The labor market in Romania to the year 2020

• Author: G. Bratucu - D. Boscor
• Position: Department of Marketing, Tourism and International Relations, Transilvania University of Brasov.
• Pages: 79-86

Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov • Vol. 4 (53) •No. 1 - 2011

Series V: Economic Sciences

THE LABOR MARKET IN ROMANIA

TO THE YEAR 2020

G. BRTUCU1 D. BOSCOR1

Abstract: The paper presents the current situation of the Romanian labor

market and trends for 2020 and the evolution of employment on regions and

activity fields in 2010 in comparison to 2009. The most important areas

where labour demand will increase are: sales, outsourcing, engineering, IT,

finance, banking, environment protection, insurance, medicine and

pharmacy, accounting. Other areas that will absorb more employees in the

following five years are: hospitality industry, trade, constructions, energy

field, marketing and public relations. The educational and training system

will need to be reformed in order to train qualified staff for these fields.

Key words: labour market, educational system, reform.

1 Department of Marketing, Tourism and International Relations, Transilvania University of Braşov.

1. Introduction

This article is part of a complex paper

which analyses the current situation and

the trends from the Romanian labor

market, in the period 2010-2020.

The development of the life-long

learning system, which will meet the

requirements of the labor market and of the

knowledge economy, requires relevant

information on the evolution of jobs and

professions, the trends of the labor market

evolution and the companies needs of

skills and qualifications.

In Romania’s economy new occupations

have emerged lately, the content of others

have been modified and other occupations

have dissapeared. We present the content

and relationship changes of the following

types of occupations:

• „dominant occupations”: formalized

occupations, with a certain „tradition”

in Romania’s economy, which comprise

a significant share of the total employed

persons;

• „occupations that have changed their

content” due to restructuring of the

Romanian economy, found in industrial

fields deeply affected by technological

and organizational changes, but also in

services, where activities have changed,

being much more customer-oriented;

• „occupations of penetration”: new

occupations which appear in new fields,

with a high value-added and a high

evolution potential.

Most occupations have recorded changes

in the labour content. The factors

determining changes are: adjustment to the

customer requirements, increase of the

competition and working with new

technologies. The most important skills

determined by the changes of the labor

content are: working with the computer

and information technologies and

communication.

The evolution trend is towards a flexible,

quality employment, especially in the field

of services because:

0 The occupations of penetration are

developing on new fields (on market

niches) with high requierements