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Growth in European Online Recruitment at 1%, According to the Monster Employment Index


    Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW):

    June 2012 Index Highlights:

    • The Monster Employment Index Europe demonstrates one percent growth year-over-year in June, a marked decline on last month´s six percent rise
    • Germany continues to lead all regions by measure of annual growth at 11 percent, albeit at a reduced pace from May (19 percent). Italy reports growth at two percent, returning to levels last seen in February, and the UK matches its rate of growth recorded a year ago
    • The Netherlands, France, Belgium and Sweden all report reduced demand in online recruitment activity year-over-year
    • Environment, architecture, urbanism (up 17 percent) demonstrates the strongest annual growth of all industries for the second consecutive month, while opportunities in Engineering remain steady at six percent
    • Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure and the Public sector both place bottom of the Index with matched rates of annual decline in online recruitment activity

    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 marked reduction in online recruitment recorded in June´s Index is unsurprising considering the current uncertainty of the wider economy," commented Alan Townsend, Vice President of Sales Readiness and Business Operations for Monster Europe. "However, while recruitment demand is generally muted, over a third of industries continue to report annual growth, with a variety of opportunities across sectors including architectural, telecommunication and education."

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

    Jan
    11

         

    Feb
    11

         

    Mar
    11

         

    Apr
    11

         

    May
    11

         

    Jun
    11

         

    Jul
    11

         

    Aug
    11

         

    Sep
    11

         

    Oct
    11

         

    Nov
    11

         

    Dec
    11

         

    Jan
    12

         

    Feb
    12

         

    Mar
    12

         

    Apr
    12

         

    May
    12

         

    Jun
    12

         

    Y-O-Y
    GROWTH

    116       125       131       136       135       140       139       139       138       139       139       136       127       138       142       144       143       142       1%

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

    • Environment, architecture and urbanism (up 17 percent) demonstrated the greatest growth year-over-year for the second consecutive month, extending an upward trend that began in September 2010
    • Telecommunication (up 13 percent) registered significant growth in June following May´s two percent increase and placed second in the Index overtaking Education, training and library (up nine percent) which prolonged its upward growth for the fifth consecutive month
    • The Engineering sector (up six percent) exhibited steady growth in annual online recruitment where the UK, Germany and Italy reported the highest opportunities across this sector
    • The Sales sector (down four percent) saw a decline in online recruitment demand for the first time since February 2010, with reductions greatest across the Netherlands and France
    • Public sector, defence, community and Arts, entertainment, sports leisure (both down five percent) placed bottom of the Index with the lowest demand
    Top Growth Industries                             Lowest Growth Industries                                                                                 Industry    

    Jun
    11

         

    Jun
    12

         

    %
    Y-O-Y
    Growth

          Industry      

    Jun
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    Y-O-Y
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    Environment, architecture and urbanism     103       121       17%       Marketing, PR and media       149       144       -3% Telecommunication     102       115       13%       Sales       112       108       -4% Education, training and library     233       254       9%       Agriculture, fishing, forestry       140       134       -4% Real estate     123       133       8%       Public sector, defence, community       83       79       -5% Engineering     161       171       6%       Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure       119       113       -5%

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

    • Craft and related trades workers (up four percent) continued to demonstrate the greatest opportunities for online recruitment, where this sector has exhibited high demand for the past 26 months
    • Online demand for Technicians and associate professionals (up three percent) was at its slowest pace since April 2010, although still placed second in June´s Index
    • Following 34 months of annual growth, online demand declined in June for Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers (down eight percent) while Elementary occupations (down three percent) also noted reduced demand in June following last month´s growth of five percent
    Top Growth Occupations       Lowest Growth Occupations                                                           Occupation      

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          Occupation      

    Jun
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    Y-O-Y
    Growth

    Craft and related trades workers       230       240       4%       Elementary occupations       194       188       -3% Technicians and associate professionals       127       131       3%       Managers       118       112       -5% Plant and machine operators, and assemblers       129       130       1%       Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers       220       203       -8%

    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, 10 July at 06:00 CET at: about-monster.com/employment/index/17.

    Data for the month of July 2012 will be released on August 14th, 2012.

    By Region

                                                                                                                      Region      

    Jun
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    11

         

    Aug
    11

         

    Sep
    11

         

    Oct
    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

         

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    12

         

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    12

         

    Y-O-Y
    GROWTH

    Belgium       118       113       109       102       107       102       101       98       107       106       108       111       110       -7% France       150       148       139       132       139       136       132       123       130       134       139       130       129       -14% Germany       164       166       172       175       171       175       177       173       178       185       190       188       182       11% Italy       142       148       140       132       143       146       141       128       137       143       148       139       145       2% Netherlands       97       96       92       88       89       86       86       81       81       76       78       77       78       -20% Sweden       161       149       146       149       148       150       158       143       154       165       166       154       155       -4% United Kingdom       141       140       138       135       140       140       141       129       145       148       140       140       141       0%

    By Industry

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    11

         

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    Y-O-Y
    GROWTH

    Accounting, audit, taxes     102       101       98       97       99       99       98       93       100       101       102       103       100       -2% Administrative, organisation     112       109       112       110       111       111       111       104       112       113       112       111       111       -1% Agriculture, fishing and forestry     140