New members of the Romania forum, introduce yourself here — 3rd quarter of 2015
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I've got 20+ years as a Software Developer/Manager, and by all accounts Romania has a shortage of IT talent, what with Romania being such an outsourcing hotspot for western Europe and the Romanian youngsters moving elsewhere for higher salaries.
I understand from my Romanian friend (she has a PhD in Human Resources and works at a multi-national company) that foreign IT people sometimes get 'insultingly high' salaries. I am not interested in this level of salary.
I have done the research on payscales that Romanian developers with equivalent experience tend to receive, and have set my requirements accordingly.
For a few weeks I have had CVs posted on bestjobs.ro and ejobs.ro (thanks to thread a found on this site!), and to date I received one phone call to come in for an interview the next day, and a few views of my CV. I get much better responses from companies here in the U.S., but I don't want to work here!
Is there perhaps some cultural subtlety that I am missing? Or is it simply that Romanian companies do not wish to hire non-Romanians? I've seen a few hints of that in the forums.
Thanks in advance for any feedback on this.
Chris
There could be a few reasons.
Firstly, more companies will post jobs and then just view the CVs of people who apply. Fewer company actively search for the people they need. Secondly, there could be the perception that you'll ask for a ridiculously high salary so they don't even bother reading your CV (where perhaps you've mentioned your more reasonable salary expectations). Thirdly, if you have listed your current location as Hawaii, you could be getting filtered out by recruiters searching for people for jobs in Bucharest. Fourthly, they might prefer someone with Romanian language skills (I'm assuming you're not fluent in Romanian). Lastly, they might be put off by the fact that as a US citizen: they'd have to jump through a lot of hoops to secure you a work permit, whereas they can employ Romanians, or indeed any EU citizens, with no extra effort whatsoever.
IÂ wonder if it would help any if I was already in Bucharest, on my 90-day tourist stay?
I would think to get someone with a lot of useful experience at a decent price might be worth it to some enterprising IT company there.
Thank again, you've given me some important things to consider.
Chris
bitmonki wrote:IÂ wonder if it would help any if I was already in Bucharest, on my 90-day tourist stay?
I would think to get someone with a lot of useful experience at a decent price might be worth it to some enterprising IT company there.
Hi Chris,
Unfortunately, I think it would not be likely to help if you were here on the tourist visa....but hey, you can try.
Yeah, you'd think it would be worth it....but don't count on that logic working here
 There's a lot of multinational IT companies in Bucharest, Iasi and Cluj now...and there big reason is, skilled (or semi-skilled as I often see) labor at bargain basement prices. If they can pay a Romanian Jr developer 400-500 Euro a month to code their rear off 5-6 days a week, why pay a foreigner more? Do you really want to come here and possibly work for peanuts (compared to what you might be used to)? It's hard for many people to go from making say 80K+ a year and come here and be offered a fraction of that. Also, as Maykal mentioned, in many cases you need to know Romanian well (and often yet another language like Italian or German, etc), especially if you want to get into management.
Recently a friend of mine was living over here, a Radiology tech with 20+ years experience, managed radiology clinics in large hospitals in the D.C area, very well qualified, except....he was learning Romanian, but he learned to Romanian terminology related to his job, and some basic conversational stuff. Anyway he jumped through all the hoops he could, but he couldn't get his credentials recognized here, other clinics didn't understand that he was married to a Romanian and already had the right to work here, and most wanted to pay him of course a standard Romanian's wage. Anyway, a year later, he's back in D.C now where he can easily work, for good money.
Good luck
Romaniac
Have a good night everyone~
Monica
PS: I moved the thread here from general messages,sorry for the previous mistake

