Monster Survey Suggests Manufacturing Workers May be Unhappy, Seeking More Fulfilling Jobs

Monster.com, the worldwide leader in successfully connecting people to job opportunities and flagship brand of Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW), today released new survey results revealing that U.S. manufacturing industry workers are largely unhappy and likely to be on the job hunt.

Other key insights on Manufacturing Workers include:

• Close to one-half (47%) of manufacturing workers surveyed expressed dissatisfaction with their current job
• Only 34% expressed confidence in actually securing a new position
• Nearly three-quarters (74%) agree that it’s more challenging to find a job than it was a year ago.

Additionally, those surveyed feel the job market is saturated with qualified talent in their area of expertise, making finding a new job even more challenging. On a more positive note, near one-half (49 percent) of manufacturing workers agree that there are more job openings now than a year ago.

A Monster analysis of the industries that are hiring manufacturing workers, revealed a few surprises, too. For example, the top industry hiring manufacturing workers is unexpectedly pharmaceutical companies as well as radio and television broadcasting companies. Typical industries that come to mind when thinking of manufacturing workers such as the aircraft and medical industries are further down on the list.

"With conditions in the US economy turning more favorable for manufacturing in general, there are several indicators that manufacturing jobs are returning to the US as evidenced by recent public announcements," said Jeffrey Quinn, Vice President of Monster’s Global Insights. "From the other side, manufacturing jobs on Monster are viewed close to 3 million times every month, indicating substantial interest from industry workers. Maybe finding the right job is just a matter of bringing their talents to another industry in need.”

Top Industries hiring manufacturing workers*:

1. Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing
2. Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing
3. Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
4. Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
5. Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
6. Aircraft Manufacturing
7. All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing
8. Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing
9. Electronic Computer Manufacturing
10. Soft Drink Manufacturing

* Many new hires within Manufacturing and production industries are being managed through turnkey, or placement industries

Manufacturing/ Production Occupations¹

Top 10 Occupations:

1. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
2. Helpers – Production Workers
3. Welders, Cutters and Welder Fitters
4. Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
5. Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic
6. Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
7. Packaging
8. Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
9. Assemblers and Fabricators
10. Printing Press Operators

Top 10 Markets:

1. Houston, TX
2. New York, NY
3. Los Angeles, CA
4. Tulsa, OK
5. Cleveland, OH
6. Milwaukee, WI
7. Chicago, IL
8. Dallas, TX
9. Phoenix, AZ
10. Portland, OR

About the Survey

From the unique perspective of the job seeker, the Monster Workforce Talent survey captures the likeliness of those employed and unemployed to actively search for a job, the challenges they face in a search as well as motivating factors driving them to seek out a new job. This is the seventh significant finding of Monster’s Workforce Talent survey of nearly 6,000 registered Monster users, covering general job market insight and sentiment. For a full copy of the survey, visit the Monster Resource Center.

Methodology

Monster’s study "U.S. Workforce Talent” surveyed nearly 6,000 job seekers who are currently employed or desire employment in the next 12 months via an online survey. The study was designed to be inclusive of all Monster job seekers who have actively used their My Monster account over the past 3 years. The survey ran from January 14, 2013 to February 18, 2013.

About Monster Worldwide

Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:MWW), is the global leader in successfully connecting job opportunities and people. Monster uses the world's most advanced technology to help people Find Better, matching job seekers to opportunities via digital, social and mobile solutions including monster.com®, our flagship website, and employers to the best talent using a vast array of products and services. As an Internet pioneer, more than 200 million people have registered on the Monster Worldwide network. Today, with operations in more than 40 countries, Monster provides the broadest, most sophisticated job seeking, career management, recruitment and talent management capabilities globally. For more information visit about-monster.com.

¹ By Volume, Monster Internal Data, Past 120 Days

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