Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW):
October 2012 Index Highlights:
-
The
Monster Employment Index Europe reports a third consecutive month
of annual decline, recording a three percent decline in October, the
sharpest rate of reduction seen since April 2010
-
Germany continues to report decelerating trends but still records two
percent annual growth followed by Belgium and the United Kingdom (both
up one percent)
-
Environment, architecture and urbanism sees its sixth month of
consecutive growth and outpaces all industries while Transport, post
and logistics reports the greatest decline
-
Online recruitment across Education, training, library (up ten
percent) remains strong in October, prolonging an eight month growth
trend and ranking second among the industries
-
Elementary occupations (down 15 percent) reports continued reductions
in annual online recruitment and places bottom of all occupations
measured by 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.
“It is clear the broader economic uncertainties are impacting hiring
activity, as reflected by the three percent decline in October’s Index
-- a rate of reduction not seen since April 2010,” commented Alan
Townsend, Senior Vice President of Sales Readiness and Business
Operations for Monster Europe. “According to the latest OECD figures,
larger markets in the EU are now reporting recession, and even Germany
which has been the star performer in the Index, has been experiencing a
slow-down in hiring levels. However, we also see pockets of resilient
demand across key sectors such as Education, Healthcare and Production,
which all exhibit growth year-over-year.”
Monster Employment Index Europe results for the past 18 months are as
follows:
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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
|
|
|
Jul
12
|
|
|
Aug
12
|
|
|
Sep
12
|
|
|
Oct
12
|
|
|
Y-O-Y
GROWTH
|
|
135
|
|
|
140
|
|
|
139
|
|
|
139
|
|
|
138
|
|
|
139
|
|
|
139
|
|
|
136
|
|
|
127
|
|
|
138
|
|
|
142
|
|
|
144
|
|
|
143
|
|
|
142
|
|
|
142
|
|
|
138
|
|
|
135
|
|
|
135
|
|
|
-3%
|
Industry Year-over-year Trends:
Seven of the 24 industry sectors monitored by the Index in October
exhibited positive annual growth trends.
-
Environment, architecture and urbanism (up 24 percent) reported
significant growth compared to the same time last year and placed top
of the Index for the sixth consecutive month with Belgium and France
contributing significantly to this growth
-
Education, training, library (up ten percent) continued its
long-term growth trend which began in February and matched its rate of
annual growth recorded in September
-
Healthcare, social work (up seven percent) bounced back in
October with France and the UK reporting the most significant growth
-
By contrast, Production, manufacturing, maintenance, repair
(down eight percent) saw the sharpest decline in online recruitment
since April 2010; demand softened most significantly across the
Netherlands and Italy
-
Transport, post, logistics (down nine percent) continued to
report online recruitment losses reaching levels not seen since March
2010. Most of the larger markets saw fewer opportunities with the
exception of the UK
|
Top Growth Industries
|
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Lowest Growth Industries
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Industry
|
|
|
Oct
11
|
|
|
Oct
12
|
|
|
%
Y-O-Y
Growth
|
|
|
Industry
|
|
|
Oct
11
|
|
|
Oct
12
|
|
|
%
Y-O-Y
Growth
|
|
Environment, architecture and urbanism
|
|
|
102
|
|
|
126
|
|
|
24%
|
|
|
Construction and extraction
|
|
|
138
|
|
|
131
|
|
|
-5%
|
|
Education, training and library
|
|
|
205
|
|
|
226
|
|
|
10%
|
|
|
HR
|
|
|
94
|
|
|
89
|
|
|
-5%
|
|
Healthcare, social work
|
|
|
594
|
|
|
637
|
|
|
7%
|
|
|
Telecommunication
|
|
|
114
|
|
|
106
|
|
|
-7%
|
|
IT
|
|
|
101
|
|
|
104
|
|
|
3%
|
|
|
Production, manufacturing, maintenance, repair
|
|
|
270
|
|
|
249
|
|
|
-8%
|
|
Accounting, audit, taxes
|
|
|
99
|
|
|
101
|
|
|
2%
|
|
|
Transport, post and logistics
|
|
|
196
|
|
|
179
|
|
|
-9%
|
Occupation Year-over-year Trends: Three
of the nine occupational groups monitored by the Index in October
exhibited positive growth trends.