1nman wrote:Hey Expats, good to be here. I'm from Utah, working in Bucharest for a technology company. I'm involved in the marketing side of the business and spend 1 to 2 weeks in Romania every 6 weeks or so. Not regular enough to call myself a true Expat, but regular enough to have an apartment, a Vespa, and some favorite places! Looking forward to meeting more of "us" to call on when the language and cultural gap starts to get to me (actually, I love the Romanian people and pretty much everything about Romania, but would still be cool to know who else is here and doesn't QUITE fit in.
Welcome!
I used to live in SLC, it was probably the best place I've lived in, in the US 
Have a nice day !
Reason : Do not post your personal contact details on a public forum for your own security
TALIDA wrote:hello! I am talida and i'm living in buchrest i can help you with romanian language and you wil help me with english. I am 28 years old and i am economist.
Have a nice day !
Please post language exchange requests in other threads, like the one you already started "i'm looking for English speakers"
Also, please do not post personal contact information in the public forum, this is for your own security. I kindly ask that you review the Romania Forum Code of Conduct, so that you may understand the rules of ´ó¿§¸£ÀûÓ°Ôº and to have a better experience here.
Thank you Talida!
Romaniac
Romania Expat Advisor
MargaritaLTU wrote:Hello everyone, im kinda new here and new in Romania, im going there in 2 days, with my 4 month baby boy,curious if there are anyone living in Iasi? and what about jobs in Romania, is it hard to get one if you dont know the language? P.S im from Lithuania.
Welcome Margarita,
I'm in Iasi, feel free to message me or start a topic in the forum if you have any questions about the city or Romania in general that are not addressed
 To answer your question though, yes it can be quite difficult if not impossible to get a job without knowing Romanian.
Romaniac
Romania Expat Advisor
I'm Mike from Victoria Canada, an aspiring future expat in Romania. I love Romania! I'm a musician and I study and specialize in Romanian folk and lautari music. Studying the language too, it's coming along. I will be arriving in fall 2015 and hope to find a place to rent (modest preferably) for October-November-December. Hopefully can stay longer, will work at it. Nice to meet you all, thanks for reading my introduction. Ciao, Mike Wells
Kawyans wrote:I am living currently in india.i am looking any kind of job in Romania. So plz tell me more info how can I get job there with work permit?
You've already asked this question in another thread, and I've answered you about it. Please refer to the appropriate topic. Thanks
Romaniac
My name is Ingrid and I just moved to Bucharest (and Mangalia) from the United States with my fiancé. We have a property in Mangalia and an apartment in Bucharest. We are beginning an artist residency in Mangalia. I have ESL (English as a Second Language) teaching experience, as well as a background in arts administration, painting, art history, etc. I run a boutique copyediting and arts services business bonnieonline.com that focuses on building artists' websites, copyediting art writing, translation services, providing artist PR, etc.
My fiancé is a mechanic with a specific interest in rebuilding mopeds.
If you know of anyone who would like private English tutoring (or German tutoring, as I have German teaching experience as well) please direct them to me. I have a Masters degree in Critical Theory as well, and experience teaching theory of contemporary art, studio art courses, etc. at the college level. I am hoping to pursue my PhD in Europe, as well as land a university teaching position. We do not know many people in Romania (besides my family) and we would love to make some new friends. Please PM us if you would like to meet up as we would love to explore the city further.
Pleased to meet you!
I'm miejoong from south korea, interested in a visit to romania and other countries nearby, hopefully for a lengthy period.
i've lived in the u.s. for for a while, and visited a few other countries, all of which i enjoyed a lot.
i'm a translator (english-korean) and mostly work online.
based on my research, romania seems to have nice combination of great internet speed and access, affordable living expenses, and a sizable native population that speaks english, which are requirements for me.
i haven't looked around much in this forum yet, and i'm hoping to dive in and learn more about living in romania!
just looking through the posts on this thread is giving me some ideas about what it would be like living there. thanks!
I've moved to Iasi where I will be working at the British council.
Hoping to make some friends and to explore the country, get some hiking in and improving my fuarte rau Romanian skills.
I'm Cameron and from London. I'm going to be starting an internship with Sustainalytics in Bucharest in a couple of weeks. I've heard good things about Romania and am looking forward to exploring and meeting new people
If anyone fancies a drink or a coffee at the end of September get in touch with me and lets see if we have any shared interests. Cheers,
Cameron
LUV from
Mexico
Guadalajara...
CHEERS

Romaniac
Romania Expat Advisor
Expat-Blog
JoelMoraes wrote:Buna Sera Romania !
Hello,
That's not an introduction. Try again please with some meaningful content. Tell us a bit about yourself, what are you doing in Romania? Also, please remember to use ENGLISH, as this is the language of the forum. Thanks
Romaniac
I am planning to study Medicine in Romania in the university of Costanza. Like to know if there are also Nigerian students...Or students that speak english very well amd foreignars that can give me more helpful Informations about the place.Contact me

Thanks.
Thanks for cooperating, and welcome.
Romaniac
Romania Expat Advisor
Expat-Blog
My name is Will and I arrived in Romania a week ago, just getting settled into our new apartment in Brasov with my wife Frankie. I work as a trader and would like to make some new local friends of any nationality. I am very basic when it comes to speaking to Romanian but I hope to pick more up as I go. Anyway I wont waffle on, message me if you would like to go for a drink or something to eat sometime.
Will
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