​We have around 42,000 vacancies, according to the announcement published by Statistics Monday, but also 462,000 unemployed. This means 11 unemployed for every vacancy.

The explanations are not too complicated, but relate to the low mobility of the labor force and the type of services offered.

The case of Mr. Ionescu

Mr. Ionescu is one of hundreds of thousands of unemployed. He worked as a bank clerk until the institution let him go. Ionescu worked in a small provincial town where everyone knows everyone. There are vacancies in this department, but Mr. Ionescu refuses positions that he considers below his dignity. “With 6,000 lei a month, I can’t hire myself as a seller in a boutique with 2,000 lei a month,” he says. It is clear.

Ionescu is also trying to find work in the financial sector and has contacted other banks in the city to offer his services. For now he is waiting. This is waiting for unemployment.

The case of Mr. Popescu

Mr. Popescu worked in marketing. Sales, more precisely. He was engaged in the sale of products of the curtain and bed linen factory. It’s what he does for a living, it’s what he’s good at. The business no longer worked, so he stayed on the road. There would be another similar factory about 200 kilometers away where he could get a job, but how could he leave his wife and children and move almost 200 kilometers from home? His job application will not match the job offer in the near future. And the country is full of Popesti and Ionesti.

The case of Mr. Constantinescu

A former top corporatist with a salary of thousands of euros for many years. He saw half the world. A young man (hired by him some time ago) came and spoiled his work. Now he lives on what he collected during the years of leadership. He has not worked for 3 years and does not want to drop below a certain salary level. Wait ’til something comes for me,’ he says sadly. To take your time, because the world has changed.

What affects him the most is that he is no longer invited to parties where he was once considered the soul of the party.

The case of Mr. Nicescu

Family, two children. Each spouse works abroad for 6-9 months a year. I charge about 1000 EUR/net/month. With the funds collected THERE, they expand their farm HERE. Black works there. He happens to be in the social sphere.

They are not registered as unemployed, they are not counted as employed, because they are not. They don’t want to settle there (with some effort they could), because “it’s better to take her here, for THEIR money.” But even here he will not grow old, because only the blind cannot see where the country is going.

“Let’s not complain for now, we’ll see what happens,” they say in chorus before the barbecue offered to the neighbors. The next day they were going to go abroad again because they ran out of money

There is also the trap of social grants and undeclared work, but to a lesser extent. An unemployed person who “gets by” and receives a certificate of incapacity for work, on the basis of which he receives a monthly pension, and at the same time works illegally, does not need an “official” job. If he still receives unemployment benefits, then it’s over. There are few cases, but they do exist.

Notice sent by INS

In the fourth quarter of 2022, the most vacancies were registered in the spheres of public administration (1.61%), executive activities, cultural and recreational activities (1.46%), transport and storage (1.44%), respectively, water distribution; sanitation, waste management, decontamination activities (1.41%).

A quarter of the total number of vacant jobs was concentrated in the manufacturing industry (10.5 thousand vacancies), and the value of the indicator was 0.95%.

The budget sector accounted for about 21% of the total number of vacant jobs.

Thus, 4,400 vacancies were found in the state administration, 3,100 vacancies in the field of health care and social assistance, and 1,300 vacancies in the education sector.

At the opposite pole, the vacancy rate recorded the lowest values ​​in construction (0.25%) and in other types of services (0.26%).

The fewest vacancies were found in real estate transactions, other areas of service provision, respectively, in the mining industry (0.1 thousand vacancies each).

N. Ed: The names of Ionescu, Popescu, Constantinescu or Nicescu are chosen only for example and are not attributed to any real person