Monster Employment Index Europe Declines 3% Year-Over-Year

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:

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												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 7^th , 2012.

By Region
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