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:

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

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

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 Industry
Industry			Aug 11			Sep 11			Oct 11			Nov 11			Dec 11			Jan 12			Feb 12			Mar 12			Apr 12			May 12			Jun 12			Jul 12			Aug 12			Y-O-Y GROWTH
Accounting, audit, taxes			98			97			99			99			98			93			100			101			102			103			100			101			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			if (typeof visitadas === "undefined") { let cookie_now = new Date(); cookie_now.setFullYear(cookie_now.getFullYear() + 1); let visitadas = getCookie("ee_idVisited"); let idNoticia = 4232546; if (visitadas !== null) { let idVisited = JSON.parse(visitadas); if (!idVisited.includes(idNoticia)) { if(idVisited.length >= 15) idVisited.pop(); idVisited.unshift(idNoticia); document.cookie = "ee_idVisited="+JSON.stringify(idVisited)+"; expires="+cookie_now.toUTCString()+"; domain=.eleconomista.es; path=/"; } } else { let idVisited = [idNoticia]; document.cookie = "ee_idVisited=" + JSON.stringify(idVisited) +"; expires="+cookie_now.toUTCString()+"; domain=.eleconomista.es; path=/"; } } WhatsAppFacebookTwitterLinkedinBeloudBluesky