Monster Employment Index Down Slightly in June

The Monster Employment Index slipped one point or one percent in June as online job opportunities fell modestly, largely in line with seasonal expectations. Year-over-year, the Index was down 28 percent, somewhat of an improvement from April and May’s annual pace of decline.

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The Monster Employment Index 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 corporate career Web sites and job boards, including Monster®.

During June, online job availability rose in eight of the Index’s 20 industry sectors and twelve of the 23 occupational categories monitored.

This entry was written by Denis Ouellet CFA and posted on July 1, 2009 at 09:35 and filed under Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.

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