January 2012 Index Highlights
- The Monster Employment Index Europe demonstrates a year-over-year growth of nine percent in January, a contrast to the double digit growth seen throughout 2011
- Germany remains the only country to demonstrate strong annual growth of 30 percent and continues to lead all countries by measure of annual growth
- The Netherlands, Italy, Belgium and France continue to report negative growth rates in January
- Production, manufacturing, maintenance and repair matches the 22 percent growth rate of Engineering to become the top two growth industries this month
- Management and consulting, down 11 percent, tracks the greatest annual decline in recruitment activity; other sectors to report annual rates of decline include Public sector, Arts and Education
Summary Overview
“As the challenging economic conditions continue, the Index confirms the trend of recent months with fewer online recruitment opportunities in January as employers maintain a cautious approach to hiring,
” commented Alan Townsend, Vice President of Sales Readiness and Business Operations for Monster Europe.
“However, while recruitment activity may have slowed from a general perspective, there are still pockets of demand for positions across industries such as production, telecommunication and transport, which are helping to maintain an overall positive growth track for Europe.”
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MEI European Country Reports
In addition to a continent-wide release, Monster also disseminates individual reports for the 7 major European countries covered by the Monster Employment Index, providing a look at national-level employer online recruitment activity. The national results are broken down by industry, occupational category, and region. Use the links below to navigate to these country reports:
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 online job recruitment activity is within a margin of error of +/- 1.05%.
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