Monster Employment Index Europe Declines 4% Year-Over-Year

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Dec. 7, 2012 12:01 AM

November 2012 Index Highlights:

The Monster Employment Index Europe reports a fourth consecutive month of annual decline, recording a four percent decrease in online hiring over the year in November
Belgium and the United Kingdom are the only two regions to report annual growth, both up one percent. All other regions report reduced online recruitment activity compared to year-ago levels
Germany continues to decelerate, recording an annual decline of five percent from a positive growth rate of two percent in October
Environment, architecture, urbanism records a seventh consecutive month as the top performing industry year-over-year while Transport, post, logistics reports the sharpest reductions for the second consecutive month
Managers (up five percent) sees the greatest increase in demand year-over-year of all occupations
Elementary occupations (down 16 percent) continues to report the weakest rates of annual growth for the sixth consecutive month

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 wider European economy continues to struggle, hiring remains cautious and even Germany is feeling the effect, charting an annual decline for the first time in 31 months,” commented Alan Townsend, Senior Vice President of Sales Readiness and Business Operations for Monster Europe. “However, we continue to see pockets of resilience in recruitment across industries including healthcare and engineering and it’s also encouraging to see the UK enter into its fourth month of positive growth.”

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

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			Aug 12			Sep 12			Oct 12			Nov 12			Y-O-Y GROWTH
140			139			139			138			139			139			136			127			138			142			144			143			142			142			138			135			135			133			-4%

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

Environment, architecture and urbanism (up 23 percent) continued to report the greatest increase in online recruitment of all industries in November and registered a seventh consecutive month at the top of the Index
Education, training, library (up 15 percent) retained its second place position in the Index and reported its tenth successive month of growth, with the strongest demand seen across Belgium, Sweden and the UK
Year-over-year, Production, manufacturing, maintenance, repair (down 11 percent), extended a downward trend that began in August
Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure (down eight percent) registered reduced demand compared to the same time last year, and recruitment levels were down across all the major markets in Europe
For the second consecutive month Transport, post and logistics (down 12 percent) recorded the most significant reductions in online recruitment activity compared to year-ago levels

Top Growth Industries				Lowest Growth Industries

Industry	Nov 12	Nov 12	% Y-O-Y Growth	Industry	Nov 12	Nov 12	% Y-O-Y Growth
Environment, architecture and urbanism	103	127	23%	HR	94	87	-7%
Education, training and library	202	233	15%	Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure	110	101	-8%
Management and consulting	108	112	4%	Production, manufacturing, maintenance, repair	267	237	-11%
Healthcare, social work	628	639	2%	Telecommunication	114	101	-11%
Engineering	172	173	1%	Transport, post and logistics	195	171	-12%

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

Following seven months of annual decline Managers (up five percent) noted revived demand in online recruitment activity compared to the same time last year and placed top of the Index
Online demand for Craft and related trades workers (down 11 percent) extended a downward trend in November for a third successive month and charted the steepest reduction since March 2010
Elementary occupations (down 16 percent) continued to exhibit the weakest demand of the occupational groups, reporting its lowest levels of hiring activity since December 2009; however, Italy, Sweden and the UK noted some annual gains

Top Growth Occupations				Lowest Growth Occupations

Occupation	Nov 11	Nov 12	% Y-O-Y Growth	Occupation	Nov 11	Nov 12	% Y-O-Y Growth
Managers	108	113	5%	Service and sales workers	304	284	-7%
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers	113	117	4%	Craft and related trades workers	247	219	-11%
Professionals	136	135	-1%	Elementary occupations	196	164	-16%

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, 13 November at 06:00 CET at: about-monster.com/employment/index/17.

Data for the month of December 2012 will be released on January 4^th, 2012.

By Region

Region	Nov 11	Dec 11	Jan 12	Feb 12	Mar 12	Apr 12	May 12	Jun 12	Jul 12	Aug 12	Sep 12	Oct 12	Nov 12	Y-O-Y GROWTH
Belgium	102	101	98	107	106	108	111	110	109	102	104	108	103	1%
France	136	132	123	130	134	139	130	129	133	121	117	126	120	-12%
Germany	175	177	173	178	185	190	188	182	188	184	180	174	167	-5%
Italy	146	141	128	137	143	148	139	145	146	136	126	135	139	-5%
Netherlands	86	86	81	81	76	78	77	78	79	77	74	73	73	-15%
Sweden	150	158	143	154	165	166	154	155	149	141	143	140	135	-10%
United Kingdom	140	141	129	145	148	140	140	141	136	140	137	141	141	1%

