Real retailer seeks 2,400 people

The Real hypermarket network, part of the German group Metro, expects to reach a level of around 7,000 employees by the end of the year and plans to recruit over 2,400 people for six new openings this year. The retailer, which currently owns nine operational stores, has announced that the six openings are scheduled for the autumn of this year. Over 95% of Real Hypermarket recruitments are conducted directly by the company’s recruitment team, aided by those in charge of each store. “The number of applicants is generally tightly linked with the economic development of the region, the unemployment rate, the existence of big companies in the area and the migration of the workforce,” said Adriana Pita, communications manager of Real Hypermarket Romania. International retailers are currently among the most active employers on the Romanian market, with the number of employees in a hypermarket fluctuating from 200 to 500 people, depending on the size of the store. The majority of hypermarket openings this year have been announced for the last 4 or 5 months of the year.