUCHAREST AND ILFOV REGION

Unemployment rate

3,73%16,53%

79,74%

under high school

high school level

university level

Distribution of unemployed persons

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