July online hiring activity down 4% : Monster

Online hiring activity registered a decline of nearly 4 per cent in July over the same month a year ago amid weak economic conditions, according to a research by job portal Monster.com. On a month-to-month basis, the index witnessed even a sharper decline as it was down by 6.10 per cent to 123 in July from 131 it registered in June.

A sectoral analysis shows that 12 of the 27 industry sectors monitored by the Monster Employment Index registered expansion in online recruitment activity between July 2012 and July 2013.