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Monster Employment Index UK Edges Higher in November Due to Seasonal Demand for Workers


    Online job recruitment activity and related employment
    opportunities across the United Kingdom edged higher in November, as
    the Monster Employment Index UK added one point, rising to a level of
    128. This increase was driven by heightened demand for service workers
    and shop and market sales workers and also by continued growth in job
    offers in Wales. Year-on-year growth of the Index now stands at twenty
    points or 20 percent.

    All regions except the Midlands and North of England saw growth in
    online recruiting last month with increases mainly across hospitality
    and tourism and banking, finance and insurance. Decreases were highest
    across transport, post and logistics.

    Monster Employment Index UK results over the past 14 months are as
    follows:

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    Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct
    06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 05 05 05
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    128 127 125 128 123 125 108 115 120 128 101 118 108 108
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    About The Monster Employment Index UK

    The Monster Employment Index UK provides a broad, comprehensive
    monthly analysis of online job demand in the UK and is compiled by
    Monster Worldwide, the parent company of the leading global online
    careers and recruitment resource, Monster(R). The Index is
    independently audited by ARC Research, a U.S.-based market research
    company, to ensure the accuracy of the data within a margin of error
    of +/- 1.05%. The U.S. version of the Monster Employment Index was
    first introduced in April 2004.

    Additional information on the Monster Employment Index United
    Kingdom is available online at http://euIndex.monsterworldwide.com.
    Visitors can subscribe to receive the monthly UK Index report as well
    as the broader Monster Employment Index Europe report in English,
    French, German or Swedish. Monster Employment Index UK data for
    December will be released on January 12, 2006.