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Growth in European Online Recruitment at 2%, According to the Monster Employment Index


    Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW):

    July 2012 Index Highlights:

    • The Monster Employment Index Europe demonstrates two percent growth year-over-year in July, relatively consistent with June´s one percent rise
    • Germany continues to lead all regions at 13 percent growth, while Sweden remains flat
    • The Netherlands, France, Italy, Belgium and UK all report reduced demand in online recruitment activity year-over-year
    • Environment, architecture, urbanism (up 16 percent) remains the leading growth sector for the third consecutive month while Education (up 11 percent) reports increased annual growth and places second in the Index
    • Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure remains at the bottom of July´s Index and is joined by Banking, finance insurance which registers the same rate of annual decline in online hiring 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.

    "Germany remains the growth driver of online recruitment across Europe, providing buoyancy to an otherwise muted labour market," commented Alan Townsend, Vice President of Sales Readiness and Business Operations for Monster Europe. "However, while the uncertain outlook of the EuroZone continues to impact recruitment levels, it is encouraging to see over half of industries remain positive in July, with sectors such as architecture, education and manufacturing seeing stronger demand."

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

    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   Jul 12   Y-O-Y GROWTH 125   131   136   135   140   139   139   138   139   139   136   127   138   142   144   143   142   142   2%

    Industry Year-over-year Trends: 15 of the 24 industry sectors monitored by the Index in July exhibited positive annual growth trends.

    • Environment, architecture and urbanism (up 16 percent) led all industries by measure of annual growth for the third consecutive month in July
    • Education, training, library (up 11 percent) continued to report increased opportunities in online recruitment compared to year-ago levels, extending a positive growth trend that began in February
    • The Real Estate sector (up nine percent) reported a solid increase in online hiring activity for the third consecutive month and remained in the top five Index rankings
    • Public sector, defence, community (down one percent) saw a slight uptick in annual online recruitment compared to last month´s five percent decline and moved up the Index after placing at the bottom of June´s Index rankings
    • Banking, finance, insurance (down four percent) saw further reductions in online recruitment in July and joined Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure (down four percent) as the industries to report the lowest demand
    Top Growth Industries   Lowest Growth Industries              
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    Industry   Jul

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    Environment, architecture and urbanism   102   118   16%
    Sales   110   108   -2% Education, training and library   218   242   11%
    Marketing, PR and media   147   144   -2% Telecommunication   105   115   10%
    HR   95   93   -2% Real estate   121   132   9%
    Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure   116   111   -4% Automotive   126   137   9%
    Banking, finance, insurance   89   85   -4%

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

    • This month Plant and machine operators and assemblers (up eight percent) took the lead by measure of annual growth with a significant increase compared to the one percent growth measured in June
    • Technicians and associate professionals (up six percent) also noted improved growth, where annual online recruitment has increased across this sector for the past 28 months
    • Managers (down five percent) continued a four month consecutive decline in online recruitment and matched its annual rate of growth recorded in June, placing bottom of the Index
    Top Growth Occupations   Lowest Growth Occupations              
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    Occupation   Jul

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    Y-O-Y Growth

    Plant and machine operators, and assemblers   125   135   8%
    Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers   208   205   -1% Technicians and associate professionals   124   132   6%
    Elementary occupations   195   192   -2% Craft and related trades workers   236   247   5%
    Managers   118   112   -5%

    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, 14 August at 06:00 CET at:
    about-monster.com/employment/index/17.

    Data for the month of August 2012 will be released on September 7th, 2012.

    By Region

    Region   Jul 11   Aug 11   Sep 11   Oct 11   Nov 11   Dec 11   Jan 12   Feb 12   Mar 12   Apr 12   May 12   Jun 12   Jul 12   Y-O-Y GROWTH Belgium   113   109   102   107   102   101   98   107   106   108   111   110   109   -4% France   148   139   132   139   136   132   123   130   134   139   130   129   133   -10% Germany   166   172   175   171   175   177   173   178   185   190   188   182   188   13% Italy   148   140   132   143   146   141   128   137   143   148   139   145   146   -1% Netherlands   96   92   88   89   86   86   81   81   76   78   77   78   79   -18% Sweden   149   146   149   148   150   158   143   154   165   166   154   155   149   0% United Kingdom   140   138   135   140   140   141   129   145   148   140   140   141   136   -3%

    By Industry

    Industry   Jul 11   Aug 11   Sep 11   Oct 11   Nov 11   Dec 11   Jan 12   Feb 12   Mar 12   Apr 12   May 12   Jun 12   Jul 12   Y-O-Y GROWTH Accounting, audit, taxes   101   98   97   99   99   98   93   100   101   102   103   100   101   0% Administrative, organisation   109   112   110   111   111   111   104   112   113   112   111   111   110   1% Agriculture, fishing and forestry   134   133   130   124   123   117   104   121   133   146   133   134   137   2% Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure   116   113   107   108   110   109   102   110   114   113   112   113   111   -4% Automotive   126   132   128   124   124   114   109   127   128   129   129   133   137   9% Banking, finance, insurance   89   88   86   87   87   87   82   86   88   88   86   87   85   -4% Construction and extraction   140   144   142   138   137   130   122   132   136   139   140   140   142   1% Education, training and library   218   208   191   205   202   218   191   214   221   229   242   254   242   11% Engineering   164   167   168   170   172   172   158   169   173   172   169   171   172   5% Environment, architecture and urbanism   102   102   101   102   103   107   100   111   113   110   118   121   118   16% Healthcare, social work   633   624   625   594   628   613   573   635   653   661   644   643   647   2% Hospitality and tourism   244   247   256   252   251   238   221   242   251   272   277   271   261   7% HR   95   95   94   94   94   94   91   96   97   97   97   94   93   -2% IT   103   101   99   101   103   102   97   105   109   108   106   104   105   2% Legal   117   117   114   116   118   112   111   117   120   120   123   118   118   1% Management and consulting   114   114   112   110   108   104