-
Opportunities for Craft and related trade workers (down eight
percent) declined for a second consecutive month with demand shrinking
across all regions compared to year-ago levels, with the exception of
the UK
-
Technicians and associate professionals (up two percent) noted
some degree of annual growth in October and matched September’s rate
of increase
-
Elementary occupations (down 13 percent) remained at the bottom
of the Index for a third consecutive month where this group has
continued to see decline throughout the second half of this year
|
Top Growth Occupations
|
|
|
Lowest Growth Occupations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Occupation
|
|
|
Oct
11
|
|
|
Oct
12
|
|
|
%
Y-O-Y
Growth
|
|
|
Occupation
|
|
|
Oct
11
|
|
|
Oct
12
|
|
|
%
Y-O-Y
Growth
|
|
Technicians and associate professionals
|
|
|
126
|
|
|
128
|
|
|
2%
|
|
|
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
|
|
|
194
|
|
|
188
|
|
|
-3%
|
|
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers
|
|
|
122
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
1%
|
|
|
Craft and related trades workers
|
|
|
245
|
|
|
226
|
|
|
-8%
|
|
Professionals
|
|
|
135
|
|
|
136
|
|
|
1%
|
|
|
Elementary occupations
|
|
|
195
|
|
|
169
|
|
|
-13%
|
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, 13 November at 06:00 CET at: about-monster.com/employment/index/17.
Data for the month of November 2012 will be released on December 7th,
2012.
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By Region
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|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
|
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|
|
Region
|
|
|
Oct
11
|
|
|
Nov
11
|
|
|
Dec
11
|
|
|
Jan
12
|
|
|
Feb
12
|
|
|
Mar
12
|
|
|
Apr
12
|
|
|
May
12
|
|
|
Jun
12
|
|
|
Jul
12
|
|
|
Aug
12
|
|
|
Sep
12
|
|
|
Oct
12
|
|
|
Y-O-Y
GROWTH
|
|
Belgium
|
|
|
107
|
|
|
102
|
|
|
101
|
|
|
98
|
|
|
107
|
|
|
106
|
|
|
108
|
|
|
111
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
109
|
|
|
102
|
|
|
104
|
|
|
108
|
|
|
1%
|
|
France
|
|
|
139
|
|
|
136
|
|
|
132
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
130
|
|
|
134
|
|
|
139
|
|
|
130
|
|
|
129
|
|
|
133
|
|
|
121
|
|
|
117
|
|
|
126
|
|
|
-9%
|
|
Germany
|
|
|
171
|
|
|
175
|
|
|
177
|
|
|
173
|
|
|
178
|
|
|
185
|
|
|
190
|
|
|
188
|
|
|
182
|
|
|
188
|
|
|
184
|
|
|
180
|
|
|
174
|
|
|
2%
|
|
Italy
|
|
|
143
|
|
|
146
|
|
|
141
|
|
|
128
|
|
|
137
|
|
|
143
|
|
|
148
|
|
|
139
|
|
|
145
|
|
|
146
|
|
|
136
|
|
|
126
|
|
|
135
|
|
|
-6%
|
|
Netherlands
|
|
|
89
|
|
|
86
|
|
|
86
|
|
|
81
|
|
|
81
|
|
|
76
|
|
|
78
|
|
|
77
|
|
|
78
|
|
|
79
|
|
|
77
|
|
|
74
|
|
|
