Elena TANE - EURES Adviser Elena TANE - EURES Adviser e-mail: Elena.Tane@ot.anofm.ro;e-mail: Elena.Tane@ot.anofm.ro;Olt County Agency for Employment ot_eures@ajofm.anofm.roOlt County Agency for Employment ot_eures@ajofm.anofm.ro

GENERAL INFORMATION

Population: 19 500 000 inhabitants at 1st of January 2012 Area: 238,391 km2 Counties: 41 and municipality of Bucharest Religion: 86,8 orthodox Government System: parliamentary democracy Language: Romanian

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM

From administrative point of view, Romania is divided into 41 counties and the Municipality of Bucharest, which is also the capital. From economical consideration, Romania is divided in 8 regions: the North East Region, the South East Region, the South Muntenia Region, the South West Oltenia Region, the West Region, the North West Region, the Center Region and the Bucharest and Ilfov Region.

Unemployment rate among young graduates in 2011 was 23.8%; Employment rate for engineers in 2012 is 9.2%. Surpluses of the labour force: Petrochemical, chemical industrial engineers, mining

engineers/oilmen/mettalurgists, operators of drilling rigs and oil

extraction wells, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, IT

engineers, engineers in agriculture, naval engineers.

Deficit of the labour force: Engineers in construction, engineers in the textile industry, engineers

in the food industry.

Higher education is provided in accordance with the principles of the Bologna process, which is the guideline for the European Higher Education standard.

It has the following 4 components:

◦ Bachelor’s Degree (BA) – 3-4 years (since 2005);

◦ Studies Masters (MA) – 1-2 years (since 2008);

◦ Doctoral Studies (PhD) – 3+ years (since 2006);

◦ Lifelong learning :Postgraduate courses

According to Bologna, transferable study credits are awarderd: ECTS. Number of transferable credits allocated:

◦ 1 year fulltime = minimum 60 ETCS credits

• 3 years =minimum 180 ECTS credits in general;

• 4 years =minimum 240 ECTS credits in technical education.

rate among young graduates in 2011 was 23.8%;

The first modern universities in Romania were:• University of Iasi (1860);• University of Bucharest (1864);• University of Cluj-Napoca (1919);• University of Timisoara (1920).

After 1990, universities were the first institutions, that began with the democratization of education.

Admission: Since 2007, there has been no integrated system of admission.

Most universities however require an entrance exam.

International programs: Romania participates in projects supervised by European Union countries and

the USA.

Recognition of diplomas issued in programs such as Tempus, CEEPUS,

Socrates/Erasmus, Copernicus, Monet and eLearn as gained vast notoriety.

23.8%;

Polytechnic University in Bucharest (www.upb.ro) - Electrical Engineering; - Aerospace Engineering; - Energy; - Computer Science; - Electronic, Telecommunications and Information Technology; - Mechanical Engineering and Technological Systems; - Transport; - Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology; - Biotechnical Engineering; - Material Science and Engineering; - Applied Chemistry and Materials Science; - Faculty of construction

Polytechnic University in Timisoara (www.upt.ro)

- Automation and Applied Informatics;

- Computer and Information Technology;

- Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering;

- Chemical Engineering;

- Faculty of constructions ( Civil Engineering-Industrial and Agricultural, Railways Roads and Bridges, Installations Engineering, Equipment for Construction);

- Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications;

- Electrical Engineering;

- AutomotiveEngineering;

- Mechanical Engineering;

- Transport Engineering

Technical University in Cluj-Napoca (www.utcn.ro) - Faculty of Computer Science; - Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology; - Faculty of Electrical Engineering; - Faculty of Construction; - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Technical University “Gheorghe Asachi” in Iasi (www.utgheorgheasachii.ro) - Faculty of Computer Science; - Faculty of Construction; - Faculty of Mechanical engineering; - Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology; - Faculty of Electrical Engineering; - Hydrotechnics and Geodesy Faculty; - Faculty of Textile, Leather and Industrial Management

University of Craiova (www.ucv.ro)

- The Faculty of Electro technics;

- The Faculty of Electro mechanics;

- The Faculty of Automation, Computer Science and Electronics;

- The Faculty of Mechanics;

- The Faculty of Chemistry

University of Constanta (www.finc.ro)- The faculty of Mechanical Engineering- The faculty of Industrial and Marine Engineering

