Monster Employment Index U.S. Up 8% Year-over-Year
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New York, January 6, 2012
December 2011 Index Highlights:
- Monster Employment Index U.S. shows annual growth of 8 percent in December, consistent with slow, but steady growth in online recruitment activity
- Index edges down 5 percent on monthly basis as is typical for year-end recruiting patterns recorded in recent years
- Transportation and warehousing continues to be a top growth market in December
- Public administration continues to register the steepest annual decline, dropping 11 percent year-over-year
- All metro markets tracked by the Index exhibit positive annual growth with Cincinnati continuing to exhibit the highest growth in December
The Monster Employment Index U.S. is a monthly gauge of U.S. online job demand 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.
Click here to get the full December MEI report.
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 corporate career sites and job boards, including Monster, the Monster Employment Index presents a snapshot of employer online recruitment activity nationwide. All of the data and findings in the Monster Employment Index have been validated for their accuracy through independent, third party auditing conducted on a monthly basis by Research America, Inc. The audit validates the accuracy of the online job recruitment activity measured within a margin of error of +/- 1.05%.
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