Monster Employment Index exceeds the year-ago level by 53%

A 72% growth in demand for health care professional's year-on-year (y-o-y) is the steepest among all job roles

According to Monster, the online career and recruitment resource the employment index for November 2015 exceeded by 53 per cent when compared to a muted growth in November last year. This is a reflection of increased positive business sentiment and faith on business potential from mid to long term perspective.

All 13 occupation groups monitored by the Index exhibit an uptrend in online demand. A 72 per cent growth in demand for health care professional's year-on-year (y-o-y) is the steepest among all job roles. Among all job roles, the customer service is the only group to exhibit an improved y-o-y growth rate between October (up 21 per cent) and November (up 38 per cent 2015).

Online demand continues to be high for sales and business development (up 68 per cent); arts-creative (up 62 per cent); and senior management (up 61 per cent) professionals. The pace of growth y-o-y, howeve, moderated in each case. Online demand for purchase,logistics, and supply chain (up seven per cent) appears to have rebounded.