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Unemployment rate advanced by 0.4 pc in February

The unemployment rate was 5.3 per cent in February, compared to 4.9 per cent in January 2009, and 4.2 per cent during the same month of 2008. Based on a survey released by National Agency for Labour Force Occupation, cited by Agerpres, there were 477,860 persons unemployed persons registered with the county branches of the labour force occupation agencies, out of whom 207,574 women.

Counties that register an unemployment level below the one at national level are Ilfov, Timis, Bihor, Cluj, Arad, Sibiu, Satu Mare, Bistrita si Constan]a, Maramures, Botosani, Giurgiu, Prahova, Suceava, Mures and Bucuresti. The highest unemployment rate was registered in Vaslui, Mehedinti, Teleorman and Dolj, Alba, Galati, Gorj si Covasna counties. President Traian Basescu has recently estimated that unemployment rate may reach 5.4 per cent by the end of March.

6,000 employees from banks are jobless

Nearly 30 per cent of the credit officers from banks could become jobless in the first half of 2009 because of crisis, according to the union members, cited by Realitatea TV. Out of the 20,000 persons estimated to have been employed by banks directly in loan sales, nearly 6,000 are likely to become jobless until end of June 2009, according to Constantin Paraschiv, leader of Federation of Unions from Insurance and Banks (FSAB), affiliated to Cartel Alfa. He says that "the demand for loans coming from consumers dropped compared to last year and it is normal that part of those who were employed mainly for sales of loans not to be found in the organizational charts of this year". Paraschiv explained that he was estimating a share of 30 per cent of them becoming unemployed, while the balance shall have to start professional reorientation programs within the banks. From among the banks which announced redundancies, along with cuts in the number of branches, there are Volksbank, City Bank and OTP , according to Paraschiv.

High jobs offer in march

The job offer will increase in March, both in Bucharest and nationwide. Industry, constructions and services are the sectors where recovery is noted, based on the statistics released by the county labour force offices. "Two weeks ago, there were 1,100 jobs in Bucharest. One week ago, there were 1,400 jobs. Currently, the offer is for 2,100 jobs. One notes a relaxation in the job offer. Once the warm weather is back, there is a relexation of the labour force. The figures are encouraging in the sense that there is a strong offer in other regions of the country, as well. Nationwide, the offer includes more than 12 thousand jobs and it continues to advance. Nevertheless, we do expect only a slight increase in the number of jobless in March", according to Dumitru Pelican, ANOFM Bucuresti executive director.

 

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