Monster Employment Index Canada Continues to Post Gains, Rising for Fourth Consecutive Quarter in Q2 2011

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Second Quarter 2011 Index Highlights:
The Canada is a quarterly gauge of 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 across Canada. 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.
"Employers are demonstrating considerable confidence which has resulted in a strong upward trend in online recruitment for the second quarter," said Peter Gilfillan, senior vice president of international sales and general manager of Monster Canada. "The Index is now at its highest level since the end of 2008, up by a significant 29 percent year-over-year and has now seen four consecutive quarters of increased online recruitment activity."
Occupation Year-over-Year Trends: All national occupational classifications monitored by the Index showed positive year-over-year growth in the second quarter of 2011.
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Provincial Year-Over-Year Trends: Annual online demand for workers rose in eight of the thirteen provinces and territories in Q2.
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City Year-Over-Year Trends: Most of the 13 cities tracked recorded positive year-over-year growth, with only Halifax down slightly from 2010.
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About the Monster Employment Index Canada
The Monster Employment Index Canada is a broad and comprehensive quarterly analysis of Canadian online job demand conducted by Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW), parent company of the leading global online careers and recruitment resource Monster. As the first national index measuring real-time online job demand, the Monster Employment Index Canada is based on millions of online job postings and data culled from Monster Canada (), as well as a number of other recruitment Web sites considered representative of employer activity nationwide.
With data collected since April 2005, the Index uses a consistent methodology to track overall online job demand in Canada, providing Canadian labour-market watchers with a forward-looking indicator of employer demand for employees. All of the data and findings in the Monster Employment Index Canada are validated for accuracy through third party auditing conducted by U.S.-based Research America, Inc. Index reports can be accessed and subscribed to free-of-charge online at . The next report of the Monster Employment Index Canada will be released in October, 2011. To obtain a full copy of the Monster Employment Index Canada report for the second quarter of 2011, including all charts and tables, or to subscribe and have future reports emailed to you on a quarterly basis, please visit .
About Monster Canada
Monster Canada () is Canada's leading online career resources portal - a bilingual, user-friendly site that is improving the employment and recruitment experience in today's competitive job market. Headquartered in Montreal, Monster Canada is part of Monster, the leading global careers and recruitment resource online. With a local presence in key markets in North America, Europe, and Asia, Monster works for everyone by connecting employers with quality job seekers at all levels and by providing personalized career advice to consumers globally. Through online media sites and services, Monster delivers vast, highly targeted audiences to advertisers. Monster Worldwide is a member of the S&P 500 Index. To learn more about Monster's industry-leading employer products and services, please visit .
About Monster Worldwide
Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:), parent company of Monster®, the premier global online employment solution for more than a decade, strives to bring people together to advance their lives. With a local presence in key markets in North America, Europe, and Asia, Monster works for everyone by connecting employers with quality job seekers at all levels and by providing personalized career advice to consumers globally. Through online media sites and services, Monster delivers vast, highly targeted audiences to advertisers. Monster Worldwide is a member of the S&P 500 Index. To learn more about Monster's industry-leading products and services, visit . More information about Monster Worldwide is available at .
Special Note: Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Except for historical information contained herein, the statements made in this release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding Monster Worldwide, Inc.'s strategic direction, prospects and future results. Certain factors, including factors outside of Monster Worldwide's control, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including economic and other conditions in the markets in which Monster Worldwide operates, risks associated with acquisitions, competition, seasonality and the other risks discussed in Monster Worldwide's Form 10-K and other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which discussions are incorporated in this release by reference.
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Monster Canada
Robert Waghorn
514-350-0702
Porter Novelli Canada (for Monster.ca)
Robyn Hunt
416-422-7182
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