According to Smartree, the industries employing foreign workers are the HoReCa (hotels-restaurants-catering), manufacturing, light industry, agriculture, constructions and services, and the most foreign employees come from The Philippines, Nepal, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Thailand where the living standard is below Romania’s.
The survey shows that companies in Romania started importing workers from non-EU countries to ensure the human resource needed in the sectors facing workforce shortage and thus, risking to halt the business activity. However Romanian employers face many disadvantages among which, the high costs related with the international employment procedures, the relatively high duration of closing projects, the cultural differences, the integration of foreign employees into a new culture, as well as a long employment cycle which implies drafting the necessary papers and starting the procedures to obtain the necessary visas from state institutions, the international recruitment process and the volatility of the workforce brought to the country.
There are, however, many advantages for the countries in which a large foreign population works and lives, as these countries gradually become multicultural and cosmopolite centers, enjoying a series of newly formed abilities which can contribute to the progress of the society through innovation and creativity, as per the survey.
Smartree was established in 2000 and provides a wide range of services, from payroll, staff management, analysis and reporting for management, recruitment, temporary labor, to consulting services. It employs more than 90 people at its headquarters in Bucharest and regional centers in Craiova, Pitesti and Timisoara.