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

NEW YORK -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- 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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