Romania’s labour market sees job supply drop in 2024 amid economic challenges
<p>Romania’s labour market experienced a decline in job postings in 2024 compared to 2023 and 2022, reflecting global economic headwinds and companies’ cost-optimisation efforts after years of significant expansion and recruitment across industries, according to an analysis by online recruitment platform bestjobs.</p>

<p>A total of 270,000 jobs were advertised this year, with the steepest declines recorded in the IT&amp;C sector (down 21%), followed by Production/Logistics (down 7%) and Finance/Accounting (down 6%), <a href="https://www.zf.ro/profesii/tabloul-pietei-muncii-in-2024-mai-putine-joburi-in-it-salarii-mari-22613678?mc_cid=2ff2aefb42&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Ziarul Financiar</a> reported.</p>

<p>Despite the overall decline, Sales jobs accounted for 23% of total active postings on bestjobs, followed by Finance/Accounting (10%), Engineering (9%), Production/Logistics (8%), and Construction/Installations (8%). Job availability in the Construction and Retail sectors remained stable compared to the previous year.</p>

<p>Geographically, job postings were most concentrated in Bucharest &amp; Ilfov, followed by Timiș, Brașov, Cluj, and Prahova, highlighting continued regional imbalances in employment opportunities.</p>

<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com</em></p>

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