German chain Praktiker hires 400 people

Praktiker Romania, the largest DIY store chain on the Romanian market, with turnover worth 217 million euros in the first nine months of last year, plans to hire around 400 staff. “We will preserve the same expansion rate as so far and we expect to hire around 400 staff this year,” said Guenter Vosskaemper, general manager of Praktiker Romania. The DIY retailer has 25 stores on the Romanian market, with one store employing around 100 people. The total number of employees is 3,000.The 400 new jobs to be made available this year would entail the opening of at least four stores, i.e. an expansion rate similar to that of the previous years. The largest number of jobs to be created are for commercial workers, but the DIY retailer will also hire store managers, deputy store managers and department managers. “An upside of the current situation is that employers now have much more varied options when it comes to finding the right employees for the positions they want to fill (…),” said Liliana Urziceanu, human resources manager of Praktiker.