{"id":3409,"date":"2017-03-02T15:55:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T13:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jobboardfinder.com\/news\/?p=3409"},"modified":"2018-08-08T16:51:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T14:51:13","slug":"how-to-recruit-in-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jobboardfinder.com\/news\/how-to-recruit-in-bulgaria\/","title":{"rendered":"How to recruit in Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever since becoming a member of the European Union, Bulgaria<\/strong> has become an attractive destination for foreign investors<\/strong> in all sectors, especially thanks to its qualified and competitive cheap workforce, less expansive to pay than in Western Europe. EU membership also stimulated the economic development<\/strong> of the country and that is why it has become that attractive. You will find in this article many useful information in order to decide whether you should launch a recruitment campaign in Bulgaria.<\/p>\n

The labour market<\/h2>\n

\"VarnaJust like many other Eastern European countries, job offers are concentrated in the biggest Bulgarian cities. In Sofia<\/strong>, you can find the headquarters of Coca-Cola or IBM. The cities attracting workers from all over the world are also Plovdiv<\/strong> in the South, Varna<\/strong> or Burgas<\/strong>, cities located near the Black Sea<\/strong>\u2019s beaches. The current unemployment rate is of 9.1 percent of the working population, which is a lot for this country but this does not concern foreign workforce<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sectors hiring<\/h2>\n

In Bulgaria, the sectors of IT, communication, real estate, services and food industry<\/strong> are currently looking for many employees and executives. Big international companies such as IBM<\/strong>, HP<\/strong>, Lidl<\/strong> and McDonald\u2019s<\/strong> often look for foreign workforce with experience, for all activities. There is also a huge demand in machinery, chemicals, plastic, electricity, gas or nuclear energy<\/strong>.\"Burgas<\/p>\n

Recruitment<\/h2>\n

In this country, when you look for a job or when you do an interview, it is in a quite informal<\/strong> way excepted for the hiring of executives. You can look in classified adverts<\/strong>, online job boards<\/strong>, professional fairs<\/strong> and also from words of mouth<\/strong>, especially for job that require less qualifications.<\/p>\n

Business Languages<\/h2>\n

Many languages are spoken in Bulgaria. Indeed, you will find many job offers written in English, and a very few in Bulgarian. If you speak English plus French, German or Russian<\/strong>, you will definitively find a job in Bulgaria. There are many job opportunities for specialists with language skills, especially for multinational companies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Contracts and Salaries<\/h2>\n

Usually, the contracts in Bulgaria are written<\/strong> contracts. They have to clearly indicate the nature of the activity and the salary<\/strong>. You will have a trial period of six months<\/strong> maximum if you sign a permanent contract. Concerning the working conditions and the salary, Bulgarian workers work usually 40 hours per week<\/strong>, and the average salary is of 515 BGN<\/strong> per month, which represents 293 euros<\/strong>. Foreign workers often earn more, and this amount varies between the different sectors of activity. Concerning taxation, there are 10 percent<\/strong> of your monthly salary that is taken for social protection and income tax.\"Sofia\"<\/p>\n

Visa<\/h2>\n

Excepted EU citizens<\/strong>, foreign workers have to get a work permit<\/strong> that is valid for one year to be hired. It can be renewed twice. A job can be occupied by a foreign worker only if a Bulgarian one is not suitable<\/strong> for the position. Plus, the total amount of foreign workers employed in a company must not exceed 10 percent of the total number of employees.<\/p>\n

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