European Online Recruitment Notes Further Growth in June, Up 23% Year-over-Year Reports Monster Employment Index

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW):

June 2011 Index Highlights:

• The Monster Employment Index Europe demonstrates 23 percent annual growth in June, up from the 21 percent observed in May
• Germany, up 41 percent, remains the star performer leading annual growth in EU countries
• Industrial production related sectors including, transport, post and logistics and production/ manufacturing, continue to lead the Index for the fifth consecutive month
• The arts, public sector, defence and community and banking sectors exhibit annual declines

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.

“The current pace, in the European Index is being driven primarily by the industrial production related sectors, professional services and continued resilience of some economies like Germany,” commented Alan Townsend, Vice President of Sales Readiness and Business Operations for Monster Europe. “The Index remains strong at 23% annual growth, suggesting a notable expansion in European recruitment year-over-year despite the continued declines in the arts/ entertainment and public sectors.”

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

Jan 10	Feb 10	Mar 10	Apr 10	May 10	Jun 10	Jul 10	Aug 10	Sep 10	Oct 10	Nov 10	Dec 10	Jan 11	Feb 11	Mar 11	Apr 11	May 11	Jun 11	Y-O-Y
93	101	104	108	112	114	115	115	117	122	122	122	116	125	131	136	135	140	23%

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

• Transport, post and logistics (up 52 percent) exhibited the strongest annual growth of all sectors in June while Production, manufacturing, maintenance and repair (up 51 percent) followed closely behind
• Engineering (up 41 percent) and Telecommunication (up 29 percent) noted the strongest annual growth of the professional services segment
• Automotive (up 26 percent) noted further improvement in annual growth rate in June
• Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure (down 12 percent) continued to register the steepest annual decline among all sectors, although gradual improvement was noted month-on-month across France, Spain, and Italy
• Public sector, defence, community (down 3 percent) and Banking, finance, insurance (down one percent) were the two remaining sectors to register annual declines in the Index, where Banking declines were most notable in the UK and Netherlands

Top Growth Industries

Year-over-year Growth	Jun 10	Jun 11	% Growth Y-o-y
Transport, post and logistics	125	190	52%
Production, manufacturing, maintenance, repair	172	259	51%
Engineering	114	161	41%
Real Estate	90	123	37%
Telecommunication	79	102	29%

Lowest Growth Industries

Year-over-year Growth	Jun 10	Jun 11	% Growth Y-o-y
Sales	104	112	8%
Legal	117	119	2%
Banking, finance, insurance	87	86	-1%
Public sector, defence, community	86	83	-3%
Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure	135	119	-12%

Occupation Year-over-year Trends: All nine occupational groups monitored by the Index in June continued to exhibit positive annual growth.

• Craft and related trades workers (up 54 percent) maintained its lead in annual growth across all occupations
• Plant and machine operators and assemblers (up 42 percent) continued to exhibit strong growth in-line with the expansion in industrial production seen over the past year across Europe
• Elementary occupations (up 33 percent) edged up among occupational groups and claimed third place by measure of annual growth, a direct response to emerging non-skilled opportunities observed across the majority of EU countries monitored by the Index
• Managers (up 9 percent) registered the slowest rate of annual growth among occupational groups but was still at its highest level in the Index since February 2009

Top Growth Occupations

Year-over-year Growth	Jun 10	Jun 11	% Growth Y-o-y
Craft and related trades workers	149	230	54%
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers	91	129	42%
Elementary occupations	146	194	33%

Lowest Growth Occupations

Year-over-year Growth	Jun 10	Jun 11	% Growth Y-o-y
Clerical support workers	126	146	16%
Technicians and associate professionals	111	127	14%
Managers	108	118	9%

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, 12^th July at 06:00 CET at: http://aboutmonster.com/employment/index/17.

Data for the month of July 2011 will be released on August 9, 2011.

