The Bucharest Food Summit Forum has placed the solution of massive employment of Asian workers on the wall, until the jobs in the restaurants will again become attractive for the Romanians.
50,000 jobs are available in hotels and restaurants in the country, but in negotiation between employers and potential employees nobody wants to give up.
At the Bucharest hospitality forum dedicated to the hospitality industry, specialists have shown that, as compared to 4-5 years ago, the quality of services in the premises has decreased significantly.
Romanian employers say that the young people who come to the interview are asking for salaries of over 600 euros a month, just like outside.
400,000 people work in hotels and restaurants in Romania and it is clear that the staff shortage of 50,000 employees can not be compensated overnight. The fastest chance to control this shortcoming is to professionalize those already caught in the system. Here is an argument: a large French restaurant has, on average, 20 employees. In Romania, 50. In other words, people are not used to their true value.
“It is obviously a struggle to keep your most valuable people. Western Europe is a vacuum cleaner for Romania, until we can get the revenue lined up to Germany. The market is very difficult, especially in the low paid jobs area, with no training and no experience, “says Dragos Petrescu, the owner of a chain.
In fact, specialists say the insistence of employers to select people after experience is a mistake.
“Everyone is obsessed with experience and does not look at the personality of the person concerned and his motivation. There are many situations where the experience you need is learned in a few days or a few weeks, “explains George Butunoiu, restaurant evaluator.
Source: Stirile ProTv
