The Monster Employment Index Europe dipped in September, edging
down two points to a level of 124, as slightly reduced online
recruitment activity in Germany and the UK offset solid gains in
France and the Netherlands, and a significant surge in Sweden.
Year-on-year growth in online job availability across Europe according
to the Index now stands at 17 points or 16 percent.
The full Monster Employment Index Europe report is available
online at http://euindex.monsterworldwide.com. Visitors can subscribe
to receive the European Index report, as well as any or all of the
five country-specific Index reports on a monthly basis via email.
Monster Employment Index Europe data for October will be released on
November 14, 2006.
Following positive upward trends across many key economic sectors
in August, the Index showed a general decrease across several key
economic sectors in September. The education, training and library
sector registered the sharpest rate of decline, falling 12 points,
while the production, manufacturing, maintenance and repair; IT; and
sales sectors also registered fewer job postings. A drop in the
transport, post and logistics sector was largely due to a decline in
the German market, following strong recent momentum.
In September, most occupational categories registered declines in
online recruitment activity, with a sharp drop reported for service,
shop and market sales workers. The only category that showed increased
opportunities was skilled agricultural workers, with France exhibiting
the strongest monthly rate of growth.
Monster Employment Index Europe results for the past 14 months are
as follows:
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Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug
06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 05 05 05 05 05
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124 126 125 121 116 116 117 116 106 112 111 112 107 106
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Findings for the five countries tracked by the Monster Employment
Index Europe for the past 14 months are as follows:
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Country Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug
06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 05 05 05 05 05
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France 128 124 146 126 119 123 118 122 107 112 110 111 91 99
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Germany 119 121 119 115 115 112 113 109 106 109 111 112 111 108
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Netherlands 163 160 154 159 155 148 136 126 116 119 113 111 105 105
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Sweden 123 112 116 129 117 119 117 111 116 109 101 100 97 86
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United Kingdom125 128 123 125 108 115 120 128 101 118 108 108 100 102
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Launched in June 2005 with data collected since December 2004, the
Monster Employment Index Europe is compiled by Monster Worldwide,
parent company of leading global online careers and recruitment
resource, Monster(R). The Index was established to provide European
labour market watchers with a valuable monthly snapshot of online
recruitment activity based on the researching of millions of employer
postings across more than 1,400 Web sites. In addition to providing an
analysis of European online job demand, the Index offers a sub-index
by occupation, including data on nine occupational categories in five
countries: France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United
Kingdom. The Index is independently audited by ARC Research, a
U.S.-based market research company, to ensure the accuracy of the data
within a margin of error of +/- 1.05%. The Monster Employment Index
debuted in the U.S. in April 2004.
