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Romanian Cos Estimate Moderate Employment Increase Btw July-Sept – Poll

Romanian employers estimate that employment will register a moderate increase in the third quarter of 2010, after five consecutive quarters of negative forecasts, according to a poll conducted by human resources company Manpower.
Romanian Cos Estimate Moderate Employment Increase Btw July-Sept – Poll
08 iun. 2010, 11:16, English

The net employment estimation, an indicator used by the research, hit the positive value of 2%. The indicator represents the difference between the ratio of employers who estimate employment will increase and the ratio of employers that forecast a decrease in the number of employments.

The research shows that 21% of managers believe the number of employments will increase, 19% forecast a decrease in the number of employments, and near 60% of them anticipate no changes on the labor market.

Manpower Romania general manager Camelia Stanculescu said in a press release that the Romanian market still needs time to recover and return to a situation similar to that before recession.

Positive employment estimations were registered in the central part of Romania (+22%) and in southeastern Romania (+8%). Negative employment estimations were registered in the northeastern part of the country (-7%), southwestern Romania (-15%) and in Bucharest.

Employees in four out of ten activity sectors estimate the number of employees will increase. The most encouraging forecast was made by employers in the agriculture, forest, hunting and fishing sectors (+21%), followed by companies in the processing industry sector (+9%) and the extraction industry sector (+6%).

Negative estimations were made by companies that operate in the power and natural gas sectors (-10%).

For data concerning Romania, the study polled 751 human resources managers.

At an international level, employers in 31 out of 36 states forecast the number of employments will rise in the July-September interval.

Manpower Romania is specialized in recruiting qualified people for permanent or temporary jobs, assessing and selecting staff, and offers human resources consultancy. The company has nine agencies in Bucharest, Timisoara, Brasov, Cluj-Napoca, Ploiesti and Craiova.