MEI Europe Feb Month-over-Month And Year-over-Year Growth (Graphic: Business Wire)

Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW):

February 2012 Index Highlights:

• The Monster Employment Index Europe demonstrates a year-over-year growth of ten percent in February
• Germany continues to be the only country to exhibit strong growth of 28 percent. Italy and UK record relatively low year-over-year growth, while the Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium and France continue to exhibit annual declines
• Environment, architecture, urbanism and repair exhibits 19 percent annual growth and rises above Engineering to become the top growth industry in February
• Public sector, defense, community, down eight percent, tracks the largest annual decline in recruitment activity; other sectors to report annual rates of decline include Legal and Management and consulting

The Monster Employment Index Europe is a monthly gauge of online job posting activity 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 Europe. 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.

“Germany continues to remain an exceptional growth market, growing at 28 percent year-over-year, despite the ongoing macro-economic uncertainty in Europe,” commented Alan Townsend, Vice President of Sales Readiness and Business Operations for Monster Europe. “The sequential increase in the February Index is commensurate with the prior year and reflective of employers looking at their hiring plans after a month of assessing the 2012 outlook”.

Monster Employment Index Europe results for the past 18 months are as follows:

Sep10			Oct10			Nov10			Dec10			Jan11			Feb11			Mar11			Apr11			May11			Jun11			Jul11			Aug11			Sep11			Oct11			Nov11			Dec11			Jan12			Feb12			Y-O-Y
117			122			122			122			116			125			131			136			135			140			139			139			138			139			139			136			127			138			10%

Industry Year-over-year Trends: 21 of the 24 industry sectors monitored by the Index in February exhibited positive annual growth trends.

• Environment, architecture and urbanism (up 19 percent) was the star performer in February, leading the Index by measure of annual growth
• Telecommunication (up 18 percent) matched the growth rate of Engineering (up 18 percent) to become the joint-second highest annual growth sectors in February
• Transport, post and logistics (up 15 percent) continued to register positive annual growth albeit at a slower rate than in recent months. The deceleration in growth is more significant than in any other sector
• Professional services including IT (up eight percent), Accounting, audit, taxes (up eight percent) and Marketing, PR, media (up six percent) all registered significant annual gains and exceeded seasonal trends
• Public sector, defence community (down eight percent), noted further reductions in online recruitment compared to a year ago, supplanting Management and consulting (down three percent) as the weakest performing sector in the Index. Legal (down three percent) was the only other sector to show an annual decline.

Top Growth Industries																Lowest Growth Industries
Industry			Feb11			Feb12			%Y-O-YGrowth							Industry			Feb11			Feb12			%Y-O-YGrowth
Environment, architectureand urbanism			93			111			19%							Banking, finance, insurance			83			86			4%
Engineering			143			169			18%							Education, training andlibrary			211			214			1%
Telecommunication			97			114			18%							Management andconsulting			109			106			-3%
Production, manufacturing,maintenance, repair			218			253			16%							Legal			121			117			-3%
Transport, post andlogistics			150			173			15%							Public sector, defence,community			84			77			-8%

Occupation Year-over-year Trends: All nine occupational groups monitored by the Index in February continued to exhibit positive growth trends for the second consecutive month.

• Craft and related trades (up 22 percent) completed its tenth consecutive month as the leading occupational group, despite noting slower annual growth than in previous months
• Technicians and associate professionals (up 13 percent) claimed second place in the Index by measure of annual growth, reflecting an ongoing expansion in demand for support positions across a number of professional sectors
• Managers (up one percent) showed a reversal in trend as annual growth became positive in February, compared with the declines seen during January and December

Top Growth Occupations																Lowest Growth Occupations
Occupation			Feb11			Feb12			%Y-O-YGrowth							Occupation			Feb11			Feb12			%Y-O-YGrowth
Craft and related tradesworkers			190			231			22%							Plant and machineoperators, and assemblers			110			120			9%
Technicians and associateprofessionals			116			131			13%							Professionals			126			135			7%
Skilled agricultural, forestryand fishery workers			164			185			13%							Managers			113			114			1%

The full monthly Monster Employment Index reports for Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom will be made available on Tuesday, 13 March at 06:00 CET at: http://aboutmonster.com/employment/index/17.

Data for the month of March 2012 will be released on April 6, 2012.