By Industry

Industry	Nov 11	Dec 11	Jan 12	Feb 12	Mar 12	Apr 12	May 12	Jun 12	Jul 12	Aug 12	Sep 12	Oct 12	Nov 12	Y-O-Y GROWTH
Accounting, audit, taxes	99	98	93	100	101	102	103	100	101	100	98	101	99	0%
Administrative, organisation	111	111	104	112	113	112	111	111	110	109	105	106	104	-6%
Agriculture, fishing and forestry	123	117	104	121	133	146	133	134	137	132	123	121	118	-4%
Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure	110	109	102	110	114	113	112	113	111	108	104	107	101	-8%
Automotive	124	114	109	127	128	129	129	133	137	134	128	125	122	-2%
Banking, finance, insurance	87	87	82	86	88	88	86	87	85	86	85	86	84	-3%
Construction and extraction	137	130	122	132	136	139	140	140	142	137	133	131	129	-6%
Education, training and library	202	218	191	214	221	229	242	254	242	230	210	226	233	15%
Engineering	172	172	158	169	173	172	169	171	172	174	171	171	173	1%
Environment, architecture and urbanism	103	107	100	111	113	110	118	121	118	120	123	126	127	23%
Healthcare, social work	628	613	573	635	653	661	644	643	647	629	623	637	639	2%
Hospitality and tourism	251	238	221	242	251	272	277	271	261	258	247	249	236	-6%
HR	94	94	91	96	97	97	97	94	93	92	90	89	87	-7%
IT	103	102	97	105	109	108	106	104	105	102	101	104	101	-2%
Legal	118	112	111	117	120	120	123	118	118	119	113	113	114	-3%
Management and consulting	108	104	97	106	112	116	114	116	113	107	110	112	112	4%
Marketing, PR and media	143	139	129	144	146	145	146	144	144	140	139	142	137	-4%
Production, manufacturing, maintenance, repair	267	259	243	253	262	271	272	269	273	264	257	249	237	-11%
Public sector, defence, community	80	75	75	77	77	78	77	79	80	82	80	81	79	-1%
Real estate	124	121	121	123	128	129	130	133	132	127	126	126	124	0%
Research and development	119	117	113	121	123	123	122	119	123	119	116	115	112	-6%
Sales	111	107	102	110	110	110	109	108	108	107	106	107	106	-5%
Telecommunications	114	109	102	114	118	114	115	115	115	114	110	106	101	-11%
Transport, post and logistics	195	192	169	173	176	180	182	184	195	194	185	179	171	-12%

By Occupation

Occupation	Nov 11	Dec 11	Jan 12	Feb 12	Mar 12	Apr 12	May 12	Jun 12	Jul 12	Aug 12	Sep 12	Oct 12	Nov 12	Y-O-Y GROWTH
Managers	108	112	101	114	116	115	111	112	112	109	110	111	113	5%
Professionals	136	133	124	135	139	140	139	138	138	136	134	136	135	-1%
Technicians and associate professionals	127	125	118	131	134	133	131	131	132	129	127	128	126	-1%
Clerical support workers	144	144	132	147	149	145	146	147	148	147	142	141	139	-3%
Service and sales workers	304	288	265	298	307	317	314	310	306	299	290	298	284	-7%
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers	191	184	160	185	206	219	201	203	205	197	185	188	184	-4%
Craft and related workers	247	238	222	231	236	241	243	240	247	244	237	226	219	-11%
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers	113	116	107	120	126	130	128	130	135	128	123	123	117	4%
Elementary occupations	196	182	175	180	180	190	189	188	192	179	172	169	164	-16%

About The Monster Employment Index Europe

The Monster Employment Index Europe provides monthly insight into online job posting activity across the European Union. Launched in June 2005 with data from December 2004, the Index is based on a review of millions of employer job opportunities culled from a large, representative selection of corporate career sites and job boards, including Monster. The Monster Employment Index’s underlying data is validated for accuracy by Research America, Inc. – an independent, third-party auditing firm – to ensure that measured national online job recruitment activity is within a margin of error of +/- 1.05%.

The Index monitors online job opportunities across all European Union member countries.

The monthly reports for Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Europe are available at: http://about-monster.com/employment/index/17.

About Monster Worldwide

Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW - News), parent company of Monster, the premier global online employment solution for more than a decade, strives to inspire people to improve their lives. With a local presence in key markets in North America, Europe, and Asia, Monster works for everyone by connecting employers with quality job seekers at all levels and by providing personalized career advice to consumers globally. Through online media sites and services, Monster delivers vast, highly targeted audiences to advertisers. To learn more about Monster's industry-leading products and services, visit www.monster.com. More information about Monster Worldwide is available at http://about-monster.com.

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