Monster Employment Index Rises 3% Year-over-Year

Business Wire

Friday, June 1st 2012

Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW):

May 2012 Index Highlights:

Monster Employment Index U.S. grows 3 percent in May and rises 1 percent month-over-month
Transportation and warehousing continues to outpace all sectors in recruitment growth, while finance and insurance gains momentum
Educational services, utilities, and public administration register double-digit negative growth
Among the metro markets tracked by the Index, Detroit gains notable momentum, while Chicago eases

The Monster Employment Index U.S. is a monthly gauge of U.S. 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. 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.

Monster Employment Index U.S. results for the past 18 months are as follows:

Dec
10

Jan
11

Feb
11

Mar
11

Apr
11

May
11

Jun
11

Jul
11

Aug
11

Sep
11

Oct
11