European Online Recruitment Increases 26 Percent Year-over-Year; Most Rapid Pace Duri

The Monster Employment Index Europe records 26 percent year-over-year growth, the most rapid pace seen during the current economic cycle
Industrial production related sectors lead the Index in annual growth in March with a 64 percent rise in production, manufacturing, maintenance and repair
Financial services sector notes positive recruitment trends in March, growing five percent on an annual basis
Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure continues to decline and remains the only sector to chart a substantial year-over-year decline
Germany continues to lead all countries in annual growth, at 45 percent
The Monster Employment Index Europe is a monthly analysis of millions of online job opportunities culled from a large, representative selection of corporate career sites and job boards across Europe, including Monster.

“Manufacturing and exports remain a key driver of recruitment across the continent, highlighted through strong growth within industry-related sectors in this month’s Index,” commented Alan Townsend, Vice President of Business Operations at Monster Europe. “In contrast, it is still very apparent that household and government spending trends are continuing to weigh on recruitment activity across the arts and public sector industries, while business and professional services mainly trend higher.”

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 Y-O-Y GROWTH
104 108 112 114 115 115 117 122 122 122 116 125 131 26%
Industry Year-over-year Trends: 22 of the 24 industry sectors monitored by the Index between February and March showed positive annual growth trends.

Production, manufacturing, maintenance, repair (up 64 percent) continued to lead all sectors in the Index, with upward trends in recruitment for this sector most apparent in Germany as well as Italy and Netherlands
Accounting, audit, taxes (up 14 percent), one of the more moderate trending sectors during the economic recovery, registered a substantial rise in online recruitment levels in March
Banking, finance, insurance (up five percent) exhibited some gains in online demand, contrasting with its one percent increase in February, reflecting positive sector recruitment developments across a number of countries, including Belgium, France, Italy, and Netherlands
Engineering (up 42 percent) charted further rise in annual growth, reflecting an increasingly competitive hiring climate for technically advanced professionals as industrial production and design activity across Europe continued to grow
Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure (down 20 percent) was the only sector to register an annual decline in the Index; combined with slowed annual growth for Sales (up seven percent), suggesting household discretionary spend remains limited
Top Growth Industries

Year-over-year Growth

Mar 10 Mar 11 %
Production, manufacturing, maintenance, repair 145 238 64%
Transport, post and logistics 102 162 59%
Engineering 107 152 42%
Hospitality and tourism 172 243 41%
Real estate 92 122 33%
Lowest Growth Industries

Year-over-year Growth

Mar 10 Mar 11 %
Sales 100 107 7%
Public sector, defence, community 81 87 7%
Banking, finance, insurance 84 88 5%
Legal 118 121 3%
Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure 139 111 -20%
Occupation Year-over-year Trends: All nine occupational groups monitored by the Index registered positive growth.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers (up 61 percent) led all occupational groups in annual growth in March, aligned with trends seen in the Production, manufacturing, maintenance, repair sector, the group’s largest employer
Elementary occupations (up 47 percent) registered a steep acceleration in annual growth rate, indicating an upswing in underlying drivers for entry-level and lower-skilled job openings across the region
Service and sales workers (up 34 percent) continued to exhibit over 30 percent annual growth despite moderating growth trends in the retail segment
Top Growth Occupations

Year-over-year Growth

Mar 10 Mar 11 %
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers 74 119 61%
Craft and related trades workers

129 206 60%
Elementary occupations 121 178 47%
Lowest Growth Occupations

Year-over-year Growth

Mar 10 Mar 11 %
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers

158 189 20%
Technicians and associate professionals 104 122 17%
Legislators, senior officials & managers 104 115 11%
Country Highlights:

Belgium: Belgium recorded a positive annual growth rate of 18 percent. Public sector, defence and community exhibited further gains on the month while Banking, finance, insurance charted the most substantial upward swing in annual growth compared to February rates. The Flemish region continued to lead all regions in terms of annual growth.
France: The Monster Employment Index France year-over-year accelerated to 21 percent, from 19 percent in February. Research and development was the top performing industry sector in terms of annual growth while recovery in the financial sector was strong. Regionally Ile de France noted the strongest annual climb; opportunities were up 30 percent.
Germany: Germany remained among the top trending European countries by measure of annual growth, at 45 percent. Transport, post and logistics noted the sharpest annual increase; opportunities were up 115 percent. Baden-Württemberg also grew 66 percent year-over-year and reported its highest March level since 2008.
Italy: Italy recorded continued positive year-over-year growth in online recruitment activity, registering annual gains of 15 percent in March. Marketing, PR and media registered the greatest rise across industry sectors in online job demand, with an increase of 55 percent year-over-year, while government-funded industry sectors such as education, healthcare, public sector and urbanism remained sluggish compared to activity observed a year ago.
Netherlands: The Monster Employment Index Netherlands exhibited accelerated annual growth in March, with year-over-year gains of eight percent. Transport, post and logistics led all industries with annual growth at 43 percent. Improved recruitment trends across Banking, finance, insurance, and Accounting, audit, taxes also suggested some improvement in hiring and job creation rates for the overall financial service segment.
Sweden: Sweden recorded an annual growth rate of 22 percent in March. Banking, finance, insurance was a key growth driver in the March Index and maintained relatively robust annual gain. Engineering and IT continued to exhibit the most rapid rates of annual growth in the Index while Hospitality and tourism momentum dissipated, with annual growth going flat in March.
UK: Online job opportunities in the UK remained positive as March saw an increase of nine percent year-over-year. The demand for skilled craft and tradesmen grew by 24 per cent year-over-year and four per cent on the month. Technical sectors were the strongest performers in online recruitment; engineering’s annual growth rate accelerated, while IT and Research and development maintained robust gains. Banking and the Public sector also saw the biggest decline in opportunities in March, declining seven and six percent respectively on the year.
Top Growth Countries

