Some 700 Romanian workers applied for jobs at the job fair held by the Romanian government in Italy

The official reiterated the idea that the job fair was “a success” and that authorities in Bucharest plan to organize similar events in other cities in Italy too where the Romanian communities are larger, most likely in Turin but also in other countries such as Spain.

Some 1,500 jobs where laid out by Romanian employers out while the Labor Force Agency offered 6,000 jobs in constructions.

Employers who came to lure Romanian workers back in the country generally offer salaries from 400 to more than 1,000 euros. Workers said they are not willing to return for less than 1,300-1,500 euros per month.

Some 17,000 Romanian workers are active in the constructions industry, in Italy’s Lazio-Rome area.

At the end of 2007 Pacuraru met in Brussels with his Italian counterpart Cesare Damiano to discuss the lack of labor force in Romania and the abundance of Romanian workers in Italy.

The two officials agreed to draft a plan which would determine Romanian workers in Italy to return home. One of the options would be for Italian companies in Romania to hire Romanian workers from Italy, Damiano said.

The two officials declined to mention other measures yet Damiano talked about the possible usage of the European Social Fund and investing in the training of workers who would return in Romania.

Source: NewsIn