Almost 1 million applications from candidates over 45 have been registered since the beginning of the year, marking an increase of approximately 10% compared to the same period in 2024. "Year after year, this segment of candidates has been almost impervious to market changes, constantly remaining in a latent zone in terms of hiring intent and applying for available jobs. Even in the surveys we conducted, they showed us that they are the category with the greatest resistance to change and the lowest desire to change their job. This year's economic context has distorted this state of affairs and already for the first 9 months of the year we see almost 100,000 more applications than last year among those over 45 years old", says Bogdan Badea, CEO of eJobs, the largest online recruitment platform in Romania.
