1994 - 2024

30 years of change - for us and for Romania

And we have seen and experienced it all...

1994 - 2000

The gradual transition to a market economy

1994 marked the opening of AIMS Timișoara office, called Snelling Personnel Services at that time

  • 2000 - 2008 - the economic boom, largely facilitated by the increased foreign direct investment

  • 2009 - 2014 - the global financial crisis and subsequent economic recovery

  • 2015 - 2020 - post-crisis expansion (accelerating wage growth, boosting consumption)

  • 2021 - 2024 - post-pandemic recovery

  • 2025 and beyond - We'll still be here: learning, adapting, leading

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* The time stamps are largely inspired by ING Romania's report (30 Years of Transformation, 30 Years of ING), which also celebrated 30 years of business in Romania, in 2024. 😁

We are all travellers

Thirty years ago, a few daring youngsters embarked on a ship called AIMS Timișoara.
Thirty autumns have passed! We had calm waters, clear skies, wonderful destinations, and newly discovered lands.
There were storms, too. Which only made us stronger.
The compass pointed North, most of the time. We also got lost and drifted aimlessly, on occasion. But that's to be expected - on any long, beautiful, adventurous journey.

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Thank you for travelling with us part of the way. It wouldn't have been the same without you!

We'll be seeing you on board, right? 😁

So, in October 2024, we sailed off again into the sunset ...

⬅️ Highlights from our Anniversary Boat Party

The coolest #OctoberSummerParty ever! ☀️🧡

We teamed-up again with former AIMS crew members (we call them AIMS Alumni 😁), with friends and partners-in-crime 😁, without whom this 30-year journey would have been, well ... no fun.

Happy anniversary to us! 🎂🥂

Keep on sailing! ⛵️☀️

We are all storytellers (and readers)

Currently reading chapter 30.

Good stories are supposed to be read, re-read, treasured, committed to memory, shared, turned into music or movies ...

The story of AIMS Timișoara is one of these stories, that we've been telling for the past 30 years.

The plot thickens, the excitement grows ... there's much to dream / say / do / change yet.

Keep on reading our story! 📚

We are the dreamers, the (over)thinkers and the doers

Perfecting our craft for the past 30 years.

Which brings us to why our 30-year anniversary is dedicated to

Craft & Savoir Faire

Why “craft”, you wonder?

Essentially, almost everything we do (any consulting or training project) is unique (okay, maybe with the exception of the SalaryMap reports 😄) and involves care, skill, ingenuity, versatility, and an experience shaped over time.

And why “savoir faire”?

We couldn't find a better word to describe that "je ne sais quoi" (the French simply say it better!) that makes us different.
It's a cocktail of skill, common sense, poise, intuition, good judgement, confidence, and the ability to do what is right, when it's right.

We are bon vivants

Chocolate and wine? Yes, please! 😄

Chantia and Sescu winery (both local brands), which perfectly embody the spirit of craft and savoir faire - complemented our celebration.

“Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.”

Alain de Botton

Let's take a roadtrip down memory lane ...

And make a few pitstops (highlights from the past 30 years)

25 years of AIMS Timișoara

AIMS Sprint & Blues

2019

Under the tagline Spring & Blues and #DamMaiDeparte (We pay it forward), a new ''episode'' from our AIMS Timișoara ''series'' 😉 was released: slightly nostalgic (''blues''), but also hopeful, optimistic and carving the way towards reinvention (''sprint'').

20 years of AIMS Timișoara

AIMS 2.0 - The Journey of Our Twenties

2014

The ballad, the movie & the EPIC party

AIMS Human Capital becomes AIMS Executive Search and Consulting

Artisans of Common Purpose

2011

10 years of AIMS Timișoara

AIMS Human Capital - 10 years of treasure hunting

2004