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Monster Employment Index Europe Declines 1% Year-Over-Year


    Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW):

    August 2012 Index Highlights:

    • The Monster Employment Index Europe is down by one percent in August, marking the first decline since April 2010
    • Germany (up seven percent) is the only large country to report year-over-year growth in August, registering single digit growth for the first time in 25 months
    • With the exception of the United Kingdom, all other countries are showing year-over-year decline growth with the Netherlands (down 16 percent) and France (down 13 percent) registering double digit declines
    • Environment, architecture and urbanism continues to lead all industries by measure of annual growth for the fourth consecutive month, while Management and consulting (down six percent) registers the sharpest annual decline
    • Of all occupational groups, Plant and machine operators and assemblers and Technicians and associate professionals register the strongest increase in demand with matched rates of annual growth (both up three percent)

    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.

    "As the Index registers its first decline since April 2010, it is clear we remain in an uncertain climate where even the previous stalwart growth of Germany is seeing moderated online recruitment trajectory in response to reduced business and consumer confidence across Europe," commented Alan Townsend, Vice President of Sales Readiness and Business Operations for Monster Europe. "However, it is not all bad news as demand for more than half of all industries in the Index have seen upticks in online hiring including education and telecommunication."

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

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    Y-O-Y
    GROWTH

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

    Industry Year-over-year Trends: 13 of the 24 industry sectors monitored by the Index in August exhibited positive annual growth trends.

    • Environment, architecture and urbanism (up 18 percent) registered further increased demand in August and led all industries by measure of annual growth for the fourth consecutive month
    • Education, training, library (up 11 percent) matched last month´s rate of year-over-year growth and prolonged its upswing for the seventh consecutive month with gains greatest across Belgium, Germany and the UK
    • Production, manufacturing, maintenance and repair (down two percent) demonstrated reduced annual demand in August in contrast to its previous strong growth
    • Construction and extraction (down five percent) noted decline in online recruitment year-over-year following July´s increase of one percent; Italy, Sweden and France saw the most significant decline
    • Management and consulting (down six percent) exhibited the most pronounced decline in hiring activity among all industries compared to year-ago levels, with France and the Netherlands charting the steepest reductions
    Top Growth Industries     Lowest Growth Industries                                             Industry     Aug

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    Environment, architecture and urbanism     102     120     18%     HR     95     92     -3% Education, training and library     208     230     11%     Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure     113     108     -4% Real estate     120     127     6%     Construction and extraction     144     137     -5% Telecommunication     109     114     5%     Marketing, PR and media     148     140     -5% Hospitality and tourism     247     258     4%     Management and consulting     114     107     -6%

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

    • Plant and machine operators and assemblers (up three percent) was this month joined by Technicians and associate professionals (up three percent) to lead all occupations by measure of annual growth, although both groups saw reduced annual demand compared to July
    • Online recruitment of Managers (down five percent) continued to decline year-over-year in August for the fifth consecutive month with reduced demand across all regions
    • Elementary occupations (down 11 percent) charted the sharpest annual decline in August, registering its lowest level of demand since December 2009
    Top Growth Occupations     Lowest Growth Occupations                                             Occupation     Aug

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    Plant and machine operators, and assemblers     124     128     3%     Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers     205     197     -4% Technicians and associate professionals     125     129     3%     Managers     115     109     -5% Craft and related trades workers     242     244     1%     Elementary occupations     202     179     -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, 11 September at 06:00 CET at: about-monster.com/employment/index/17.

    Data for the month of September 2012 will be released on October 5th, 2012.

                                                                                                                                                                               

    By Region

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    Y-O-Y
    GROWTH

    Belgium     109     102     107     102     101  

     

    98     107     106     108     111     110     109     102     -6% France     139     132     139     136     132     123     130     134     139     130    

    129

        133     121     -13% Germany     172     175     171     175     177     173     178     185     190     188     182     188     184     7% Italy     140     132     143     146     141     128     137     143     148     139     145     146     136     -3% Netherlands     92     88     89     86     86     81     81     76     78     77     78     79     77     -16% Sweden     146     149     148     150     158     143     154     165     166     154     155     149     141     -3% United Kingdom     138     135     140     140     141     129     145     148     140     140     141     136     140     1%                                                                                                                                                                            

    By Industry

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    Y-O-Y
    GROWTH

    Accounting, audit, taxes     98     97     99     99     98     93     100    

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    100

        2% Administrative, organisation     112     110     111     111     111     104     112     113     112     111

     

      111     110     109     -3% Agriculture, fishing and forestry     133     130     124     123     117     104     121     133     146     133     134     137     132     -1% Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure     113     107     108     110     109     102     110     114     113     112     113     111     108     -4% Automotive     132     128     124     124     114     109     127     128     129     129     133     137     134