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European online job demand in August remained stable as many recruiters across Europe slowed down hiring efforts in favour of summer vacations, Monster Worldwide Inc. said on Tuesday. The monster employment index stayed at 115 in August. However, the annual growth trend extended once again, with opportunities rising 15%.
"The summer months tend to see a slowdown in online recruitment activity, so it is encouraging to see that online job opportunities remained at their month-earlier levels and did not decrease in August," commented Andrea Bertone, head of Monster Europe.
Among industry sectors, real estate noted a seasonal increase in online worker demand. Strong long-term growth trends continued to emerge in manufacturing and export related sectors including production, manufacturing, maintenance and repair; and transport, post and logistics, where annual growth excelled the majority of other industry sectors.
Germany and the U.K. recorded the sharpest monthly growth among regions monitored by the index. The monster employment index is a monthly analysis of millions of online job opportunities culled from a large, representative selection of corporate career sites and job boards across Europe.
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