Data provided by the National Employment Agency (ANOFM) indicates that more than 17,600 new layoffs are expected by year-end. The employers that have significantly reduced their job offers and plan to operate layoffs are in the construction sector, the auto industry, hotels, restaurants, and catering (HoReCa), the textile industry, and trade. On the ejobs.ro Web site, there are fields where job offers fell by as much as 50 percent in 2009. “In fields such as real estate, banks, finance/accounting, construction, auto, the job offer dropped massively, by over 50 percent. This percentage will surely remain unchanged by year-end,” said Laura Chilom, Human Resource Consultant within the company. On the other hand, in fields such as sales, IT, and engineering, there is a balance between the number of jobs posted and the number of applicants.

According to data provided by the BestJobs recruitment Web site, the number of job offers dropped by an average 30 percent this year compared to 2008, a trend which will continue through year-end. The construction sector registered the sharpest decline in job offers, more than 65 percent. Significant declines were also registered in the IT and sales fields, at 60 and 50 percent, respectively. The number of companies on the local market that have recruitment plans for the final part of this year declined by nearly 50 percent year-on-year, according to a study by the Manpower recruitment company. “Job supply is much lower at the moment than last year. Our study shows that only 14 percent of employers plan to recruit at the end of this year, much fewer than in the corresponding period last year, when over 30 percent of companies planned to raise the number of employees,” said Eliza Nechifor, Marketing&Communication Coordinator with Manpower.