Pirelli recruits Romanian workers from Italy for local market

Italian tyre producer Pirelli will recruit skilled Romanian workers from Italy in 2008 for its Romanian-based plants, as part of a project conducted by the Ministry of Labour in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Interior. “The workforce shortage on the Romanian market is prompting companies to recruit Romanians working abroad, particularly from the Italian market, thus contributing to luring workers back to the Romanian market, even before the Government can do something about it. Pirelli is one of the companies which will bring people from Italy, for its plants in Romania,” specified Paul Pacuraru, Labour Minister. According to the Enrico Malerba, CEO of Pirelli Romania, the company will recruit around 1,500 people from the local market next year. Part of the 500 skilled Romanian workers to be hired by Pirelli in 2008 may come from the Italian market. “We are in favour of recruiting Romanians from Italy. We are currently examining the Italian market and recruitment opportunities there. What we are primarily looking for is skilled workers, but we cannot specify how many of the 500 skilled workers to be hired by Pirelli next year will come from the Italian market,” says Malerba.