Europe in search of unskilled workers. How much sought after are the Romanians?

What are employers looking for and not finding in Europe? Unqualified work force. This is the staff segment for whom there is the greatest need abroad to fill in vacancies at the local level, according to our recruiting experts. How much sought after are the Romanians?

According to our agency’s data, companies in Germany, Austria or norther UE are looking at Eastern Europe to identify the workforce needed. Frequently, we received queries regarding our leasing personnel activity and outsourcing of talented staff in Europe.

Business partners we work with are looking beyond their local market in search of hardworking staff. The companies have no obstacles to start recruitment processes, which are most likely influenced by EU policies on labour migration. However, the most common challenge in recruiting unskilled staff from the CEE or Eastern EU is the language barrier. But our agency makes sure a minimum A-level or B-level language is available to all our personnel.

Other challenges identified by our consultants and which impact our partners are related to understanding the legal requirements but this is why, our agency offers help and support with A1 Form. Hence unskilled workforce from Romania is reliable, cheaper than hiring from the local market and can speak at a minimum the language required. One can only ask themselves how come countries inside the EU can have such differences in terms of salary and costs. But this is a different topic.

Our consultants confirms that many unskilled workers from Romania or CEE are relocating in the West or North of the EU in search of better paid jobs. Which are in correlation with the data provided by the European Commission. Only a small percentage of our business partners consider that the authorities and the local business environment take sufficient steps to slow down the migration trend of the labour force outside the borders.

Also, German employers are willing to hire staff from Romania to address their talent shortage. Based on our data, the main countries that can be a competitive threat for Germany, Austria or any other norther EU states which uses Romanian workforce are: Italy, Spain, UK and France. Hence, we believe we provide good deals meeting companies’ needs and unskilled workforce for railway projects.

Our agency recruits for European companies developing railway construction projects. Our candidates are thoroughly scanned before being selected and presented to our business partners so that is why our consultants have listed a series of non-formal skills, they appreciate a blue-collar worker should take into consideration when submitting their resume.

At Geologic HR we put all our leadership and business skills into action for our business partners. We understand the market’s challenges and we are building innovative strategies and online campaigns to recruit the best temporary workers. Last but not least, we ensure that these jobs can deliver both core labour and a sustainable income, with legal protections, wages, and safety nets that are enjoyed by temporary workers in the whole EU, taking pressure from our partners in finding the right people. In case you will have any questions on how we can help you do not hesitate to write us at or give us a call.