On iajob.ro, the platform launched by eJobs, dedicated to rapid hiring for blue-collar candidates, applications soared by 50% at the beginning of the year, compared with December 2025.

The increase comes as interest for the labor market has grown from the very first days of the year. Traffic on iajob.ro advanced by almost 65% from the previous month, a sign that a rising number of candidates are actively analyzing available offers and this interest rapidly turned into effective applications.

“We saw, in the first phase, an exponential increase in traffic on the platform, from the very beginning of the year, which showed us there is a high number of candidates searching the market, after which the echo in applications quickly followed,” explains Bogdan Badea, CEO of eJobs, the main online recruitment platform in Romania.

At present, there are almost 5,000 jobs available on iajob.ro, with the biggest number in Bucharest, Brasov, Timisoara, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova and Iasi.

(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)