European Online Recruitment Registers Annual Growth of 11%, According to the Monster Employment Index

Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:MWW):

December 2011 Index Highlights:

• The Monster Employment Index Europe demonstrates a year-over-year growth of 11 percent in December, the slowest rate of growth seen in the Index since mid- 2010
• Germany continues to report the strongest growth trend of 32 percent, followed by 6 percent growth in UK and 4 percent in Sweden
• Belgium, France, Italy and Netherlands weigh down the Index with negative annual growth
• Engineering, up 28 percent, continues to register the largest rate of annual growth of all industries and leads for the fourth consecutive month despite a slightly eased pace from the 32 percent annual growth recorded in November
• Telecommunications, Production and Environment, architecture and urbanism record positive growth in December
• Public sector, down 14 percent, continues to remain among the slowest growth industries. Legal and Management and consulting also track annual rates of decline

The Monster Employment Index Europe is a monthly gauge of online job demand 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.

"While this month’s European Index continues to reflect the ongoing uncertainty of the broader global economy with generally slowed rates of annual growth in online recruitment, overall activity remains positive at 11% year-over-year. A decline from November to December is typical for this time of the year as employers scale back hiring activity and focus on closing out the year,” commented Alan Townsend, Vice President of Sales Readiness and Business Operations for Monster Europe. "Positive growth continues for a number of white-collar industries such as engineering and architecture, which has been particularly bolstered by activity across larger markets, including Germany and UK, and has served to contribute to the overall positive annual rate of growth.”

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

Industry Year-over-year Trends: 21 of the 24 industry sectors monitored by the Index in December exhibited positive annual growth trends.

• Engineering (up 28 percent) led all industries for the fourth consecutive month, closely followed by Transport, post and logistics (up 27 percent) and Production, manufacturing, maintenance and repair (up 24 percent). All experienced reduced rates of annual growth aligned with a tempered pace of expansion across the manufacturing industry
• Telecommunication (up 24 percent) experienced a slight slowdown in annual growth rate, dropping from third to fourth place in the Index but saw continued sector demand across sales and support opportunities, as well as technical roles
• Environment, architecture, urbanism (up nine percent) noted an increased rate of annual growth compared to last month’s four percent, as online demand strengthened in larger markets such as the UK and France
• Education, training, library (up one percent) reversed last month’s net annual decline with escalated recruitment activity across territories including Belgium, UK, Nordic countries and areas of Eastern Europe
• Public sector, defence, community (down 14 percent) continued to note further reductions in annual online recruitment activity alongside Legal (down five percent) and Management and consulting (down five percent)

Occupation Year-over-year Trends: Eight out of the nine occupational groups monitored by the Index in December continued to exhibit positive growth trends.

• Craft and related trades (up 32 percent) noted a slight slowdown in annual recruitment demand but was by far the leading occupational group in the Index for the eighth consecutive month
• Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers (up 20 percent) saw significant growth in online recruitment demand in December, moving up the Index rankings to place second
• Managers (down two percent) moved into negative growth territory and was the only occupational group to note annual decline in online recruitment activity following several consecutive months of relatively muted recruitment

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^th January at 06:00 CET at: http://aboutmonster.com/employment/index/17.

Data for the month of January 2012 will be released on February 3, 2012.

About The Monster Employment Index Europe

The Monster Employment Index Europe provides monthly insight into online recruitment trends 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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