University “Dunarea de Jos” in Galati(www.ugal.ro) - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; - Faculty of Science and Food Engineering; - Faculty of Naval Architecture; - Faculty of Metallurgic, Material Science and Environment; - Faculty of Automatics, Computer Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Petroleum and Gas University in Ploiesti (www.upg.ro) - Faculty of Petroleum and Gas Engineering; - Faculty of Petroleum Refining and Petrochemistry; - Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

“HERMAN OBERTH” in Sibiu (www.ulbsibiu.ro) - Faculty of Engineering - Faculty of Mechanical engineering:

- Manufacturing Engineering; - Machine tools; - Technological equipment; - Automation and Computers; - Equipment for nuclear power plants

Faculty of Technical Sciences in Targu Mures (www.ms.sapientia.ro) - Mechatronics; - Computer Science; - Automation and Applied Informatics; - Technology and Telecommunications Systems

Preschool education:

Schooling includes initiation in English, German or FrenchPrimary school:

1 – 3 hours/week of English, French or GermanSecondary education:

2 hours/week of 2 foreign languages Throughout school:

7 – 8 years with learning 1 foreign language (English, French or German)

and 3 – 4 years thereafter with learning a second foreign language (English,

French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese or Russian);In Romania there are tertiary faculties teaching:

English, French and German. No Scandinavian languages are available.Many purchase courses at training centers or private tutoring.

Working hours for engineers: 40 hours/week

Young engineers consider their own and a company’s development and growth prospects before accepting a job offer.

Motivation:

The top non-financial benefits young professionals expect from their employer is health insurance, the coverage of meals at work and bonuses for holidays

A“surprise prize” (for example a trip, film and/or theatre tickets, etc.)

can be used as a motivating tool for employees to meet deadlines and create a positive competitive atmosphere. This also significantly reduces conflict between employees

Engineers are loyal to their companies, they are willing to do overtime and get more professional challenges, even if the stress would increase proportionally with responsibilities.

Dresscode:

The dress code varies but is more formal in multinational companies and government run businesses.

Management and Communication:

Little hierarchy and few intermediates between an employee and a manager. Employees work independently and in teams

Communication at the work is easy, but polite. We use “Mr.” or “Mrs.”

Lack of professional development opportunities and appreciation from superiors intensify teamwork environments. Poor relations with a direct

superior is often a reason for dissatisfaction

SALARY

The salaries of engineers fell by at least 15 % from 2007-2008 due to the recession.Salary for engineers (average net/month in May 2012):

- Crude oil and natural gas: 935 Euro;

- Air transport: 795 Euro;

- Telecommunications: 640 Euro;

- IT: 800 Euro;

- Mechanical: 750 Euro.

In Bucharest, the salaries are almost double those of employees in the same areas in other cities from Romania.

Net average salary for graduates:400-500 Euro;For those with 2-3 years experience:700-800 Euro.

To be told about development opportunities for themselves and the company

Salary expectations have increased for all levels of experience.

Last year, the average expected salary for young professionals was 450 Euro, rising wage demands this year to 600 Euro.

Young people with several years of experience can earn up to 1000 Euro, while young inexperienced expect little over 350 Euro.

When given an offer, young professional first look at health insurance, meal tickets and bonuses for celebrations, when determining if they should accept an offer. Mobile phone deals, transportation reimbursement, bonuses for holiday, catering to work are the last factors they consider.

If an EU/EEA employer wants to promote his vacancies/hire Romanian workers

must firstly contact the EM/EA from his home country Romanian EURES network

The Romanian EURES Advisers will translate and load the offers on our national website: www.anofm.ro/eures/

visibility on national level

EURES Romania does not cooperate – at present - with other job databases.

Close cooperation with newspapers/TV stations (local, regional and national).

In this autumn, EURES Romania will have 7 job fairs for:

NORWAY :Engineer recruitment event on the 26th and 27th of September. European Job day for Graduates on the 28th of September in Ploiesti Job fairs in other sectors will be provided to Germany, Denmark and Spain

The offers will be published on national EURES website and in newspapers/TV

stations (local, regional and national);

We recommend that employers give presentations about their companies at the event.

We expect that employers meet our deadlines for:Submitting confirmations of attendance

Sending in positions to be advertised

Submitting interview lists , several days before the event

Reporting how many jobseekers have been employed, due to the assistance of EURES

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