European Online Recruitment Registers Annual Growth of 6%, According to the Monster Employment Index

New York, May 4, 2012

April 2012 Index Highlights:

The Monster Employment Index Europe demonstrates year-over-year growth of six percent in April, compared to the eight percent registered in March
Germany continues to remain the only country to exhibit strong annual growth, at 19 percent, despite further deceleration compared to previous months; Netherlands charts the greatest annual reduction (down 20 percent) for the fourth consecutive month
Agriculture, fishing, forestry leads all industries in annual growth. Public sector, defence, community (down seven percent) continues to track the greatest reduction in online recruitment year-over-year
Within the professional services segment, Environment, architecture, urbanism, IT and Engineering remain among the stronger trending industries despite muted growth rates compared to trends typically seen at this time of the year

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.

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“Although online recruitment remains positive at six percent in April’s Index, the uncertainty of the broader climate continues to impact online recruitment across the EU, where we see general deceleration of growth in all regions,” commented Alan Townsend, Vice President of Sales Readiness and Business Operations for Monster Europe. “However, there are indicators of job creation still occurring; this is especially true in sectors like IT and manufacturing, generating opportunities for a spectrum of workers.”

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

Nov 10	Dec 10	Jan 11	Feb 11	Mar 11	Apr 11	May 11	Jun 11	Jul 11	Aug 11	Sep 11	Oct 11	Nov 11	Dec 11	Jan 12	Feb 12	Mar 12	Apr12	Y-O-Y GROWTH
122	122	116	125	131	136	135	140	139	139	138	139	139	136	127	138	142	144	6%

Industry Year-over-year Trends: 18 of the 24 industry sectors monitored by the Index in April exhibited positive annual growth trends.

Agriculture, fishing, forestry (up 11 percent) led all industries by measure of annual growth in April, replacing Telecommunication (up two percent) which saw considerable deceleration of growth compared to last month’s lead of 19 percent
Environment, architecture and urbanism (up eight percent) placed third in this month’s Index despite registering one of the largest reductions in annual growth between March and April; it was closely followed by IT (down seven percent). Combined, these are the best trending sectors for the Professionals occupation
Other professional service sectors such as Accounting, audit, taxes registered flat growth year-over-year while Marketing, PR and media (down three percent) and Banking, finance, insurance (down three percent) fell into states of decline in April
Engineering (up six percent) noted a significant deceleration in annual growth compared to the 14 percent growth in March and moved out of the top five growth industries measured by the Index, while Hospitality and tourism (up six percent) was among the few industries to register improved rates of annual growth in April
Public sector, defence, community (down seven percent) continued to register the greatest reduction in online recruitment compared to a year ago

Top Growth Industries

Industry	Apr11	Apr12	%Y-O-Y Growth
Agriculture, fishing, forestry	131	146	11%
Production, manufacturing, maintenance, repair	251	271	8%
Environment, architecture and urbanism	102	110	8%
IT	101	108	7%
Education, training and library	215	229	7%

Lowest Growth Industries

Industry	Apr11	Apr12	%Y-O-Y Growth
Real estate	130	129	-1%
Legal	121	120	-1%
Marketing, PR and media	149	145	-3%
Banking, finance, insurance	91	88	-3%
Public sector, defence, community	84	78	-7%

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

Craft and related trades (up 10 percent) registered a 12-month lead in the Index despite seeing further deceleration of growth, mirroring trends observed across the Production and construction sectors – the occupation’s primary employer
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers (up 10 percent) placed second in April’s Index by measure of annual growth while Elementary occupations (up two percent) also noted increased growth year-over-year
Managers (down two percent) was the only occupational group to note a decline in annual growth and placed bottom of the Index

Top Growth Occupations

Occupation	Apr11	Apr12	%Y-O-Y Growth
Craft and related trades workers	220	241	10%
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers	200	219	10%
Technicians and associate professionals	123	133	8%

Lowest Growth Occupations

Occupation	Apr11	Apr 12	%Y-O-Y Growth
Clerical support workers	142	145	2%
Elementary occupations	187	190	2%
Managers	117	115	-2%

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, 8 May at 06:00 CET at: about-monster.com/employment/index/17.

Data for the month of May 2012 will be released on June 1st, 2012.

