More than 11.5 million job applications from 523,000 candidates were recorded in the first ten months of the year on eJobs.ro. Nearly six million applications came from Generation Z candidates (aged 14–29), 34.8% more than during the same period last year, according to the platform.
Overall, Gen Z applicants accounted for 51.5% of all applications. This year, both the number of young people looking for jobs on the platform and the average number of applications per active candidate increased.
Millennials submitted approximately 4.2 million applications, 14.6% more than during the same period in 2025, while the number of active candidates increased by 3.3%.
For Generation X, applications increased by 12.5%, reaching nearly 1.4 million, while the number of candidates rose by 5.9%.
For baby boomers, the trend is downward: nearly 39,400 applications, 11.2% fewer than last year, and a 10.2% decrease in the number of active candidates. The data do not indicate a return of this generation to job searching on the platform, although those who continue to apply have a search intensity close to that of younger generations.
“From the perspective of unique active accounts, Generation Z accounts for 52.3% of the total, millennials (aged 30–45) for 34.6%, Generation X (aged 46–61) for 12.8%, and baby boomers (62+) for 0.4%. Compared with the first ten months of 2025, the number of active Generation Z candidates increased by 14.9%. However, the increase in applications is more than twice as high, showing that young people have also intensified their job searches,” said Bogdan Badea, CEO of eJobs Romania.
The average reached 21.8 applications per candidate, compared with 18.6 applications recorded last year. Retail, services, and the financial/banking sector attract the most applications from this group, while construction, manufacturing, and transport occupy more prominent positions in the rankings for older generations.
“Although Generation Z leads in terms of total application volume, millennials have the highest average number of applications per candidate: 23.2 in the first ten months of the year. The average drops to 20.5 for Generation X and 20 for baby boomers. The differences are relatively small, showing that the significant gap between generations in the total number of applications is mainly due to the number of people active on the platform,” Badea said.
Retail ranks first for Generation Z, accounting for 39.4% of its applications. It is followed by services, with 14.6%, financial and banking services, with 12.8%, call center/BPO, with 12%, and tourism, with 11.5%.
For millennials, the first four positions remain the same: retail, services, financial and banking services, and call center/BPO. Construction ranks fifth, however, accounting for 10.2% of total applications.
For Generation X, the same sector climbs to second place, attracting 14.1% of applications, after retail, while services rank third, followed by manufacturing and transport/logistics.
Baby boomers are the only generation for which construction outranks retail: 28.6% of applications target this sector, compared with 26.6% for retail. The ranking is completed by services, manufacturing, and transport/logistics.
Differences also emerged in the ranking of job titles in the advertisements to which candidates applied. For Generation Z, the top five are sales representative, assistant manager, sales agent, barista, and sales consultant.
Millennials mainly apply for sales representative, sales agent, assistant manager, medical representative, and area sales manager positions. For Generation X, the top five are sales representative, sales agent, accountant, assistant manager, and area sales manager.
For baby boomers, the ranking is different: accountant, driver, senior accountant, construction engineer, and legal adviser. The presence of these professions also reflects the diversity of candidates in the oldest age group, which includes both highly educated specialists and candidates with technical occupations.
Regarding preferred working arrangements, millennials have the highest share of applications for remote jobs, at 9.39%, followed closely by Generation Z, at 9.12%. For Generation X, the proportion is 4.20%, while for baby boomers it is 3.84%.
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