Finding a Job in Romania

1Real Romanian Job Search Sites

• The Romanian EURES portal (eures.europa.eu / eures.anofm.ro) — the official EU employment network; and the National Agency for Employment (ANOFM, anofm.ro) with domestic listings.
• eJobs.ro — Romania's highest-traffic general portal, 3M+ active CVs.
• BestJobs.ro — another high-volume general portal, with CV/interview coaching content.
• Hipo.ro — targets graduates & professionals, publishes Romania's "Top 500 Employers" list.
• Undelucram.ro — job board + employee employer-reviews (Glassdoor-style) with a salary-comparison tool.
• Jobber.ro — IT-specific (dev, sysadmin, QA/testing).
• Posturi.gov.ro for official public-sector jobs, and aggregators like Careerjet.ro/Indeed.com.

2Conditions for Non-EU Citizens

• Non-EU/EEA citizens require a Work Permit (Aviz de Muncă) for legal employment, which must be requested by the employer from the General Inspectorate for Immigration (IGI).
• A prerequisite to initiating this process is having an official job offer from a registered employer in Romania.
• Since August 2026, employers and staffing agencies are required to process non-EU hiring through the new mandatory government platform workinromania.gov.ro (you as the job seeker don't use it directly, but your employer must go through it).
• This must be verified based on current regulations and individual circumstances.

3Practical Considerations

• Minimum legal gross salary in Romania: 4,325 RON per month (approx. €850), per Government Decision 146/2026, effective July 2026.
• The Europass CV format is customary and widely expected across the EU and Romania — not a strict legal requirement, but expected.
• Proficiency in Romanian or English is considered a significant competitive advantage in the job market.
• This must be verified based on current regulations and individual circumstances.

🏗️Recruitment Agencies for Non-EU Workers

For non-specialist roles (construction, agriculture, hospitality, logistics), unlike the general portals above, employers typically source foreign candidates through specialized foreign-worker recruitment agencies — you don't apply to these agencies directly; they are contracted by employers and place candidates. Real, currently active examples in Romania:

• GlobalWorker.ro — placements for construction, agriculture, hospitality, logistics.
• GoBester.com — staffing agency for non-European workers.
• AtoZSerwisPlus.ro — foreign-worker recruitment agency.

Verify any agency's legitimacy carefully before paying it anything; legitimate agencies are typically paid by the employer, not the job seeker.

📋Shortage Occupations & Annual Quota

• Romania's Ministry of Labor publishes an annual "shortage occupations list" (Lista ocupațiilor deficitare); for 2026 it covers 236 occupations (Emergency Ordinance 32/2026), mainly in construction (welders, masons, electricians, plumbers), hospitality/food service, transport/logistics, manufacturing, cleaning, and elder care/healthcare.
• Holding a skill on this list practically increases the chance of finding an employer willing to go through the work permit process.
• Romania set a quota of 90,000 new non-EU workers for 2026 (Government Decision 1169/2025); per IGI's own statistics, roughly 49,676 work permits were issued in the first four months of 2026, the large majority being permanent-worker permits.
• This must be verified based on current regulations and individual circumstances.