Growth in European Online Recruitment at 1%, According to the Monster Employment Index

New York, July 6, 2012

June 2012 Index Highlights:

The Monster Employment Index Europe demonstrates one percent growth year-over-year in June, a marked decline on last month’s six percent rise
Germany continues to lead all regions by measure of annual growth at 11 percent, albeit at a reduced pace from May (19 percent). Italy reports growth at two percent, returning to levels last seen in February, and the UK matches its rate of growth recorded a year ago
The Netherlands, France, Belgium and Sweden all report reduced demand in online recruitment activity year-over-year
Environment, architecture, urbanism (up 17 percent) demonstrates the strongest annual growth of all industries for the second consecutive month, while opportunities in Engineering remain steady at six percent
Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure and the Public sector both place bottom of the Index with matched rates of annual decline in online recruitment activity

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.

“The marked reduction in online recruitment recorded in June’s Index is unsurprising considering the current uncertainty of the wider economy,” commented Alan Townsend, Vice President of Sales Readiness and Business Operations for Monster Europe. “However, while recruitment demand is generally muted, over a third of industries continue to report annual growth, with a variety of opportunities across sectors including architectural, telecommunication and education.”

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

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	Apr 12	May 12	Jun 12	Y-O-Y GROWTH
116	125	131	136	135	140	139	139	138	139	139	136	127	138	142	144	143	142	1%

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

Environment, architecture and urbanism (up 17 percent) demonstrated the greatest growth year-over-year for the second consecutive month, extending an upward trend that began in September 2010
Telecommunication (up 13 percent) registered significant growth in June following May’s two percent increase and placed second in the Index overtaking Education, training and library (up nine percent) which prolonged its upward growth for the fifth consecutive month
The Engineering sector (up six percent) exhibited steady growth in annual online recruitment where the UK, Germany and Italy reported the highest opportunities across this sector
The Sales sector (down four percent) saw a decline in online recruitment demand for the first time since February 2010, with reductions greatest across the Netherlands and France
Public sector, defence, community and Arts, entertainment, sports leisure (both down five percent) placed bottom of the Index with the lowest demand

Top Growth Industries

Industry Jun11 Jun12 %Y-O-Y Growth
Environment, architecture and urbanism 103 121 17%
Telecommunication 102 115 13%
Education, training and library 233 254 9%
Real estate 123 133 8%
Engineering 161 171 6%

Lowest Growth Industries

Industry	Jun11	Jun12	%Y-O-Y Growth
Marketing, PR and media	149	144	-3%
Sales	112	108	-4%
Agriculture, fishing, forestry	140	134	-4%
Public sector, defence, community	83	79	-5%
Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure	119	113	-5%

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

Craft and related trades workers (up four percent) continued to demonstrate the greatest opportunities for online recruitment, where this sector has exhibited high demand for the past 26 months
Online demand for Technicians and associate professionals (up three percent) was at its slowest pace since April 2010, although still placed second in June’s Index
Following 34 months of annual growth, online demand declined in June for Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers (down eight percent) while Elementary occupations (down three percent) also noted reduced demand in June following last month’s growth of five percent

Top Growth Industries

Occupation	Jun11	Jun12	%Y-O-Y Growth
Craft and related trades workers	230	240	4%
Technicians and associate professionals	127	131	3%
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers	129	130	1%

Lowest Growth Occupations

Occupation	Jun11	Jun 12	%Y-O-Y Growth
Elementary occupations	194	188	-3%
Managers	118	112	-5%
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers	220	203	-8%

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, 10 July at 06:00 CET at:
about-monster.com/employment/index/17.

Data for the month of July 2012 will be released on August 14^th, 2012.

By Region

Region	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	Y-O-Y GROWTH
Belgium	118	113	109	102	107	102	101	98	107	106	108	111	110	-7%
France	150	148	139	132	139	136	132	123	130	134	139	130	129	-14%
Germany	164	166	172	175	171	175	177	173	178	185	190	188	182	11%
Italy	142	148	140	132	143	146	141	128	137	143	148	139	145	2%
Netherlands	97	96	92	88	89	86	86	81	81	76	78	77	78	-20%
Sweden	161	149	146	149	148	150	158	143	154	165	166	154	155	-4%
United Kingdom	141	140	138	135	140	140	141	129	145	148	140	140	141	0%

By Industry

Industry	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	Y-O-Y GROWTH
Accounting, audit, taxes	102	101	98	97	99	99	98	93	100	101	102	103	100	-2%
Administrative, organisation	112	109	112	110	111	111	111	104	112	113	112	111	111	-1%
Agriculture, fishing and forestry	140	134	133	130	124	123	117	104	121	133	146	133	134	-4%
Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure	119	116	113	107	108	110	109	102	110	114	113	112	113	-5%
Automotive	135	126	132	128	124	124	114	109	127	128	129	129	133	-1%
Banking, finance, insurance	86	89	88	86	87	87	87	82	86	88	88	86	87	1%
Construction and extraction	141	140	144	142	138	137	130	122	132	136	139	140	140	-1%
Education, training and library	233	218	208	191	205	202	218	191	214	221	229	242	254	9%
Engineering	161	164	167	168	170	172	172	158	169	173	172	169	171	6%
Environment, architecture and urbanism	103	102	102	101	102	103	107	100	111	113	110	118	121	17%
Healthcare, social work	640	633	624	625	594	628	613	573	635	653	661	644	643	0%
Hospitality and tourism	256	244	247	256	252	251	238	221	242	251	272	277	271	6%
HR	96	95	95	94	94	94	94	91	96	97	97	97	94	-2%
IT	104	103	101	99	101	103	102	97	105	109	108	106	104	0%
Legal	119	117	117	114	116	118	112	111	117	120	120	123	118	-1%
Management and consulting	115	114	114	112	110	108	104	97	106	112	116	114	116	1%
Marketing, PR and media	149	147	148	143	146	143	139	129	144	146	145	146	144	-3%
Production, manufacturing, maintenance, repair	259	264	269	271	270	267	259	243	253	262	271	272	269	4%
Public sector, defence, community	83	81	81	80	81	80	75	75	77	77	78	77	79	-5%
Real estate	123	121	120	118	125	124	121	121	123	128	129	130	133	8%
Research and development	123	121	120	119	119	119	117	113	121	123	123	122	119	-3%
Sales	112	110	109	108	111	111	107	102	110	110	110	109	108	-4%
Telecommunications	102	105	109	109	114	114	109	102	114	118	114	115	115	13%
Transport, post and logistics	190	195	193	195	196	195	192	169	173	176	180	182	184	-3%

By Occupation

Occupation	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	Y-O-Y GROWTH
Managers	118	118	115	111	113	108	112	101	114	116	115	111	112	-5%
Professionals	137	137	136	134	135	136	133	124	135	139	140	139	138	1%
Technicians and associate professionals	127	124	125	124	126	127	125	118	131	134	133	131	131	3%
Clerical support workers	146	144	147	143	145	144	144	132	147	149	145	146	147	1%
Service and sales workers	311	300	297	303	303	304	288	265	298	307	317	314	310	0%
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers	220	208	205	203	194	191	184	160	185	206	219	201	203	-8%
Craft and related workers	230	236	242	246	245	247	238	222	231	236	241	243	240	4%
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers	129	125	124	122	122	113	116	107	120	126	130	128	130	1%
Elementary occupations	194	195	202	203	195	196	182	175	180	180	190	189	188	-3%

About The Monster Employment Index Europe
The Monster Employment Index Europe provides monthly insight into online job posting activityacross 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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