73
|
|
|
-18%
|
|
Sweden
|
|
|
148
|
|
|
150
|
|
|
158
|
|
|
143
|
|
|
154
|
|
|
165
|
|
|
166
|
|
|
154
|
|
|
155
|
|
|
149
|
|
|
141
|
|
|
143
|
|
|
140
|
|
|
-5%
|
|
United Kingdom
|
|
|
140
|
|
|
140
|
|
|
141
|
|
|
129
|
|
|
145
|
|
|
148
|
|
|
140
|
|
|
140
|
|
|
141
|
|
|
136
|
|
|
140
|
|
|
137
|
|
|
141
|
|
|
1%
|
|
By Industry
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Industry
|
|
|
Oct
11
|
|
|
Nov
11
|
|
|
Dec
11
|
|
|
Jan
12
|
|
|
Feb
12
|
|
|
Mar
12
|
|
|
Apr
12
|
|
|
May
12
|
|
|
Jun
12
|
|
|
Jul
12
|
|
|
Aug
12
|
|
|
Sep
12
|
|
|
Oct
12
|
|
|
Y-O-Y
GROWTH
|
|
Accounting, audit, taxes
|
|
|
99
|
|
|
99
|
|
|
98
|
|
|
93
|
|
|
100
|
|
|
101
|
|
|
102
|
|
|
103
|
|
|
100
|
|
|
101
|
|
|
100
|
|
|
98
|
|
|
101
|
|
|
2%
|
|
Administrative, organisation
|
|
|
111
|
|
|
111
|
|
|
111
|
|
|
104
|
|
|
112
|
|
|
113
|
|
|
112
|
|
|
111
|
|
|
111
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
109
|
|
|
105
|
|
|
106
|
|
|
-5%
|
|
Agriculture, fishing and forestry
|
|
|
124
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
117
|
|
|
104
|
|
|
121
|
|
|
133
|
|
|
146
|
|
|
133
|
|
|
134
|
|
|
137
|
|
|
132
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
121
|
|
|
-2%
|
|
Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure
|
|
|
108
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
109
|
|
|
102
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
114
|
|
|
113
|
|
|
112
|
|
|
113
|
|
|
111
|
|
|
108
|
|
|
104
|
|
|
107
|
|
|
-1%
|
|
Automotive
|
|
|
124
|
|
|
124
|
|
|
114
|
|
|
109
|
|
|
127
|
|
|
128
|
|
|
129
|
|
|
129
|
|
|
133
|
|
|
137
|
|
|
134
|
|
|
128
|
|
|
125
|
|
|
1%
|
|
Banking, finance, insurance
|
|
|
87
|
|
|
87
|
|
|
87
|
|
|
82
|
|
|
86
|
|
|
88
|
|
|
88
|
|
|
86
|
|
|
87
|
|
|
85
|
|
|
86
|
|
|
85
|
|
|
86
|
|
|
-1%
|
|
Construction and extraction
|
|
|
138
|
|
|
137
|
|
|
130
|
|
|
122
|
|
|
132
|
|
|
136
|
|
|
139
|
|
|
140
|
|
|
140
|
|
|
142
|
|
|
137
|
|
|
133
|
|
|
131
|
|
|
-5%
|
|
Education, training and library
|
|
|
205
|
|
|
202
|
|
|
218
|
|
|
191
|
|
|
214
|
|
|
221
|
|
|
229
|
|
|
242
|
|
|
254
|
|
|
242
|
|
|
230
|
|
|
210
|
|
|
226
|
|
|
10%
|
|
Engineering
|
|
|
170
|
|
|
172
|
|
|
172
|
|
|
158
|
|
|
169
|
|
|
173
|
|
|
172
|
|
|
169
|
|
|
171
|
|
|
172
|
|
|
174
|
|
|
171
|
|
|
171
|
|
|
1%
|
|
Environment, architecture and urbanism
|
|
|
102
|
|
|
103
|
|
|
107
|
|
|
100
|
|
|
111
|
|
|
113
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
118
|
|
|
121
|
|
|
118
|
|
|
120
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
126
|
|
|
24%
|
|
Healthcare, social work
|
|
|
594
|
|
|
628
|
|
|
613
|
|
|
573
|
|
|
635
|
|
|
653
|
|
|
661
|
|
|
644
|
|
|