Year-over-year Growth

Mar 10 Mar 11 %
Germany 104 151 45%
Sweden 132 161 22%
France 114 138 21%
Lowest Growth Countries

Year-over-year Growth

Mar 10 Mar 11 %
Italy 126 145 15%
UK 126 137 9%
Netherlands 88 95 8%
International Trends:

Monster Employment Index US annual growth rate accelerated to nine percent in March, marking fourteenth month of consecutive year-over-year growth. Mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction, and utilities continue to lead the Index on an annual basis with an increase of 68 percent and 35 percent respectively, while all US metro markets monitored by the Index continued to record positive year-over-year growth.
Monster Employment Index India continued to record double-digit annual growth rate at 16 percent in March, with year-over-year trends remaining positive for the sixth consecutive month. Strong demand was recorded in the Petroleum, Oil and Gas industry while Mumbai recorded strongest growth amidst the large metro markets.
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By Industry

INDUSTRY

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
Accounting, audit, taxes 87 87 89 88 90 92 91 94 92 92 91 93 99
Administrative, organisation 89 92 95 97 96 94 94 98 98 97 95 102 107
Agriculture, fishing and forestry 106 122 125 122 116 114 104 116 112 101 90 109 125
Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure 139 132 138 135 121 107 104 107 104 108 105 106 111
Automotive 103 111 115 107 118 117 106 107 113 109 101 113 117
Banking, finance, insurance 84 84 87 87 87 87 85 87 85 84 80 83 88
Construction and extraction 109 114 116 119 124 125 126 126 126 122 113 122 129
Education, training and library 178 177 198 209 192 180 183 199 207 215 192 211 200
Engineering 107 109 112 114 117 119 122 128 130 134 130 143 152
Environment, architecture and urbanism 87 87 89 90 88 87 97 95 99 98 91 93 95
Healthcare, social work 519 550 546 552 566 551 594 600 572 576 575 612 635
Hospitality and tourism 172 192 197 204 200 191 215 217 221 212 195 217 243
HR 85 86 88 86 86 85 85 87 86 88 85 90 93
IT 83 84 86 86 88 88 89 92 94 94 93 97 100
Legal 118 116 122 117 114 112 117 117 118 118 111 121 121
Management and consulting 100 103 106 103 105 105 107 109 111 109 109 109 113
Marketing, PR and media 133 132 134 133 127 127 128 133 131 136 131 136 144
Production, manufacturing, maintenance, repair 145 156 162 172 187 190 200 208 212 209 200 218 238
Public sector, defence, community 81 80 83 86 86 85 85 89 88 87 81 84 87
Real estate 92 93 92 90 96 102 94 102 100 103 104 111 122
Research and development 101 102 105 104 108 105 105 109 111 111 107 115 118
Sales 100 100 104 104 100 100 102 105 103 103 97 106 107
Telecommunications 76 79 79 79 78 78 82 89 88 88 86 97 99
Transport, post and logistics 102 108 119 125 136 138 143 150 150 151 144 150 162
By Occupation

OCCUPATIONS

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
Managers 104 104 109 108 105 101 102 105 103 114 112 113 115
Professionals 108 108 113 113 114 114 116 121 121 122 117 126 131
Technicians and associate professionals 104 107 110 111 111 110 111 116 112 113 108 116 122
Clerical support workers 113 120 126 126 122 121 125 130 128 127 123 133 138
Service and sales workers 213 226 235 244 245 242 257 258 265 260 234 265 286
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 158 183 191 188 175 174 159 179 172 153 136 164 189
Craft and related workers 129 138 143 149 160 163 174 181 183 180 172 190 206
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers 74 79 84 91 99 100 101 105 110 108 100 110 119
Elementary occupations 121 131 137 146 160 164 165 165 169 166 153 162 178
By Region

REGION

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
Belgium 102 108 113 106 108 105 106 108 110 110 101 113 120
France 114 116 127 122 127 116 116 135 133 134 124 136 138
Germany 104 110 111 116 122 124 128 131 135 134 133 139 151
Italy 126 129 131 133 135 132 127 134 148 152 135 134 145
Netherlands 88 88 95 96 95 91 86 90 92 92 89 90 95
Sweden 132 137 142 141 132 123 134 140 150 152 143 163 161
United Kingdom 126 121 130 131 129 130 131 138 130 133 128 139 137