According to Leurent, focusing only on economic growth makes us relate to a short-term strategy. On a market dependent on candidates, 10- 20% wage hikes alone, as a motivation strategy, will no longer be enough, or healthy, to attract them.
Leurent added that, based on projects drafted for a period of 2- 3 years, the IT&C and outsourcing services sectors will probably continue to witness a constant increase in employees, but the workforce shortage will intensify in these fields.
Over the last years, companies with manufacturing operations such as Continental, Bosch or Leoni have opened outsourcing services centers in Romania, which concentrate support activities from several countries.
Romania had approximately 200,000 more employees in the first three months of 2016, compared with the same period a year ago, therefore, the total number of employees reached 5.4 million people, according to Labor Ministry data.