643
|
|
|
647
|
|
|
629
|
|
|
623
|
|
|
637
|
|
|
7%
|
|
Hospitality and tourism
|
|
|
252
|
|
|
251
|
|
|
238
|
|
|
221
|
|
|
242
|
|
|
251
|
|
|
272
|
|
|
277
|
|
|
271
|
|
|
261
|
|
|
258
|
|
|
247
|
|
|
249
|
|
|
-1%
|
|
HR
|
|
|
94
|
|
|
94
|
|
|
94
|
|
|
91
|
|
|
96
|
|
|
97
|
|
|
97
|
|
|
97
|
|
|
94
|
|
|
93
|
|
|
92
|
|
|
90
|
|
|
89
|
|
|
-5%
|
|
IT
|
|
|
101
|
|
|
103
|
|
|
102
|
|
|
97
|
|
|
105
|
|
|
109
|
|
|
108
|
|
|
106
|
|
|
104
|
|
|
105
|
|
|
102
|
|
|
101
|
|
|
104
|
|
|
3%
|
|
Legal
|
|
|
116
|
|
|
118
|
|
|
112
|
|
|
111
|
|
|
117
|
|
|
120
|
|
|
120
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
118
|
|
|
118
|
|
|
119
|
|
|
113
|
|
|
113
|
|
|
-3%
|
|
Management and consulting
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
108
|
|
|
104
|
|
|
97
|
|
|
106
|
|
|
112
|
|
|
116
|
|
|
114
|
|
|
116
|
|
|
113
|
|
|
107
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
112
|
|
|
2%
|
|
Marketing, PR and media
|
|
|
146
|
|
|
143
|
|
|
139
|
|
|
129
|
|
|
144
|
|
|
146
|
|
|
145
|
|
|
146
|
|
|
144
|
|
|
144
|
|
|
140
|
|
|
139
|
|
|
142
|
|
|
-3%
|
|
Production, manufacturing, maintenance, repair
|
|
|
270
|
|
|
267
|
|
|
259
|
|
|
243
|
|
|
253
|
|
|
262
|
|
|
271
|
|
|
272
|
|
|
269
|
|
|
273
|
|
|
264
|
|
|
257
|
|
|
249
|
|
|
-8%
|
|
Public sector, defence, community
|
|
|
81
|
|
|
80
|
|
|
75
|
|
|
75
|
|
|
77
|
|
|
77
|
|
|
78
|
|
|
77
|
|
|
79
|
|
|
80
|
|
|
82
|
|
|
80
|
|
|
81
|
|
|
0%
|
|
Real estate
|
|
|
125
|
|
|
124
|
|
|
121
|
|
|
121
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
128
|
|
|
129
|
|
|
130
|
|
|
133
|
|
|
132
|
|
|
127
|
|
|
126
|
|
|
126
|
|
|
1%
|
|
Research and development
|
|
|
119
|
|
|
119
|
|
|
117
|
|
|
113
|
|
|
121
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
122
|
|
|
119
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
119
|
|
|
116
|
|
|
115
|
|
|
-3%
|
|
Sales
|
|
|
111
|
|
|
111
|
|
|
107
|
|
|
102
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
109
|
|
|
108
|
|
|
108
|
|
|
107
|
|
|
106
|
|
|
107
|
|
|
-4%
|
|
Telecommunications
|
|
|
114
|
|
|
114
|
|
|
109
|
|
|
102
|
|
|
114
|
|
|
118
|
|
|
114
|
|
|
115
|
|
|
115
|
|
|
115
|
|
|
114
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
106
|
|
|
-7%
|
|
Transport, post and logistics
|
|
|
196
|
|
|
195
|
|
|
192
|
|
|
169
|
|
|
173
|
|
|
176
|
|
|
180
|
|
|
182
|
|
|
184
|
|
|
195
|
|
|
194
|
|
|
185
|
|
|
179
|
|
|
-9%
|
|
By Occupation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Occupation
|
|
|
Oct
11
|
|
|
Nov
11
|
|
|
Dec
11
|
|
|
Jan
12
|
|
|
Feb
12
|
|
|
Mar
12
|
|
|
Apr
12
|
|
|
May
12
|
|
|
Jun
12
|
|
|
Jul
12
|
|
|
Aug
12
|
|
|
Sep
12
|
|
|
Oct
12
|
|
|
Y-O-Y
