Thumbs Down: Monster Reports US Demand Flat in April

New York, May 4, 2012 

April 2012 Index Highlights:

• Monster Employment Index U.S. holds relatively steady with prior-year level, growing one percent year-over-year


• Index rises two percent month-over-month, a more modest pace than usually recorded at this time of the year


• Transportation and warehousing continues to outpace all industries, while retail trade weakens, now recording single-digit annual growth at six percent


• Arts, entertainment, and recreation, educational services, utilities, and public administration decline on annual basis


• All metro markets tracked by the Index continue to exhibit positive annual growth

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 April 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%.