By Region
Region			Feb11			Mar11			Apr11			May11			Jun11			Jul11			Aug11			Sep11			Oct11			Nov11			Dec11			Jan12			Feb12			Y-O-YGROWTH
Belgium			113			120			125			119			118			113			109			102			107			102			101			98			107			-5%
France			136			138			146			144			150			148			139			132			139			136			132			123			130			-4%
Germany			139			151			159			158			164			166			172			175			171			175			177			173			178			28%
Italy			134			145			147			145			142			148			140			132			143			146			141			128			137			2%
Netherlands			90			95			97			98			97			96			92			88			89			86			86			81			81			-10%
Sweden			163			161			167			170			161			149			146			149			148			150			158			143			154			-6%
United Kingdom			139			137			138			136			141			140			138			135			140			140			141			129			145			4%

By Industry
Industry			Feb11			Mar11			Apr11			May11			Jun11			Jul11			Aug11			Sep11			Oct11			Nov11			Dec11			Jan12			Feb12			Y-O-YGROWTH
Accounting, audit, taxes			93			99			102			101			102			101			98			97			99			99			98			93			100			8%
Administrative, organisation			102			107			107			108			112			109			112			110			111			111			111			104			112			10%
Agriculture, fishing and forestry			109			125			131			130			140			134			133			130			124			123			117			104			121			11%
Arts, entertainment, sports, leisure			106			111			112			113			119			116			113			107			108			110			109			102			110			4%
Automotive			113			117			122			125			135			126			132			128			124			124			114			109			127			12%
Banking, finance, insurance			83			88			91			88			86			89			88			86			87			87			87			82			86			4%
Construction and extraction			122			129			134			135			141			140			144			142			138			137			130			122			132			8%
Education, training and library			211			200			215			218			233			218			208			191			205			202			218			191			214			1%
Engineering			143			152			163			157			161			164			167			168			170			172			172			158			169			18%
Environment, architecture and urbanism			93			95			102			96			103			102			102			101			102			103			107			100			111			19%
Healthcare, social work			612			635			628			623			640			633			624			625			594			628			613			573			635			4%
Hospitality and tourism			217			243			257			257			256			244			247			256			252			251			238			221			242			12%
HR			90			93			95			95			96			95			95			94			94			94			94			91			96			7%
IT			97			100			101			100			104			103			101			99			101			103			102			97			105			8%
Legal			121			121			121			118			119			117			117			114			116			118			112			111			117			-3%
Management and consulting			109			113			115			111			115			114			114			112			110			108			104			97			106			-3%
Marketing, PR and media			136			144			149			143			149			147			148			143			146			143			139			129			144			6%
Production, manufacturing, maintenance, repair			218			238			251			248			259			264			269			271			270			267			259			243			253			16%
Public sector, defence, community			84			87			84			82			83			81			81			80			81			80			75			75			77			-8%
Real estate			111			122			130			126			123			121			120			118			125			124			121			121			123			11%
Research and development			115			118			122			121			123			121			120			119			119			119			117			113			121			5%
Sales			106			107			108			107			112			110			109			108			111			111			107			102			110			4%
Telecommunications			97			99			112			113			102			105			109			109			114			114			109			102			114			18%
Transport, post and logistics			150			162			176			182			190			195			193			195			196			195			192			169			173			15%

By Occupation
Occupation			Feb11			Mar11			Apr11			May11			Jun11			Jul11			Aug11			Sep11			Oct11			Nov11			Dec11			Jan12			Feb12			Y-O-YGROWTH
Managers			113			115			117			113			118			118			115			111			113			108			112			101			114			1%
Professionals			126			131			136			133			137			137			136			134			135			136			133			124			135			7%
Technicians and associate professionals			116			122			123			126			127			124			125			124			126			127			125			118			131			13%
Clerical support workers			133			138			142			143			146			144			147			143			145			144			144			132			147			11%
Service and sales workers			265			286			301			298			311			300			297			303			303			304			288			265			298			12%
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers			164			189			200			196			220			208			205			203			194			191			184			160			185			13%
Craft and related workers			190			206			220			221			230			236			242			246			245			247			238			222			231			22%
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers			110			119			124			122			129			125			124			122			122			113			116			107			120			9%
Elementary occupations			162			178			187			180			194			195			202			203			195			196			182			175			180			11%

About The Monster Employment Index Europe The Monster Employment Index Europe provides monthly insight into online job posting activity across the European Union. Launched in June 2005 with data from December 2004, the Index is based on a 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’s underlying data is validated for accuracy by Research America, Inc. – an independent, third-party auditing firm – to ensure that measured national online job recruitment activity is within a margin of error of +/- 1.05%.

The Index monitors online job opportunities across all European Union member countries.

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