GROWTH
|
|
Managers
|
|
|
113
|
|
|
108
|
|
|
112
|
|
|
101
|
|
|
114
|
|
|
116
|
|
|
115
|
|
|
111
|
|
|
112
|
|
|
112
|
|
|
109
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
111
|
|
|
-2%
|
|
Professionals
|
|
|
135
|
|
|
136
|
|
|
133
|
|
|
124
|
|
|
135
|
|
|
139
|
|
|
140
|
|
|
139
|
|
|
138
|
|
|
138
|
|
|
136
|
|
|
134
|
|
|
136
|
|
|
1%
|
|
Technicians and associate professionals
|
|
|
126
|
|
|
127
|
|
|
125
|
|
|
118
|
|
|
131
|
|
|
134
|
|
|
133
|
|
|
131
|
|
|
131
|
|
|
132
|
|
|
129
|
|
|
127
|
|
|
128
|
|
|
2%
|
|
Clerical support workers
|
|
|
145
|
|
|
144
|
|
|
144
|
|
|
132
|
|
|
147
|
|
|
149
|
|
|
145
|
|
|
146
|
|
|
147
|
|
|
148
|
|
|
147
|
|
|
142
|
|
|
141
|
|
|
-3%
|
|
Service and sales workers
|
|
|
303
|
|
|
304
|
|
|
288
|
|
|
265
|
|
|
298
|
|
|
307
|
|
|
317
|
|
|
314
|
|
|
310
|
|
|
306
|
|
|
299
|
|
|
290
|
|
|
298
|
|
|
-2%
|
|
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
|
|
|
194
|
|
|
191
|
|
|
184
|
|
|
160
|
|
|
185
|
|
|
206
|
|
|
219
|
|
|
201
|
|
|
203
|
|
|
205
|
|
|
197
|
|
|
185
|
|
|
188
|
|
|
-3%
|
|
Craft and related workers
|
|
|
245
|
|
|
247
|
|
|
238
|
|
|
222
|
|
|
231
|
|
|
236
|
|
|
241
|
|
|
243
|
|
|
240
|
|
|
247
|
|
|
244
|
|
|
237
|
|
|
226
|
|
|
-8%
|
|
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers
|
|
|
122
|
|
|
113
|
|
|
116
|
|
|
107
|
|
|
120
|
|
|
126
|
|
|
130
|
|
|
128
|
|
|
130
|
|
|
135
|
|
|
128
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
1%
|
|
Elementary occupations
|
|
|
195
|
|
|
196
|
|
|
182
|
|
|
175
|
|
|
180
|
|
|
180
|
|
|
190
|
|
|
189
|
|
|
188
|
|
|
192
|
|
|
179
|
|
|
172
|
|
|
169
|
|
|
-13%
|
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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Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Except for
historical information contained herein, the statements made in this
release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements involve
certain risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding Monster
Worldwide, Inc.'s strategic direction, prospects and future results.
Certain factors, including factors outside of Monster Worldwide's
control, may cause actual results to differ materially from those
contained in the forward- looking statements, including economic and
other conditions in the markets in which Monster Worldwide operates,
risks associated with acquisitions, competition and the other risks
discussed in Monster Worldwide's Form 10-K and other filings made with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, which discussions are
incorporated in this release by reference.
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