Monster Employment Index U.S. Rises 11%. Hiring is on the Rise.

February 2012 Index Highlights:

• Monster Employment Index U.S. shows annual growth of 11 percent in February
  


• Index rises 8 percent on monthly basis in line with regular seasonal patterns observed for the month of February
  


• Commerce activity continues to rise with transportation and warehousing, retail and wholesale trade recording solid growth trends
  


• Public administration remains the weakest trending sector and the only industry to register negative annual growth
  


• All metro markets tracked by the Index continue to exhibit positive annual growth with markets on the East coast demonstrating generally stable or improved long-term growth trends
  

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.

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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%.