Foreign companies invest millions of euros in Romania, and capital Bucharest is no longer the only city to attract the largest foreign investments or create most of the new jobs available on the market. Because employers face a shortage of qualified and highly qualified workforce, the salary gap between the capital and the rest of the big cities in Romania is non-existent in certain industries, according to Romania-Insider.com.
While analysing the recruitment ads published on the job sites, one notices that, besides Bucharest, multinationals are looking for tens of thousands of employees in several other cities in Romania. In general, companies are heading to major university centres where they can find students who are covering key economy areas or whom they can prepare through internships and trainee programs.
This is the reason why many job offers are available in cities such as Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara, Iasi, Brasov or Targu Mures. The companies are looking for employees in industries such as IT, sales, accounting, automotive or retail. Employees who know foreign languages, such as German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Czech, Hungarian, among others, are in great demand.
Cluj-Napoca emerged as a surprise city in Romania in recent years. The unofficial capital of the Transylvania region has grown massively lately, from all points of view: economic, cultural and touristic, and has managed to surpass Bucharest in many ways.
The shock that Nokia generated in 2011 by closing its phone factory in Jucu – one of the most important foreign investments in the region at the time – did not discourage the businesses in the region. The reasons why a lot of multinationals come to Cluj are the proximity to western Europe and the local authorities offering tax incentives for foreign investors. Human resources wide, it is also easy to find German and Hungarian speakers in the region, which is a big advantage for companies working with foreign customers.
Cluj-Napoca is currently known as the most important IT centre in Romania, and salaries in this industry often exceed those in Bucharest. In addition to job stability, companies offer other benefits to their employees, such as health insurance, gym and spa pass, and even family relocation facilities for those who move to Cluj for a certain job.
Companies such as Emerson, Bosch, and JacTravel are just a few of the multinationals that have announced the expansion of their businesses in Cluj this year and creation of new jobs.
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