By Region

Region	Apr 11	May 11	Jun 11	Jul 11	Aug 11	Sep 11	Oct 11	Nov 11	Dec 11	Jan 12	Feb 12	Mar 12	Apr 12	Y-O-Y GROWTH
Belgium	125	119	118	113	109	102	107	102	101	98	107	106	108	-14%
France	146	144	150	148	139	132	139	136	132	123	130	134	139	-5%
Germany	159	158	164	166	172	175	171	175	177	173	178	185	190	19%
Italy	147	145	142	148	140	132	143	146	141	128	137	143	148	1%
Netherlands	97	98	97	96	92	88	89	86	86	81	81	76	78	-20%
Sweden	167	170	161	149	146	149	148	150	158	143	154	165	166	-1%
United Kingdom	138	136	141	140	138	135	140	140	141	129	145	148	140	1%

By Industry

Industry	Apr 11	May 11	Jun 11	Jul 11	Aug 11	Sep 11	Oct 11	Nov 11	Dec 11	Jan 12	Feb 12	Mar 12	Apr 12	Y-O-Y GROWTH
Accounting, audit, taxes	102	101	102	101	98	97	99	99	98	93	100	101	102	0%
Administrative, organisation	107	108	112	109	112	110	111	111	111	104	112	113	112	5%
Agriculture, fishing and forestry	131	130	140	134	133	130	124	123	117	104	121	133	146	11%
Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure	112	113	119	116	113	107	108	110	109	102	110	114	113	1%
Automotive	122	125	135	126	132	128	124	124	114	109	127	128	129	6%
Banking, finance, insurance	91	88	86	89	88	86	87	87	87	82	86	88	88	-3%
Construction and extraction	134	135	141	140	144	142	138	137	130	122	132	136	139	4%
Education, training and library	215	218	233	218	208	191	205	202	218	191	214	221	229	7%
Engineering	163	157	161	164	167	168	170	172	172	158	169	173	172	6%
Environment, architecture and urbanism	102	96	103	102	102	101	102	103	107	100	111	113	110	8%
Healthcare, social work	628	623	640	633	624	625	594	628	613	573	635	653	661	5%
Hospitality and tourism	257	257	256	244	247	256	252	251	238	221	242	251	272	6%
HR	95	95	96	95	95	94	94	94	94	91	96	97	97	2%
IT	101	100	104	103	101	99	101	103	102	97	105	109	108	7%
Legal	121	118	119	117	117	114	116	118	112	111	117	120	120	-1%
Management and consulting	115	111	115	114	114	112	110	108	104	97	106	112	116	1%
Marketing, PR and media	149	143	149	147	148	143	146	143	139	129	144	146	145	-3%
Production, manufacturing, maintenance, repair	251	248	259	264	269	271	270	267	259	243	253	262	271	8%
Public sector, defence, community	84	82	83	81	81	80	81	80	75	75	77	77	78	-7%
Real estate	130	126	123	121	120	118	125	124	121	121	123	128	129	-1%
Research and development	122	121	123	121	120	119	119	119	117	113	121	123	123	1%
Sales	108	107	112	110	109	108	111	111	107	102	110	110	110	2%
Telecommunications	112	113	102	105	109	109	114	114	109	102	114	118	114	2%
Transport, post and logistics	176	182	190	195	193	195	196	195	192	169	173	176	180	2%

By Occupation

Occupation	Apr 11	May 11	Jun 11	Jul 11	Aug 11	Sep 11	Oct 11	Nov 11	Dec 11	Jan 12	Feb 12	Mar 12	Apr 12	Y-O-Y GROWTH
Managers	117	113	118	118	115	111	113	108	112	101	114	116	115	-2%
Professionals	136	133	137	137	136	134	135	136	133	124	135	139	140	3%
Technicians and associate professionals	123	126	127	124	125	124	126	127	125	118	131	134	133	8%
Clerical support workers	142	143	146	144	147	143	145	144	144	132	147	149	145	2%
Service and sales workers	301	298	311	300	297	303	303	304	288	265	298	307	317	5%
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers	200	196	220	208	205	203	194	191	184	160	185	206	219	10%
Craft and related workers	220	221	230	236	242	246	245	247	238	222	231	236	241	10%
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers	124	122	129	125	124	122	122	113	116	107	120	126	130	5%
Elementary occupations	187	180	194	195	202	203	195	196	182	175	180	180	190	2%

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.

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