“We hired about 70 people last year but it was a difficult process. Recruitment is our company’s number one problem. The main reason is that there are not enough resources and Romania does not have a wave of immigrants from Moldova, Bulgaria, Turkey or Greece who want to work here,” Liviu Dragan, chief executive officer and founder of TotalSoft, told ZF.
The shortage of skills is affecting the entire software industry in Romania, he added.
Demand for IT sector specialists stands at about 12,000 people in this country, while supply stands at only 8,000 market sources say.
TotalSoft has so far been able to address the issue by running an internship program every year.
The company plans to hire 70 more people in 2016 for a total of 520, because the number of international projects it receives is on the rise.
TotalSoft posted EUR24 million revenue in 2015, about 40% of which generated by international projects, and expects such projects to account for more than 50% this year. Among its international customers are Deutsche Leasing and Volvo.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)