Employers are having problems in finding suitable personnel, particularly people in sales positions, specialised engineers and skilled workers, said Camelia Stanculescu, general manager of Manpower Romania, a human resources recruitment and management firm.
“Companies have problems in finding personnel for sales, production and services positions. At the same time, specialised engineers and skilled workers make up personnel categories that are hard to find,” said Stanculescu.
This situation is not characteristic of the Romanian market only, but it is a global phenomenon.
As shown by the survey “The Talent Shortage -The 10 Most Wanted Positions Globally”, conducted by Manpower, an American company based in 23 countries, approximately 40% of worldwide employers are coping with difficulties when seeking to fill vacant positions, due to the lack of specific talent on domestic markets. Even though the survey did not include Romania, Stanculescu specified global trends can be largely felt on the domestic market as well.
In line with Manpower statistics, sales representatives, engineers and technicians are the most wanted at this moment on the global labour market. Next come production operators, skilled personnel (in carpentry, welding and installations) and IT specialists. Employers are not facing such big problems when seeking accountants and managers, with these two positions coming last in the top drawn up by Manpower.
“Given employers” tough competition when it comes to their finding candidates for these positions, we will soon witness a significant salary and benefit rise as well. Any candidate looking for a job or considering a career change should take these results into account and prepare to achieve the necessary competence and training to follow one of these paths,” Stanculescu also said.
She added that the lack of people specialising within in these fields is becoming a real problem for a large number of employers worldwide, and this situation will only grow more acute over the following decades, given demographic imbalances and other factors cutting down the number of qualified people interested in being part of the labour market, such as the ageing population.
Manpower has been present in Romania since 2003, logging turnover worth 2.3m euros.