By Region
Region	Jun 10	Jul 10	Aug 10	Sep 10	Oct 10	Nov 10	Dec 10	Jan 11	Feb 11	Mar 11	Apr 11	May 11	Jun 11
Belgium	106	108	105	106	108	110	110	101	113	120	125	119	118
France	122	127	116	116	135	133	134	124	136	138	146	144	150
Germany	116	122	124	128	131	135	134	133	139	151	159	158	164
Italy	133	135	132	127	134	148	152	135	134	145	147	145	142
Netherlands	96	95	91	86	90	92	92	89	90	95	97	98	97
Sweden	141	132	123	134	140	150	152	143	163	161	167	170	161
United Kingdom	131	129	130	131	138	130	133	128	139	137	138	136	141

By Industry
Industry	Jun 10	Jul 10	Aug 10	Sep 10	Oct 10	Nov 10	Dec 10	Jan 11	Feb 11	Mar 11	Apr 11	May 11	Jun 11
Accounting, audit, taxes	88	90	92	91	94	92	92	91	93	99	102	101	102
Administrative, organisation	97	96	94	94	98	98	97	95	102	107	107	108	112
Agriculture, fishing and forestry	122	116	114	104	116	112	101	90	109	125	131	130	140
Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure	135	121	107	104	107	104	108	105	106	111	112	113	119
Automotive	107	118	117	106	107	113	109	101	113	117	122	125	135
Banking, finance, insurance	87	87	87	85	87	85	84	80	83	88	91	88	86
Construction and extraction	119	124	125	126	126	126	122	113	122	129	134	135	141
Education, training and library	209	192	180	183	199	207	215	192	211	200	215	218	233
Engineering	114	117	119	122	128	130	134	130	143	152	163	157	161
Environment, architecture and urbanism	90	88	87	97	95	99	98	91	93	95	102	96	103
Healthcare, social work	552	566	551	594	600	572	576	575	612	635	628	623	640
Hospitality and tourism	204	200	191	215	217	221	212	195	217	243	257	257	256
HR	86	86	85	85	87	86	88	85	90	93	95	95	96
IT	86	88	88	89	92	94	94	93	97	100	101	100	104
Legal	117	114	112	117	117	118	118	111	121	121	121	118	119
Management and consulting	103	105	105	107	109	111	109	109	109	113	115	111	115
Marketing, PR and media	133	127	127	128	133	131	136	131	136	144	149	143	149
Production, manufacturing, maintenance, repair	172	187	190	200	208	212	209	200	218	238	251	248	259
Public sector, defence, community	86	86	85	85	89	88	87	81	84	87	84	82	83
Real estate	90	96	102	94	102	100	103	104	111	122	130	126	123
Research and development	104	108	105	105	109	111	111	107	115	118	122	121	123
Sales	104	100	100	102	105	103	103	97	106	107	108	107	112
Telecommunications	79	78	78	82	89	88	88	86	97	99	112	113	102
Transport, post and logistics	125	136	138	143	150	150	151	144	150	162	176	182	190

By Occupation
Occupation	Jun 10	Jul 10	Aug 10	Sep 10	Oct 10	Nov 10	Dec 10	Jan 11	Feb 11	Mar 11	Apr 11	May 11	Jun 11
Managers	108	105	101	102	105	103	114	112	113	115	117	113	118
Professionals	113	114	114	116	121	121	122	117	126	131	136	133	137
Technicians and associate professionals	111	111	110	111	116	112	113	108	116	122	123	126	127
Clerical support workers	126	122	121	125	130	128	127	123	133	138	142	143	146
Service and sales workers	244	245	242	257	258	265	260	234	265	286	301	298	311
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers	188	175	174	159	179	172	153	136	164	189	200	196	220
Craft and related workers	149	160	163	174	181	183	180	172	190	206	220	221	230
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers	91	99	100	101	105	110	108	100	110	119	124	122	129
Elementary occupations	146	160	164	165	165	169	166	153	162	178	187	180	194

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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Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW), 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 personalised career advice to consumers globally. Through online media sites and services, Monster delivers vast, highly targeted audiences to advertisers. Monster Worldwide is a member of the S&P 500 index. 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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