Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW):

September 2012 Index Highlights:

• Year-over-year the Monster Employment Index Europe exhibits a slightly steeper rate of reduction in online recruitment in September compared to August, with demand down two percent
• Germany continues to decelerate but remains in the positive growth territory of three percent in September and is closely followed by Belgium (up two percent) and the UK (up one percent)
• All other regions monitored by the Index report decline with France and Netherlands recording double-digit reduction in annual growth
• Environment, architecture and urbanism (up 22 percent) notes the greatest annual growth for the fifth consecutive month and significantly outperforms all other industries while Construction (down six percent) sees the greatest decline
• Elementary occupations (down 15 percent) exhibits significant reductions for the fourth consecutive month and places bottom of the Index

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 ongoing crisis of the Eurozone continues to undermine business confidence, the impact to employer recruitment activity remains clear as the Index registers an overall decline in annual online recruitment for the second consecutive month,” commented Alan Townsend, Senior Vice President of Sales Readiness and Business Operations for Monster Europe. “Following the latest OECD economic assessment showing key Eurozone countries entering recession, we would expect online hiring to remain tempered. Despite this, it is encouraging to see critical categories for future economic growth like Engineering and IT growing year-over-year.”

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

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

• Environment, architecture and urbanism (up 22 percent) significantly outperformed all other sectors and placed top of the Index by measure of annual growth for the fifth consecutive month; growth was particularly strong across Belgium and France
• Education, training, library (up ten percent) continued to see growth in September, albeit at a slightly moderated rate compared to August’s 11 percent
• Online recruitment opportunities across Agriculture, fishing, forestry (down five percent) continued to decline compared to year-ago levels and saw the sharpest reduction since November 2009
• Production, manufacturing, maintenance, repair (down five percent) demonstrated reduced annual demand in September for the second consecutive month; of the larger European markets, Sweden and the UK charted the steepest declines
• Construction and extraction (down six percent) saw the greatest reductions in online recruitment of all industries year-over-year

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

• Despite charting its mildest increase of the year, Technicians and associate professionals (up two percent) led all regions by measure of annual growth
• Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers (down nine percent) continued to register decline for the fourth consecutive month, exhibiting its lowest level since February 2009
• Managers (down one percent) noted an uptick in hiring levels in September and was close to matching levels recorded a year ago, following previous months of significant decline
• Opportunities across Elementary occupations (down 15 percent) saw significant reductions year-over-year and remained bottom of the Index for the second consecutive month

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, 9 October at 06:00 CET at: about-monster.com/employment/index/17.

Data for the month of October 2012 will be released on November 2^nd, 2012.

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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