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European Online Recruitment Grows 21% Year-over-Year, Reports Monster Employment Index Europe


    Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW):

    July 2011 Index Highlights:

    • The Monster Employment Index Europe demonstrates 21 percent annual growth in July
    • Industrial production and related sectors complete a sixth consecutive month at the top with the strongest growth of all industries
    • Telecommunication remains a strong performer in July, moving to fourth position by measure of annual growth in the Index
    • Public sector and the arts remain in annual decline although the arts experiences a slight easing on its rate of decline
    • Growth takes place across all EU countries monitored by the Index in July, with Germany continuing to lead with 36 percent

    The Monster Employment Index Europe is a monthly gauge of online job demand based on a real-time review of millions of employer job opportunities culled from a large representative selection of career web sites and online job listings across Europe. The Index does not reflect the trend of any one advertiser or source, but is an aggregate measure of the change in job listings across the industry.

    "Annual growth in Industrial production remain a key contributor to overall growth in online recruitment across the Continent, leading for the last six months in the Index as sector employers have continued to ramp up their efforts," commented Alan Townsend, Vice President of Sales Readiness and Business Operations for Monster Europe. "While government cuts continue to impact the arts and public sectors, private sector opportunities are increasingly diversified, with strengthening growth trends in creative areas like marketing, an encouraging sign."

    Monster Employment Index Europe results for the past 18 months are as follows:

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    101   104   108   112   114   115   115   117   122   122   122   116   125   131   136   135   140   139   21%
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     




































     

    Industry Year-over-year Trends: 22 of the 24 industry sectors monitored by the Index in July exhibited positive annual growth trends.

    • Transport, post and logistics (up 43 percent) was the top growth sector in July and remained the star performer in the Index, closely followed by Production, manufacturing, maintenance and repair (up 41 percent)
    • Engineering (up 40 percent) and Telecommunication (up 35 percent) remained the top performers of the professional services sector with Telecommunication registering a notable improvement on last month´s 29 percent
    • Banking, Finance, Insurance (up two percent) swung back into a state of positive annual growth, albeit at a modest rate. Legal (up three percent) also registered a positive annual growth rate, reflecting moderate improvement across primarily white-collar job functions in finance and professional services
    • Public sector, defence, community (down six percent) registered the steepest annual decline in July´s Index, continuing to exhibit the impact of ongoing government cuts to this sector
    • Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Leisure (down four percent) was the only private-sector industry to exhibit ongoing decline, although the rate of decline has eased slightly from last month
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      % Transport, post and logistics     136   195   43%


    Automotive     118   126   7% Production, manufacturing, maintenance, repair     187   264   41%


    Legal     114   117   3% Engineering     117   164   40%


    Banking, finance, insurance     87   89   2% Telecommunication     78   105   35%


    Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure     121   116   -4% Real estate     96   121   26%


    Public sector, defence, community     86   81   -6%
       
     
     




       
     
     


















     

    Occupation Year-over-year Trends: All nine occupational groups monitored by the Index in July continued to exhibit positive annual growth.

    • Craft and related trades workers (up 48 percent) maintained its lead in annual growth for the third consecutive month, with a growth rate closer to the Index-wide average in July than in prior months, suggesting other occupations are contributing more to the overall upward direction of the Index
    • Managers (up 12 percent) gained some growth momentum in July, while Professionals (up 20 percent) continued to grow at a near-average pace
    • Service and sales workers (up 22 percent) edged up among occupational groups, claiming third place among groups by measure of annual growth
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      % Craft and related trades workers       160   236   48%


    Clerical support workers       122   144   18% Plant and machine operators, and assemblers       99   125   26%


    Technicians and associate professionals       111   124   12% Service and sales workers       245   300   22%


    Managers       105   118   12%
         
     
     




         
     
     




















     

    The full monthly Monster Employment Index reports for Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom will be made available on Tuesday, 9th August at 06:00 CET at: http://aboutmonster.com/employment/index/17.

    Data for the month of August 2011 will be released on September 2, 2011.

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    Belgium       108   105   106   108   110   110   101   113   120   125   119   118   113   5% France       127   116   116   135   133   134   124   136   138   146   144   150   148   17% Germany       122   124   128   131   135   134   133   139   151   159   158   164   166   36% Italy       135   132   127   134   148   152   135   134   145   147   145   142   148   10% Netherlands       95   91   86   90   92   92   89   90   95   97   98   97   96   1% Sweden       132   123   134   140   150   152   143   163   161   167   170   161   149   13% United Kingdom       129   130   131   138   130   133   128   139   137   138   136   141   140   9%





























     





























     

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    Accounting, audit, taxes       90   92   91   94   92   92   91   93   99   102   101   102   101   12% Administrative, organisation       96   94   94   98   98   97   95   102   107   107   108   112   109   14% Agriculture, fishing and forestry       116   114   104   116   112   101   90   109   125   131   130   140   134   16% Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure       121   107   104   107   104   108   105   106   111   112   113   119   116   -4% Automotive       118   117   106   107   113   109   101   113   117   122   125   135   126   7% Banking, finance, insurance       87   87   85   87   85   84   80   83   88   91   88   86   89   2% Construction and extraction       124   125   126   126   126   122   113   122   129   134   135   141   140   13% Education, training and library       192   180   183   199   207   215   192   211   200   215   218   233   218   14% Engineering       117   119   122   128   130   134   130   143   152   163   157   161   164   40% Environment, architecture and urbanism       88   87   97   95   99   98   91   93   95   102   96   103   102   16%