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Annual Growth in European Online Recruitment Remains at 6%, According to the Monster Employment Index


    Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW):

    May 2012 Index Highlights:

    • The Monster Employment Index Europe demonstrates year-over-year growth of six percent in May, matching the rate of annual growth recorded in April
    • Germany retains an annual growth of 19 percent for the second consecutive month, Netherlands continues to chart the greatest decline in online hiring activity compared to year-ago levels (down 21 percent)
    • Environment, architecture, urbanism notes substantial growth over the year and leads all industries in the Index with opportunities increasing by 23 percent; Public sector, defence community (down six percent) continues to exhibit the steepest annual decline
    • Craft and related trades workers remain in the greatest demand of all occupational groups year-over-year

    The Monster Employment Index Europe is a monthly gauge of online job posting activity 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 May Index recorded an overall steady rate of annual growth primarily due to more opportunities for workers in architecture and production," commented Alan Townsend, Vice President of Sales Readiness and Business Operations for Monster Europe. "However, markets like Netherlands and France continue to weigh down the Index and reduced overall consumer and business confidence indicate we are clearly not yet out of the woods."

     

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

                                                                                                                 

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    12

       

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    12

       

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    12

       

    May
    12

       

    Y-O-Y
    GROWTH

    122     116     125     131     136     135     140     139     139     138     139     139     136     127     138     142     144     143     6%                                                                                                              

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

    • Environment, architecture, urbanism (up 23 percent) returned to the top of the Index with substantial growth in May compared to the eight percent uptick registered in April
    • Education, training and library (up 11 percent) registered higher levels of online recruitment than is typically seen this time of year and placed second in the Index despite lower demand within this sector across the Netherlands and France
    • Production, manufacturing, maintenance, repair (up ten percent) also saw increased demand in May, while annual growth in Transport, post and logistics remained steady and matched year-ago levels. Both sectors exhibited the greatest demand in Germany and the UK
    • Agriculture, fishing, forestry (up two percent) saw demand return to average levels following April´s sector leading growth of eleven percent
    • The Public sector, defence, community (down six percent) remained at the bottom of the Index and charted the steepest annual decline across Europe, while online recruitment levels across Banking, finance, insurance (down two percent) saw further reductions in demand
            Top Growth Industries     Lowest Growth Industries                                             Industry    

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    Growth

        Industry    

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    Environment, architecture and urbanism     96     118     23%     Research and development     121     122     1% Education, training and library     218     242     11%     Transport, post and logistics     182     182     0% Production, manufacturing, maintenance, repair     248     272     10%     Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure     113     112     -1% Hospitality and tourism     257     277     8%     Banking, finance, insurance     88     86     -2% Engineering     157     169     8%     Public sector, defence, community     82     77     -6%                                            

    Occupation Year-over-year Trends: Eight of the nine occupational groups monitored by the Index in May exhibited positive growth trends.

    • Craft and related trades (up 10 percent) matched annual recruitment levels recorded in April where demand was greatest in Germany and the UK
    • Service and sales (up five percent) registered a steady rate of online demand year-over-year and placed second in the Index in May
    • Managers (down two percent) remained the only occupational group to note a decline in annual growth for the second consecutive month and placed bottom of the Index with Sweden, Italy and the Netherlands seeing the sharpest declines
            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     221     243     10%     Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers     196     201     3% Service and sales workers     298     314     5%     Clerical support workers     143     146     2% Elementary occupations     180     189     5%     Managers     113     111     -2%                                            

    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, 12 June at 06:00 CET at: about-monster.com/employment/index/17.

    Data for the month of June 2012 will be released on July 6th, 2012.

    By Region

                                                                                          Region    

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    11

       

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    11

       

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    11

       

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    12

       

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    12

       

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    12

       

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    12

       

    Y-O-Y
    GROWTH

    Belgium     119     118     113     109     102     107     102     101     98     107     106     108     111     -7% France     144     150     148     139     132     139     136     132     123     130     134     139     130     -10% Germany     158     164     166     172     175     171     175     177     173     178     185     190     188     19% Italy     145     142     148     140     132     143     146     141     128     137     143     148     139     -4% Netherlands     98     97     96     92     88     89     86     86     81     81     76     78     77     -21% Sweden     170     161     149     146     149     148     150     158     143     154     165     166     154     -9% United Kingdom     136     141     140     138     135     140     140     141     129     145     148     140     140     3%                                                                                        

    By Industry

                                                                                          Industry    

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    Y-O-Y
    GROWTH

    Accounting, audit, taxes     101     102     101     98     97     99     99     98     93     100     101     102     103     2% Administrative, organisation     108     112     109     112     110     111     111     111     104     112     113     112     111     3% Agriculture, fishing and forestry     130     140     134     133     130     124     123     117     104     121     133     146     133     2% Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure     113     119     116     113     107     108