January 2012 Index Highlights
- Monster Employment Index U.S. shows annual growth of 9 percent in January, in line with
the pace seen during Q4 2011
- Index edges down 5 percent on monthly basis as online recruitment is characteristically
muted during early portion of January following the holiday season
- Transportation and warehousing, retail and wholesale remain strong growth markets
generally maintaining steady trends
- Public administration remains the weakest trending sector and is the only industry to register
negative annual growth. Manufacturing eases, recording single-digit growth for the first time
since February 2011
- All metro markets tracked by the Index continue to exhibit positive annual growth with
markets in the Northeast recording accelerated growth trends
MEI Local Reports
In addition to national, industry, occupation and regional data, the Monster Employment Index presents a snapshot of employer online recruitment activity in the 28 largest U.S. metro markets in terms of working population. The local results are broken down by occupation and are published at the same time as the national Index. Use the links below to see specific local market findings from the Index:
About the Monster Employment Index
Launched in April 2004 with data collected since October 2003, the Monster Employment Index is a broad and comprehensive monthly analysis of U.S. online job demand conducted by Monster Worldwide, Inc. Based on a real-time review of millions of employer job opportunities culled from a large, representative selection of online career outlets, including Monster®, the Monster Employment Index presents a snapshot of employer online recruitment activity nationwide. 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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