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eJobs: 1.3 million Romanians came back home in last two months
About 1.3 million Romanians came back home in the last two months, determined mostly by losing the jobs they had in countries like Spain, Italy, Great Britain or Germany, according to statistics made by eJobs Romania. The company noticed that, once safety measures relaxed in most countries, Romanians started looking for jobs abroad, 20,000 applications for jobs outside the country being recorded in May. Romanians have changed their criteria for choosing jobs, medicalinsurance being considered important, a thing which did not happen before the pandemic.
“Scared by the impact the pandemic had over economies of the countries where they had gone to work and by the huge wave of infections they returned home and started, in a first stage, looking for new jobs in Romania. Once lockdown measures lifted in many European countries, there was an increase of the number of applications for jobs abroad,”eJobs communicated on Tuesday.
“There are many Romanians who have waited for the moment when they could feel safe to return to jobs abroad, but compared to passed years, we are still reserved our wish to leave. One of the reasons is that people started taking into account more aspects than when they decide to emigrate, such as the certainty that the future employer will offer health insurance or they will have salaries big enough yo allow them medical care or hospitalization in case of a possible coronavirus infection. Before this period, leaving the country was rarely conditioned by such criteria,” said Bogdan Badea, CEO eJobs Romania.
About 20,000 applications for jobs abroad were registered, the countries most in demand being Germany, France, the Netherlands, Great Britain and Greece. While until now Spain and Italy used to dominate this classification, now they rank 8th and 9th in Romanians' preferences, being overturned by destinations like Austria or Belgium.
“On the other hand, most jobs available come from employers in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Belgium, Italy and Spain dropping in the top, compared to previous years,” Badea added.
Another interesting change in the dynamics of the last two months and a half is linked to the fact that the most looked after category of candidates is that of specialists in the medical sector.
About 4,000 jobs in that field were posted in May alone. The next most sought are trained workers, candidates who want to work in manufacturing and those with experience in constructions and installations.
“As expected, the number of jobs available for people who want to work in tourism or in baby sitting and cleaning has dropped. The overwork of medical systems in this context determined many countries to import medical staff to cope with the huge work volume. It is for the first time when more specialists than workers are in demand,” Bogdan Badea added.