Civil Servants Career Development in the Romanian Central Public Administration

The research aims to highlight the aspects that produce a direct or indirect influence upon career development activity. Participating to the training programs represents an important element for civil servants career development not only for new employees but also for others who also need to adapt to changes: the necessity for lifelong learning and human resources capacity development is a continuous process for everyone. Professional training and motivation are presented as the key towards maintaining the young and efficient employees who wish and need to achieve knowledge, to improve their abilities and develop their career. The paper presents the results of a limited empirical research in which have been involved several ministers of the Romanian central public administration. Data collection and analysis have been mainly performed by using qualitative methods, questionnaire, document analysis, observation and semi-structured interviews. The results of our research are relevant for the human resources managers of these institutions, but they can also be taken into consideration by similar institutions from Romania or abroad. The conclusions of our research prove that major changes are necessary for a modern human resources management, especially in the training area necessary to support an appropriate career development process.