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

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.

„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		Apr 12		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								Lowest Growth Industries
Industry		Apr11		Apr12		% Y-O-Y Growth		Industry		Apr11		Apr12		% Y-O-Y Growth
Agriculture, fishing, forestry		131		146		11%		Real estate		130		129		-1%
Production, manufacturing, maintenance		251		271		8%		Legal		121		120		-1%
Environment, architecture and urbanism		102		110		8%		Marketing, PR and media		149		145		-3%
IT		101		108		7%		Banking, finance, insurance		91		88		-3%
Education, training and library		215		229		7%		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								Lowest Growth Occupations
Occupation		Apr 11		Apr 12		% Y-O-Y Growth		Occupation		Apr11		Apr 12		% Y-O-Y Growth
Craft and related trades workers		220		241		10%		Clerical support workers		142		145		2%
Skilled agricultural, forestry & fishery workers		200		219		10%		Elementary occupations		187		190		2%
Technicians and associate professionals		123		133		8%		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 1^st, 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		YOY 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, 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		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& 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 & 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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