About

Top Talents Romania is a premium career conference that aims to bring over 200 young Romanians with outstanding potential from both Business and Tech profiles. Our drive is to inspire and nurture the next generation of leaders, by creating a community of high-potential students and recent graduates. We aim to do so by means of a a two-day event, which only the best 200 finalists shall be invited to attend (out of 1500 applicants)

The Top Talents community is engaged to participate at leadership and development keynotes, career workshops, a networking space where they can meet employers and discuss career opportunities, such as internships and management trainee programs. The event also includes Start Up Competition, the most appreciated activity in 2022 by the participants, which consists of a simulated Assessment Center. The newest addition in 2023 are the Top Talents Scholarships, which facilitate the recruitment, selection and participation of candidates from outside Bucharest.

Find out more and join us for this year’s edition, which will take place on the 17^th and 18^th of November at Hotel InterContinental Athenee Palace Bucharest!

200 High Potential
Candidates

1500

Top applicants

Reasons to attend

For companies

Increase Brand Awareness: As a partner in the project, you benefit from a personalized promotion campaign at national level. Multiple activations at the location so your employer brand can be more visible.
Recruitment Benefits: A great chance to interact with more young people in two days at your booth and present them your opportunities. Access candidates from national level for both Business & Tech profiles.
Interact with preselected candidates: Out of a pool of over 1500 candidates, over 200 are selected as the best candidates as a result of a rigorous evaluation based on CV metrics.

For participants

You interact with successful managers from the companies in Top 100 Most Desired Employers.
You take part at Start UP Competition, a team contest created to simulate an Assessment Center, the most appreciated activity in 2022.
You have priority access to career opportunities like internships, management trainee programs and entry-level roles.
You have access to a networking space and a treasure hunt with prizes.
You have free access to workshops and keynote sessions, through which you find out the career stories of Romanian and international speakers.

Partners

“We are very glad that we participated for the first time at this event and I can say that we were pleasantly impressed by the quality of the invited talents and the way it was organized. We had the pleasure to discuss both in individual sessions and at the networking corner with talented students who were interested in the opportunities that Microsoft can offer both in the IT area and in other departments. We thank Catalyst for the invitation made and we will definitely participate in future editions.”
Microsoft Romania Team
“When passion meets creativity, wonderful projects are born. This is also the case of Top Talents 2018, the first edition we had the pleasure to participate. We were pleasantly surprised by the students' interest and their involvement during the organized workshops, the quality of the conferences and the diversity of the participants’ profile.”
Emanuela Dobre, Employer Branding & Digital HR Strategist Groupe Renault Romania
“Our participation to Top Talents allows us to understand the needs, expectations and desires of Gen Z candidates. The audience profile was relevant to us, especially the final years students and graduates, who are in our focus (max. 2 years after graduation)- we were happy to see the keenness and the curiosity present in all the questions asked.”
Vodafone Romania Team
“The participants at Top Talents Romania surprised us. We appreciated the quality of our discussions, their curiosity and interest for growth, their involvement throughout our sessions and Start Up Competition. They really are the high potential candidates we were looking for.”
JTI Romania Team