Approximately 50,000 young people aged 16 and 17 have applied for a job since the beginning of the year, 25% more compared to the same period in 2025, according to an analysis conducted by online recruitment and job board platform eJobs.  Around 27,800 applications came from 17-year-olds, and 22,200 from those who reached the legal minimum working age, namely 16, according to the analysis. Candidates from Bucharest were the most active, followed by those from Brașov, Cluj-Napoca, Constanța, Timișoara, Iași, Sibiu, and Bacău. “Even with this development, candidates under 18 remain the category with the lowest number of applications, which is natural considering that we are talking about a very narrow age group,” said Roxana Drăghici, Head of Sales at eJobs, quoted in the statement.