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Germany Continues to Lead European Online Recruitment, According to the Monster Employment Index


    Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:MWW):

    November 2011 Index Highlights:

    • The Monster Employment Index Europe demonstrates a year-over-year growth of 14 percent in November, matching October´s growth rate
    • Germany is the only country to exhibit strong annual growth of 30 percent, followed by improvement in the UK, which records eight percent growth
    • Other countries tracked by the Index, including Belgium, France, Italy, Netherlands and Sweden, have recorded decelerating trends since the summer with Belgium, Italy and Netherlands now exhibiting negative annual growth
    • Engineering remains the star performer of all industries across Europe for the third consecutive month by rate of annual growth
    • Public sector matches last month´s rate of annual decline and remains the most negatively trending sector; Education and Management and consulting also register annual declines on the year

    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.

    "The MEI exhibits sustained online recruitment activity this month, bolstered by continued strength in Germany. Recruitment patterns are adhering to the downward trends typically observed in the Index for the end-of-year months and there are also growing challenges across the European economy," commented Alan Townsend, Vice President of Sales Readiness and Business Operations for Monster Europe. "Consequently, it is not surprising to see this level of decelerating growth across Europe."

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

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        Y-O-Y 114     115     115     117     122     122     122     116     125     131     136     135     140     139     139     138     139     139     14%

    Industry Year-over-year Trends: 20 of the 24 industry sectors monitored by the Index in November exhibited positive annual growth trends.

    • Engineering (up 32 percent) continued to lead all industries for the third consecutive month, albeit at a slightly reduced rate of growth
    • Transport, post and logistics (up 30 percent) and Production, manufacturing maintenance and repair (up 26 percent) decelerated from levels in October, in-line with a more tempered pace of expansion in manufacturing-related economic activity
    • Telecommunication (up 30 percent) edged up in the industry rankings to claim third position by measure of annual growth, where sector demand was most prevalent across sales and support roles
    • Management and consulting (down three percent) and Education, training, library (down two percent) slipped into negative growth this month to join Public sector (down nine percent). Education was previously positive for every month since August 2010
    • Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure (up six percent) reversed last month´s trend and registered a degree of pick-up in recruitment activity in November. Similarly, Sales (up eight percent) noted elevated activity heading into the final months of 2011
    Top Growth Industries       Lowest Growth Industries                                               Industry    

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    %
    Y-O-Y
    Growth

          Industry    

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    %
    Y-O-Y
    Growth

    Engineering     130     172     32%      

    Public sector, defence,
    community

        88     80     -9%

    Transport, post and
    logistics

        150     195     30%      

    Management and
    consulting

        111     108     -3% Telecommunication     88     114     30%      

    Education, training and
    library

        207     202     -2%

    Production, manufacturing,
    maintenance, repair

        212     267     26%       Legal     118     118     0% Real estate     100     124     24%       Banking, finance, insurance     85     87     2%

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

    • Craft and related trades (up 35 percent) matched last month´s rate of annual growth, reflecting steady positive conditions for this occupation with demand originating from production and construction
    • In contrast, Plant and machine operators and assemblers (up three percent) registered the most moderate growth, primarily due to reduced recruitment for additional factory floor workers in the production sector
    • Elementary (up 16 percent) and Service and sales workers (up 15 percent) held on to their respective second and third place rankings by measure of annual growth in November
    Top Growth Occupations                         Lowest Growth Occupations                                                                 Occupation    

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    Growth

          Occupation    

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    %
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    Growth

    Craft and related trades
    workers

        183     247     35%      

    Plant and machine
    operators, and assemblers

        110     113     3% Elementary occupations     169     196     16%       Managers     103     108     5% Service and sales workers     265     304     15%      

    Skilled agricultural, forestry
    and fishery workers

        172     191     11%

    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, 13th December at 06:00 CET at: http://aboutmonster.com/employment/index/17.

    Data for the month of December 2011 will be released on January 6, 2011.

    By Region

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    Y-O-Y
    GROWTH

    Belgium     110     110     101     113     120     125     119     118     113     109     102     107     102     -7% France     133     134     124     136     138     146     144     150     148     139     132     139     136     2% Germany     135     134     133     139     151     159     158     164     166     172     175     171     175     30% Italy     148     152     135     134     145     147     145     142     148     140     132     143     146     -1% Netherlands     92     92     89     90     95     97     98     97     96     92     88     89     86     -7% Sweden     150     152     143     163     161     167     170     161     149     146     149     148     150     0% United Kingdom     130     133     128     139     137     138     136     141     140     138     135     140     140     8%                                                                                      

    By Industry

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    Y-O-Y
    GROWTH

    Accounting, audit, taxes     92     92     91     93     99     102     101     102     101     98     97     99     99     8% Administrative, organisation     98     97     95     102     107     107     108     112     109     112     110     111     111     13% Agriculture, fishing and forestry     112     101     90     109     125     131     130     140     134     133     130     124     123     10% Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure     104     108     105     106     111     112     113     119     116     113     107     108     110     6% Automotive     113     109     101     113     117     122     125     135     126     132     128     124     124     10% Banking, finance, insurance     85     84