Report: Online Recruitment Activity Edged Down

New York, NY, August 16, 2007--Online job availability declined in 14 of the top 28 U.S. metro markets and remained flat in another 10 cities during July, according to the Monster Local Employment Index.

The Index is based on a real-time review of millions of employer job opportunities culled from more than 1,500 different Web sites, including Monster.

"July is typically a slow month for online recruitment, so it's not surprising for a majority of the top U.S. metro areas to have registered either a slight drop-off, or little movement at all, in online job availability during the past month," said Steve Pogorzelski, executive vice president at Monster Worldwide.

"The fact that 26 of the 28 Index markets tracked are still showing positive year-over-year growth continues to point to healthy employer demand for workers across most major metropolitan regions."