Amid the massive departure of Romanian drivers to countries with much more attractive salaries, the transportation market is currently going through a major crisis, for which some 3000 Filipinos have already been recruited. They meet specific requirements and have driving licenses compatible with EU and Schengen area criteria.
Yosef Gavriel Gavriel Peisakh, General Manager of a recruitment agency, recently returned home from the Philippines, where he supported one of the largest non-EU recruitment campaigns for Romania.
Currently, there is a bottleneck in the road haulage sector, for which we are receiving alarming signals from Romanian hauliers. There is an urgent need for staff, because we are talking about businesses that are losing serious money due to a lack of manpower," said Yosef Gavriel Peisakh.
According to a study carried out by the National Union of Carriers, the road transport market in Romania has reached a value of almost 19 billion euros in 2023 and is growing steadily.
The solution of the Philippine TIR drivers is a viable one for the Romanian transportation market, because we are talking about personnel with proven experience of working abroad and a rigorous recruitment process that guarantees Romanian employers a motivated workforce to work in our country.
The exclusive responsibilities of the agency for the recruitment of foreign workers primarily involve the conduct of interviews by its team of recruiters and testing in the country of origin of the staff, the preparation of the necessary documentation in order to obtain the work permit and residence permit, as well as the exchange of the driving license and the issuance of the professional driver's license in Romania.
"The selection criteria aim to test the practical and technical knowledge, for which trucks and a polygon are rented for each day of testing by our team of specialists from Romania. Of course, the candidates' knowledge of English is also essential, and we make sure that before their arrival in the country, the Philippine TIR drivers undergo a specialization training that includes: knowledge of driving and resting times, CMR, European road tolls, loading and distribution of goods on the axles, customs documents and all other information known by Romanian TIR drivers, according to Regulation 561/2006″, added Yosef Gavriel Peisakh.
In addition to recruiting truck drivers for the automotive industry, next year the agency will also bring some 500 caregivers from the Philippines to Romania to fill the acute shortage of manpower in nursing homes and care centers for the disabled.
