The report is based on the answers of over 150,000 respondents from 188 countries. Globally, the most popular destinations for job seekers are Australia, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany, while the most popular cities are Amsterdam, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and New York, along with London .
While 22% of Romanians were actively looking for a job abroad in 2018, their number dropped to 13% three years ago and to just 8% last year, much lower than the global average of 23% in 2023.
At the same time, in accordance with international trends, the number of Romanians who would accept a job abroad in a remote work regime has increased significantly, reaching 74% in 2023 compared to 61% in 2020. This percentage is higher than the global average of 66%, up from 57% three years ago.
Financial and economic reasons were mentioned as the main reasons for Romanians to consider working abroad, respectively 85% of Romanians (64% globally). Another factor in favor of moving was a better quality of life, which is why 77% of Romanians (55% globally) would go abroad. A much higher proportion (59%) of Romanians, compared to the international average (35%), mentioned better social assistance and health systems among the reasons.
In Romania, 25% of those working in design, art, creative professions and architecture would like to work abroad, followed by manual workers (18%) and business management professionals (17%). In accordance with the global trend, approximately 30% of Romanians would work abroad in the long term, i.e. for an indefinite period.
The study also analyzes the reasons why those who chose to stay in their home countries decided to do so. Both the Romanian respondents (53%) and the global respondents (54%) mentioned as the main reason that they could not take their family members or partners with them. Both global and Romanian respondents (33% both groups) referred to strong ties to their home country as a reason not to leave.
In addition, 31% of Romanians (16% globally) said that the difficulty of buying real estate abroad was a reason to stay.
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