Continental AG to offer employment to over 1,300 in 2008

“In 2008, we will create some 1,350 new jobs, to raise the number of employees to 7,500 by the end of the year. All Continental divisions in Romania presently have some 6,150 employees, meaning an increase of over 20 percent. Of the total number of employees to date, some 2,300 are engineers,” according to a declaration for Business Standard by Ildiko Kovacs, Public Relations Coordinator for Continental AG Romania.

The company is looking mostly for engineers and IT specialists. Continental Automotive Sibiu has the most vacancies, some 400, although its Continental Contitech Timisoara division is also seeking to hire 330 employees, and another 400 jobs are available at Continental Automotive and Continental Anvelope in Timisoara. “We are looking for employees that are passionate about the automobile industry. Because there was no such industry in the areas in which we have established ourselves, we are constantly training and specializing our employees,” added Kovacs. In this sense the company is collaborating with several universities to offer specialized automotive and IT training.

Continental AG has invested over €350 million in Romania to date, and all its production and R&D locations are equipped with top automotive technology.