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

The Monster Employment Index Europe demonstrates one percent growth year-over-year in June, a marked decline on last month's six percent rise

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 UKmatches 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:

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11

      

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11

      

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11

      

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11

      

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11

      

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11

      

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11

      

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12

      

Feb
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12

      

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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 sinceFebruary 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                             Lowest Growth Industries                        
                                                       
Industry    

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Jun
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Y-O-Y
Growth

       Industry      

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Y-O-Y
Growth
Environment, architecture and urbanism     103       121       17%       Marketing, PR and media       149       144       -3%
Telecommunication     102       115       13%       Sales       112       108       -4%
Education, training and library     233       254       9%       Agriculture, fishing, forestry       140       134       -4%
Real estate     123       133       8%       Public sector, defence, community       83       79       -5%
Engineering     161       171       6%       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 sinceApril 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 Occupations       Lowest Growth Occupations
                                                         
Occupation      

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Y-O-Y
Growth

       Occupation      

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Y-O-Y
Growth
Craft and related trades workers       230       240       4%       Elementary occupations       194       188       -3%
Technicians and associate professionals       127       131       3%       Managers       118       112       -5%
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers       129       130       1%       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 14th, 2012.

By Region
                                                                                                                 
Region      

Jun
11

      

Jul
11

      

Aug
11

      

Sep
11

      

Oct
11

      

Nov
11

      

Dec
11

      

Jan
12

      

Feb
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Mar
12

      

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May
12

      

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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

      

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11

      

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11

      

Sep
11

      

Oct
11

      

Nov
11

      

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11

      

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12

      

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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      

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11

      

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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 activity across theEuropean 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 byResearch 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 andEurope are available at: http://about-monster.com/employment/index/17.

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