Monster Employment Index Europe Dips in November as France and Germany Show Slightly Reduced Online Job Availability

Monster Employment Index Europe:

-- Online Demand for Workers in Netherlands, Sweden and UK
Continues Upward Growth Trend --

-- Heavy Industries See Reduced Online Job Availability while IT
Sector Rebounds --

-- Index Shows Lower Demand for Blue-collar Workers Across the
Five Countries Tracked --

The Monster Employment Index Europe dipped slightly in November as
a result of moderately lower online job demand in France and Germany.
The Index edged down one point to a level of 125, despite continued
growth in online recruitment activity in the Netherlands, Sweden and
UK. Over the past five months, the Index has continued to fluctuate in
the range of 124-126 points. Year-on-year growth is 14 points.

The full Monster Employment Index Europe report is available
online at http://euindex.monsterworldwide.com. Visitors can subscribe
to receive the European Index report, as well as any or all of the
five country-specific Index reports on a monthly basis via email.
Monster Employment Index Europe data for December will be released on
January 9, 2007.

During November, declines in online recruitment activity were
registered in the construction and extraction; and production,
manufacturing, maintenance and repair sectors. The greatest drop was
reported in the seasonally-influenced agriculture, fish ing and
forestry sector. In contrast, strong gains in online job availability
were measured in the telecommunication and IT sectors.

The Index also showed a decline in demand across numerous
blue-collar occupations last month. The only blue-collar categ ory
that registered an increase was plant and machine operators and
assemblers. Within white-collar occupational groups, the Index
measured higher demand for professionals and technicians and associate
professionals, while opportunities for legislators, senior officials
and managers declined.

Monster Employment Index Europe results for 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
125 126 124 126 125 121 116 116 117 116 106 112 111 112
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Findings for the five countries tracked by the Monster Employment
Index Europe for the past 14 months are as follows:

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Country Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May
06 06 06 06 06 06 06
France 134 136 128 124 146 126 119
Germany 118 119 119 121 119 115 115
Netherlands 173 167 163 160 154 159 155
Sweden 138 131 123 112 116 129 117
United Kingdom 128 127 125 128 123 125 108

Country Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct
06 06 06 06 05 05 05
France 123 118 122 107 112 110 111
Germany 112 113 109 106 109 111 112
Netherlands 148 136 126 116 119 113 111
Sweden 119 117 111 116 109 101 100
United Kingdom 115 120 128 101 118 108 108
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Launched in June 2005, with data collected since December 2004,
the Monster Employment Index Europe is compiled by Monster Worldwide,
parent company of leading global online careers and recruitment
resource, Monster(R). The Index was established to provide European
labour market watchers with a valuable monthly snapshot of online
recruitment activity based on the researching of millions of employer
postings across more than 1,400 Web sites. In addition to providing an
analysis of European online job demand, the Index offers a sub-index
by occupation, including data on nine occupational categories in five
countries: France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United
Kingdom. 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 Monster Employment Index
debuted in the U.S. in April 2004.