Forests in Croatia have a rich history of management. Today´s forest cultivation is based on the Zagreb school of sustainable managemet it is necessary to have a permanent workforce that will perform all the tasks of establishing, growing and exploiting forests in a timely manner with minimal negative impact on the forest ecosystem. The time in which we currently live is marked by a large offer of jobs and therefore lower paid, phhysically more difficult and more danegrousprofessionsdo not aboundwith great interest ofworkers in employment. A timely an high-quality reaction ofemployersand other stakeholderswho influence employment in that profession could result in a change in th situation for the better. The conducted researsch included the Krapina Forestry and the Samobor Forestry, which are parto f the Zagreb Forestry Administration, all together whitin the State Enterprise Hrvatske šume d.o.o. In the research, they were asked to voluntarily fill out an anonymous survey, which i san integral part od research into the state workoforce in forestry of Croatia. The questionnaire consisted of three parts of questions that included general information regardig socioeconomic status (age, gender, length of service, level of education, size of residence place, etc.) in the second parto f the questionnaire, questions were asked about the employment itself, working conditions and the advantages and disadvantages of the type of work they do. The third part of questionnaire sought to answer the questions which are the main factors for increased attraction and the retention of the workforce in forestry. This paper deals with the analysis of collected data an objective presentation of the same. An effort is madeto see wherethe main problems of this complex issue lie and possible soultions are proposed.